Cord International

Cord International was founded by Michael and Maryann Michalski Cord with a dream. That dream was to bring back to life the classic lost recordings of Hawai'i. Many recordings were originally released on big thick scratchy 78-rpm shellac discs that were played on a Victrola going back to the 1920s. Think about what that listening experience must have been like with all the hisses, pops, and once-arounds, compared to the luxury of today's listening experience. 78-rpms, 45-rpms, and LPs were vanishing along with the history. We wanted to know: Who were these artist? What was their story? What was their history? What was the history of the songs? We wanted to bring a time capsule buried long ago back to life. Hana Ola translates as work of life or to grant life.