This is an area of Q8's that has always confounded me, if only because I don't own any of them. First of all, there was no such label that I can find that released vinyl named Romulus; at least, not during the era covered by these tapes, which is 1971-72, in general. Second, the country artists here do seem to have one thing in common: all, at the time, recorded for Mega, a Nashville label that survived for about five years (1970-74), mainly but not exclusively with country hits. Their first was Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make it Through the Night," a sexy countrypolitan number penned by Kris Kristofferson just as he was getting hot. The label never had another crossover country single, but did get into the Hot 100 on occasion, their biggest 'rock' hit being Apollo 100's "Joy" in late 1971. Future disco queen (for one single, anyway) Alicia Bridges began her career on Mega and doing country pop.
Is there any way to get the back side track listings for some of these? Although not garnering any major hits, Ray Pillow, Stan Hitchcock, and Henson Cargill were charting during this period. A few of these tapes are even odder (is that a word?), like Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan, who recorded for a Mercury subsidiary, Wayside, and had a few novelty hits in 1970, of which "Tennessee Bird Walk" is best known. Glen Sherley was an ex-convict befriended by, among others, Johnny Cash, who recorded a few of his songs. Upon release from prison he recorded for a few labels before he committed suicide in 1978. Mr. Hardin I have never heard of (he didn't make the country charts is all I know). Others, like Montenegro and Jenkins, were noted arrangers/conductors/composers.
A very strange label, this one. I'd like to hear some of it just to find out what's up.
ED