RECORDS
Independent Argo label was founded in 1951 by Harvey Usill. It focused mainly on English music of all styles and periods and built up a large catalogue of Classical and Spoken Word albums, amongst other items. In addition to the English material, what is now known as 'World' music was catered-for by a series of 'Living Tradition' albums. Argo was acquired by Decca in 1957, though Usill remained in charge of the label. Most of Argo's releases were LPs, and it only issued the occasional single; if you stumble on an Argo single in a charity shop nowadays, it'll generally be by Folk group The Yetties. Argo seven-inches were generally EPs in the '60s and were numbered in an EAF-0 or ZFA-0 series; the prefix varied according to whether the record was mono (EAF) or stereo (ZFA) - some records were issued in both forms. A number of them were devoted to train sounds; they appeared under the Argo Transacord banner. Argo singles as such first appeared in 1970, and had AFW-100 catalogue numbers. They seem to have had red labels until AFW-112, with black ones from AFW-113 onwards; demos continued to have red labels. Towards the end of the series the old ellipsed logo was replaced by a Decca-family-type boxed one. Usill left to co-found ASV records when Decca was taken over by Polygram, in 1980. The Argo label is still in existence today, as part of Decca Classics. Argo Records Former Address in 1978 : 115, Fulham Rd, London SW 3. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 70 | Honeydew | Part Of This Game | ARGO | AFW | 101 |
| 70 | Gothic Horizon | The Jason Lodge Poetry Book | ARGO | AFW | 102 |
| 71 | Broken Consort | Bye Bye Bob | ARGO | AFW | 103 |
| 71 | Gothic Horizon | Song | ARGO | AFW | 104 |
| 71 | Garrick'S Fairground | Blessed Are The Peacemakers | ARGO | AFW | 105 |
| 72 | Jones Rick | Lovebug | ARGO | AFW | 106 |
| 72 | Gothic Horizon | If You Can Smile | ARGO | AFW | 107 |
| 72 | Gothic Horizon | Can'T Bear To Think About You | ARGO | AFW | 108 |
| 73 | Jones Rick | Lady Of The Lowlands | ARGO | AFW | 109 |
| 73 | Talisman | Stepping Stone | ARGO | AFW | 110 |
| 73 | Co-Operation Choir | Last Of The Summer Sun | ARGO | AFW | 111 |
| 73 | Farnaby Giles Dream Band | Newcastle Brown | ARGO | AFW | 112 |
| 74 | Yetties | Dorset Is Beautiful | ARGO | AFW | 113 |
| 74 | Holloway Stanley | Albert'S Christmas | ARGO | AFW | 114 |
| 74 | Young Tradition | Boars Head Carol | ARGO | AFW | 115 |
| 74 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 116 | |
| 74 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 117 | |
| 74 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 118 | |
| 74 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 119 | |
| 75 | Yetties | Bandy Bertha'S Birthday | AFW | AFW | 120 |
| 75 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 121 | |
| 75 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 122 | |
| 75 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 123 | |
| 75 | Not Traced | ARGO | AFW | 124 | |
| 75 | Yetties | Costa De Dorset | ARGO | AFW | 125 |
