Doug Moody

Mystic Records is an American record label and music production company specializing in hardcore punk, crossover thrash, underground music, vingtage and cult records. It is owned and operated by Doug Moody. The label was first established in Hollywood, California and subsequently moved its operations to Oceanside, California. Mystic Records is an independent label and not a member of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Mystic Records is closely associated with the personality of its founder, Doug Moody, regarded as a pioneer of the independent Rock and Roll industry. Moody's father, Walter Moody, was himself an influential figure in the music industry, running EMI Studios (Abbey Road) in London during the 1930s. In 1953 the family moved to the United States.

Moody decided to himself become involved in the music business, first working in the A&R department of Silvertone Records in New Jersey. A series of music industry jobs followed throughout the decades of the 1960s and 1970s, including stints in various capacities at Kama Sutra Records, 20th Century Fox, and A&M Records.

Seeking another place in the music industry outside of the major record labels, Moody opened a recording studio in Hollywood, California at the location of the old Mustang Studios, made famous as a facility used by the Bobby Fuller Four. Moody changed out the studio's superannuated 2 track mono recording gear and replaced it with state of the art 8-track stereo gear, leaving the recording rooms otherwise largely unaltered.

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