Greg Adams (born 1970 in
Muncie, Indiana
Muncie ( ) is a city in Delaware County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. It is located in East Central Indiana about northeast of Indianapolis. At the 2020 census, the city's population was 65,195, down from 70,085 in the 2010 c ...
, United States) is an American writer, who ran the independent reissue record label Beehive Rebellion Records, before writing for the
AllMusic
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, penning liner notes for numerous reissue record labels and compiling greatest hits anthologies as an
A&R coordinator. Beehive Rebellion issued two releases in the 1990s: a reissue of the New Zealand band Electric Blood's previously cassette-only album ''Electric Easter'' (featuring
Robert Scott of
The Bats) and a reissue of
Sex Clark Five
Sex Clark Five (abbreviated SC5) is an underground indie rock band formed in the early 1980s in Huntsville, Alabama. Calling their inventive, sawed-off power pop songs "strum and drum" (a pun on Sturm und Drang), SC5 released several albums that ...
's ''Strum & Drum!'' that contained the band's complete self-released Records to Russia recordings. The latter was ranked by ''
Goldmine
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* A location where gold mining takes place
* ''Goldmine'' (magazine), a music collectibles magazine
* ''Goldmine'' (album), by Gabby Barrett, 2020
* "Goldmine" (George Fox song), 1989
* "Goldmine" (Kimbra song), 2015
* ...
'' magazine as one of the 50 best U.S. power pop albums of all time. An intended third release, a reissue of the Electric Blood cassettes ''Acoustic Splendour'' and ''Actual Stuff'', to be titled ''The Man Who Tasted Shapes'', never materialized. The label was reactivated in 2013 to release the album ''An Instructive Amusement'' by his band Cozy Catastrophes, which currently records for Jigsaw Records.
Adams wrote over 1,000 album reviews and artist biographies for AMG and contributed to 10 books in the AllMusic series, in addition to writing liner notes for and/or producing over 60 releases on record labels such as
Bear Family
Bear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label, that specializes in reissues of archival material, ranging primarily in country music but varying in everything from 1950s rock and roll to old German movie soundtracks.
History
T ...
,
Collectors' Choice Music
Collectors' Choice Music (CCM) is an Itasca, Illinois-based record label and retailer of music on CD. Originally the company was primarily in two businesses, but since 2010 only in the second.
CCM was best known for reissuing albums originally re ...
,
ERIC Records
Eric Records is an American record company that produced singles from 1968 to 1996, mainly with reissues of successful oldies, continuing today with compact disc compilations.
History
Eric Records was founded in 1968 by Bill Buster in Philadel ...
,
,
Bloodshot Revival,
Soundies,
Hit Parade,
and Complete 60s.
From 2000-2008 he hosted ''Rhythm Ranch'', a thematic oldies radio program on
WFHB.
Adams conducted pop singer
Georgia Gibbs
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' last interview, which was published on the Eric Records website.
References
Official links
Greg Adams' Music Weird website*Greg Adams on
All Music Guide
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Greg Adams on Discogs*
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AllMusic people
American writers about music
Living people
1970 births
People from Muncie, Indiana