PHOTON
A label which appears to have been dedicated to
Folk / Dance material, if the few of its products that I have managed
to track down are anything to go by. Photon was run by an
organization called Photon Enterprises, and it issued records in the late '70s
and early '80s using a PE-200 numerical series for both its 7" and its 12"
records. It seems to have concentrated mainly on LPs, including
three by the Kenton Ramblers: 'The Kenton Ramblers Play Pat Shaw' (PE-204;
1980?), 'The Next Dance Is...' (PE-205; 1980), and 'The Next Dance Is... Vol. 2'
(PE-207; 1982). The Arden Folk also contributed an album, 'Sounds Like
Arden Folk' (PE-206; 1982), but caller Bernard Chalk and the trio Mosaic
qualified the label for this site by making an EP called 'A Collection Of
American Square Dances' (PE-203) in 1978. The scan is of the 'A' side of
that EP, and it appears by courtesy of Malcolm Henderson. Thanks to him,
and to Klepsie of the 45cat site for bringing
Photon to my attention.
Copyright 2013 Robert Lyons.