Roger Dopson

Roger Dopson is a rock historian, archivist, researcher, writer and educator^[1] who has contributed liner notes for hundreds of LPs and CD albums, issued across a myriad of record labels. These include Sequel Records, EMI, Sony, Universal, BMG, Castle Music, Sanctuary, See For Miles, GVC, Repertoire, Snapper, Charly, Jasmine and Acrobat.^[2] Dopson is known to write under a number of pseudonyms, including N.E. Fulcanwright, I. Moulden-Gray, Groper Odson, I. McHunt, Roger Murdoch, Orson Carte, Beau Nidle, Hugh G. Rection, Hugh Jorgan, I. Knobster, Arwol Jackson and Ivan U. Imac.

Along with Mark Stratford and Simon Robinson he was a founding partner in the specialist collectors label, RPM Records, in 1991, and during the mid-1990s he started the Diamond and Zircon collectors’ labels.

Among countless other releases, he provided liner notes and/or project co-ordination for the following:

• Anthems In Eden (4-CD Box) - An Anthology Of British & Irish Folk 1955-1978 - Castle Music CMXBX 1030 - 2006 ^[3]
• Kevin Ayers - The Kevin Ayers Collection - SEE FOR MILES CM 117 ^[4]
• Alex Campbell - Been On The Road So Long: The Anthology - Castle CMRCD1168 - 2005 ^[5]
• Deep Dish - Innocents & Illusions - ^[6]
• The Electric Bluebirds - Best of the Electric Bluebirds^[7]
• The Foundations - Baby, Now That I've Found You - Sequel Records - NEECD 300 - 1999 ^[8]
• Joe Meek - Crawdaddy Simone - rpm227 ^[9]
• Willie And The Poor Boys - Poor Boy Boogie: The Willie And The Poor Boys Anthology CD - Castle Records CMQDD1307 - 2006 ^[10]

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