Nighthawk Records
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Nighthawk Records | |
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![]() Nighthawk Records | |
Founded | 1976 |
Founder | Robert Schoenfeld |
Defunct | 2017 |
Status | acquired by Omnivore Recordings |
Country of origin | United States |
Official website | www.nghthwk.com |
Nighthawk Records was an American independent record label, founded by Robert Schoenfeld who began operations in 1976 with the release of four vintage post-war blues reissue albums. This series consists of nine volumes of post-war blues recordings from Chicago, Detroit, Memphis and the Delta, New Orleans and the Southwest.
In 1979, Nighthawk expanded by launching the 200 series of blues productions with Mule, an album by Henry Townsend. Townsend made his first recordings for Columbia Records in 1929. Since then he recorded and performed on a variety of labels including RCA/Bluebird, as well as Paramount, Bullet and Prestige/Bluesville. In the 1980s, Nighthawk became a predominantly conscious roots reggae label before going out of business in the late 1990s.
The 300 series began in 1980 with Wiser Dread, an anthology of
In October 2017, Omnivore Recordings acquired the back catalogue of Nighthawk Records.[1]
See also
- List of record labels
References
- ^ "Omnivore Acquires Reggae Label Nighthawk and Soul Label Ru-Jac". Vintagevinylnews.com. Retrieved 5 June 2018.