hines supply ( originally the edward hines lumber company ) , based in buffalo grove , illinois , in the united states , is a business firm specializing in lumber , plywood , decking , doors , windows , trim , and other wood products .

it also sells related services such as consultations and cost estimates for building projects .

it has outlets in alsip , grayslake , hampshire , kirkland , montgomery , st. charles , warrenville , wheaton and buffalo grove .

edward hines lumber company

kenneth frank , plaintiff - appellant , v . edward hines lumber company , defendant - appellee .
edward hines , 79 , of northfield , began his career at edward hines lumber co . in 1957 and ultimately led the company for more than 25 years .
edward hines , lumber company president and ceo who died at 79 , “started out at the ground floor . ”
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edward hines , 79 , of northfield , began his career at edward hines lumber co . in 1957 and ultimately led the company for more than 25 years . ( family photo )
the corporate offices of edward hines lumber co . are located in buffalo grove , ill .
edward hines spent more than 50 years working for the family lumber business that his grandfather founded in 1892 .
lumber . long before the current surge sweeping the industry , edward hines , founder of the company that bears his name , was issuing sustainable practices .
hines - fitzgerald retire following distinguished careers with company ,
update : a quarterly newsletter published by the edward hines lumber co . , spring 1979 , p . 1 .
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for more information , contact edward hines lumber co . at 847 - 353 - 7700 or visit their website at hineslumber . com .
fsc certified products distributed through hines include dimension lumber , plywood sheathing , exterior treated lumber and plywood , as well as dricon interior fire retardant treated lumber and plywood . sustainable forestry is a natural for hines
other companies represented in the papers are weyerhaeuser timber company ; musser - sauntry and company ; musser sauntry land , logging , and manufacturing company ; st . croix river navigation and improvement company ; st . croix boom corporation ; st . croix log - lifting company ; and e . j . longyear company
50 years ; edward hines lumber co . , commemorating a pioneer in the nation ' s oldest industry , the company which bears his name , and their first half - century of accomplishment
50 years : edward hines lumber co . , commemorating a pioneer in the nation ' s oldest industry , the company which bears his name , and their first half - century of accomplishment
1967 : property at the east end of bridge street in saratoga is one of three properties sold by sheriff ' s auction to edward hines lumber co . , an illinois - based timber company .
pre - cutting land exchange agreement between edward hines lumber co . and secretary of agriculture : covering certain timber lands within malheur national forest , oregon
the o & nw trackage is in red ; edward hines logging railroad trackage is in green . the edward hines system was far more widespread and complex than what i have shown here !
more on the web homepage of edward hines lumber company - now an operator of lumber yards across the upper midwest and no longer directly involved in the manufacturing end of the lumber business . oregon & northwestern page on shortline rosters edward hines # 529 at northwest railway museum northwest railway museum homepage - current owner of edward hines # 529 . san diego railroad museum homepage current owner of o & nw as - 616 # 1 . western pacific railroad museum - current owner of as - 616s # 3 and # 4 .
under mr . hines ' leadership , the company expanded its retail operations to three states .
published booklet commemorating the anniversary of the edward hines lumber co . including extensive photographs of their logging and lumbering operations , some of which took place in wisconsin
schen . 2 - 8 - 0 , c / n 48057 , blt 1910 . drivers 51 inches , tractive effort 28 , 160 lbs . , weight 125 , 000 lbs . built as texas central railroad # 128 ; to missouri , kansas & texas railroad # 691 1911 ; to hyman - michaels ( dealer ) 1924 ; to equitable equipment company ; to edward hines yellow pine company # 9 1925 ; to edward hines western pine company # 5 1930 ; to edward hines lumber company # 5 1934 . conveyed to oregon & northwestern at some undetermined date , the resold to edward hines 4 / 30 / 1947 . scrapped 5 / 1955 , though tender remained stored in seneca until at least 1959 .
edward hines iii pauses in front of a photo of his father and grandfather , pioneers in the industry .
in spirit hines is alive , as some of his third and fourth generation progeny continue his also financially sustainable legacy . grandson edward hines directs as chairman of the board , with his son edward “mac” hines as vice president of new business development , and daughter elizabeth hines bigelow as marketing manager .
the edward hines lumber company became the major force in the lumber industry and economy of harney county in june 1928 , buying the 67 , 400 - acre bear valley timber sale on the malheur national forest . the new hines mill was completed on january 27 , 1930 , with an investment of $ 7 million dollars , just before the great depression . a town named “hines” was born .
hines va hospital was named after edward hines , jr . , son of the land donor for the hospital . 1st lt . edward hines , jr . died while serving in france during world war 1 . edward hines , sr . made the honorary name designation a condition of the land deal for the government ' s new chicago - area veterans hospital for world war 1 veterans .
as president and ceo of edward hines lumber co . for more than 25 years , mr . hines navigated the firm through building booms and busts and — in a risky move that he characterized at the time as making him
an entrepreneur
— taking the company private in 1985 .
there were other sawmills in the area which were the baker white pine mill on crawford creek , the stoddard brothers lumber company , later becoming stoddard lumber company , did a lot of logging in the local area , hauling logs on their own trains in to their mill in baker .
lima 3 - truck shay , c / n 3337 , built 6 / 1929 . drivers 36
, weight 148 , 400 lbs . built as edward hines western pine co . # 4 , seneca , or ; edward hines lumber co . # 4 , seneca , or . retired 1948 and scrapped 1955 .
he started at the sawmill by pulling boards off a rotating chain at the planer when he was 21 , in 1973 , shortly after edward hines lumber co . built the present - day sawmill .
realizing that the supply of northern pine was being depleted at a fast rate , in the early 1900s edward hines began turning his attention to other regions of the country . he established the edward hines yellow pine company , based in mississippi , which became one of the largest southern pine operations in the country . he also bought large tracts of timberland in oregon and built one of the largest mills in the pacific northwest , located in the company - owned town of hines , oregon . these assets formed the basis of the edward hines western pine company . by the end of his career , edward hines owned tracts of timber that stretched from canada to the gulf of mexico and as far west as the pacific . he also owned sawmills , railroads , and entire towns .
principal subsidiaries : hines precision components ; hines precision staining ; muench woodworking , inc .
lima 3 - truck shay , c / n 3255 , built 4 / 1924 . drivers 36
, weight 140 , 000 lbs . built as spring creek lumber co . # 3 ( 1st ) , spring creek , wv ; edward hines western pine co . # 3 , seneca , or ; edward hines lumber co . # 3 , seneca , or . retired 1948 and scrapped 1955 .
plaintiff kenneth frank ( frank ) filed this products liability suit after a wood roof truss system manufactured by defendant edward hines lumber company ( hines ) collapsed during installation . plaintiff was one of three carpenters who were installing the roof when it collapsed . 1 a jury found in favor of defendant and against all three carpenters .
baldwin 2 - 8 - 2 , c / n 45766 , blt 1917 . drivers 63 inches , weight 214 , 050 lbs . , tractive effort 53 , 625 lbs . union pacific # 2261 ; to oregon & northwestern # 2261 february 1947 ; to edward hines lumber company 1955 .
logging in the area began to decline in the 1970 ' s , and the hines company ceased operations of its lumber mills and railroad in 1984 . the town was incorporated as a city in 1970 as lumber company control began to wane . according to the 1980 census , seneca ' s population was 285 . the 2015 census stated the population was 193 .
f . w . wheeler & company ( west bay city , mich . )
bill maniates is manager of hines’ north chicago yard , as well as hines’ commercial division .
the integrity of edward hines lumber co . can never be compromised . honest , fair dealings are essential with our various constituent groups , our customers , our people , our vendors , our communities and our stockholders .
by february 1981 , harney county unemployment was over 30 percent , and in june the mill equipment was auctioned off . the sawmill was remodeled and , vastly reduced in size , reopened in november with about 400 workers . in 1983 , the edward hines lumber company sold the last of its oregon holdings to snow mountain pine company , thus ending an era that spanned over fifty years .
in june 1930 , edward hines suffered a severe heart attack . although he recovered , his participation in running his business and in other activities was now limited . he contracted a case of pneumonia in november 1931 , and after lapsing into a coma he died on december 1 , 1931 . his sons , charles and ralph hines , took over the edward hines lumber co . an elder son , edward hines , jr . , had died in combat during world war i . charles , the second son , dropped out of yale university because of illness and in 1923 went to work for some of his father ' s companies . ralph , the youngest , earned a degree at yale and also studied at oxford before going to work for the edward hines lumber co .
on september 24 , 1924 , herrick lumber company completed the malheur railroad track to burns but ran into difficulty fulfilling the rest of the contract . soaring real estate prices in burns made finding a suitable mill site difficult , and herrick was unable to meet his deadlines when market slumps caused delays . the sale was re - advertised , and edward hines western pine company in chicago was the successful bidder . in 1928 , the company purchased herrick’s interests in the incomplete railroad and the mill .
the first log had been cut in the new mill on january 27 , 1930 , but the company struggled during the great depression and growth was slow . with the outbreak of world war ii , the mill began supplying lumber products for the war effort . after the war , the company focused on the home market and modernized the plant in the early 1950s . in 1954 , the town of hines constructed a municipal sewer system . in 1955 , the company’s holdings in oregon expanded with the purchase of the oregon lumber company operations at baker , bates , and dee . new residential tracts were constructed in hines during the 1960s .
