59 shellac records · mostly British pressings, 1900s–1950s
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A.E. Nickolds performing 'Yankee Grit' and 'Big Guns' on Aco, catalogue 16068. Aco was a small, short-lived British label active in the late 1920s.AI summary
Aco 16068 Music Hall
An untitled recording on AcoTEST, an unidentified label, performing novelty or regional material from an uncertain period.AI summary
Aco TEST Dance
Billy Desmond performing 'Romany Rose' and 'On the Road to Nowhere' on Aco 15248, an early British label pressing from the 1920s.AI summary
Aco 15248 Voice
Billy Desmond on Aco, credited to the cheap and short-lived Aco British imprint, catalogue 15879. Little is known of this artist or these performances.AI summary
Aco G15879
Billy Desmond, credited to Aco, recorded "The Two of Us" and "When I Hear That Song".AI summary
Aco 15925
Billy Desmond performing two songs on Aco, a budget British label: 'Since I Found You' and 'Honolulu Song Bird'.AI summary
Aco 16164 Voice
Billy Williams performs 'I've got a Lover up in Scotland' and 'My Lass frae Glasgie Toon' on Aco, a minor British label. Both titles play on Williams' Scottish identity and repertoire.AI summary
Aco 15762 Music Hall
Billy Williams recorded British music hall and sentimental songs ('The Hobnailed Boots My Father Wore', 'I Wish It Was Sunday Night') for Aco Records. Williams was a British singer of the 1920s–1930s era.AI summary
Aco 15761 Music Hall
Bob Johnson performs 'Have You Forgotten Yvonne?' on Aco, catalogue 15947.AI summary
Aco 15947 Voice
The Bristol Glee Singers with Fierce Raged the Tempest and In Absence on Aco G15541.AI summary
Aco G15541 Classical
The Broadway Syncopaters recorded dance and jazz numbers for Aco, a British imprint; the group's identity is not clearly documented.AI summary
Aco G15256 Dance
Broadway Syncopaters recorded these two sides for Aco, a tiny American label; the ensemble is not well documented but the name suggests a jazz-influenced dance band of the 1920s.AI summary
Aco G15177 Dance
Charles Coborn on two Victorian and Edwardian music-hall standards: "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" and "Two Lovely Black Eyes", recorded for Aco (Acolian) 15588. Coborn was a music-hall legend and a major star of the Victorian era, and these songs are closely associated with his name.AI summary
Aco 15588 Music Hall
Aco G15242
Cruikshank on Aco 15249, a British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Aco 15249 Music Hall
Dick Henderson, a British music hall and variety entertainer, performing 'Cecilia' and 'Goodnight God Bless' on Aco 16003 — a vocal recording from a performer of the early 20th-century stage.AI summary
Aco 16003 Voice
Dick Henderson, an English performer, singing novelty or sentimental comic material on Aco 16061.AI summary
Aco 16061 Music Hall
Dorothy Leigh performing 'What'll I do' and 'In love with love' on Aco (15480), sentimental ballads from the early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 15480 Voice
A duet credited to E Furmedge and W Davidson, performing operatic numbers—Hoffmann's Barcarolle and the finale from Verdi's *Il trovatore*—on Aco 33037. Aco was a minor British budget label of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Aco 33037 Opera
Edith Furmedge performing the hymn 'Lost Chord' and 'Land of Hope and Glory' on Aco 33001, a British label of the early 1900s or 1910s.AI summary
Aco 33001 Classical
Edith Furmedge performs 'Lost Chord' and 'Land of Hope & Glory' on Aco 33001. Aco (Acolian) was a British label active in the 1920s–1930s; both titles are classical/patriotic standards.AI summary
Aco 33001 Classical
Fred Gibson performing two traditional or novelty songs, 'Riley's Cow Shed' and 'Photo of the girl I left behind', for Aco 15482, a vocal record from the early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 15482 Voice
Fred Gibson in popular songs on Aco 16028, a British budget label.AI summary
Aco 16028 Voice
Fred Gibson performing 'Let's all join the Mustard Club' and 'I've never seen a straight Banana' on Aco, a British budget label, catalogue 16124.AI summary
Aco 16124 Music Hall
Aco 15214
H Allas with B Desmond on 'You were just a wild Rose' and 'Meet me at Twilight' for Aco (15971), sentimental ballads of the early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 15971 Voice
