Skip to main content

Cook Records

Cook Records

Emory Cook (1913-2002) was an audio engineer and inventor who used his Sounds of our Times and Cook Laboratories record labels to demonstrate his philosophy about sound, his recording equipment, and his manufacturing techniques. From 1952 to 1966 Cook recorded, manufactured, and distributed some of the highest quality audio recordings in the world. The 140 titles on Cook Records include European and American concert music, U.S. and Caribbean popular and traditional music, as well as mechanical and natural sounds. Emory and Martha Cook donated their record company, master tapes, patents, and papers to the Smithsonian Institution in 1990.

A few recordings from Cook Records. Click here for more.

Folk and Other Songs
Folk and Other Songs
Steve Camacho
COOK01127 (1962)
Moans and Blues
Moans and Blues
Lizzie Miles
COOK01182 (1956)
Bamboo-Tamboo, Bongo and Belair
Bamboo-Tamboo, Bongo and Belair
Various Artists
COOK05017 (1956)
The Japanese Koto
The Japanese Koto
Shinichi Yuize
COOK01132 (1955)
Sound Effects, Vol. 1
Sound Effects, Vol. 1
Various Artists
COOK10001