HighTone Records

historic American independent record label based in Oakland
Organization independent_record_label Q5754809
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HighTone Records

Summary

HighTone Records is an independent record label[1]. It draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (independent_record_label category, ranking #32 of 62).[2]

Key Facts

  • HighTone Records is in the country of United States[3].
  • HighTone Records's instance of is recorded as independent record label[4].
  • HighTone Records's founder is recorded as Bruce Bromberg[5].
  • HighTone Records's founder is recorded as Larry Sloven[6].
  • HighTone Records's genre is rockabilly[7].
  • HighTone Records's genre is alternative country[8].
  • HighTone Records's genre is Western swing[9].
  • HighTone Records's headquarters location is recorded as Oakland[10].
  • HighTone Records's Commons category is recorded as High Tone Records[11].
  • 1983 marks the founding of HighTone Records[12].
  • HighTone Records's location of formation is recorded as Oakland[13].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Country: US[14]

  • Began / founded: 1983-09[15]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2008[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 9cbdb261-417e-4d9c-80b1-34961b70f48d[17]

Body

Founding

Founders include Bruce Bromberg[5] and Larry Sloven[6]. 1983 marks the founding of HighTone Records[12]. Its location of formation is recorded as Oakland[13].

Operations

HighTone Records's headquarters location is recorded as Oakland[10].

Why It Matters

HighTone Records draws 22 Wikipedia views per month (independent_record_label category, ranking #32 of 62).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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