I love old library catalogues! There have been quite few of them posted here over the years, some now deleted, others scattered over disparate threads, so I thought I’d try and round them up - and add a few extra bits and pieces of my own. I’ve stolen the format originally used by
Mr and "borrowed" some of his
original posts (thanks for all your amazing work and hope you don’t mind
) I've also expanded the entries where I can. Thanks also to
Retronic, Caliban, WSBG, Upgrade, Your Pal Doug,
Bob Foreman,
Moleoman,
Certainly1080,
apmnut,
NateTheDoofy,
TheMusicalAvenger,
Mike Everitt,
@BBCRecordsVinyl,
THE HEHR ARCHIVE @thehehrarchive1556,
SoCalRyan,
The Evil Dalek,
Greta,
Trkizbrki, the amazing and handsome
Horror Bag and anyone I've missed.
It’s a work in progress – more to come shortly, I hope.
All thumbnails should be right-clickable.
UK:Apollo Sound, 1975
(paperback, 14pp., 1975)
This contains listings for APS 1001 to AS 1019; ASF 6001, APP 5012, 5015, 5016 and 5029. Supplementary sheets for AS 1020, 1022 and 1026 are included. This copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 13 February 1976; the supplementary sheets were added on 14 February 1977. (The Discogs copy of AS 1020 appears to feature the same handwriting on the sleeve!)
Atmosphere: Music Library CD Catalogue, c.1991
(paperback, pages not numbered, c.1991)
Contains Numerical Listings for ATMOS-CD1 to CD26 printed on light yellow paper, and an Alphabetical Listing on white. A copy of this and a "Classical" catalogue feature in Retronic's video
here.
BBC Sound Effects Centre: Catalogue of Recordings, 1971-72
(slide binding, 27pp., 1971-72)
Catalogue of the BBC's 7", red label
"EC" range.
Consists of 15 pages of listings, a single-page "Supplement 1" (dated June 72), 2 pages devoted to the first eight commercial Sound Effects LPs (RED 47M, etc - dated July 72), then eight pages of photocopies of the LP track listings. All sheets are single-sided.
Original owner J.T. Palm will be the same Jeremy Palm who, according to the sleeve notes of the BBC Trams LP, "is on the staff of the BBC, where he is responsible for what is generally acknowledged to be the most comprehensive library of sound effects in the world. It was his long-held interest in trams and light railways that prompted the compilation of this LP."
h++ps://www.discogs.com/artist/9708988-JT-Palm
BBC Sound Effects Centre: Catalogue of Recordings, 1972-73
(slide binding, 16pp., 1972-73)
"This is the second alphabetical catalogue of BBC Sound Effects on 7-inch 33⅓ rpm discs."
BBC Sound Effects Catalogue, May 1982
(paperback, 152pp., 1982)
Now includes stereo discs and the Natural History range.
BBC Sound Effects Catalogue, 1985
(paperback, ??pp., 1985)
Thanks to the brilliant
@BBCRecordsVinyl on Twitter for this one - if you're even vaguely interested in this stuff he's well worth a follow. Original posts
here and
here. And check out his highly informative website
here.
This catalogue also exists on microfiche at the British Library.
"SEAGULLS: See GULLS, Seagulls" - discussion of the red catalogue at Tech-Ops:
h++p://tech-ops.co.uk/pipermail/tech1_tech-ops.co.uk/2022-January/013241.html
BBC Sound FXCD Catalogue, 1987
Contains listings for the new CD range, SFX 001 to 010. Thanks once again to
@BBCRecordsVinyl and
@jrbinks for these shots. Brief Twitter thread
here.
A copy of this catalogue was sold along with some effects CDs in
2020.
Archive
Sound on Sound article
here.
BBC Sound FXCD Catalogue, 1988
(paperback, 16pp., 1988)
Contains listings for SFX 001 to 018. A copy is on eBay
right now.
Scans of the whole thing can be found here (thanks to
Mike Everitt at Mike's Records):
h++ps://www.6868.me.uk/view-catalogues1.php?searchterm=24
BBC Sound Effects [CD] Catalogue, 1991
Thanks to
Mike Everitt at Mike's Records for the image. (Mike - I tried to ask for permission to use this but your "Contact Me" page doesn't work!)
h++ps://www.6868.me.uk/view-catalogues1.php?searchterm=43
A copy of this catalogue was sold along with some effects CDs in
2020.
