[78-L] ALCO DISC label

[David Lennick]

Alco I believe was short for ALec COmpinsky or various Compinsky siblings. They did some interesting chamber music recordings, at least one film score, reissues of the Schoenberg Quartets played by the Kolisch Quartet, the Hebrew Dances that appeared simultaneously (I think) on Vox, Dello Joio's "New York Profiles" on LP and other interesting repertoire. No idea if it had a connection with the Alco Disc label originally mentioned in this thread.

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> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:39:09 -0400
> From: jraymond at alumni.princeton.edu
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ALCO DISC label
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> 
> > I have a set of 12" 78s on the Alco label, but it's probably a
> > totally different company. The date is probably from the 1940s - it
> > is a 12" album of 3 discs by the Compinsky Trio entitled "Encore."
> > All classical showpieces, like de Falla's "Fire Dance," issued on
> > Alco A-1. The label is green and the letters ALCO are spelled out in
> > large block letters. Don't have a scan of it here at work. I played
> > flute in an orchestra conducted by Manuel Compinsky back in the
> > 1970s, before I knew this set existed.
> 
> I have a copy of the 12" Alco album A-2, titled SONGS BY EARL ROBINSON, 
> SUNG BY THE COMPOSER and issued in 1948. The labels are like what Cary 
> describes above. Alco certainly is an obscure brand.
> 
> -- Jack Raymond
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