from there , mr . hines moved around , working in every aspect of the business , including managing the company ' s largest chicago lumberyard .
west suburban edward hines jr . va hospital is named for mr . hines ' uncle , who was killed in action in france during world war i . the land for the hospital was donated by the family .
in 1979 , mr . hines ' father , charles , retired from the company , and mr . hines took over . the housing market slump of the early 1980s hit the firm hard , and with the company ' s stock price sagging , one prominent shareholder soon began agitating for a sale .
the company then moved its headquarters from downtown chicago to itasca , later relocating to buffalo grove .
after a few months’ service overseas lieutenant hines was promoted to a first lieutenancy . in may , 1918 he was taken ill , the sickness later developed into pneumonia . he was transferred to base hospital no . 15 where he steadily grew worse and died on june 4th . he was unmarried . his parents , mr . and mrs . edward hines , of 1456 ridge avenue , evanston , ill . , survive him . his father was president of the edward hines lumber co .
source : international directory of company histories , vol . 68 . st . james press , 2005 .
most everybody in the valley bought lumber that was produced in the mill ,
he said .
in 1981 , the old sawmill was dismantled and a new sawmill was constructed . with many changes implemented , production and profits improved . but after 90 years in the oregon lumber business , the hines company divested itself of all interests in oregon . on may 8 , 1983 , the ponderosa pine division and the oregon & northwest railroad were sold to snow mountain pine company .
the company is constantly working on new showrooms and new product lines , often featuring recycled or recovered wood .
when the sawmill shut its doors in 2003 , howe worked first for a landscaper then another logging company .
baldwin 2 - 6 - 0 , c / n 30215 , built 1917 . originally isthmian canal commission # 324 ( 5 - foot gauge ) ; to equitable equipment company ; to edward hines yellow pine # 324 , rebuilt to standard gauge ; to ehwp 1929 ; to ehlco 1934 . lettered edward hines western pine co during its entire life in oregon . retired 12 / 31 / 1941 and stored in seneca . locomotive scrapped circa 1949 , and tender scrapped circa 1959 .
hines became the driving force among a new generation of lumbermen . in 1896 , he bought out his old firm , martin company . a year later , the company began acquiring mills and tracts of northern pine . in that year , it acquired 200 million feet of wisconsin timber from weyerhaeuser & rutledge . the legendary frederick weyerhaeuser would become a part owner of hines after buying out spalding and another investor . the so - called lumber king , who by the end of the 1800s owned more timberland than any other american , served on the hines board of directors until his death in 1914 . he and edward hines became devoted friends as a result of their business association . in 1898 , hines added another 150 million feet of timber by acquiring wisconsin ' s mccord & company . another 60 million feet of minnesota standing timber was purchased in 1900 from chatfield & company , which a year later sold hines an additional 300 million feet of wisconsin timber . hines bought more forests , as well as a saw mill and a railroad , in a deal with washburn , wisconsin - based bigelow brothers . in 1905 , hines spent what was then the considerable sum of $ 3 million to acquire the white river lumber company in wisconsin , adding vast tracts of timber and the town of mason , wisconsin . over the next 20 years , the company continued to acquire large tracts of northern pine in wisconsin and minnesota . around 1906 , hines purchased a massive tract of southern pine spread across northern minnesota and into canada , containing some three billion feet of timber .
hines raised $ 200 , 000 to launch edward hines lumber co . and recruited two of his former colleagues at the martin company to help him run it : l . l . barth , vice - president , and c . f . wiebe , secretary . in the first year of operation , hines bought the t . r . lyon operation and turned out 98 million feet of lumber . the second year , however , was to prove more difficult , as the united states was gripped in one of the era ' s periodic economic meltdowns : the panic of 1893 . hines held on , due in large part to the help provided by jesse spalding , one of chicago ' s legendary lumbermen .
in some respects , the lumber business had not changed since a teenaged edward hines learned the business traveling throughout the midwest . nevertheless , there were changes in the business . in order to continue to thrive , the company employed a new formula to better serve the professional market , supplementing conveniently located full - service lumberyards with a number of specialty centers offering millworking , cabinets , windows , doors , decking , and staining capabilities .
buffalo grove , ill . –green is not a new color to edward hines lumber co . , a well - established building materials supplier with locations dispersed throughout the greater chicagoland area and central indiana . some of its hues can be traced back to maximum yield principles of the founder . over the years , those tenets have deepened and continue to permeate the values of the family members that govern the various branches of company operations .
baldwin 2 - 8 - 0 , c / n 18718 , built 1901 . ordered by simpson logging company , but delivered instead to phoenix logging company , potlatch , washington , where it carried the name coo - ley ku - i - tan but apparently no number . to bellingham bay & british columbia railroad # 8 ; to chicago , milwaukee , st . paul & pacific # 7564 12 / 1918 ; to fred herrick lumber company # 7564 12 / 22 / 1926 ; to edward hines westerm pine 1928 . used in construction efforts , then set aside and scrapped circa 1930 , though tender remained in seneca dead line at least through 1959 . scrapped .
private company founded : 1892 employees : 100 sales : $ 73 million ( 2003 est . ) naic : 321113 sawmills
when an area was logged out , the lumber camp was dismantled . much of it was loaded onto the flat cars , the track was taken up behind the train and the work proceeded to another area of the forest . in the beginning , until the dry kilns were built , the lumber produced at the bates mill was loaded green onto flat cars and hauled to baker , where it was dried in the kilns at the oregon lumber company mill there .
in 1980 , the population of hines was 1 , 692 . that year the hines lumber company began laying off workers after the loss of a bid for federal timber to a sawmill in prineville . in february , the mill began closing its four divisions , and the stud mill and plywood and veneer plants closed before the end of the year . regional manager gordon wilson linked the shutdown to the plant’s obsolete equipment , which the company estimated would cost more than $ 15 million to renovate .
baldwin 2 - 8 - 2 , c / n 24134 , blt 1910 . cylinders 21x24 inches , drivers 46 inches . built as woodward iron co . # 14 , woodward , al ; to birmingham rail & locomotive company ; to cosden & company , west tulsa , oklahoma , 2 / 7 / 1917 ; to equitable equipment company ; to mississippi southern ( edward hines yellow pine trustees ) # 14 , lumberton , mississippi ; to onw # 27 1929 . received a new boiler ( boiler # xo - 9650 ) prior to delivery . scrapped 1 / 1946 .
we stock a wide variety of top quality lumber and sheet goods for any project . . . big or small .
the town of austin was started by a man named newton . in the late 1800s , minot and linda austin arrived and purchased the town site , and renamed it austin . minot ran a stage line between sumpter and canyon city . linda ran the general store , hotel and boarding house . at one time , austin boasted a population of approximately 500 people . in about 1917 , the oregon lumber company built a new double - sided sawmill about a mile down the middle fork of the john day river from austin . a company owned town was built for the mill workers and was named batesville . later , the name was shortened to bates . this mill remained in full operation until october 1975 , when a new mill was put into operation in john day by edward hines lumber company , the owners at that time .
schenectany 2 - 8 - 0 , c / n 48058 , built 1910 . weight of 125 , 000 lbs . originally texas central railroad # 129 ; to missouri , kansas & texas railroad # 692 1911 ; to hyman - michaels ( dealer ) 1924 ; to equitable equipment company ; to edward hines yellow pine company # 10 1925 ; to ehwp # 1 1930 ; to ehlco # 1 1934 ; retired 12 / 1948 and cannibalized for parts until scrapped .
charles hines retired in 1979 , and a year later the company went public . although the company had a float of just 1 . 8 million shares , traded on an over - the - counter basis , hines began to attract the attention of major investors by 1984 , due in large part to the value of its underlying assets . from the sale of timber properties and sawmills , the company had nearly $ 12 million cash in the bank . it was also overly conservative in the reserves it held as well as owning a louisiana gas exploration and drilling company and a 34 . 5 percent interest in southern mineral corp . , a firm that leased oil - and - gas drilling right . finally , hines operated ten chicago wholesale lumber yards , another 15 do - it - yourself stores , and 11 warehouses spread throughout the midwest and southwest .
mr . hines retired as president and ceo in late 2007 , handing the reins to longtime lieutenant gerald wille . mr . hines remained as chairman until 2013 . the company struggled in the most recent housing crisis and was sold to a private - equity firm in 2010 .
company founder edward hines was born in buffalo , new york , in 1863 , the son of a ship carpenter and eldest of seven children . when he was only two years old , the family moved to chicago , where he would attend public school . however , like many children during that period , he left school early to begin working . he was a grocer ' s errand boy for a spell , but soon found a position as tally boy for a chicago lumber commission firm . then , at the age of 14 , he became an office boy for s . k . martin & company , a prominent chicago wholesale lumber firm . he now learned the lumber business , mostly on the road as a traveling salesman , before returning to the home office to become a bookkeeper and general office man . he was a natural salesman and possessed the potential to become an outstanding executive . he was 21 years old when he was named secretary - treasurer of s . k . martin , and over the next eight years he assisted martin in the running of the firm . in 1892 , hines decided to strike on his own and start his own lumber company .
on january 31 , 1963 , the burns times herald reported : “1962 sees hines breaking record . ” the mill had shipped 134 , 250 , 000 board feet of lumber from the hines plant , and payroll had reached an all - time high . in the late 1960s , however , union strikes interrupted work at the mills with three strikes in two years . in the 1970s , the company again modernized the operation , but problems developed in the late 1970s with rising timber prices , high wages , and a deteriorating lumber market .
fanizza ' s building plans called for prefabricated roof trusses . fanizza accepted a bid from hines for a wood roof truss system . according to the terms of their contract , hines was to manufacture , design , build , deliver , and provide instructions for the erection of the trusses . hines included lumber to be used as temporary bracing with the package .