BBC Sound Effects Library Index [CDs 1-40], c.1992?
This edition has branding of "Films for the Humanities & Sciences" - a distributor of educational audiovisual material to schools and libraries in North America.
A digital copy of the contents of Discs 1-40 is available on the Internet Archive here:
h++ps://archive.org/details/bbcsoundeffects
BBC Sound Effects Library Index [CDs 1-60?], mid-90s?
Another US catalogue, I believe.
A digital copy of the listings for Discs 1-60 is here:
h++ps://www,washcoll.edu/academic_departments/theatre-and-dance/production_resources_documents/bbc-sound-effects-library-indexxlsx.xlsx
BBC Sound Effects 1-60, 1997
(paperback, wire binding, 118pp., 1997)
UK listings of the BBC Sound Effects CDs.
A digital copy of the contents of Discs 1-60 is available here:
h++ps://www.canford.co.uk/BBC/BBC-SOUND-EFFECTS-LIBRARY
[BBC Sound Effects] The Complete Guide to the Creation and Use of SOUND EFFECTS for Film, T.V. and Dramatic Productions, And for exercising the mind, the ear, the imagination and the pen, 1978
(comb binding, ??pp., 1978)
I've not listed catalogues for the BBC Enterprises Sound Effects range as the records were commercially available (and the catalogues well documented elsewhere), however this one is of interest here: boxsets of the LPs were distributed to educational establishments and libraries in the US by "Films for the Humanities" who also published this tie-in guide. Written by Harold Mantell, Carol Waaser, Frank Lewin, Marianne Mantell, and Emma Mausse, it includes a sound effect index "and articles on use in Theater, Films, Sound and the Perception of Reality, and the Use of Sound Effects in the English Curriculum." Shown here in a revised edition.
BBC Recorded Programs Permanent Library Catalogue [1936-1955]
The BBC's Recorded Programs Permanent Library archived clips of shows that might come in useful later - major news reports, political speeches, interviews, etc; they also archived field recordings of dialects, folk and world music, and certain other musical performances: some
Dr Who and
Quatermass cues came from this library, as did the haunted hurdy-gurdy from
A Ghost Story for Christmas - and the original
Captain Pugwash theme!
All six volumes of this catalogue were located at the British Library thanks to
The Evil Dalek. The final volume (far right) is Supplement 1, which is listed separately.
BBC Recorded Programs Permanent Library Catalogue: Supplement 1, 1960
(Twinlock Crown binder, 702pp., 1960)
Enormous thanks to
@BBCRecordsVinyl for this tantalising specimen - an internal BBC catalogue that "contains information about recordings accessioned by the library from approximately 1955 to the end of 1960." Full Twitter thread
here.
BBC Sound Archives:
Supplement 2 (4 Volumes), 1970
Supplement 3, 1973
Accessions 1973-April 1984 (4 Volumes)
By 1970 the BBC Permanent Library had rebranded as the BBC Sound Archives. These volumes were again located in the British Library thanks to
The Evil Dalek.
BML Production Music Library Catalogue
This catalogue sold on eBay in
2024. No further details available.
Boosey & HawkesFor the earliest Boosey listings, see
Macquarie-Bosworth / Macquarie-Boosey and Hawkes. The Boosey & Hawkes Eight-Way Card Index of Recorded Music
(paperback, date unknown. Thanks to Mr for this entry)
Boosey & Hawkes: Catalogue, 1949Catalogue confirmed in
Discography, Shaw, p.ii. No further details.
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue 1952
(paperback, 32pp., August 1952. Thanks to Mr for this entry)
This catalogue cover OT.2000 to OT.2214. The following discs are not listed: 2078, 2090, 2142 - 2146, 2151 - 2162, 2166 - 2178, 2183.
Boosey & Hawkes: Catalogue, 1954Catalogue confirmed in
Discography, Shaw, p.ii. No further details.
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue: Revised Edition 1957
(paperback, 56pp., 1957)
This covers OT.2000 to O.2290. It omits the same catalogue numbers as the 1952 edition, along with 2230, 2142 - 2146, 2151 - 2162, 2166 - 2178 and 2183. M.2027 is present but listed as deleted.
