ATCO Records is an American record label founded in 1955. It is owned by Warner Music Group and operates as an imprint of Atlantic Records. After several decades of dormancy and infrequent activity under alternating Warner Music labels, the company was relaunched by Atlantic Records in early 2020.
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Artists on Atco Records
Eric Clapton
b. 1945 · British musician
Jeff Beck
1944–2023 · English guitarist (1944–2023)
Natalie Cole
1950–2015 · American singer (1950–2015)
Bobby Darin
1936–1973 · American singer and actor (1936–1973)
Dr. John
1941–2019 · American singer-songwriter (1941-2019)
Jack Bruce
1943–2014 · British musician (1943–2014)
Acker Bilk
1929–2014 · English recording artist; clarinetist and vocalist…
Ginger Baker
1939–2019 · British drummer (1939–2019)
Jørgen Ingmann
1925–2015 · Danish musician (1925–2015)
King Curtis
1934–1971 · American saxophonist (1934–1971)
Gordon Haskell
1946–2020 · British singer (1946-2020)
Julie Driscoll
b. 1947 · English singer and actress
Leon Redbone
1949–2019 · musician, songwriter, arranger, producer (1949-2019)
Brian Auger
b. 1939 · English keyboardist
Nino Tempo
1935–2025 · American actor, musician and singer (1935–2025)
Ginger Baker's Air Force
1969– · jazz-rock fusion supergroup led by drummer Ginger Baker
Ann Richards
1935–1982 · American singer (1935–1982)
Eddie Cano
1927–1988 · American musician (1927-1988)
Label profile
ATCO Records started life as a sub-label of Atlantic Records. In the early 1990s, the label was folded into the start-up East West Records America under the aegis of label president Sylvia Rhone. However, when Rhone was named the head of Elektra Records in 1995, she took East West America with her to the new label and ATCO was a temporary subsidiary of that label, although it released no new titles.
In 2004, Elektra Records was shut down shortly after Warner Music was sold to a consortium of private investors led by billionaire Edgar Bronfman Jr. In 2008, however, a new ATCO Records emerged, this time a subsidiary of Rhino Records, Warner Music’s reissue label, and new titles were released. These titles are often 'reproductions' using the original label as a 'touch of authenticity' - a sticker often present.
From January 1967, Atlantic Labels - inc ATCO - had their pressing plant codes added to the Master numbers on Labels. The various pressing plants also had their labels printed up at different sources. So, invariably, the Label radius print (or press ref) can vary from one issue to another. This scenario lasted until the end of 1968, at which point the company established a s
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