Computer programmer and specialist in sound restoration who owned his own reissue label, The Old Masters (born January 30, 1934 in Detroit, MI – died May 7, 2003 in San Mateo, CA)

In his first career, Morrow was a mathematician and computer programmer whose company, Morrow Designs, developed some of the first personal computers. After the rise of large computer companies like IBM forced Morrow Designs into bankruptcy in 1986, Morrow shifted his focus to his hobby, dance music of the 1920s and 1930s. He owned about 70,000 shellac records. Morrow developed a method of improving the quality of digital transfers of recordings and reducing background noise, founded a sound restoration company, Echo Productions, CA., and a compact disc label, The Old Masters, on which he reissued some of the shellac discs from his collection.

APPEARANCES +


Los Montañeses Del Alamo
Primer Grabaciones: 1940-1950 = First Recordings 1940-1950
2002, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, Folklyric Records
El Ciego Melquiades (The Blind Fiddler)*
San Antonio House Party
2002, CD, Comp, RM, Arhoolie Records, ,
Polka
Don Santiago Jiménez, Sr. Y Sus Valedores*
"Viva Seguin"
2001, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records
Fred Waring
Vol. 1: The Collegiate Years
2000, CD, Comp, RM, The Old Masters
Various
From Honolulu To Hollywood (Jazz, Blues & Popular Specialties Performed Hawaiian Style)
1999, CDr, Comp, The Old Masters, ,
Swing/Pacific/Hawaiian
Harry Reser 's Six Jumping Jacks
Volume 1
1999, CD, Comp, RM, The Old Masters, The Old Masters
Harry Reser 's Six Jumping Jacks
Volume Two
1999, CD, Comp, The Old Masters, The Old Masters
Billy Jack Wills And His Western Swing Band
Crazy, Man, Crazy
1999
Guitar Slim And Jelly Belly
"Carolina Blues" - New York City 1944
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Arhoolie Records
Various
Cajun String Bands: The 1930s: "Cajun Breakdown"
1997, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, folklyric records, ,
Cajun
Frank Quinn
If You Are Irish (Pioneer Irish-American Recordings 1923-34)
1997, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Folklyric
Jimmy Grier & His Orchestra*
Echos From The Cocoanut Grove: From Transcribed Radio Shows, 1932
1997, CD, Comp, Take Two Records,
Emmett Miller
The Minstrel Man From Georgia
1996, ,
Country Blues/Country/Musical/Vaudeville
Billy Jack Wills And His Western Swing Band Featuring Tiny Moore & Vance Terry
Sacramento 1952-1954
1996
Various
Polish Village Music
1995, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records
Fred Rich
Volume One
1995, CD, Comp, The Old Masters
Various
Texas Mexican Border Music - Vol. III: Norteno & Tejano Accordion Pioneers 1929-1939
1995, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Folklyric, Arhoolie Folklyric, ,
Norteño/Tejano
Eddy Duchin And His Orchestra
The Sophisticated Stylings Of Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra 1933-37, Volume II
1995, CD, Comp, Take Two Records, ,
Big Band
Flaco Jimenez
Flaco's First
1995
Whistlin' Alex Moore*
From North Dallas To The East Side
1994, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, Arhoolie Records
Various
Volume 1 - An Introduction: Pioneer Recording Artists 1928-1958
1994, CD, Comp, Folklyric Records, Arhoolie Records, ,
Folk
Various
San Antonio's Conjuntos In The 1950s
1994, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, ,
Tejano/Guaracha/Polka/Ranchera/Corrido/Bolero
Mildred Bailey
Band Vocalist Volume Two
1994, CD, Comp, RM, The Old Masters
Mildred Bailey
Sweet Beginnings
1994, CD, Comp, The Old Masters,
Los Pavos Reales
Early Hits
1994, ,
Tejano
Various
Folksongs Of The Louisiana Acadians
1994
Pawlo Humeniuk
King Of The Ukrainian Fiddlers
1993, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, Folklyric Records, Arhoolie Records, Folklyric Records, Arhoolie Records, Folklyric Records
Various
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics 1927 - 1938
1993, CD, Comp, Folklyric Records, ,
Hawaiian/Pacific/Swing
Kalama's Quartet
Early Hawaiian Classics 1927 - 1932
1993
Harry Choates
The Fiddle King Of Cajun Swing
1993
Nathan Abshire And His Pine Grove Boys*
French Blues
1993, CD, ,
Cajun
Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán
Their First Recordings 1937-1947
1992, CD, Comp, Arhoolie Records, Folklyric Records
Fred Hall's Sugar Babies* Featuring Arthur Fields
Fred Hall's Sugar Babies Featuring Arthur Fields
CD, Comp, The Old Masters
Ben Selvin
Ben Selvin Volume One
CD, Comp, The Old Masters
Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra
Volume 1