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Zoom (Ariz.)

Tucson, Ariz.  [source: an original label)

Owned by 17-year-old high school seniors Burt Schneider and Ray Lindstrom.
005 gives the location as Phoenix, Ariz.
Newspaper article: "With Shoestring And 'Rock': CHS Youths Establish Own Record Company", Arizona Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.), 1959/May 10.

Number	Date	Artist	Image	Title & Credits	Matrix	Comps
Zoom (Ariz.)     [unissued]	1959	Nightbeats		Sea Of Love — The Nightbeats (from Zoom CD [no number])		Zoom CD [no #] (#7)
Zoom (Ariz.) ZR-001  [45]	1959/Mar. 23 Bb pop rev.	Wallace, Jack		I Think Of You — Jack Wallace And The Hi-Tones (from Zoom CD [no number])	A	Zoom CD [no #] (#8)
				You Are The One — Jack Wallace And The Hi-Tones (from Zoom CD [no number])	B	Zoom CD [no #] (#9)
Zoom (Ariz.) ZR-002  [45] (pressed by Wakefield)	1959/May 4 Bb pop rev.	Nightbeats		Lonesome Road Rock — The Nightbeats (from Zoom CD [no number])	6146	Classics CD 726 (#30) Collector CD 4458 (#26) Zoom CD [no #] (#3)
				Nightbeat — The Nightbeats – (instr.) (from Zoom CD [no number])	6147	Buffalo Bop CD 55099 (#18) Collector CD 4523 (#19) White Label LP 8930 (#5) Zoom CD [no #] (#4)
Zoom (Ariz.) ZR-003  [45]	1959/May 4 Bb pop rev.	King Rock & The Knights		Scandal — King Rock And The Knights – (instr.) (from Zoom CD [no number])	6148	Bison Bop LP 2002 (#5) Buffalo Bop LP 2002 (#5) Buffalo Bop CD 55164 (#22) White Label LP 8945 (#16) White Label LP 8975 (#14) Zoom CD [no #] (#1)
				Send-Di — King Rock And The Knights – (instr.) (from Zoom CD [no number])	6149	Buffalo Bop CD 55164 (#28) Zoom CD [no #] (#2)
Zoom (Ariz.) ZR-004  [45]	1959/Sept. 28 Bb pop rev.	Nightbeats		Cryin' All Night — The Nightbeats (from Zoom CD [no number])	6152	Buffalo Bop CD 55167 (#5) Classics CD 732 (#3) Collector CD 4469 (#17) Folkline CD 207 (#7) Zoom CD [no #] (#6)
				Doreen — The Nightbeats (from Zoom CD [no number])	6153	Zoom CD [no #] (#5)
Zoom (Ariz.) ZR-005  [45] (pressed by Wakefield)	1966 mx series	King Rock & The Knights		Scandal — King Rock And The Knights	6148 / [SJW 8390]
				Send-Di (Boss Part 2) — King Rock And The Knights	6149 / [SJW 8390]

Acknowledgments:  Jurgen Blazejewski, Udo Frank, Kurt Krauter, Ray Lindstrom