Hamilton Harris on Aco 15880, performing light entertainment material. Aco was a minor British label; the artist is not widely documented.AI summary
Aco 15880 Voice
I Maurice recorded 'Coaxing the Piano' and 'Silence and Fun' for Aco Records, a small British label. Maurice was likely a pianist or light-entertainment performer of the 1920s.AI summary
Aco 15171 Instrumental
The Jeffries Band performing popular novelty numbers on AcoG, an obscure British label. Both artist and label are unrecognised.AI summary
Aco G15669 Dance
Joe Hayman, a music-hall star known for comic sketches and novelty songs, recorded two Cohen character sketches for Aco, a small British label.AI summary
Aco 15833 Comic
John Thorne sings Song of the Waggoner and Devonshire Cream and Cider on Aco G15379.AI summary
Aco G15379 Voice
John Thorne recorded 'Son of mine' and 'Rebel' for AcoG (Aco Gramophone) 15737; Thorne was a British entertainer but this specific recording is not well documented.AI summary
Aco G15737
John Thorne, a British vocalist or actor, is credited on this AcoG label disc (Aco was a cheap British imprint of the 1930s); the titles 'By the Waters of Babylon' and 'In Summertime on Bredon' suggest classical song or light concert material.AI summary
Aco G15823 Voice
John Thorne recorded 'Crusader's song' and 'Who is Sylvia' for AcoG 15980, likely classical or vocal art-song material from a minor label.AI summary
Aco G15980 Classical
John Thorne recorded 'Spanish gold' and 'One of the guards' for Aco(G), a small British label.AI summary
Aco G16017
John Thorne was an unidentified British or American singer or performer, probably of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century. 'Thou Art Risen My Beloved' is a hymnal or sacred song, and 'Epitaph etc' suggests a recitation. This Aco G16064 pressing is from an obscure label and era.AI summary
Aco G16064 Voice
John Thorne recorded 'From Inverness to Fell' and 'Lute Player' for Aco (Acolian), a British label of the 1920s–1930s.AI summary
Aco G16085
John Thorne performing 'Haul Away Joe Bound for the Rio Grande' and 'Shenandoah Billy Boy' on Aco 15824. Aco was a British label, and this record features sea shanties and traditional folk songs in a mid-20th-century arrangement.AI summary
Aco 15824 Voice
Malcolm Scott, the female impersonator and music-hall comedian known for his elaborate historical character sketches, performs 'Adventures of Catherine Parr' in two parts on Aco 16195. Aco (Acousitc/Aeolian) was a small British label; Scott is a recognised music-hall name and his character sketches are unusual items in the collecting world.AI summary
Aco 16195 Music Hall
Maurice Cole was a British organist or pianist of the early 20th century. This Aco Records side, 'Naila Waltz' and (2 sides), presents instrumental dance music, likely from the 1920s or early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 16111 Instrumental
Maurice Cole playing piano solos 'Danse Nègre' and 'Humoreske' on Aco G15351.AI summary
Aco G15351 Instrumental
Maurice Cole plays The Bee's Wedding and Prelude, and Papillons and Moment musical, on Aco G15387.AI summary
Aco G15387 Instrumental
Miss D. Hayward Webb recorded vocal ballads for the Aco (Acme Record Company) label, a British budget imprint of the 1920s–30s.AI summary
Aco G15014 Voice
Olly Oakley on Aco, catalogue 15018, performing traditional dance material ('Toronto jig', 'Coloured major march'). Oakley is an unrecognised artist on an obscure British label.AI summary
Aco G15018 Instrumental
An orchestra recording of two classical ballet pieces—selections from Coppélia and the Doges' March—on Aco, a small British classical label of the 1920s and 1930s.AI summary
Aco 33010 Classical
Peggy Cochrane, a minor British singer, on the Aco label with two sentimental songs; Aco was a cheap budget marque of the early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 15410 Voice
Peggy Cochrane, a light soprano, recorded Berceuse and Paraphrase for Aco, a short-lived British budget label of the late 1920s and early 1930s.AI summary
Aco 16089 Voice
Peggy Cochrane performing classical piano pieces on the Aco label. Little is known of this artist; the titles suggest conservatoire-level repertoire.AI summary
Aco G15826 Classical