Comet Records
A 1960s-1970s label with a variety of styles released, founded and run by Betty and James McInturff.
Distributed by Goldmont Music, Inc, its known address on labels was 726 16th Avenue South, where Tom "Cat" Reeder & Clyde Beavers' Kippo label previously was.
The obit for Betty said: "Betty worked as a secretary for several local companies in her young years. She worked as secretary to the late Bill Monroe and Monroe Enterprises until she retired. She and her husband loved all music, and had a small record label, as a side business called Comet Goldmont Records. They has been members of the Country Music Association, R.O.P.E., Music City Marine Corp League and Marine Corp League Auxiliary."
One artist on the label ahd a hometown paper write about his affiliation with Comet: "Ron Needham Hopes 1st Record Will Open Door: It took Ron Needham five years to get past the receptionist at one of Nashville's recording companies. Now that he has cleared the first major hurdle, he hopes to make the next big jump -- getting the public to accept his music. Ron, a 1958 graduate of Kokomo High School, has been writing music, playing the guitar and singing for a good many years now. But it wasn't until recently he made his first record. It is a country music disc with two songs he wrote. One side is "I'm Gonna Go Out," and on the flip side is "My Wife." "I tried for five years to get past a receptionist at a recording company in Nashville, and finally one day I made it," he says. "I got an audition and finally signed with Goldmont Music Inc., a firm that issues the 'Comet' label," he said. While having a number of songs he has written, Ron settled on two he wrote in October of 1968. He wrote both the words and music. Although he plays the guitar, he did not accompany himself on his first record. He was backed up by a group of Nashville musicians. "It took about two and one-half hours to get the right sound for 'My Wife', but only about an hour for the main side of the record," he remembers. Sales of the record are moving along, he commented, but just how well things are going can't be determined except at certain times. It seems that radio stations report the number of times they play records and only when a total accounting is made can it be determined just how successful any record may be... Needham says he doesn't know that lies ahead. He says he knows it's a long way to the top. "I got a start and will have to take things as they come," he said. -- Kokomo Tribune, 22 June 1969 (OCR at newspapers.com)
https://www.45cat.com/label/comet-nashville
https://www.discogs.com/label/461944-Comet-Records-6
https://www.discogs.com/label/1461101-Goldmont-Music-Inc
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/betty-mcinturff-10219854
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/nashville-tn/james-mcinturff-4741939