HighTone Records

The label's first release that year was Bad Influence by bluesman Robert Cray. In 1984, the label released Frankie Lee's debut album, The Ladies and the Babies. Some of the label's releases in the late 1980s featured Joe Louis Walker including Cold is the Night and The Gift. Between 1995 and 2000, the label issued three albums by James Armstrong (Sleeping with a Stranger, Dark Night, and Got It Goin' On). From 1997 to 2005 it reissued much of the High Water Recording Company catalogue of LPs on CD. In 1997, Clara McDaniel recorded her debut album, Unwanted Child, which was released on HighTone. In September 2006, the label released a five CD boxed set titled American Music: The HighTone Records Story. This release compiled many of the labels's most influential recordings. In 2008, the company sold the catalog to Shout! Factory, which continued to release reissues and compilations. In 2016, Hightone was bought by Concord Bicycle Music from Shout!

It is associated with United States. The record gives 1983 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are rockabilly, alternative country and Western swing. Its recorded founders are Bruce Bromberg and Larry Sloven. Its recorded seat is Oakland.

• Name — HighTone Records • Parent — Concord • Founded — 1983 • Founder — Larry Sloven Bruce Bromberg • Defunct — 2008 • Status — Defunct • Distributor — Concord Bicycle Music • Genre — Rockabilly, western swing, country, blues, gospel • Country — U.S. • Location — Oakland, California • Website — hightonerecords.com/