Founded in Tucson, Arizona, by two Catalina High School students, Burt Schneider and Ray Lindstrom, Zoom Records was southern Arizona's first rock and roll record label. The year was 1959 and rock had captured the imagination of America's teenagers. Burt and Ray wanted to be part of it. Since they couldn't sing or play an instrument, the only way was through producing.
One night at a school dance, they heard a group fronted by classmate Jack Wallace play before screaming fans and the two buddies swung into action. They booked a session at Audio Recorders of Arizona and recorded Wallace and the Hi-Tones, LeRoy Meadows and Dave Furst. Their first 45 rpm record, "I Think of You," backed with "You Are the One" was record number one.
They followed up with records by Pete Ronstadt (Linda's older brother) and the Nightbeats and the twangy guitar of King Rock and the Knights. The records weren't chart-busters, but some were reviewed in Billboard Magazine and were heard on radio and TV as far away as Pittsburgh and Sidney, Australia http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/zoomrecords/
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music_xplosion
Founded in Tucson, Arizona, by two Catalina High School students, Burt Schneider and Ray Lindstrom, Zoom Records was southern Arizona's first rock and roll record label. The year was 1959 and rock had captured the imagination of America's teenagers. Burt and Ray wanted to be part of it. Since they couldn't sing or play an instrument, the only way was through producing.
music_xplosion
One night at a school dance, they heard a group fronted by classmate Jack Wallace play before screaming fans and the two buddies swung into action. They booked a session at Audio Recorders of Arizona and recorded Wallace and the Hi-Tones, LeRoy Meadows and Dave Furst. Their first 45 rpm record, "I Think of You," backed with "You Are the One" was record number one.
music_xplosion
They followed up with records by Pete Ronstadt (Linda's older brother) and the Nightbeats and the twangy guitar of King Rock and the Knights. The records weren't chart-busters, but some were reviewed in Billboard Magazine and were heard on radio and TV as far away as Pittsburgh and Sidney, Australia http://www.angelfire.com/rock2/zoomrecords/
music_xplosion
@brendanlyth You're welcome :) Sadly I could not find much more info on the band itself.
eyespyhifi
Really loving your Jams. Keep on keepin' on. :)
music_xplosion
Thank you @eyespyhifi! I appreciate your feedback and I'm glad you're enjoying the jams :)