Zero to 180 isn’t above recycling old tricks — like posting a “vintage” high-resolution image as a shameless distraction ploy to stall for time — while it finishes pulling together over fifty years of history that highlights Gene Rosenthal and his Silver Spring-based independent music operation, Adelphi Records.
The same December 1979 issue of Unicorn Times that brought last month’s ultra high-resolution image of the ‘Three Wise Men’ ad for Track Recorders also carries this half-page ad of Catfish Hodge promoting his latest Adelphi long-playing release, Eyewitness Blues — an album produced by Freebo, mastered by Bob Ludwig, and augmented by James Cotton‘s harmonica work on two tracks, including “Record Executive Blues.”
[vintage ad courtesy Bill Hanke Music Research Archives]
Gene Rosenthal’s story intersects with Track Recorders, but that not where it begins. Prior to his involvement with Track, Rosenthal had recorded a number of rediscovered blues artists — Skip James, Mississippi John Hurt, R.L. Burnside, Houston Stackhouse, and a number of others — both at his own Silver Spring recording facility, Adelphi Studios, and on the road.
Follow Zero to 180 on Facebook so you will know when the final installment of its Silver Spring music history trilogy hits the virtual newsstand. Until then, “To The Left (And On The One)” — the Clavinet-driven second selection from Eyewitness Blues and Zero to 180’s pick for the A-side of a single release — hopefully will tide you over:
“To The Left (And On the One)“
Catfish Hodge
(1979)
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OMG ….LOL — Gene R. 🙂