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he just loved the business ,
said retired tribune co . chairman and ceo john w . madigan , a longtime friend who also served for a time on the board of edward hines lumber .
he was close to all his contractor customers . he was born into it , and he carried on the traditions of his father and grandfather .
all time locomotive roster underlined numbers indicate a link to a page of pictures of that locomotive . oregon & northwestern railroad steam locomotives # 5 - schen . 2 - 8 - 0 , c / n 48057 , blt 1910 . drivers 51 inches , tractive effort 28 , 160 lbs . , weight 125 , 000 lbs . purchased from edward hines lumber on undetermined date , then sold back to hines 4 / 30 / 1947 . # 26
world war ii created a need for an increase in lumber products . many hines employees joined the armed forces and the women left at home filled the positions . they also planted victory gardens and purchased war bonds .
he also pioneered selection logging . ships from wisconsin and the upper peninsula en route to the distribution centers hines established in chicago , bore loads of whatever lumber the mills produced that day , not what the customer wanted , noted maniates , so no one knew what they’d be getting . “edward hines employed common sense , helping to establish unified grade rules to shipping . if he were alive today , he’d be an advocate of green building and fsc certification . ”
hines partnered with andersen windows on a habitat for humanity project in fairdale , illinois .
hines—chicagoland ' s leading resource for new home builders , remodeling and commercial building projects .
a northfield resident since 1967 , mr . hines , 79 , died thursday , feb . 5 , at evanston hospital following neurosurgery , said his son , mac hines .
at the same time , hines also closed some of its operations as it faced increased competition from national big - box do - it - yourself retailers like lowe ' s and home depot . hines instituted a restructuring plan in 1997 . four stores were closed while two others were expanded . the commercial division was also expanded and relocated , and the company decided to focus on its core lumber business , targeting contractors with its remaining 16 stores and eliminating plumbing and electrical supplies . by the close of the decade , hines would be reduced to 13 units .
the oregon lumber company built a large white hotel at the side of the track close to the mill . there was a dance hall near the hotel , ( later a truck barn was built on the sight of the dance hall , after it had burned down ) , where many dances were attended by all . oregon lumber company built logging tracks down the middle fork and had branches up the draws and creeks to supply logs to the new mill . the lumber was then shipped on the sumpter valley railroad to baker . the rails were pulled in the late 1940s . at this time off - highway logging trucks began hauling logs in to the mill . they had 12 foot wide bunks and were stacked close to 20 feet from the ground .
after starting as an office boy at age 14 , hines quickly moved up the ranks to secretary - treasurer of the lumber company , and 15 years later , in 1892 , started his own business . he built up considerable timber holdings through consolidations and in 1928 acquired a tract of public timber in oregon where he cooperated with the malheur national forest in sustainable yield forestry . he stated , “there is no good reason why reforestation cannot be undertaken and the lumber business be made as perpetual in america as the growing of wheat . ”
the sumpter valley railroad arrived in austin during 1905 . in the beginning , the rails stopped at the former stagecoach stop of austin station . a large sawmill owned by oregon lumber company was built beside the tracks at austin . this mill was in operation during the decade preceding world war i . the passenger trains from baker stopped at the austin house ( austin station ) for lunch which “ma” austin served at her board house . the meals were served “family style” in ample proportions . from austin , the oregon lumber company laid their own tracks into the timber and brought logs to the big double - sided mill .
baldwin 2 - 8 - 0 , c / n 21627 , built 1903 . oregon short line # 969 ; oregon short line # 529 ; edward hines # 529 1948 . donated 1965 to northwest railway museum , snoqualmie , wa . on display in the museum .
1934 : logging company r . r . crow and co . reportedly started a milling operation at a site near to saratoga ' s present - day sawmill .
1 . in a related case filed by another plaintiff , we upheld the trial court ' s summary dismissal of the counts filed against the truss plate institute , a construction trade association . we found tpi owed no duty to the plaintiff . bailey v . edward hines lumber co . , 308 ill . app . 3d 58 , 241 ill . dec . 317 , 719 n . e . 2d 178 ( 1999 ) .
homes were needed for the new employees of the mill , and developers began to lay out a town about two miles southwest of burns . edward hines ordered the first 150 homes built in 1929 and assisted in the design of the new town , which was advertised as
oregon’s first made - to - order community and one of the first scientifically planned cities undertaken in america . ” loretta hines , edward hines’s wife , helped design the homes and stipulated sixty - eight different architectural plans . no two homes of the same design or color were built next to each other . the heart of the town was a large circular park .
in the early 1960s , the operation at baker was phased out and many employees transferred to the hines plant . lumber was trucked from bates to hines and a dry sorter was revised to handle the additional volume . in 1965 , a new plywood plant and stud mill were built for increasing volume of douglas fir , white fir and larch .
“green’s always been a lucky color for us , ” said north chicago lumberyard operations manager , bill maniates , referring to the anniversary date of the company’s inception . hines celebrated their 116th year in business on march 17 , 2008 , st . patrick’s day .
i look forward to being an entrepreneur ,
mr . hines told the tribune in 1985 .
chicago had emerged as a major wholesale lumber market shortly after the civil war in the 1860s because it possessed a number of natural and manmade advantages . because it was located on lake michigan , it could receive raw material by boat from the region ' s teeming forests . in chicago , the lumber would be milled and then delivered by train to the major eastern cities , as well as to minneapolis and the dakotas and as far west as denver . as the railroad expanded into the treeless prairie states , the chicago lumbermen were able to serve these growing populations with the building materials they needed . trainloads of chicago lumber were also delivered to such growing texas cities as san antonio and houston . while hines served his apprenticeship at martin company , there were approximately 125 lumberyards in chicago , most of which were involved in the wholesale shipping business . as a result of its lake location and excellent railroad facilities , chicago became the largest lumber receiving and shipping center of the world .
as a result , several employees have remained with the company well over 20 years . maniates joined the hines team 35 years ago right out of college , and began to cultivate a rounded background in purchasing , sales and management of five different yards to the commercial division management for 14 years . branch manager james carollo has 38 years with the company ; general manager john drake , 38 years ; and assistant manager dawn weber , 35 years . walter baumgartner’s 52 - year tenure surpasses chairman of the board hines by two years and john vetter , senior vice president , by three .
in 1985 , mr . hines proposed a buyout that effectively split up the company . he acquired the firm ' s chicago - area retail outlets and a plant in st . charles . other assets , such as a distribution network and a lumberyard on the south side , were sold off .
after hines designed and manufactured the trusses , they were delivered on a flatbed truck . hines provided instructions for erecting the trusses , referred to during trial as the “green sheet . ” hines also provided structural drawings bearing a structural engineer seal . both the green sheet and the structural drawings were admitted as exhibits at trial .
through difficult and changing times , with the right practices , said drake , hines lumber is here to stay . “as in the past during a downturn , we just work harder . our overall approach in everything we do is to make sure it’s done right and that attracts business . ”
oregon native gary ervin started a company , saratoga forest management , to take over operations at the mill , a mainstay in the platte river valley ' s industrial fabric fallen silent nearly 10 years before .
hines ' defense centered around its claim that the truss system was not defective and provided adequate instructions and warnings to frank . hines claimed the accident occurred because the contractors did not read the instructions and warnings before attempting to assemble the roof truss system .
anniversary promo woos customers for hines ' 2nd century ,
building supply home centers , april 1992 , p . 32 .
at the beginning of the 21st century , hines turned to the internet to boost business . it launched a web - enabled procurement program that was able to track job quotes and accept orders . the internet hardly revolutionized the lumber business , however , but was just another tool to communicate with customers , who were still just ordering material from a lumberyard . the company ' s online purchasing system was slow to catch on with customers , bringing in only a modest amount of sales , and few of the customers that logged on took advantage of the system ' s full capabilities .
in 1945 , the hines mill experienced its first strike , but 10 years later , expanded to baker , bates and dee , oregon , adding to the hines and seneca operations . usfs contracts required roads and bridges be built on timber sales , and cattle guards installed where needed . referred to as “hines logging roads” , they have historically provided access for the public into camping , fishing and hunting sites .
frank filed a products liability suit against hines . in his complaint , frank included a count alleging violation of the structural work act . the trial court summarily dismissed this count , finding plaintiff could not show hines was in charge of the work within the meaning of the act .
