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Thunderbird Recordings was founded by James Arthur 'Jim' Allison on September 5th 1974, after several brain storming meetings with fellow Brant County musicians. Thunderbird's address was a P.O. Box and was physically based out of Jim's home at 79 King Street West (now 190 King Street with the 1992 renumbering) in Burford, ON. The label signed 22 different acts between 1975 and 1978, releasing 31 singles and 5 albums. The label folded in 1979, and Jim Allison died in 1994. In 2016 Mouton Music Canada began to administer Thunderbird Recordings; the label's aim is to preserve and release the music. The unreleased Charlie Louvin album was issued on CD in 2019, 43 years after it was recorded.