This copy was sold on eBay in 2015. The following one-sheet, two-sided, dated supplements were included:
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 1 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – Nov 1957, 2291-2302 (white paper)
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 2 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – Mid-April 1958, 2303-2313 (blue paper)
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 3 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – Mid-November 1958, 2314-2326 (pink paper)
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 4 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – April 1959, 2327-2339
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 5 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – November 1959, 2340-2351 (yellow paper)
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 6 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – April 1960, 2352-2363
Boosey & Hawkes: Supplement No. 7 to Complete Catalogue (1957) – Second Issue [November?] 1960, 2364-2377
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue: Revised Edition 1960There's a quick glimpse of this in Retronic's
brilliant video below.
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue: Edition 1961
(paperback, 72pp., [April?] 1961)
This catalogue runs from OT.2000 to OT.2390. It omits the same discs as the 1957 catalogue while the following are now listed as deleted: M.2027, MT.2035, O.2107. Scans of 2262 to 2390 from the Numerical Listing can be downloaded
here. Many discs up to V.2188 are listed as "Earlier recordings" - there are not included in the classified listings and only "available while stocks last".
This copy was sold on eBay in 2015. Some correspondence was included (image 3), along with the following 1-sheet, 2-sided supplement:
Supplement No. 1 to Complete Catalogue, Edition 1961
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music, 1965
(paperback, 88pp., 1965)
Covers MT 2010 to O 2505.
Boosey & Hawkes Records: Supplements 1-4, 1965-67
Supplement No. 1 to... Edition 1965: OT 2506 to OT 2522 (white paper, dated '2nd/65')
Supplement No. 2 to... Edition 1965: OT 2534 to OT 2539 (pink paper, dated '1st/66')
Supplement No. 3 to... Edition 1965: OT 2540 to OT 2559 (blue paper, dated '2nd/66')
Supplement No. 4 to... Edition 1965: OT 2560 to OT 2577 (yellow paper, dated '1st/67')
Boosey & Hawkes: Long Playing Supplement 1968
(paperback, 16pp., 1968)
This catalogue lists the early Boosey LPs from SBH 3000, apparently up to 3008.
Boosey & Hawkes Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue: 78 rpm Records, 1969
(paperback, 104pp., 1969)
This catalogue lists all Boosey 78s that were available by 1969. The earliest entry is M.2011; the final one OT.2611. Many discs up to V.2188 are now missing (2115 - 2120, 2127 - 2162, 2164, 2166 - 2188).
A copy sold on eBay in 2023; another in
2025. Some pages of the Numerical Index can be downloaded
here.
Boosey & Hawkes: 78 r.p.m. Records: Discography, 2003
(comb binding, 70pp., 2003)
An exhaustive Boosey discography compiled by Eddie Shaw.
Boosey & Hawkes: Long Playing Records; Complete Catalogue including New Issues 1970-71
(paperback, 52pp., 1970)
This A5 catalogue lists all Boosey LPs from SBH 3000 to 3025. It was sold on eBay in 2023.
Boosey & Hawkes: Long Playing Records; Complete Catalogue including New Issues 1971-72
(paperback, 64pp., 1971)
Covers SBH 3000 to 3033.
Boosey & Hawkes: Long Playing Records: Complete Catalogue including 1972-73 Issues 
(paperback, 108pp., 1972)
Covers SBH 3000 to 3042. This is also the start of the re-release range, with the old 78 recordings remixed in stereo and repackaged on LPs. These are numbered backwards from SBH 2999 down to 2989. The catalogue is twice the size it was two years earlier, forcing a redesign the following year.
Boosey & Hawkes: Long Playing Records: Complete Catalogue including 1973-74 Issues
(paperback, 45pp,. 1973)
The catalogue has grown from A5 to near-A4 dimensions ("11.5 inches length and 9 inches in width"). There are possibly two variants: an
archived eBay auction claims the catalogue ran from SBH 3000 to 3045 while another collector has confirmed to me their version runs up to SBH 3051. Meanwhile, the re-releases range has expanded from SBH 2999 to 2978*.
* unconfirmed figure from eBay auction
Boosey & Hawkes—Cavendish, c.1974?
(paperback, ??pp,. c.1974?)
