There's an account of the events around the Valley Boys LP in "Baby
Let Me Follow You Down," by Eric von Schmidt and Jim Rooney (Anchor
Books, 1979, later reprinted by University of Massachusetts Press).
Apparently, Rothschild organized the recording session (by Steve
Fasset) in a room at one of the Harvard Libraries, produced the LP
and made 1000 copies. Rothschild intended to make the record label an
extension of the Club 47 empire (the Club 47 was then located at 47
Mount Auburn Street in Cambridge), but it didn't sell fast enough to
cover the cost of production and art, pressing, jackets and so forth.
He had also recorded Keith & Rooney, but he hadn't yet turned those
tapes into a record. Rothschild still owed money on the projects to
several people when Bob Weinstock of Prestige offered to buy both
masters and hire him to produce more records of Cambridge folkies.
So it would appear that the Charles River Valley Boys LP, Mount
Auburn MTA One, was the one and only product on that label.
As an aside, John Cooke, the guitar player on that record, is the son
of the great broadcaster Alistair Cooke,
There's more about Rothschild's later career at Elektra in Jac
Holtzman's "Follow the Music, and (if I'm remembering correctly) in
Ritchie Unterberger's two books about the history of folk-rock,
"Turn, Turn, Turn," and "Eight Miles High."
John Ross
At 2/10/2009 01:33 PM, you wrote:
>Would someone provide information about the MOUNT AUBURN RECORDS label?
> I've seen the Charles River Valley Boys LP on this label (later issued on
>Prestige).
> What else did Mount Auburn release?
> Internet information indicates it was started by Paul Rothschild (later at
>Elektra)...any further info?
>Thanks!
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