Parent company Welk Music Group Country of origin U.S. Founder Randy Wood | Distributor(s) Concord Music Group Parent organization Welk Music Group Date founded 1968 | |
Genre Big band, easy listening, jazz, polka, country, pop Albums 22 Country Music Hits, Piano Magic, Volume 2 | ||
Ranwood Records was an American record label started in 1968 by Randy Wood (after he left Dot Records) and Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk owned all recordings released on Dot as they were produced and manufactured by Teleklew Productions and leased to Dot. These were repackaged for reissue on Ranwood. Lawrence did not own or buy those recordings he made for Coral and they continue to be owned by Universal Music.
Most of Welk's recordings were released on Ranwood. The label released albums by The Lawrence Welk Show 's cast members, including Jo Ann Castle, Guy & Ralna, Clay Hart, Tom Netherton, and Ava Barber. Welk acquired Wood's interest in the label in 1979. Ranwood's releases were mostly albums and 45 rpm singles.
Musicians who recorded for Ranwood but were unrelated to Welk's TV show included Jim Nabors and Damita Jo. During the mid-1980s, the label was folded into Welk Music Group, which also acquired Vanguard and Sugar Hill.
In 2015, Welk Music Group sold the Vanguard and Sugar Hill labels to Concord Bicycle Music while retaining ownership of the Ranwood catalog. Welk licensed the Ranwood catalog to Concord Music Group for ten years.