British label, established in August 1968 and based in London.
Standard was set up as a partnership between Essex Music International and LWT (Holdings) Ltd.
Some of the LPs were repressed and issued several times, and may exist in as many as three or four different versions. Not all of them have a listed date (this was dropped on later releases), but the chronology of the LPs can easily be identified by the sleeve design (first: black and white cover art, then: orange logo), and even more accurately by their listed address;
The library was initially based at 68 Oxford Street, then moved c. 1971 to 19-20 Poland Street. Sometime after 1975, they moved a bit further down the road, to 21/22 Poland Street, before ultimately using Chappell Music Limited as agents, with their London address listed (129 Park Street).
The latest copy I have found with the Oxford Street address is ESL 123, the latest with 19-20 Poland Street is ESL 136 (
and ESL 150 for some reason), the latest with 21/22 Poland Street is ESL 145.
LPs:
ESL 101 - French Music
/ Dance Music (1969)
ESL 102 - Indian Music
/ Indian Music (1969)
ESL 103 - Solo Guitar
/ Solo Guitar (1969/
undated)
ESL 104 - Electronic
/ Electronic (
undated) (1969/
undated)
ESL 105 - Comedy/Children
/ Light Activity/Travel (1969/
undated)
ESL 106 - Romantic/Nostalgic (1969)
ESL 107 - Dramatic/Eerie/Mysterious
/ Dramatic/Light/Heavy (1969/
undated)
ESL 108 - Dramatic-Light/Heavy/Mysterious
/ Industrial (1970/
undated)
ESL 109 - Dance and Jazz
/ Activity/Travel (1970/
undated)
ESL 110 - Links and Bridges
/ Openings, Closings and Fanfares (1969)
ESL 111 - Links & Bridges
/ Openings, Closings, Links & Bridges (1970/
undated)
ESL 112 - National-Balkan Ensemble
/ Comedy Links and Bridges (1970)
ESL 113 - Activity/Travel
/ Activity/Travel (1970)
ESL 114 - Romantic/Nostalgic/Sad
/ Comedy/Children (1970/
undated)
ESL 115 - Activity/Travel
/ Activity/Travel (1970)
ESL 116 - Percussion
/ Percussion (1970/
undated)
ESL 117 - Guitar Music
/ Organ and Rhythm (
undated)
ESL/118 - Pop/Rock Sounds
/ Multi-Keyboard Sounds (1971)
ESL/119 - Guitar
/ Small Group (1971)
ESL/120 - Comedy
/ Romantic/Nostalgic/Sad
ESL/121 - Period/Pastoral/Solo Instruments
/ Moog/Dramatic (1971/
undated)
ESL/122 - Moog/Activity/Travel
/ Activity/Travel (1971/
undated)
ESL/123 - Small Group Pop
/ Small Group Pop (1971)
ESL 124 - Eastern Music
/ Activity/Travel (1973/
undated)
ESL 125 - Christmas General
/ Christmas Traditional (1973)
ESL 126 - Romantic Pastoral/French Music
/ Activity/Travel/Dramatic (1974)
ESL 127 - Electronic Music
/ Electronic Music (1973/
undated)
ESL 128 - Heavy Group Activity
/ Light Group Activity (1974)
ESL 129 - Small Group Pop/National
/ Small Group Pop/Solo Instruments (1974/
undated)
ESL 130 - Brass Bands/Wind Bands
/ National/Dramatic (1975/
undated)
ESL 131 - Activity/Travel
/ Comedy/Dance (1975)
ESL 132 - Romantic Pastoral
/ Links & Bridges (1975)
ESL/133 - Encore Electronic (1975/
undated)
ESL 134 - Activity/Travel
/ Dramatic (
undated)
ESL 135 - Romantic
/ Activity/Music Box (1975)
ESL 136 - Kaleidoscope of Sounds - Graham Lyons (1976)
ESL 137 - Mediaeval
/ Dramatic (
undated)
ESL 138 - Light and Bright (
undated)
ESL 139 - Tingling Jingles
/ Pop Pulsations (
undated)
