CTI
RECORDS

 American. CTI - Creed Taylor Incorporated - started life in 1970 under Creed Taylor, as a subsidiary of A&M; it gained its independence from that company in 1970. During the '70s it popularized lushly-orchestrated 'Smooth Jazz' with records by George Benson, Freddie Hubbard, Hubert Laws and others, but by 1978 it had hit financial troubles. The company declared bankruptcy; in exchange for CTI's back-catalogue Columbia agreed to manufacture and distribute its products. By 1984, however, CTI had ground to a halt. Since then Taylor has made the occasional attempt to revive the label. In Britain CTI was handled by Pye from 1973 until 1975, and by Polydor / Phonodisc thereafter. The injection-moulded labels were usually fawn coloured; orange ones were unusual. Numbering during the Pye era was in a CTS-4000 series; this changed to CTSP-0 or CTSP-000 after the move to Polydor. The company made its mark on the Top 20 here in 1973, with Deodato's 'Also Sprach Zarathustra', and in 1976, with Lalo Schifrin's 'Jaws' theme. CTI had a subsidiary label, Kudu. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

73	Deodato	Also Sprach Zarathustra 2Oo1	CTI	CTS	4000
73	Deodato	Rhapsody In Blue	CTI	CTS	4001
74	Christie Lou	Beyond The Blue Horizon	CTI	CTS	4002
73	Deodato	Do It Again	CTI	CTS	4003

  

75	Laws Hubert	Chicago Theme	CTI	CTSP	001
75	Benson George	Supership	CTI	CTSP	002
76	Sebesky Don	Skyline	CTI	CTSP	003
76	Deodato	Also Sprach Zarathustra	CTI	CTSP	004
76	Schifrin Lalo	Jaws	CTI	CTSP	005
76	Not Traced		CTI	CTSP	006
76	Not Traced		CTI	CTSP	007
77	Schifrin Lalo	Most Wanted Theme	CTI	CTSP	008
77	Austin Patti	Say You Love Me	CTI	CTSP	009
77	Blair John	We Belong Together	CTI	CTSP	010
77	Austin Patti	We'Re In Love	CTI	CTSP	011
77	Seawind	One Sweet Night	CTI	CTSP	012
71	Lateef Yusef	Robot Man	CTI	CTSP	013
71	Simon Nina	Baltimore	CTI	CTSP	014
80	Austin Patti	I Can'T Stop	CTI	CTSP	015
81	Fuse	Grand Prix	CTI	CTSP	016