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Founded in Los Angeles in 1951 by Lester Koenig, who recorded in his own shipping room with Roy DuNann at the board.

3500 series

The twelve-inch LPs from 1955: Sonny Rollins's Way Out West, Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section, Ornette Coleman's first records, Shelly Manne's My Fair Lady, Hampton Hawes.

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Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse Vol. 1 (Contemporary C3501)C3501 · 1953Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse Vol. 1Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsLionel Hampton And His Paris All Stars – Lionel Hampton (Contemporary C3502)C3502 · 1955Lionel HamptonLionel Hampton And His Paris All StarsLennie Niehaus Vol. 3 – The Octet #2 (Contemporary C3503)C3503 · 1955The Octet #2Lennie Niehaus Vol. 3Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 6 (Contemporary C3504)C3504 · 1955Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 6Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsHampton Hawes Trio (Vol. 1) – The Trio (Contemporary C3505)C3505 · 1955The TrioHampton Hawes Trio (Vol. 1)Lyle Murphy's Music – 12-Tone Compositions & Arrangements By Lyle Murphy (Contemporary C3506)C3506 · 195512-Tone Compositions & Arrangements By Lyle MurphyLyle Murphy's MusicShelly Manne & His Men Volume 1 – The West Coast Sound (Contemporary C3507)C3507 · 1956The West Coast SoundShelly Manne & His Men Volume 1Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Volume Three (Contemporary C3508)C3508 · 1956Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Volume ThreeHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Barney Kessel - Hampton Hawes' Trio With Shelly Manne (Vol. 7) - Lighthouse At Laguna (Contemporary C3509)C3509 · 1956Barney Kessel - Hampton Hawes' Trio With Shelly Manne (Vol. 7) - Lighthouse At LagunaHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsLennie Niehaus Vol. 4 – The Quintets & Strings (Contemporary C3510)C3510 · 1956The Quintets & StringsLennie Niehaus Vol. 4Barney Kessel Volume 1 – Easy Like (Contemporary C3511)C3511 · 1956Easy LikeBarney Kessel Volume 1Barney Kessel Vol. 2 – Kessel Plays Standards (Contemporary C3512)C3512 · 1956Kessel Plays StandardsBarney Kessel Vol. 2

Ten-inch LPs

The ten-inch LPs, 1953 to 1955: Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars and Shelly Manne.

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Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse Vol. 2 (Contemporary C2501)C2501 · 1953Sunday Jazz A La Lighthouse Vol. 2Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsShelly Manne & His Men – Shelly Manne And His Men (Contemporary C2503)C2503 · 1953Shelly Manne And His MenShelly Manne & His MenHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars (Vol. 3) (Contemporary C2506)C2506 · 1953Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars (Vol. 3)Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsBarney Kessel Quintet – Barney Kessel (Contemporary C2508)C2508 · 1954Barney KesselBarney Kessel QuintetHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars – Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 4 (Contemporary C2510)C2510 · 1954Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Volume 4Howard Rumsey's Lighthouse All-StarsShelly Manne & His Men – Shelly Manne Vol. 2 (Contemporary C2511)C2511 · 1954Shelly Manne Vol. 2Shelly Manne & His MenLennie Niehaus Vol. 1 – The Quintet (Contemporary C2513)C2513 · 1954The QuintetLennie Niehaus Vol. 1Barney Kessel Quintet – Barney Kessel Volume 2 (Contemporary C2514)C2514 · 1954Barney Kessel Volume 2Barney Kessel QuintetHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 5 – In The Solo Spotlight (Contemporary C2515)C2515 · 1954In The Solo SpotlightHoward Rumsey's Lighthouse All-Stars Vol. 5Shelly Manne Vol. 3 – "The Three" (Contemporary C2516)C2516 · 1955"The Three"Shelly Manne Vol. 3Lennie Niehaus Volume 2 – The Octet (Contemporary C2517)C2517 · 1954The OctetLennie Niehaus Volume 2Shelly Manne's "The Two" – Shelly Manne & Russ Freeman (Contemporary C2518)C2518 · 1955Shelly Manne & Russ FreemanShelly Manne's "The Two"