Zoom Records
Zoom Records was an American independent label from Arizona .
Zoom Records was founded in 1959 by two students from Catalina High School in Tucson , Arizona . Burt Schneider and Ray Lindstrom were only 17 years old at the time: “We asked a lot of questions and just learned by doing,” Lindstrom recalls. Zoom was the first rock and roll label in Southern Arizona.
The first release was Jack Wallace's single I Think of You / You Are the One , two shallow teen pop songs. Further records were released by 1966 - noteworthy is the single from Nitebeats ( Lonesome Road Rock b / w Nightbeat ) and Send-Di , an instrumental by King Rock & the Knights that became a hit in Pittsburgh and by rock'n'roll -DJ “Mad” Mike Metrovich was used as the theme song.
Zoom was also the first label of Ray Lindstrom, who started his career in the record business as a label operator and producer. Zoom's last single was released in 1966. In 2001, Zoom released a CD with the complete recordings under the title Zoom Records - The Anthology: Rockin 'Tucson in the 50's! published.
Discography
Singles
| Catalog number | year | Artist | title | ||
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| ZR-01 | 1959 | Jack Wallace |
I think of you you are the one |
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| ZR-02 | 1959 | The Nightbeats |
Lonesome Road Rock Nightbeat |
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| ZR-03 | 1959 | King Rock & the Knights |
Scandal Send-Tue |
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| ZR-04 | 1959 | The Nightbeats |
Cryin 'All Night Doreen |
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| ZR-05 | 1966 | King Rock & the Knights |
Scandal Send-Di (Boss Part 2) |
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| Unpublished titles | |||||
| 1959 | The Nightbeats | Sea of Love | |||
Albums
- 2001: Zoom Records - The Anthology: Rockin 'Tucson in the 50's!
Web links
- Description on Ray Lindstrom's website