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Operating in the farthest margins of L.A.s cutthroat music business from 1961-1991, Mel Alexanders Consolidated Productions was among the longest running Black-owned independent record conglomerates of the 20th century. Caught up in a confusing web of imprintsincluding Ajax, Angel Town, Car-A-Mel, Emanuel, and Kristhis first volume gathers 28 smoldering R&B cuts by the likes of Lee Harvey, B.B. Carter, Marilyn Calloway, Del Reys, Deb Tones, De Velles, Gene Russells Trio, Jimmy Preacher Ellis, and Ty Karim. Remastered from the original 1/4 tapes, Consolidated Productions Vol. I includes carefully researched annotation, discography, and photographs from a vital producer.