Another update and the catalogue's grown even bigger: Cavendish branding has been added and it now covers SBH 2967 to 3060, along with CAV 1 to 10. A copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
* unconfirmed
Boosey & Hawkes - Cavendish, 1975-76 Supplement
Covers SBH 3061 to 3067. This copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 22 Dec 1976.
Boosey & Hawkes—Cavendish, c.1976?
(paperback, 80pp,. c.1975)
Covers SBH 2957 to 3067, and CAV 1 to 10.
Boosey & Hawkes - Cavendish: Summer 1978 Supplement
Covers SBH 3068 to 3071.
Boosey & Hawkes - Cavendish: Spring 1979 Supplement
Covers SBH 3072 to 3073 only.
Boosey & Hawkes - Cavendish: Supplement to General Catalogue, Autumn 1979
(paperback, 16pp., 1979)
SBH 3074 to 3076 are listed as "New Issues Autumn 1979" while SBH 3077 to 3078 are "Summer 1980". A "Previous Issues 1978/79" section lists SBH 3068 to 3073.
Boosey & Hawkes - Cavendish: Autumn 1980 Supplement 
(single folded sheet, 1980)
Lists SBH 3079 and 3080 only.
Boosey & Hawkes—Cavendish, c.1982
(paperback, 148pp,. c.1982)
Lists SBH 2957 to 3084 and CAV 1 to 10.
Boosey & Hawkes—Cavendish: Supplement, Autumn 1982
(Single folded sheet, 1982)
SBH 3085 and 3086 only.
Boosey & Hawkes: Library Music: Catalogue, c.1984?
(paperback, 168pp., c.1984?)
"This is a 1970s (or perhaps earlier 1980s) record catalogue... with the items listed by Classified List and Numerical List. Approximately 14.5 x 28 cm paperback, 168 pages."
This copy sold for Ł12.50 in
2012.
(Thanks to Caliban for massive help with this section.)
BosworthFor some early Bosworth listings, see
Macquarie-Bosworth / Macquarie-Boosey and Hawkes. Bosworth: Imported Records: Catalogue, c.mid-40s?
An Australian catalogue listing Bosworth records imported from the UK (see the Macquarie-Bosworth section).
Discovered on YouTube - thanks to
THE HEHR ARCHIVE @thehehrarchive1556.
Bosworth Records, date unknown
The only catalogue to advertise its contents for use in "Marionette Shows"! No further details available.
Discovered on YouTube - thanks to
THE HEHR ARCHIVE @thehehrarchive1556.
Bosworth Recordings, c.1953
(paperback, 35pp,. c.1953)
Covers an array of discs up to c.1953. This is the only catalogue I've seen to ban the sale of certain discs outside the British Empire!
Bosworth Records: Supplement No. 44, c.1954
Single folded sheet. It covers BC 1311 to 1316, 1305 to 1310, 1299 to 1304
BX 543 to 544, 541, 542
BD 113, 114
Bosworth: 78 r.p.m. Records: Discography, 1998
(comb binding, 74pp., 1998)
I’m aware of very little contemporaneous material for the Bosworth Library, but there is this thorough Discography from 1998. This sold on Ebay in 2023.
A copy of this raritiy is currently for sale on eBay:
Buy it Now!Bosworth Recorded Music, 1974?
(paperback, 26pp., c.1974)
Catalogue of “new issues” BLP 102 to 135. This item sold on eBay in
2024. A copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Bosworth Archive: Numerical Listing, c.2008?
This brilliant thing was posted on LMT a few forums ago: “Here is the information that I received from [Bosworth’s] owners (MusicSales.co.uk) in 2008, who I believe still own Bosworth.” Thank you, original uploader! (They turned down a credit here so I won’t name them, but I will give them very hearty thanks
)
DOWNLOAD LINK[Bosworth Backgrounds] BOBA Recorded Music Catalogue, c.1995
(binder, ?pp., 1990s?)
This is tiny! Pages are A5. The copy on the left sold on eBay in
May 2024. The copy on the right is an American edition from TRF Music Libraries, who have realised that "BOBA" is a terrible brand name and added an explanatory "Bosworth Backgrounds" sticker. This edition covers BOCD 157 to 184. The album "Romantic, Easy Listening" (BODAT 01) is offered on "DAT Master, individually, analogue or cassette."
Bruton Music, late 70s / early 80s?
(binder, early 1980s?)
