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Zeiss

Zeiss may refer to:

• Carl Zeiss AG, a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices
• FC Carl Zeiss Jena, a German football club based in Jena, Thuringia
• Carl Zeiss, a 19th century German optician
• Zeiss projector, a line of planetarium projectors manufactured by one of the Zeiss companies
• One of the historical Zeiss companies, including
  • Carl Zeiss Jena (company)
  • Hensoldt AG
  • Jenoptik
  • Schott AG
  • Zeiss Ikon AG

Rich-R-Tone Records

{Infobox record label | name = Rich-R-Tone Records | image = | image_bg = | parent = | founded = 1946 | founder = Jim Stanton | status = | distributor = | genre = Bluegrass, country, rockabilly | country = U.S. | location = Nashville, Tennessee | url = www.RichRTone.com }Rich-R-Tone Records is an independent American record label based in Nashville, Tennessee that specializes in bluegrass, country and rockabilly music. The label was founded in Johnson City, Tennessee in 1946 by Jim Hobart "Hobe" Stanton, a record distributor who serviced jukeboxes in the area.

Notable artists

• The Bailey Brothers and the Happy Valley Boys
• Martha Carson
• Wilma Lee Cooper & Stoney Cooper
• Jim Eanes
• Frank Hunter, the Lonesome Yodeler
• Buffalo Johnson
• The Masters Family/The Dixie Sweethearts
• Mullins Family
• Glen Neaves and the Grayson County Boys
• Vernon Oxford
• Buster Pack
• The Sauceman Brothers
• Tommy Scott
• Scotty and Tar Heel Ruby
• Jimmie Skinner
• The Stanley Brothers
• AL Wood and the Smokey Ridge Boys
• Steve Wooten

Hobart started with 78 RPM records, and over the years transitioned to 8-track tapes, cassette tapes, L.P. (long play) 33 1/3 speed records and compact discs.

External links

• Offical website
• Bluegrass Museum article on Carter Stanley has a bit
• Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper story
• Bluegrass: a history By Neil V. Rosenberg, search within
• Rounder Rich-R-Tone Story 1974
• Sauceman Bros and Rich-R-Tone
• Patton Bros, Galax, Folk-Star sublabel
• Black yodeler
• Neighbors talk about Jim Stanton
• Label photo
• Dixie Sweethearts/Masters Family
• Bailey Bros
• Jim Stanton's CHAMP label
• Rounder album cover Wilma Lee & Stony Cooper
• Mullins Family on County
• Buster Pack, rockabilly
• Salesman Carl Sauceman talks about Stanley sales
• Stanley Bros, JImmie Skinner, Steve Wooten, Jim Eanes, Glen Neaves, Tommy Scott, Bailey Brothers, Vernon Oxford, WQilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Martha Carson, BUffalo Johnson recorded for the label
• Jimmie Skinner
• Scotty and Tar Heell Ruby
• Frank Hunter
• AL Wood & The Smokey Ridege Boys, Kentucky Country Home, 1982, # 8113
• Bailey Brothers
• Current address

Rich-R-Tone Record Co. 1054 Sunset Drive Gallatin, TN 37219 fcong@bellsouth.net www.richrtone.com

• brief Reddit article
• East TN State U brief article
• Mostly complete discography from 2017
• Historical marker database, original location Johnson City TN
• article at time of marker placement, pretty detailed
• AP article on Rich-R-Tone oldest Bluegrass label
• album list on Pennell's site
• Praguefrank's site with Rich-R-Tone
• Johnson City history website contains the following:

In the 1940s, Hobe Stanton of Johnson City pioneered some of the earliest recordings of what today are recognized as "bluegrass" recordings. Jim Hobart (Hobe) Stanton was a distributor who installed records in local jukeboxes in 1946. His ear for music and knowledge of local tastes helped him earn more by producing records himself. Much as Victor Records’ Ralph Peer had done in 1927-1928, Stanton sought local talent, finding as much as he needed. His initial investment was minimal. Performers were eager to record, and regional radio stations had studios and equipment available for making master recordings on acetate discs (tape mastering was still a few years in the future). Prominent among those stations was WOPI in Bristol, Va., where the Stanley Brothers (Carter and Ralph) and others recorded. Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper recorded at WWNC (Asheville, N. C.) and WWVA (Wheeling, W.Va).

Masters were processed and records were pressed at Palda Records in Philadelphia, another independent producer. Payment to artists was minimal. Most were glad simply to be on records, and a few even paid Stanton for the privilege. Several addresses for Rich-R’-Tone appeared in contemporary trade journals: Rich-R’-Tone Record Co., 113 W. Main Street, Johnson City, Tennessee (January 1949); Rich-R’-Tone and Acme Record Record Co., Inc., Campbellsville, Ky., (August 1952); Rich-R’-Tone Record Co., 407 W. Main St., Morristown, Tenn., (December 1953).

Johnson City appears on record labels through part of 1950, the year when the operation was moved briefly to Campbellsville. Labels of 1950-1951 could indicate either city, and suggest a degree of financial instability. The move to Morristown may have occurred after record production stopped in 1952 or 1953. Final dates aren’t clear—Rich-R’-Tone expired gradually, but the label has been revived and is active today in Nashville.

Music Road Records article (defunct after Jimmy LaFave died in 2017)

• home page
• Dallas Morning News article "Musical byways" Sunday 7/19/09 pg D-1 by Michael Granberry
• record review Slaid Cleaves

• LaFave, Remmert form new label, By Michael Corcoran, AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Saturday, October 04, 2008 source URL

Singer Jimmy LaFave and Cedar Creek studio owner Fred Remmert have launched Music Road Records, with a initial roster that includes not only LaFave, but the Subdudes, John Inmon and the Woody Guthrie tribute project.

Within the next couple of months, Music Road will release the LaFave rarities set "Bohemia Beat Collection," which includes live radio performances and unreleased studio tracks from 10 to 12 years ago.

Remmert says LaFave owed Minnesota's Red House Records one more album, but he was able to get out of that deal to release his next studio LP on Music Road, which has financial backing from a Dallas businessman

• Distributed by Proper Distribution, their page
• Company logo and narrative by the person who designed it
• Subdudes info re: label
• Woody Guthrie tribute CD
• Fred Remmert's position
• design for Imnon's album