High Street Records was a record label and a branch of Windham Hill Records from 1990 through circa 1997. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Windham Hill Records was an Independent record label, founded in 1976 by Guitarist and Carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1990 Events January January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert High Street specialized in promoting the music of singer-songwriters of the sort that appeared on the 1989 Windham Hill compilation, Legacy: A Collection of New Folk Music and the 1992 follow-up on High Street, Legacy II: A Collection of Singer-songwriters. Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics Legacy A Collection of New Folk Music and Legacy II A Collection of Singer-songwriters are a pair of compilations that were released by Windham Legacy A Collection of New Folk Music and Legacy II A Collection of Singer-songwriters are a pair of compilations that were released by Windham Artist who recorded albums for the label include John Gorka, Pierce Pettis, and Patty Larkin. John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Pierce Pettis is an American Singer/songwriter from Alabama. Biography A former staff writer for PolyGram Publishing in Patty Larkin (b June 19 1951, Des Moines Iowa) is a Boston -based Singer-songwriter.