[78-L] ALCO DISC label ^

[David Lennick]

And not to be confused with the ALPO label, which recorded incredibly high frequencies (and hit tunes such as Doggie in the Window, The Whistler And His Dog, Puppy Love and some great jazz standards by Muggsy Spaniel).

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> From: bobrice at snet.net
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 16:49:10 -0400
> Subject: Re: [78-L] ALCO DISC label
> 
> Alco made RECORDS?!! I THOUGHT they only built locomotives, the famous 
> RS-3, PA-1's to mention a few? GE bought them out, present GE lokies trace 
> their ancestry to Alco., 4 stroke engines. American Locomotice Co, case ya 
> were wondering<g>?
> 
> Bob
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jack Raymond" <jraymond at alumni.princeton.edu>
> To: "78-L List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 4:39 PM
> 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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