Adelphi Records Inc.

US record company. Do not use as a label. Use Adelphi Records instead.
Founded in early 1971 by Adelphi Records.
In the late 1980s acquired Sunsplash Records.

History:
1964
- Gene Rosenthal T/A): basement recording studio and small independent record distributorship.

1968
- Backwards Sam Firk - The True Blues And Gospel).

1969
- Adelphi Films (Gene Rosenthal.

1971
- By 1971 there were yet more new (T/A) entities like Black Dog Productions (5), Adelphi Artist Management, etc.
- Early 1971, Black Dog Productions (5).

1971 – 1981
- Adelphi Records expanded rapidly and eclectically, producing and releasing more than 120 LPs in almost all categories including Jazz, Folk, Blues, Rock, Country, Americana, Bluegrass and International.
- It also expanded its format releases to include cassettes.

Early 1980s
- For a few years PVC Records.
- One t Adelphi/PVC record was released before they went bankrupt: The Fugs – “Protopunk”, which got a Grammy nomination for liner notes.

1983
- Reggae Sunsplash festival whose total rights were purchased.
- Sunsplash Records proceeded to release (approximately) 12 well received LPs from the festival sessions over the next 6 or 7 years.

Late 1980s
- Adelphi Records Inc..
- Adelphi Records label banner.

Late 1980s – Early 1990s
- Sunsplash Records catalog and new releases in CD format.
- Genes CD label.

Early 1990s
- The entire Adelphi family of labels ceased producing, manufacturing, distributing or maintaining any cassette or LP inventory catalog of its previous releases – moving into only new CD releases or CD re-releases of previously released Adelphi or Sunsplash LP catalog.
- Sunsplash Records.

Present
- Adelphi Records continues to release new CDs (and digital s of same) as well as slowly re-releasing yet more of the original LP catalog as either CD or digital only re-releases.