“we’ve always been interested in the environment and outdoors , ” said edward hines , whose father worked closely with his founder - father . “it’s said my grandfather was a risk - taker who worked up until the day he died . he was a great salesman and lumberman and we try to carry on that tradition . we value and have great respect for sales people . that aspect is fun , spirited and entertaining . ” hines is intrigued by the business . “it’s fascinating and the builders , the users , are very individualistic , creative , and interesting . ”
workers struck three times in two years , during the late 1960s . the hines mill continued to modernize and add computerization to the process . the oregon & northwest railroad hauled the finished products . the seneca shops to the north were closed and all woods repair work moved to hines .
mcdonald ' s corp . chairman andy mckenna , a longtime friend and neighbor , recalled mr . hines as
just a remarkable guy .
mill operations in hines have ceased and the railroad tracks were removed . many of the historic buildings have been dismantled or converted to other uses .
these factors focus on the amount of control the defendant actually exerted , or retained the right to exert , over the work that resulted in the injury . plaintiff failed to establish that hines took any steps to take actual charge of the work . whether hines could have exerted some control over the work is insignificant . plaintiff may recover only where hines actually exerted control , or was supposed to exert control and failed to do so .
o & nw caboose # 300 and some of the railroad ' s modern 50 - foot double door boxcars await their fate in the hines yard after the end of operations . the caboose would stay in hines for another 7 years , and the boxcars would be trucked out to crane .
my father felt strongly that there were hundreds and hundreds of jobs at stake and that this move would save jobs ,
mac hines said .
in 2010 , hines had a population of 1 , 380 and included the city park , post office , and city government offices . the emigrant creek ranger district office , the bureau of land management , oregon fish & wildlife , and harney soil & water conservation district are within hines’s town limits .
austin was quite a town in its day , with several saloons , stores and even a jail . the buildings had false fronts ( there was still one of these false fronted buildings standing as late as 1997 ) . it boasted a board sidewalk also . the railroad facilities included a four - stall engine house , yard trackage and a water tank . there was a mill called the eccles mill near austin . this mill was owned and operated by bill eccles , a brother to david eccles , owner of oregon lumber company .
hines ' witnesses testified the builder was responsible for erection and bracing of the trusses . the bracing materials were provided to the builder along with the trusses .
plaintiff contends the trial court failed to consider the extent to which hines provided instructions for the erection of the trusses . plaintiff points to deposition testimony indicating the reason hines delivered the green sheet to the job site was to “show how to erect trusses and the correct way to pick them up with the crane . ” plaintiff notes hines ' engineering department was available for consultation and “would have” affirmatively performed work to insure workers ' safety , had it been asked to do so .
mr . hines also is survived by his wife of more than 50 years , marcia ; two daughters , elizabeth bigelow and heather clessuras ; and 10 grandchildren .
eighty percent of the lumber processed through the custom millwork operation is solid hardwood , said john drake , general manager of hines custom millwork . in species ranging from african mahogany , sapele , iroko , cherry , walnut , maple , jatoba , various alders , oaks and mahoganies , to aromatic red cedar and an occasional cypress or other unusual wood , all are premium grade , in standard 4 / 4 to 10 / 4 sizes .
soaring timber prices , high wages and a deteriorating market in the late 1970s led to a depression in the lumber industry . continued depressed conditions in 1980 caused a complete shut - down of operations . the plywood and factory operations were discontinued and a new sawmill was built .
here , the trial court found plaintiff could not establish a material issue of fact regarding whether hines “had charge of” the work which resulted in plaintiff ' s injuries .
hines ' contract with fanizza was for the manufacture and delivery of the trusses . though hines included instructions for the erection of the trusses with the product , the erection of the trusses was performed by sub - contractors hired by artech . a review of the record establishes hines did not take charge of erection of the trusses once they were delivered , nor did the parties anticipate that it would . we affirm the trial court ' s decision granting summary judgment in defendant ' s favor on this issue .
mr . hines served for one term on the board of northfield ' s sunset ridge school district 29 , from 1979 until 1983 . the board hired howard bultinck as an assistant superintendent in 1980 , and as he exited the board in 1983 , mr . hines urged his fellow board members to promote bultinck to superintendent , which they did .
the color green assumed a formalized connotation for hines in 2007 when the north chicago location became a chain of custody carrier of forest stewardship council certified products . that designation assures contractors and homeowners that the lumber was assessed and stamped with the seal of a sustainable yield forest , trackable to its source as environmentally responsible , socially beneficial , economically viable and legally harvestable . “that’s reason enough to get certification , ” said maniates . “just knowing it’s done right and that we’re conserving energy properly . ”
from material estimating to product recommendations , hines is ready to do the number crunching for you and make sure your project is completed as affordably as possible with limited material underages or overages .
lieutenant hines was born in chicago , ill on july 24 , 1896 . he was educated in the public schools and graduated from philips academy . he then entered yale university , taking up the sheffield scientific course , and was in his second year when he entered first officers’ training camp at fort sheridan , where he was assigned to the third company . upon receiving a commission as second lieutenant he was ordered to the 4th machine gun battalion , gettysburg , pa . , sailing with that outfit for france on december 24 , 1917 .
on october 24 , 1921 , treasury secretary andrew mellon issued the official order that renamed public health hospital no . 76 as the edward hines , jr . hospital . the public health service ( part of treasury ) was tasked by congress in 1918 with providing hospitals , sanitariums , and medical care to world war 1 veterans . the first consolidation of government veterans services resulted in the transfer of public health service veterans hospitals to the newly created veterans bureau in 1922 . in 1930 , those hospitals became part of the veterans administration when the second consolidation of government veterans services took place .
hines has nine locations throughout chicagoland . please feel free to contact us with any questions about your remodeling , home or commercial building needs . we look forward to helping you with a successful build !
my father and grandfather thought it would be best if he started out at the ground floor , so he began working in a warehouse in skokie ,
mr . hines ' son said .
individuals , not an assembly line , build the pieces . after the architects’ drawing is interpreted in the tech shop , the lumber is machined and assembled using a variety of equipment pieces , including a shoda cnc router . small groups engage in entry door and case work . the only production facet of the plant regards the prehung doors and even there , the individual subcomponents change the setup . up to 80 percent of the door components might be unique , yet hines’ integrated sticking detail method ties them all together into one consistent theme .
the customization process that transforms rough lumber into finished product accounts in large part , for the low turnover of the 50 mill employees . “it’s a real pleasure to watch it reach completion , ” drake said . “everyone enjoys the new challenges and not punching out the same thing every day , so they don’t fall into a rut . ”
the commitment to environmental responsibility is a driving force . subcommittees discuss operating more efficiently , selling products and educating customers within a market that can be very complicated . frequent sales training sessions on green products are held at the corporate office , where a recycling program was recently instituted . over the years , the company has supplied trees to customers to replant , preserving the founding hines’ stance on maintaining maximum yields and reforestation . “we’ve launched the green initiative because we really believe in it and want to leave the world a better place , ” said bigelow .
globe corp . chairman bert getz , a friend since grammar school , remembered mr . hines as
the type of person that everybody enjoys being with , with always a smile on his face .
plaintiff ' s witnesses testified the trusses were bowed upon delivery . fanizza testified he contacted hines about the bowing and was told it was not a problem . plaintiff ' s witnesses said the bowing made installation difficult .
alco s - 3 , c / n 79538 , blt 5 / 1952 . 660 horsepower , weight 199 , 000 lbs . brooks - scanlon # 101 , bend , or ; to oregon & northwestern # 101 1956 ; to longview fibre company # 7001 circa 1965 ; to battle ground , yacolt & chelatchie prairie railroad association 2002 . stored in the vicinity of yacolt , wa .
plaintiff argues “the core” of hines ' defense was “that it manufactured a truss which itself contained no defects and * * * provided [ warnings and instructions ] which told the installer all he needed to know * * * . ” this defense , plaintiff says , “embraced the concept that [ hines ] ‘exercised due care . ’ ” plaintiff misconstrues the type of argument that a defendant must advance before the trial court is required to give ipi civil no . 400 . 10 .
the robust family stock generates enthusiasm for the trade among employees , too . bigelow described the company as one that fosters an entrepreneurial spirit , continuously expanding leadership into employee responsibilities . “we value each individual and their input . the management team is very customer driven and allotted a great deal of decision making flexibility . they know their customers very well , our customers know them , and managers make decisions on their own . ”
craftsman john schnepf builds custom cabinets from cherry at hines’ custom millwork division in south chicago heights . the cabinets were used in the fsc house last year that was part of the greenbuild seminar & expo , held at mccormick place in chicago .
born in chicago and raised in winnetka ' s hubbard woods area , mr . hines attended north shore country day school in winnetka for grade school and high school . he earned a bachelor ' s degree in 1957 from williams college in williamstown , mass .
this case is factually similar to lukwinski . there , the plaintiff was employed as a truck driver for a delivery carrier company ( fab ) . defendant ( stone ) was a cardboard box manufacturer . fab contracted with stone to deliver the boxes to buyers . plaintiff was injured while delivering the boxes to a buyer . he claimed section 2 - 318 covered him as a third - party beneficiary of the ucc warranty between stone and the buyer . we disagreed :
on june 24 , 1991 , three carpenters installing a wood roof truss system at the evergreen plaza shopping center in vernon hills were injured when several trusses collapsed . hines designed , built , and furnished the truss system to comply with the architect ' s plans .
the sixth amended complaint , filed after the court granted summary judgment in defendant ' s favor on the structural work act count , alleged the roof truss system was defective in its design and engineering . plaintiff also alleged the truss was improperly packaged , stacked , and delivered and was given to frank in a deformed , bowed and unsafe condition . the complaint alleged hines failed to give frank adequate instructions for erecting the roof and that hines did not provide adequate warnings of the dangers posed by the product . plaintiff also included counts alleging breach of ucc warranties .


