"Uncle" Jim O'Neal founded the Rural Rhythm label in 1955 in Arcadia, California.
[1] He sold via mail order, records were often produced with a generic white front sleeve with a stamped serial number in the upper right corner.
[4] The Heritage Collection brand reissues recordings from the 1950s–1960s Rural Rhythm archives.
Recent Heritage artists include Hylo Brown, Red Smiley and The Blue Grass Cutups, and Mac Wiseman, Don Reno, Bill Harrell, J. E. Mainer, Curly Fox, Dale Potter, Earl Taylor, Max Martin, Buck Ryan, Lee Moore, Raymond Fairchild, and Jim Greer.
[7] Here is a partial list of artists who have released recordings on the Rural Rhythm label.