Does anyone know the status of Gene Rosenthal's Adelphi label? With the recent discussion and admiration of George Mitchell's field recordings (and the reissue of the "Living Country Blues USA" series), it occurred to me that I've heard nothing about Adelphi in a long, long time. As most of you know, Gene Rosenthal recorded a number of country blues artists in the late 60's and early 70's, many of which were issued on lp for his Adelphi label. In the CD age, some of these were reissued as part of his re-vamped Adelphi Blues Vault series (Skip James, Robert Wilkins, Hacksaw Harney, etc.).
Has Adelphi gone out of business since then? They still have a website (adelphirecords.com), but it does not seem to be active ? their email contacts, for instance, do not work. The "new releases" section leaves us with a few tantalizing but as-yet-unissued titles by Johnny Shines and a 1969 electric session by R.L. Burnside.
I hope they are not gone for good, as I'd always held out hope for the re-release of George and Ethel McCoy's "Early in the Morning" lp!
