For unofficial releases, see Fantasy (4). Fantasy Records, along with its subsidiary , was established in San Francisco, California, USA, in 1949 by Max and Sol Weiss. Their first artist was an Oakland pianist named Dave Brubeck, and when Brubeck's recordings began to sell, they went on to record Gerry Mulligan, Chet Baker, and Cal Tjader, as well as Odetta, beat poets Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Allen Ginsberg, and comic Lenny Bruce. In August 1958, Fantasy introduced its first stereo discs, 4 previously unreleased and 6 having been released earlier in mono. via Discogs →