mainstream records was an american record company and independent record label founded by music producer bob shad in 1964 .

mainstream 's early releases were reissues from commodore records .

its catalogue grew to include bob brookmeyer , maynard ferguson , jim hall , helen merrill , carmen mcrae , jimmy raney , zoot sims , clark terry , and sarah vaughan .

janis joplin , with big brother and the holding company , first appeared on mainstream .

in 1978 mainstream closed .

bob shad died in 1985 .

in 1991 , the label was restarted by his daughter , tamara , and humphrey walwyn , the former head of bbc records .

it was bought by legacy in 1993 .

mainstream records

various artists ( mainstream records ) - the message . soul , funk and jazzy grooves from mainstream records - ace records
according to wikipidia the mainstream records back catalogue was sold to legacy records ( part of sony ) in 1993 .
mainstream records , inc . 1700 broadway n . y . 10019 usa ( address not longer active )
iirc , mainstream had a
time series
for rereleases of time material .
sings and swings organ , gloria coleman ltd . , 1971 , mainstream mrl 322
that stuff was first released on time , iirc , shad ' s label before mainstream .
record company that owned the mainstream records label . distributed the labels of bob thiele ' s flying dutchman productions , ltd . from 1969 to 1971 .
mainstream records was an independent label , founded in 1964 by veteran producer bob shad . shad was producing jazz ( charlie parker ) , blues and r & b ; material since the 1940s , and started several record labels before mainstream , including time records , brent records , and emarcy . on mainstream he both reissued his old material from commodore records and time records , and produced new recordings from shelly manne , dizzy gillespie , roy haynes , buddy terry , and pete yellin . in the late 1960s , the label released big brother & the holding company ' s first material ( feat . janis joplin ) , as well as the amboy dukes ' first albums , featuring ted nugent . mainstream was also distributing flying dutchman records and continued issuing soundtracks and new jazz material through to 1978 , when it folded .
mainstream records , inc . 1700 broadway n . y . 10019 usa older address : m . r . i 1290 avenue of the americas , new york , n . y . 10019
sizes of records in america and the uk are generally measured in inches , usually represented with a double prime symbol , e . g . a 7 - inch or 7″ record . 45s are generally 7″ records . lps were 10″ records at first , but are now usually 12″ records .
15 years exile on mainstream 15 years jug fulla sun 15 years a friendship what a coincidence ! not only shows the history of exile on mainstream a deep connection with scott
wino
weinrichs cv , the album also marks . . . . . . read more
also appears as
mainstream
only . label founded in 1964 by bob shad , who also ran the sittin ' in with , jax , jade , shad and time records ( 3 ) labels . mainstream issued many new recordings such as the first records by janis joplin and ted nugent , though also reissued many of the titles from the shad and time records catalogs . among the titles reissued were the 10 titles in earle brown ' s contemporary sound series , to which they added 8 more titles . in the early 1990s , bob shad ' s daughter tamara shad revived the mainstream label to reissue a number of the jazz and blues recordings from the label on cd . in 1993 , sony acquired a large portion of mainstream ' s catalog for reissue .
the antikaroshi present their third album on exile on mainstream , their most meticulously crafted album yet . . . . . . . read more
bob shad’s mainstream records is one of the great unsung us independent labels of the 60s and 70s . shad , who made his name as an executive at mercury , set up on his own in the early 60s and debuted mainstream a few years later . over the next decade the imprint covered jazz , latin , psychedelic rock , soul and funk . in recent months , across the various ace labels , we have started to focus on the mainstream repertoire . we’ve done our bit at bgp with the deep jazz compilation “a loud minority” and the alice clark “complete studio recordings” cd , both greatly enhanced by wonderful photographs from the mainstream archive .
this is an excellent recording , but it ' s not the type of music i associate with mainstream . i wonder how it came about .
i ' ve e - mailed ace to ask whether they intend re - issuing any complete jazz and / or soul albums from the mainstream catalogue .
then came dynaflex , which were records pressed with the least amount of vinyl in history . the resulting number of warped and noisy lps was unprecedented , at least for classical music records .
we want sounds has a new release coming up : a compilation of rare spiritual jazz and funk culled from bob shad’s mainstream records label . shad produced more than 800 records in his 40 year career , working at numerous labels such as his own emarcy , brent , shad and time records , as well as decca and mercury . musicians he worked with include art blakey , sarah vaughan , max roach , oscar peterson and cannonball adderley , alongside such composers as john cage , karlheinz stockhausen , luigi nono , morton feldman and iannis xenakis , not forgetting the likes of lou reed and janis joplin . he set up mainstream records in 1967 and then a few years later mainstream red lion , which ran through the 1970s and featured artists like buddy terry and hadley caliman . shad recorded until 1978 when at 58 he decided to close down his label and move into film production in los angeles .
end of level boss return to the fray with their 3rd album “eklectric” , released via exile on mainstream records . continuing in their all - consuming search for twisted riffs , the london based band returned to the analogue domains of earth terminal studios . . . read more
as faar as hadley ' s work goes , the first mainstream album was . . . eh . . . but iapetus . . . i continue to represent for iapetus .
i wonder if there is enough blue mitchell or harold land stuff on mainstream to make a mosaic select ? wondering too if there would be interest in it if there was .
discogs doesn ' t show much of a gap , if any , from the 60s into the 70s for mainstream , although the 70s were clearly the heyday for the label .
seems like a lot of the mainstream recordings always sounded kind of off . i was just listening to the dave hubbard the other day , and the sound was pretty ghastly .
mina and ' the 10th victim ' from 1966 notwithstanding , the primary focus here is on mainstream ' s mrl 300 series of contemporary jazz , which ran from 1971 to 1976 .
records are generally sold through specialist shops , although some big chain stores also have record departments . many records are sold from stock , but it is normal to place special orders for less common records . stock is expensive , so only large city center stores can afford to have several copies of a record .
can ' t answer your specific question re cd releases , but there are quite a few mainstream titles available for online listening on spotify . they appear to be mostly listed as
copyright < year > mainstream records ,
which is different than most of the sony titles i have seen . those are listed as
copyright < year > sony music entertainment .
i would guess that most of the ones on spotify are there because they were reissued on cd at some point .
mr shad is an intreresting producer . he made some fine mainstream sessions . akaik , none of them are masterpieces . i welcome corrections - and i do know about hadley ' s recordings .
now , with the release of 24 cds , tamara shad - - shad ' s daughter - - and her business partner , humphrey walwyn , have revitalized the mainstream label . the line became inactive after shad ' s death , except for the occasional reissue , such as max roach and clifford brown ' s
daahoud ,
originally released on mainstream but issued on mobile fidelity last year .
in almost the same vein as mainstream , how about cameo ( or cameo / parkway ) for a couple of fine maynard ferguson albums . . . were there other jazz releases on that label ?
picked up that harold land ' new shades . . ' on vinyl some years ago and it is predictably good . i find the mainstream recordings a bit thin and ' gloopy ' in the bass though .
the antikaroshi present their fourth album on exile on mainstream , making their own existence a topic and questioning their approaches in a much more self - referential attitude than ever before . . . . . . read more
marie´s sister´s garden
is the second full - length offering from seminal doom evangelists voodooshock and their first release for exile on mainstream records . four long years since the release of their debut album certainly proves their doomy work ethics , however you will know it´s been well worth the wait once you hear this . . . read more
music lovers collect music that happens to be in the form of records . the records are irrelevant unto themselves , being just a necessary means to an end . their ultimate objective is to possess and enjoy the music . meanwhile . . .
yes , there are a lot of good mainstream dates left to reissue . buddy terry , harold land , galper , mike longo , barry miles , hadley caliman , charles mcpherson , johnny coles , charles kynard , etc .
