Todd Abramson is a former record label owner, booking agent and nightclub owner.
Background Abramson was employed by Maxwell's, in Hoboken, New Jersey, 1986.Billboard.com, 3/27/2017 - Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ For Sale Again by Michele Amabile Angermiller By 1993, he was a partner in the running of the club.The New York Times, October 3, 1999 - Where Rockers Have A Mind, and a Label, Of their Own By MATT MURO In 2017, Abramson was running his weekly radio show on Saturdays 3-6 p.m at WFMU-FM.NJ.com, July 19, 2017 - Todd Abramson bringing the new Kurt and Courtney to Jersey City By Jim Testa | For The Jersey Journal
In March 2019, he was the moderator in a panel discussion about Hoboken musicians in the 1980s.Cityguideny.com, March 18, 2019 - Pop and Rock Shows in New York City This Weekend - March 22 by CG Directory Editor, Musicians Who Rocked the 80’s Hoboken Sound Celebrating Their Past, Present and Future. Alice Genese, Karyn Kuhl, Brenda Sauter Jane Scarpantoni, Deena Shoshkes, Janet Wygal - Monty Hall
Record label Abramson formed Telstar Records, a Hoboken-based labelBillboard, December 30, 2000 - Page 90 EVEN AFTER YEARS, GARAGE ROCK IS STILL RAGING07030 Hoboken, Premier Issue Volume 1 Number 1 Summer 2012 - Page 34 PEOPLE POWER which had been in operation since 1985.
In 1988, girl group the Pussywillows, who Abramson had help get gigs, had their Spring Fever album released on the label. They also recorded the song "Vindaloo" for the film Kill the Moonlight.New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB, By Steven Blush - Page 304
In 1996, the Fleshtones had their Hitsburg USA! album released on the label.CAMION BLANC: THE FLESHTONES Histoire d'un groupe de Garage américain, By Mick Wall - 27 Retour à la CaveThe Encyclopedia of the Harmonica, By PETER KRAMPERT - Page 60 The Fleshtones
One record that was issued on the label was by Little Diesel and the Weasels. It was recorded in the summer of 1974 in a small space and on to a TEAC recorder. Mixed by the band members, the album was recorded one at a time onto eight-track cartridges and distributed to their friends. In 2006, having been re-mixed, it was reissued on vinyl and compact disc by Telstar.A Spy in the House of Loud: New York Songs and Stories, By Chris Stamey - Page 88 9 I Loved You, and You Did, Too
References
External links Discogs: Telstar Records