Adella gives the impression of having been a DIY label - the only two records on it that googling comes up with were both by the same man, David Smith. 'Everywhere' b/w 'Midnight Hour', which was made through custom recording firm Lyntone, came out in 1975 and has been described as 'Funk' and 'Soul'; it received a very positive review from Dave Godin in his column in 'Blues & Soul' magazine for the 28th of October 1975. The Lyntone matrix number, LYN-3158, appears to have served as a catalogue number as well. By the time that 'Because' b/w 'Precious' (AR-003) came out records were being numbered in an AR-000 series - that particular single was a Reggae record, and seems to have been only available on 12", through distributors Jet Star. Josh Perrin has kindly supplied details of another David Smith 7" on Adella: one of the tracks on it was 'Pretty Miss Murael'. That single again had no catalogue number as such, but its matrix number appears to be LYN-3335 (or 3355) and the year of release was 1976. According to the label it was produced through Forum Music (q.v.) of Edgware, Middlesex. It seems possible that 'Everywhere' was the missing AR-001 and 'Pretty Miss Murael' AR-002. David Smith was featured in an article in the Kingston Gleaner of the 25th of November 1975, where he was described as a 'Jamaican born Rock singer', so he seems to have had several genres covered. Thanks to Stephen Small for bringing Adella to my attention and to Josh for the information.
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