( important note -
collectors
have never acknowledged any technological advancements in the production of records after around 1965 . )
tempo
is diarios second full length album , recorded by the mighty uwe rumeyke , sound visionary extraordinnaire from leipzig . we at exile on mainstream records are stoked about diario and convinced velocitysounds , diario´s original label to release
tempo
in association with us .
tempo
represents a leap forward for the band a . . . read more
1 . classic records reissues ( both 33 and 45 rpm ) - these are , by far , the best sounding mercury pressings . unfortunately , only six records were ever released by classic . three of them ( ravel , prokofiev and stravinsky ) are among the very finest sounding records ever made by anyone . every audiophile ( with a turntable ) should have these
big three
.
though he owned several small labels in the ' 40s and was head of artists and repertoire at mercury and affiliated labels in the ' 50s , shad , who died in 1985 , would probably like to be remembered for his mainstream line .
both the microgroove lp 33 1 / 3 rpm record and the 45 rpm single records are made from vinyl plastic that is flexible and unbreakable in normal use . however , the vinyl records are easier to scratch or gouge , and much more prone to warpage .
climax community
, darsombra ' s 2012 release on exile on mainstream records , brings daniloski ' s familiar epic arrangements , with a different feel of dynamics and speed than his previous efforts - but don ' t be mislead : with 3 songs and clocking in at 45 minutes , this is a record to dive into and exist within . . . . . . read more
there were also a small batch of
longer playing
records issued in the very early 1930s . a handful were issued by columbia on a special 18000 - d series , and labels like crown and perfect also issued a few 10
records playing nearly 5 minutes long .
the older 78 format continued to be mass produced alongside the newer formats into the 1950s , and in a few countries , such as india , into the 1960s . for example , columbia records last reissue of frank sinatra songs on 78 rpm records was an album called
young at heart
, issued november 1 , 1954 . as late as the 1970s , some children ' s records were released at the 78 rpm speed .
in spite of their flaws , such as the lack of portability , records still have enthusiastic supporters . vinyl records continue to be manufactured and sold today , especially by independent rock bands and labels , although record sales are considered to be a niche market composed of audiophiles , collectors and djs . old records and out of print recordings in particular are in much demand by collectors the world over . ( see record collecting . ) many popular new albums are given releases on vinyl records and older albums are also given reissues as well , sometimes on audiophile grade vinyl with high quality sleeves .
in the 1970s successful musicians sought greater control , and one way they achieved this was with their own labels , though normally they were still operated by the large music corporations . two of the most famous early examples of this were the beatles ' apple records and led zeppelin ' s swan song records
exile on mainstream is proud to re - release two of the band´s previous milestones in super - limited runs , mainly as a present to the fans who haven´t been able to get their hands on these two releases . the first round goes to a collaboration . . . read more
in 1958 the first stereo two - channel records were issued�by audio fidelity in the usa and pye in britain , using the westrex
45 / 45
single - groove system . while the stylus moves horizontally when reproducing a monophonic disk recording , on stereo records the stylus moves vertically as well as horizontally .
i found this urltoken which is as likely complete as can be . . . looks like 1969 was the only really
off
year , the only release being a best of for the amboy dukes ( just think - both ted nugent & janis joplin recorded for mainstream ! ) .
but what ' s up with this ? mainstream made its debut in the 1960s , then seemed to go kinda quiet for a while , then came back with that new look ( and bad engineering ) in the early 70s . what caused to off time ? or am i wrong about that ?
this phonograph cylinder dominated the recorded sound market beginning in the 1880s . lateral - cut disc records were invented by emile berliner in 1888 and were used exclusively in toys until 1894 , when berliner began marketing disc records under the berliner gramophone label . the edison blue amberol record was introduced in 1912 , with a longer playing time of around 4 minutes ( at 160 rpm ) and a more resilient playing surface than its wax predecessor , but the format was doomed due to the difficulty of reproducing recordings . by november 1918 the patents for the manufacture of lateral - cut disc records expired , opening the field for countless companies to produce them , causing disc records to overtake cylinders in popularity . production of amberol cylinders ceased in the late 1920s . disc records would dominate the market until they were supplanted by the compact disc , starting from the 1980s .
the lps are available on the 2nd hand market for mostly reasonable prices . i have the harold land lps , the charles mcpherson , and the kynard . pretty good . i don ' t think i ' ve seen mainstream titles on domestic cd , although it seems some of their title were issued on cd .
mainstream records released over 100 lps in the 300 / 400 series between 1970 and 1974 . many releases in the series are jazz albums but the series does also include some blues , easy listening and rock albums . there are gaps in the list especially towards the end of the series . these represent either albums i have failed to identify or catalog numbers that were not used . when available the
see more details
link leads to a page with a track list and musicians information .
this is their third album and second for exile on mainstream : recorded in late 2005 . it´s focus remarks a consequent development from the previous album and shows the band at the peak of their expressional stages . again you can dig into layers of sound , different levels of intensity and the power . . . read more
a gramophone record ( also vinyl record , vinyl , phonograph record , or simply record ) is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove usually starting near the periphery and ending near the center of the disc . ( some commercial - use only records ran the groove from the center to the edge of the record . ) gramophone records were the primary medium used for commercial music reproduction for most of the 20th century . they replaced the phonograph cylinder as the most popular recording medium in the 1900s , and although they were supplanted in popularity in the late 1980s by digital media , leaving mainstream by 1990 , they continue to be manufactured and sold as of 2008 . gramophone records remain the medium of choice for many audiophiles , and specialist areas such as electronic dance music and hip hop . type of record
early disc records were made of various materials including hard rubber . from 1897 onwards , earlier materials were largely replaced by a rather brittle formula of 25 % shellac , a filler of a cotton compound similar to manila paper , powdered slate , and a small amount of a wax lubricant . the mass production of shellac records began in 1898 in hanover , germany , and continued until the end of the 78 - rpm format in the late 1950s .
unbreakable
records , usually of celluloid on a pasteboard base , were made from 1904 onwards , but they suffered from an exceptionally high level of surface noise .
unbreakable
records could be bent , broken , or otherwise damaged ; but not nearly as easily as shellac records . decca introduced vinyl
deccalite
78s after the second world war , but other labels would restrict vinyl production to the newer 33 and 45 formats .
exile on mainstream is not a label easily pigeonholed , yet there´s a spirit running through connecting each artist , a strong connection towards harder tunes and slow moving rock perhaps ? whatever it is , exile arepurveyors of true underground music with a strong diy identity . presented here on worship the riff is a selection . . . read more
i imagine most people at sony don ' t even * know * they own it . still , mosaic has been busy with sony - owned material , so maybe we ' ll see some mosaic mainstream sets down the line . that would be nice . they could do a sarah vaughan box , maybe a maynard ferguson one .
this band has been high on our wishlist for a while and after we saw them wiping the floor with the crowd as support for the mighty unsane earlier this year we couldn´t hold back : this cd contains the songs of flu . id’s previously released 10 - inches on interstellar records and modus operandi records - completely remixed and remastered and . . . read more
the beast that is the end of level boss is driven by a complete and all - consuming need for riffs . for ´inside the difference engine´ , their second album with exile on mainstream , the band present themselves as a structure stronger than ever , tighter than tight , and burning to lay their noise across . . . read more
by about 1910 bound collections of empty sleeves with a cardboard or leather cover , similar to a photograph album , were sold as
record albums
that customers could use to store their records ( the name
record album
was printed on some covers ) . these albums came in both 10
and 12
sizes . the covers of these bound books were wider and taller than the records inside , allowing the record album to be placed on a shelf upright , like a book , suspending the fragile records above the shelf and protecting them .
it is a historical fact that rca , through a publicized corporate policy , both cheapened and altered their records ( all for the worse ) from the late 1960 ' s and on .
let ' s say , using easy to understand numbers , that decca will press 10 , 000 records on a run , with 3 , 000 staying in the uk ( decca ) and 7 , 000 going to the us / canada ( london ) . let ' s say each stamper has a
life
of 1 , 000 records , so 10 stampers are required to complete the entire run . according to this poster , the first 300 records pressed on each stamper would be a decca , while the remainder ( 700 ) would be a london . stop !
many of philips and telefunken classical music box sets have thin pieces of foam to take up empty space and keep the records in place . i ' ve recently found that this foam is now disintigrating into dust . this dust may get into the grooves of the records , so i would , very carefully , remove all the foam . it can be replaced with similar sized cardboard .
the earliest rotation speeds varied widely . most records made in 1900 / 1925 were recorded at 74 / 82 revolutions per minute ( rpm ) . however a few unusual systems were deployed . the dutch philips company introduced records whose rotational speed varied such that the reproducing
needle
ran at a constant linear velocity ( clv ) in the groove . these records also , unusually , played from the inside to the outside . both of these features were to be emulated by the modern day compact disc . the london science museum displays a philips clv record marked as
speed d
.
such 78 rpm records were usually sold separately , in brown paper or cardboard sleeves that were sometimes plain and sometimes printed to show the producer or the retailer ' s name . generally the sleeves had a circular cutout allowing the record label to be seen . records could be laid on a shelf horizontially or stood upright on an edge , but because of their fragility , many broke in storage .
of the 122 releases in mainstream ' s mrl series , about 20 are repackages or reissues of 50 ' s and 60 ' s recordings which shad still had rights to . that leaves us with 100 lps , most of which were risk - taking , original efforts of artists who were passed - over by the major labels ( having deigned them unworthy and unprofitable ) .
pacific jazz “trees” – examples of how material from 10″ records were selectively migrated to 12″ , including the overdubbing of chet baker’s singing with bill perkins or jimmy giuffre solos . let history be the judge .
in the late 1970s the anarchic punk rock movement gave rise to the independent record labels . these were not owned or even distributed by the main corporations . in the uk , examples were stiff records who published ian dury and the blockheads and two tone records , label for the specials . these allowed smaller bands to step onto the ladder without having to conform to the rigid rules of the large corporations .
in the uk , sales of new vinyl records ( particularly 7 inch singles ) have increased significantly in recent years , [ 35 ] [ 36 ] somewhat reversing the downward trend seen during the 1990s .
