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Bill Holford

William Dwight Holford, Sr. was an American recording engineer and record producer. For 44 of those years, from 1948 to 1992, he was the affiliated with ACA Studios in Houston as an owner, partner, and audio engineer. Holford also helped build studios for several labels, including Duke/Peacock, Starday, Sarg Records, and Trumpet Records.

ACA Studios
ACA was one of the earliest multi-track analog recording studios in the country. ACA recording artistsJohnny AceChet AtkinsBobby Bland • Bill Blevins • Juke Boy BonnerClarence "Gatemouth" BrownJewel "Teasin'" BrownGoree CarterHarry ChoatesArnett CobbJohnny CopelandDavid Honeyboy EdwardsFive Blind Boys of MississippiLefty FrizzellClarence GarlowMickey GilleyRosco GordonPeppermint HarrisSmokey HoggLightnin' HopkinsIvory Joe HunterElmore JamesB.B. KingThe Kingston TrioWillie Love • Frankie Miller • Willie NelsonEddie NoackJunior ParkerWebb PierceReally RedLittle RichardBuster PickensJimmy SwanB.J. ThomasMitchell TorokErnest Tubb and His Texas TroubadoursBig Joe TurnerT-Bone Walker • Tag Williams • Sonny Boy Williamson (aka Alex Miller) • Hop WilsonJohnny Winter • Justin Wilson Labels that recorded at ACAStarday RecordsMercury RecordsPeacock RecordsD RecordsMacy's Recordings • ACA Records • Arcadia • Arhoolie • Ayo • Bellaire Records • Columbia • Cullum • Decca • De Luxe • Delta Records • Duke • Excelsior • FBC • Freedom • Herald • H.M. Crowe • Humble • Imperial • Kessler • Martin • MGM • Natural • Opera Record Company • Paula Records • Phamous • RCA • Revel • Royalty • Sarg Records • Special Edition • Trumpet ==Filmography==
Filmography
Killing Fields (1984) ==ACA audio engineers and staff==
ACA audio engineers and staff
• Kay Holford (Kathleen Assaf Holford, Bill's wife) had significant managerial responsibilities for the entire life of ACA Studios. • Hank Lam: 1968–1972; engineer • George Holsomback; born 1947, engineer from 1973 – 1974, chief engineer 1974–1978. • Andy Bradley (born Andrew M. Bradley; 1951), audio engineer • Sonny Ray Stolz (born Rae Roy Stolz; 1946), audio engineer and editor, among other things, helped Holford move from ACA's temporary location at Savoy Drive in Houston into the acquired defunct studios of Jimmy Duncan's Soundville at 8208 Westpark, Houston. Soundville Studios was a division of Jimmy Duncan Productions, Inc. Stolz worked for ACA from the summer of 1972 until early 1973. • Bill Holford, jr. ==References==
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