ESL 140 - Twelve Great International Hits
ESL 141 - Reflections of a Romance (
undated)
ESL 142 - Dramatic (
undated)
ESL 143 - Pop Pulsations II (
undated)
ESL 144 - M.O.R. (
undated)
ESL 145 - "Fun and Games" (
undated)
ESL 146 - Guitars (
undated)
ESL/147 - Nice 'n' Easy (
undated)
ESL 148 - Industrial
ESL 149 - Pastoral
ESL 150 - Classical Piano
ESL 151 - 1900-1940: Four Decades of Light Music (
undated)
ESL 152 - Activity (
undated)
ESL 153 - National Music: Through the Eyes of a Tourist (
undated)
ESL 154 - Stings and Things - Chris Barron (
undated)
ESL 155 - Scenic Thoughts - Pierre Porte (
undated)
ESL 156 - Contemporary Themes
ESL 157 - Brass Band Music
ESL 158 - Piano Music
/ Romantic/Pastoral (1984)
ESL 159 - Contemporary Themes
ESL 160 - Light and Bright (
undated)
ESL 161 - Christmas Spirit
ESL 162 - "Exotica" (Activity & Travel Themes)
ESL 163 - Links & Stings (
undated)
ESL 164 - Action (
undated)
ESL 165 - Scenes & Sentiments (
undated)
ESL 166 - Just for Fun (
undated)
ESL 167 - Mysterioso
ESL 168 - Textures - Brian Eno & Roger Eno (
undated)
Composers:
ESL 101 - Francis Fumiere
ESL 102 - Mishra Bhankar/Gurjari Chandani
ESL 103 - Michael Chapman
ESL 104 - Li De La Russe (Delia Derbyshire)/Nikki St. George (Brian Hodgson)/Dave Vorhaus
ESL 105 - Ron Grainer/Brian Fahey/Tony Russell/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Ted Dicks/Pete Moore/John Gregory/Charles Chilton/Chris Gunning/Alan Tew/James Clarke/Francis Fumiere/Ray Premru/David Lindup
ESL 106 - Alec Gould/Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon)/James Clarke/Peter Knight/Tommy Watt/Donald Fraser/Stanley Glasser/Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Ernest Tomlinson/Francis Fumiere/Derry Hall/David Lindup
ESL 107 - Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Raymond Jones/Derry Hall/Francis Fumiere/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)/Alec Gould/Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon)
ESL 108 - Max Harris/Ron Grainer/Alan Braden/Les Williams/Mike Vickers/Chris Gunning/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Raymond Jones
ESL 109 - Derry Hall/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Laurie Holloway/Jimmy Deuchar/Pete Moore/Shake Keane/Tommy Watt/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)/Ken Woodman/Tony Visconti/Tim Mycroft
ESL 110 - Tony Russell/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon)/David Lindup/Derry Hall/Francis Fumiere
ESL 111 - Paul Gerard (Dennis Farnon)/Derry Hall/Francis Fumiere/Pete Moore/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Basil Kirchin/John Coleman/Ray Premru/Chris Gunning
ESL 112 - Glen Sweeney/Richard Coff/Paul Keith Minns/Barbara Cartland/Graham Lyons/Raymond Jones
ESL 113 - Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Raymond Jones/Alan Tew/Tony Russell/Mike Vickers/Mike Gibbs/James Clarke/Francis Fumiere/Max Harris/Basil Kirchin/Jack Nathan/George Martin/John Gregory/Laurie Holloway/Alan Braden/Tommy Watt/Howard Blake
ESL 114 - Alan Braden/Alec Gould/Francis Fumiere/Raymond Jones/Mike Vickers/Dudley Moore/Laurie Holloway/James Clarke/Basil Kirchin/John Coleman/Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Denis King/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)/Barbara Moore/Chris Gunning/Mike Gibbs
