Recording material

A heat-sensitive recording material comprising a substrate having at least one layer thereon comprising:

• a colorless or pale colored dyestuff precursor;
• an electron accepting compound which develops the color of said dyestuff precursor by heat-reaction, wherein said electron accepting compound is one or more compounds selected from a salicylic acid derivative represented by the formula ( 1 ) ##STR7## wherein X.sub.1 and X.sub.2 are a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, Y.sub.1 and Y.sub.2 are an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, and R.sub.2 is an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an aralkyl group or an aryl group, or a metal salt of said salicylic acid derivative, and
• an aliphatic amide compound having 18.about.60 carbon atoms.