504 Records


504 Records is a record label founded by Mike Dine in 1979 that specializes in New Orleans jazz. The name comes from an area code in New Orleans.

History

Mike Dine was a British draughtsman and jazz fan living in England when he met Tom Stagg, a British expatriate, jazz fan, and founder of NOLA Records. During the 1960s, Stagg had helped bring to Europe musicians such as John Handy, Andrew Morgan, Louis Nelson, Alton Purnell, Emanuel Sayles, and Kid Thomas. When Dine started 504 Records in 1979, he hired Stagg as a producer, and Stagg shut down NOLA Records.
Between 2005 and 2018, 504 Records collaborated with La Croix Records to co-produce 9 504/La Croix CDs in the Lord Richard New Orleans Sessions series.
Dine released The 504 Records Story: 1978–2003 . He died in Welling, Kent, England, on December 17, 2016.

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