The label of the Acorn recording studio, of Stonesfield, in Oxford, which was run by Colin Sanders. Acorn evolved from a label called Zeus. Catalogue numbers, which were generally in the CF-200s, suggest that it was responsible for more than eighty records between 1968 and c.1979, most of which seem to have been of either Folk music or Electric Organ music. The vast majority of those records were albums but the occasional seven-incher appeared; both sizes of record shared the same numerical series. The legend on the Tony Caspar EP shown above (2) indicates that as well as offering recording facilities Acorn provided a tape-to-disc service. Both of the EPs above are Decca pressings. Perhaps Acorn's biggest claim to fame as far as records are concerned is that it made the first two albums by Folk legends The Yetties, 'Fifty Stone Of Loveliness' (CF-203; 1969) and 'Who's A Feard' (CF-208; 1970), but there are several other collectables such as Oberon's 'A Midsummer's Night Dream' (OBE LPS-1; 1970) and the self-titled album by Dragon (CF-268; 1976). The few Acorn 7" records that I have managed to track down are listed below. Sanders founded the Solid State Logic company in 1969; it made a big breakthrough with one of its products in 1979, and from then on the business of designing and making mixing consoles and other recording equipment appears to have led to the record label side of his interests being shelved. See also 'Shy Talk'.