however , vinyl ' s lower surface noise level than shellac was not forgotten , nor was its durability . ( shellac records are very fragile . ) in the late 30 ' s , radio commercials and prerecorded radio programs being sent to disc jockeys started being stamped in vinyl , so they would not break in the mail . in the mid - 1940s , special dj copies of records started being made of vinyl also , for the same reason . these were all 78 rpm . during and after world war ii when shellac supplies were extremely limited , some 78 rpm records were pressed in vinyl instead of shellac , particularly the six - minute 12 - inch ( 30 cm ) 78 rpm records produced by v - disc for distribution to us troops in world war ii . in the 40 ' s , radio transcriptions , which were usually on 16 inch records , but sometimes 12 inch , were always made of vinyl , but cut at 33 1 / 3 rpm . shorter transcriptions were often cut at 78 rpm .
helpful discussion . i don’t know much or indeed anything about other european tax policies , however in the uk , as i understand it , the tax on records was a percentage of their wholesale price , irrespective of their size . ( granted the price varied with size ) . it varied from budget to budget according to the national rate of purchase tax charged on “luxury goods” , which records were classified as .
also in the late 1970s ,
direct - to - disc
records were produced , aimed at an audiophile niche market . these completely bypassed the use of magnetic tape in favor of a
purist
transcription directly to the master lacquer disc . also during this period ,
half - speed mastered
and
original master
records were released , using expensive state - of - the - art technology . a further late 1970s development was the disco eye - cued ( tm ) system used mainly on motown 12 - inch singles released between 1978 and 1980 . the introduction , drum - breaks or choruses of a track were indicated by widely separated grooves , giving a visual clue to djs mixing the records . the appearance of these records is similar to an lp , but they only contain one track each side .
personal note - i can now provide a link to the above mentioned document , which proves , beyond any doubt , that decca and london records were made from the exact same master . here it is :
. . . so that the listener at home who really listens , and he ' s the only sort of listener we make records for , will have an aural picture in front of him .
anyway , i ' ve never gone wrong with the second label and have almost the whole run of original everest recordings with it . do try to track some of them down - the ' corroboree ' will knock your socks off ! it ' s worth mentioning that most of their records are of surpassing artistic value - evidently they let their amazing roster of talent ( goossens , stokowski and sargent in particular ) call the shots with results that surpassed many of their projects with more mainstream labels . you ' ll never hear an everest performance that sounds studio - bound or
canned .
having honed his craft in countless bands over the years , first and foremost exile on mainstream ' s own end of level boss , the tone of a distorted electric guitar was never going to release it ' s grip on harry armstrongs ever more eclectic taste , even though noisepickers sound was planned to be a more piano - driven , dark blues idea . . . . read more
this is an extensive listing of the finest sounding records i ' ve ever heard , primarily ( though not exclusively ) of classical music . most of them are not expensive , if you can find them ! i also mention and discuss a number of overrated and expensive records to avoid . each lp on the list has a short description of its sonic qualities ( with the exception of
the honorable mentions
) .
this is their second album and the first one for exile on mainstream . it was released in early 2004 and claimed massive endorsement by fans and press around the world : resonant atmospherics juxtapose a driving rain of space rokk tremulation . fans of kinski , don cab , & desert sessions will
get
what they give . a true must - have for all fans . . . read more
how people can truly believe there can be progress in only the playback of records and not in their mastering and pressing remains a total mystery to me . this manner of thinking is completely irrational , if not degenerative .
during the reign of the communist party in the former ussr , records were commonly homemade using discarded medical x - rays . these records , nicknamed
bones
, were usually inscribed with illegal copies of popular music banned by the government . they also became a popular means of distribution among soviet punk bands ; in addition to the high cost and low availability of vinyl , punk music was politically suppressed , and publishing outlets were limited .
it is inevitable that there will be disagreements and controversies concerning which records , pressings , labels etc sound the best . it is unavoidable considering tastes , lp conditions , audio systems , recording philosophies , emotional attachments etc . etc .
the only practical advantage decca has is in their ( early ) box sets , where the records can be played in chronological order , without constantly changing lps . this is in contrast to their ( early ) london equivalents , which were meant to be used with
automatic
turntables , which had records
stacked
above the platter . later box sets , for both decca and london , are the same , and can be played in chronological order .
let us start with some historical facts , first - all of the decca and london records we are discussing were pressed in england for around 25 years , and then for around 5 years after that in holland . further . . .
the collectors , and the dealers , were closer to the truth than i realized back then . however , their ignorant contention that all of these records are essentially
worthless
, is just more self - serving and egotistical nonsense .
have you noticed that many of the records listed sound even better if the absolute polarity is reversed ? this applies to sheffield , harmonia mundi , rca , chesky , london / decca . i noted that earlier belafonte at carnegie records were less dynamic - compressed than later versions . i live in germany and bmg has
remastered
the belafonte , shrinking the soundstage depth , removing the beauty and the softness of harry ' s voice . a terrible
improvement
right after the introduction of the 10” lp format , the east coast companies started a vast program of re - issuing old 78 rpm material . blue note’s first 10” lp album ( 5001 ) was mid - forties mainstream jazz , followed by a monk album with material from the late forties . ditto for prestige : prlp 101 was a compilation of tristano and konitz tracks from the forties , followed by a stan getz compilation from 1949 . many similar compilations followed on both labels and also on savoy . interesting as these records may be , i will exclude them from this study . the subject i wish to focus on is “what happened to the records made by the independents especially for the 10” lp format , after the transition to the 12” album format was a fact ? ” . also must be excluded leased masters from european companies , such as vogue and metronome , over which the lessees had no permanent control .
record collectors collect records that just happen to have music on them . the music itself is basically irrelevant to them . their ultimate objective is to possess the record which , from their perspective , is some form of a
trophy
.
addendum 1 : i ' ve heard the original pressings of many everest records , and none of them even approached the sound of these reissues . worse , they used cheap vinyl , which was unacceptably noisy , even for its own day .
further - the jazz records by columbia , miles davis etc . , are a totally different story . the early pressings are noticeably superior and are worth hunting down and paying the price premium . the recent reissues , by classic records , are still preferable ( overall ) to any pressings i ' ve heard from the past , but my experience in this area is very limited . many people , who are both objective and with more experience than i have , still prefer the originals .
sony bought mainstream because it released the first big brother and the holding company album , and columbia wanted to add it to their janis properties . they pretty much ignored the catalog except for repackaging some sarah vaughan & carmen mcrae albums ( both were at their peak during those years ) . it appears that some titles have been released through the japanese p - vine label . i love charles mcpherson ' s today ' s man , with great ernie wilkins charts .
these people , in effect , do not recognize any technological advancements in mastering or pressing records . they don ' t even acknowledge any enhanced technical skills ( the normal
learning curve
) by the mastering engineers , due to their increased knowledge and experience .
in 1925 , 78 . 26 rpm was chosen as the standard because of the introduction of the electrically powered synchronous turntable motor . this motor ran at 3600 rpm with a 46 : 1 gear ratio which produced 78 . 26 rpm . in parts of the world that used 50 hz current , the standard was 77 . 92 rpm ( 3000 rpm with a 38 . 5 : 1 ratio ) , which was also the speed at which a strobe disc with 77 lines would
stand still
in 50 hz light ( 92 lines for 60hz ) . thus these records became known as 78s ( or
seventy - eights
) . this term did not come into use until after world war ii when a need developed to distinguish the 78 from other newer disc record formats , an example of a retronym . earlier they were just called records , or when there was a need to distinguish them from cylinders , disc records . standard records was also used , although the same term had also been used earlier for two - minute cylinders .
7 . during this entire 30 year period , not even one of the engineers had the courage and integrity to inform the public and the press as to the deliberate sonic sabotage of the records being sold to the public . that ' s not all . . .
one comment on your various lists , if i may . i note a dearth of recordings of ' standard ' 18th / 19th century orchestral repertoire . on a label like argo that ' s expected - it was used for the more esoteric music . but the mainstream decca and emi labels offered far more discs of beethoven , brahms , mozart , tchaikovsky et al than they ever did of the mainly 20th century ( with some pre - baroque ) repertoire that features so preponderantly in your lists .
i have to admit that i have never been as impressed with the original rca recordings as much as the best i ' ve heard from the other classical record labels . i still feel that decca , emi and mercury , produced superior recordings ( and eventually records ) .
when i first began to surf the internet , it wasn ' t long before i discovered numerous posts and articles touting the superiority of decca over london pressings ( of the same recording ) . according to its proponents , this
superiority
was
universal
, with absolutely no exceptions , no matter when the records were pressed . however , i knew from my personal experiences that this claim was demonstrably false ( i sold new and used records in my former store for many years and had heard literally thousands of decca and london lps ) .
i have closed many disputes over this issue , even to very hardcore decca collectors , some of which also have offered me substantial amounts of money to buy this proof ( some of them were dealers of classical records , so i think they had destruction in mind ) .
however , the earliest pressings will usually be in questionable condition , and remember that they used inferior vinyl and were noisy to begin with . what a dilemma ! it was all supposed to be solved with the new reissues from classic records , but only 6 ever came out .
for example , when king oliver ' s creole jazz band , including louis armstrong on his first recordings , recorded 13 sides at gennett records in richmond , indiana , in 1923 , one side was 2 : 09 and four sides were 2 : 52 / 2 : 59 .
straight ahead hard bop , with not - unattractive 70 ' s trappings of electric piano ( george cables ) and guitar . i am quite happy with it . stanley clarke on bass - he played on a lot of mainstream label sessions in that period , for whatever reason - lenny white on drums , bill hardman on trumpet , and some players i ' m not otherwse familiar with - bill washer on guitar and ray moros on tenor sax . recommended if you enjoy that era where things were being stretched . i do .
