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Aco was a product of the Aeolian Company Ltd on Aeolian
Hall, Bond Street, London. It was aimed at the popular cheaper
record buying market and was available from November 1922 until August
1927. The catalogue for 10" records was from G-15001 up to G-16230.
The label design changed little over the five years except to grow
larger in about 1925. Most British dance band items were by studio bands except for the many ones by Leslie Jeffries Rialto Orch, which may have included additional players anyway. The British matrices were in a C-5000 series running up past C-8000 by mid 1926 when electrical recording were introduced The electrical sides started at C-1-E, running up to just over C-400-E by the last Acos. American recordings initially were from Gennett, changing to Vocalion soon after until 1926, when Gennett took over again. The American matrix numbers are generally expunged from the wax, but are usually shown correctly on the label. The label is not common; the same recordings are more likely to turn up on Coliseum, Guardsman, or Beltona, but there is quite a lot to interest the Jazz collector, with the Original Memphis Five (see first label above) and Fletcher Henderson's Orchestra, with Louis Armstrong amongst the artists. Most American matrices are issued under pseudonyms. |
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