The Dream was REAL!

One Saturday night in La Verne California I was at a backyard party (we brought the keg) when I spotted a three piece punk band called Human Therapy.

I thought; these guys were great, why don't they have a record out?. It was at that point I decided to start a record company called Dr. Dream Records. It started with a single desk and a phone that never rang in my Dads insurance office. Eighteen years later, it was labelled by the LA Times as Orange County's "Premier Independent Record Company". We produced about a hundred records, operated our own recording studio, had a retail record store, and a decent worldwide distribution network, plus our own national record distribution company. In 1996 I made the decision to sell the company to Mercury/Polygram. In 1997 the deal closed. Then Universal bought Polygram and that ended Dr. Dream. I apologize to those who were left in the ashes of that, but I felt that the bands that were still signed to the label would have benefitted if they had the power and resources of a major label behind them. It was devastating learning of the labels ultimate demise.

I moved to Arizona and got involved in radio. It's been almost 12 years and there isn't a day that goes by where I don't think about all the great times and all the talented and gifted people who ran with me in those days to achieve seemingly impossible goals. But we did it. The Dream was real and we lived it. The recordings are out there and that's the proof. The memories are more than just recordings. The memories are friendships, relationships, marriages, and laughter. I often wonder what the world would be like, if Dr. Dream had never been. Dr. Dream was more than a record label, it shaped the lives and careers of so many people and I hope that in some way it helped us all to achieve our dreams. It's time to get together and celebrate those times and that little label that changed so many of our lives. To appreciate what we had together and to look to our future dreams. Please visit here often to find out about the Dr. Dream Reunion. www.myspace.com/drdreamreunion

Dave Hayes