CEI

1960s-1970s label from Fremont, Ohio. Courier records was owned by Robert "Bob" Brown in Fremont. In 1966, Brown was in the US Army, stationed in Aberdeen, Maryland. He was able to keep recording until his discharge in 1968, when he reopened the Fremont operation. All of the bands recorded during the Maryland time period were numbers (124-132). Around the time of the move to Maryland, the label was changed from Courier (2) to CEI (Courier-Empire International). The last known CEI release is from 1974. See also: Gospel Empire, Now! Records (3), Right Now!!, Empire (40) and Country Empire Records