ESL 115 - Alan Tew/Mike Vickers/Don Jackson (Don Harper)/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Denis King/Alan Braden/Max Harris/Howard Blake/Les Williams/Graham Lyons/Ted Dicks/John Gregory/Chris Gunning/Royston Mitchell
ESL 116 - John Gregory/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)
ESL 117 - John Gibson/Tim Mycroft
ESL/118 - Max Middleton/Stanley Chapman/Herbie Flowers/Martin Kershaw/Brian Bennett/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Denis King
ESL/119 - Michael Chapman/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Laurie Holloway
ESL/120 - Max Harris/Bob Rosenblum/Denis King/Ron Grainer/Ted Dicks/Nick Harrison/Alan Tew/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)/Stanley Myers/Florence Veran (Eliane Meyer)/Alexander Farris
ESL/121 - George Martin/Alec Gould/Les Williams/Alexander Farris/Larie Holloway/Raymond Jones/Norma Tanega/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Jim Lawless/Mike Vickers/Chris Gunning/Max Harris/Wilfred Josephs/Nick Harrison
ESL/122 - Mike Vickers/Basil Kirchin/Jack Nathan/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Ray Premru/Laurie Holloway/Denis King/Chris Gunning/Raymond Jones/David Whittaker/Francis Fumiere/Max Harris/Kenny Clayton/Ernest Tomlinson/Graham Lyons
ESL/123 - Herbie Flowers/Roger Coulam/Clive Hicks/Vic Flick/Martin Kershaw/Chris Spedding/Jim Lawless/Steve Gray
ESL 124 - Francis Fumiere/Pierre Gossez/Bounty (Roger Coulam/Vic Flick/Herbie Flowers/Jim Lawless/Alan Parker)/Sven Libaek/John Sangster/Pat Aulton/Herbie Flowers
ESL 125 - Bounty (Roger Coulam/Vic Flick/Herbie Flowers/Jim Lawless/Alan Parker)
ESL 126 - John Sangster/Sven Libaek/Pat Aulton/Threshold (Brian Bath/John Morgan/Del Palmer/Ivan Penfold/Barry Sherlock)/Francis Fumiere/Denis King/Brian Dee/Mike Vickers
ESL 127 - Mike Vickers
ESL 128 - Midas Touch (Harry Rabinowitz/Dave Richmond/Martin Kershaw/Harold Fisher)
ESL 129 - Threshold (Brian Bath/John Morgan/Del Palmer/Ivan Penfold/Barry Sherlock)
ESL 130 - Ray Steadman-Allen/Arne-trad.-Monk-Haydn arr. Ted Fisk/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Derry Hall/Don Harper/Graham Lyons/Wilfred Josephs/Alan Tew/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)
ESL 131 - Derry Hall/Graham Lyons/Laurie Holloway/Ron Grainer/Arne arr. Graham Lyons/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)
ESL 132 - John Gregory/Derry Hall/Graham Lyons/Sam Fonteyn (Samuel Soden)/Ron Grainer/Milton Hunter (Harry Rabinowitz)/Wilfred Josephs
ESL/133 - John Lewis/Brian Hodgson
ESL 134 - Laurent Voulzy/Paul Hart/Don Paul (Donald Fountain)/Arthur Sparkes
ESL 135 - Paul Hart/Laurent Voulzy/Terry Cox/Mike Moran/Don Paul (Donald Fountain)/Daryl Runswick/Sousa-Kiffert-trad.-Lefubube-Wely-Strauss arr. Simon de Paul
ESL 136 - Graham Lyons
ESL 137 - Alfi Kabiljo/Henryk Kuzniak
ESL 138 - Jan Rimon/Antonin Svehla/Alois Wolf/Emil Strasek/Peter Wolf/Vilmos Kormendi/Geza Berki/Gyorgy Ranki/Peter Beasson (Jacques Henderyckx)
ESL 139 - John Lewis/Zbigniew Gorny/Aleksander Maliszewski/Jacek Malinowski/Jonathan Brown/Chopin arr. Piotr Figiel
ESL 140 - Bowie-Aznavour-Kretzmer-Raskin-McTell-Ball-Reid-Brooker-Howard-Haywood-Jobim-Donegan-Currie-Bricusse-Collins arr. R. Niles