not even the finest columbia records approach the sonics of any high quality rca or mercury , let alone the best from decca and emi . they ' re noticeably dirty , noisy and unnatural sounding , especially in the high frequencies , compared to the better recordings , let alone the best .
developmentally , much of the technology of the long playing record , successfully released by columbia in 1948 , came from wide range radio transcription practices . the use of vinyl pressings , increased length of programming , and general improvement in audio quality over 78 rpm records were the major selling points .
personal notes - well , it looks like one more decca / london pressing fantasy has been shattered . this time it is the myth that the london phase four records had some sort of equalization added to them to please the
unsophisticated taste
of north american listeners . in fact , i have to admit that i believed this myth myself ( and even posted it as a
fact
, which i ' ve now corrected ) . as it turns out , after an internet search , i couldn ' t find one bit of hard evidence supporting this myth . there are only the same
expert opinions
and unsupported anecdotes that i fell for myself a couple of decades ago . worse , these opinions came from the same dead - enders who still promote the now fully discredited theory that decca classical records were mastered and pressed differently than london classical records .
byg records was founded by fernand boruso , jean - luc young and jean georgakarakos in the late 60 ' s . the now legendary status of byg is mainly based on some fifty excellent free jazz and experimental records by mostly american artists released under the actuel - series . as the 60 ' s progressed towards the seventies the interest of major labels in free jazz started to fade away , creating a need for a new output for many american artists and their music . as a result many leading musicians visited or moved entirely to europe , where it seemed that free jazz and jazz in general , were more appreciated than in the usa . paris was often the place of action for the ex - patriate free jazzers , where there was always demand for live performances and people running labels willing to record your music for a release . byg was one of these . most of byg ' s actuel - records are excellent free jazz discs , but they did release something else too : a couple of mev ' s improvised electronic albums , some progressive rock albums and a record by pierre marietan and terry riley . there are other byg records around , apart from the actuel - series , but they are mostly reissues of pretty straight forward jazz discs .
while records are generally pressed on plain black vinyl , the album itself is given a much more ornamental appearance . this can include a solid color ( other than black ) , splatter art , a marble look , or transparency ( either tinged with a color or clear ) . some examples of this can be seen to the right . one of the most well known examples of this technique is the white vinyl repressing of the beatles ' white album . labels record companies organised their products into labels . these could either be subsidiary companies , or they could simply be just a brand name . for example , emi published records under the his master ' s voice ( hmv ) label which was their classical recording brand , harvest for their progressive rock brand , home to pink floyd . they also had music for pleasure and classics for pleasure as their economy labels . emi also used the parlophone brand in the uk for beatles records in the early 1960s .
a reader sent me a letter with more useful advice for finding the best pressings of decca / london classical records , when an actual direct listening comparison is not possible ( which is the case 99 % of the time ) . below is the relevant part of his letter , with some minor editing and my bold :
they are somewhat
euphonic
and
forgiving
in character , like a vintage tube amplifier . they lack fine inner detail , and are also a little homogenized , even at low volume levels . they are somewhat veiled compared to the finest records , and their sound - floor is barely above average . they have an easily noticeable problem with speed stability , which may drive some sensitive listeners crazy . finally , they lack that
alive
and
immediate
quality that the finest records possess . still , quite a good score overall though , so all ( but one ) of them will be placed in the honorable mentions * .
unlike rca and mercury , amongst others , decca had virtually the same engineers mastering their records over a long period of time . you can check this out by looking at the inner label where you will see their designations :
g
,
w
,
y
, etc . what does this mean ?
by 1938 , when milt gabler started recording on january 17 for his new label , commodore records , to allow longer continuous performances , he recorded some 12
records . eddie condon explained :
gabler realized that a jam session needs room for development .
the first two 12
recordings didn ' t take advantage of the extra length :
carnegie grag
was 3 : 15 ;
carnegie jump
, 2 : 41 . but , at the second session , on april 30 , the two 12
recordings were longer :
embraceable you
was 4 : 05 ;
serenade to a shylock
, 4 : 32 .
both the ct records have cover pictures from the same photo session , obviously . geez , they could have asked him to bring a different shirt and take off the hat so they didn ' t look so cheap !
let ' s just grab another pic - - no point in hiring a photograper again . . .
on your website you write about late british deccas : these records are difficult to distinguish from the other decca / london ' s . however , they do have a shinier , darker vinyl compared to the earlier pressings . the record labels also look a little more ' modern ' and the printing appears in better ' focus ' .
i have been planning this for years , it ' s not something that just happened ,
tamara shad said .
i couldn ' t do it myself , but when i met humphrey , who was used to running a record company ( walwyn was head of bbc records from 1968 to 1986 ) , i decided to proceed .
most informative ! taxing records in the uk even went back to the 78 era . i have a number of british 78s with tax stamps on them . as you say , this later became the va tax . by 1953 , i had turned my attention to buying modern jazz on 10 - inch lp and still have most of the records i bought . i learned early on to take care of my lps . although i did purchase certain reissues , i mostly concentrated on what was new on the labels that have been mentioned here . three of my favorite artists when i was in high school were tristano and konitz on prestige , konitz on storyville , and mingus and roach on debut .
the development of quadraphonic records was announced in 1971 . these recorded four separate sound signals . this was achieved on the two stereo channels by electronic matrixing , where the additional channels were combined into the main signal . when the records were played , phase - detection circuits in the amplifiers were able to decode the signals into four separate channels . there were two main systems of matrixed quadraphonic records produced , confusingly named sq ( by cbs ) and qs ( by sansui ) . they proved commercially unsuccessful , but were an important precursor to later
surround sound
systems , as seen in sacd and home cinema today . a different format , cd - 4 ( not to be confused with compact disc ) , by rca , encoded rear channel information on an ultrasonic carrier , which required a special wideband cartridge to capture it on carefully - calibrated pickup arm / turntable combinations . typically the high frequency information inscribed onto these lps wore off after only a few playings , and cd - 4 was even less successful than the two matrixed formats .
since most vinyl records are from recycled plastic , impurities can be accumulated in the record , causing a brand new album to have audio artifacts like clicks and pops . virgin vinyl means that the album is not from recycled plastic , and will theoretically be devoid of these impurities . in practice , this depends on the manufacturer ' s quality control .
that being said , i believe that the finest records , meaning the most
real
and
natural
, were made by rca until the middle to late 1960 ' s . i find their early pressings usually superior to their rivals ' equivalents , but they still could not match their rivals ' later ( and better ) pressings mentioned above .
in this age of superficial celebrity and trivia , deep knowledge and scholarship may be undervalued , but not here at ljc . because these 10 - inch records are so beautiful , i have posted them at full screen resolution : they are enduring physical artefacts which merit your fullest appreciation . i just wish i had more , this is the beautiful music .
2 . early pressings - from the late 50 ' s to the late 60 ' s . these records are very rare and expensive , and don ' t sound very good . they are ( like the early london ' s ) veiled , distorted and lack bloom , inner detail and dynamic shading . any middle to late pressing will sound much better .
although the technology used vacuum tubes and today would be described as
electronic ,
at the time it was referred to as
electrical .
a 1926 wanamaker ' s ad in the new york times offers records
by the latest victor process of electrical recording .
it was recognized as a breakthrough ; in 1930 , a times music critic stated
most informative ! taxing records in the uk even went back to the 78 era . i have a number of british 78 by 1953 , i had turned my attention to jazz on 10 - inch lplabels with tax stamps on them . as you say , this later became the va tax . by 1953 , i had turned my attention to buying modern jazz on 10 - inch lp and still have most of the records i bought . i learned early on to take care of my lps . although i did purchase certain reissues , i mostly concentrated on what was new on the labels that have been mentioned here . three of my favorite artists when i was in high school were tristano and konitz on prestige and mingus on debut .
due to the nature of the medium , playback of
hard
records , eg : lps , causes gradual degradation of the recording . the recordings are best preserved by transferring them onto more stable media and playing the records as rarely as possible . they need to be stored on edge , and do best under environmental conditions that most humans would find comfortable . the medium needs to be kept clean , but use alcohol only on pvc or optical media , not on 78s . the equipment for playback of certain formats ( e . g . 16 and 78 rpm ) is manufactured only in small quantities , leading to increased difficulty in finding equipment to play the recordings . ( this
gradual degradation
is more noticeable on some discs than others . in fact it is possible to have forty year old records that sound as new and brand new discs with pops and tics . how the records are handled and the equipment on which they are played as well as the manufacturing process and quality of original vinyl have a considerable impact upon their wear . ) where old disc recordings are considered to be of artistic or historic interest , record companies or archivists play back the disc on suitable equipment and record the result , typically onto a digital format which can be copied and converted without any further damage to the recording . for example , nimbus records uses a specially built horn record player [ 32 ] to transfer 78s . however , anyone can do this using a standard record player with a suitable pickup , a phono - preamp ( pre - amplifier ) and a typical personal computer . once a recording has been digitized , it can be manipulated with software to restore and , hopefully , improve the sound , for example by removing the result of scratches . it can also be easily converted to other digital formats such as dvd - a , cd and mp3 .