ESL 141 - Chris Barron/Jaroslaw Kukulski/Alfi Kabiljo/Geza Berki/Aleksander Maliszewski/Miklos Malek/Jerzy Matuszkiewicz/Andrzej Kurylewicz
ESL 142 - Tadeusz Klimonda/Wojciech Gogolewski/Henryk Kuzniak/Jerzy Matuszkiewicz/Adam Brzozowski/Jan Zawierski
ESL 143 - Czeslaw Adamowicz/Slawomir Losowski/Jan Cichy/Tomasz Rostkowski/Tadeusz Klimonda/Janusz Poplawski/Zbigniew Gorny
ESL 144 - Stanislaw Bartosik/Wojciech Stroinski/Piotr Safian/Piotr Piber/Zbigniew Gorny/Wojciech Kacperski/Piotr Kaluzny/Tomasz Rostkowski
ESL 145 - Mark Francis/Richard Bellamy (Alfi Kabiljo)/Henryk Kuzniak/Jozef Rusek/Edward Spyrka/Bogdan Ciesielski/Alfi Kabiljo/John Steinway (Johnny Hawksworth)/Robin Artus (Roger Limb)
ESL 146 - Michael Chapman
ESL/147 - Terry Webster
ESL 148 - Midas Touch (Harry Rabinowitz/Dave Richmond/Martin Kershaw/Harold Fisher)
ESL 149 - Simon Burton/Philip Hodge
ESL 150 - Kathleen Crees
ESL 151 - Peter Cork
ESL 152 - Rod Edwards/Roger Hand/John G. Perry/Alan Tew/Dave Richmond/Harry Rabinowitz/Paul Hart/Eddy Spence/Frank Ricotti/Laurie Holloway/Harold Fisher
ESL 153 - David Snell/Keith Grant (Arthur Evans)/Colin Green/Jack Emblow/Chris Ashley/Vivaldi-trad. arr. Keith Grant (Arthur Evans)-Colin Green
ESL 154 - Chris Barron
ESL 155 - Pierre Porte/Andre Lutereau
ESL 156 - Richard Hewson
ESL 157 - Jim Parker/Max Harris/Nigel Hess
ESL 158 - Max Harris
ESL 159 - Dave MacRea/Chris MacRea (Chris Rae)
ESL 160 - Laurie Holloway/Denis King/Ray Swinfield/Ken Jones/Colin Green/John Keating/David Reilly/John Altman
ESL 161 - Max Harris/Laurie Holloway/Johnny Pearson/Richard Hewson/Colin Towns/Nigel Hess
ESL 162 - Nigel Hess/Alan Parker/Don Harper/John Kongos/Colin Frechter
ESL 163 - Sean Whittle/Chris Rae/Nigel Hess/John Kongos/Don Harper/Mike Doran
ESL 164 - Alan Parker/Ken Jones/John Kongos/John Mortimer/Colin Frechter
ESL 165 - Pierre Porte/Andre Lutereau
ESL 166 - Output (Mike Alexander/Colin Campbell/Travis Oerton)/Colin Frechter/John Kongos/Joseph Horovitz/Max Harris
ESL 167 - David Snell/Richard Brown/David Lyon/Robert Howes/Chris Gunning/Nigel Virley/Tony Britten/John Keating/Wilfred Josephs
ESL 168 - Brian Eno/Roger Eno/Dan Lanois
Additional info:
ESL 147:
Side A:
All tracks composed by Terry Webster
Side B:
All tracks composed by Terry Webster
Produced by Jim Ellis
ESL 151:
COMPOSED, CONDUCTED AND PRODUCED BY PETER CORK
Musicians:
Piano - Leslie Pearson
Cello - Vivian Joseph
Violin - Kenneth Sillito
Trumpet/Cornet - James Watson
Trombone - Nat Peck
Clarinet/Alto Sax - Roy Willox
Doubel Bass - Joe Mudele
Percussion - Johnny Dean
ESL 152:
PRODUCED BY HARRY RABINOWITZ
ESL 156:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 157:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 158:
All Tracks Composed by Max Harris
Produced by Skip Humphries
ESL 159:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 160:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 162:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 163:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ALL TRACKS IDENTIFIED NUMERICALLY
ESL 166:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 167:
PRODUCED BY SKIP HUMPHRIES
ESL 168:
BRIAN ENO & ROGER ENO
appear courtesy of Opal Ltd.