(Thanks to Facebook page "Bruton Music Vinyl" for these photos, and to Mr for posting this item)A member in the Facebook group says he had this catalogue "
and the one prior to it" so there could well be an earlier edition.
Bruton Music Catalogue: "2nd Edition", 1980s?
(paperback, ?pp., 80s? Thanks to Mr for originally posting this item)
Another contender for the title of second Bruton catalogue, from an eBay listing:
This is the 2nd edition featuring the later vinyl albums prior to switching to CDs. The catalogue is... categorised into genres... so all BRA's are together, BRB's together etc right the way through to BRS. There is no index system as such in this and lists every vinyl album released and some of the later releases were also released on cd. This item was sold in
2009.
Bruton Music, c.1987
(paperback, c. 1987)
(Thanks to Facebook page "Bruton Music Vinyl" for these photos, and to Mr for posting this item)Bruton Music: [CD Catalogue?], c.1990s?
A different paperback edition can be seen in
Retronic's video, along with another brochure
here. No further information available.
Bruton Music: CD Catalogue, 1994
(paperback, 183pp., 1994)
Chappell Recorded Music: Library of Incidental & Background Music, c.1951
(paperback, 44pp., c.1951)
Contains details for C.101 to C404, including a classified section. Some discs that would vanish from later catalogues are still present here:
C.106 -
The Night Has Eyes (Charles Williams) --
not available for film use.C.143 -
Serenade—Berceuse (René Luciann) --
For use in British Empire except Canada.C.202 -
Evening Shadows (Charles Williams) --
12-inch record.C.222 -
Balletto No. 2 (Montague Williams) --
12-inch record.C.223 -
Cantilene (Louis Ganne) --
for use in British Empire and U.S.A. only.C.229 -
O Dry Those Tears (Teresa del Riego) --
12-inch record. C.252, C.271 and C.272 are already absent.
Chappell Recorded Music: Library of Incidental & Background Music, August 1953
(paperback, 24pp., 1953)
"Containing details of all records issued between January 1952 and August 1953" (C.405 to 436). These details were likely first issued in smaller, single-sheet supplements (now lost).
Chappell Library of Incidental & Background Music: Supplements, 1954
Some extant supplements from the period, covering releases for Jan, May and Sep 1954.
January 1954: C.437 to 448.
May 1954: C.449 to 458.
September 1954: C.459 to 469.
Chappell Recorded Music: Library of Incidental & Background Music: Supplementary List 1953/1954
(paperback, 16pp., 1954)
This supersedes all of the last few supplements, rounding up all the releases from C.405 to 469.
Chappell Recorded Music Library, 1957
(paperback, 90pp., January 1957)
This updated catalogue now covers C.101 to 551. Copies were sold on eBay UK in
2014 and
2015, and another in Australia in
2024.
The following supplements appear to have been issued between 1957 and 1959:
Chappell Records Supplements 1-6, C.552-614
Chappell Records Supplement 7, C.615-626
Chappell Records Supplement 8, C.627-635
Chappell Records Supplement 9, C.636-647
Chappell Records Supplement 10, C.648-659
I've seen no direct evidence of these individual supplements but they were combined into a single edition in September 1959:
Chappell Records: Supplements One to Ten, 1959
(paperback, 8pp., September 1959)
This covers C.552 to C.659.
Two further supplements appear to have followed:
Chappell Records Supplement 11, C.660-671
Chappell Records Supplement 12, C.672-683
These were combined with the earlier ten volumes in May 1960:
Chappell Records: Supplements One to Twelve, 1960
This covers C.552 to 683. More supplements followed:
Chappell Records Supplement 13, C.684-695, 4pp., c.1960-61
Chappell Records Supplement 14, C.696-707, 4pp., c.1961
Chappell Records Supplement 15, C.708-719, 4pp., c.1961
Chappell Records Supplement 16, C.720-731, 4pp., c.1961
Assorted supplements from this era have sold on eBay:
Supplements One to Twelve |
Lot of 7Chappell Recorded Music Library, 1962 [Version A]
(paperback, 121pp., ©1962)
An update of the 1957 Catalogue, adding all the releases from Supplements 1 to 16, covering C.101 to 731. The Numerical List ends on page 38. Image 2 shows the first page with a date of "September 1961" overprinted with floral emblems; the copy in images 3-7 is likely the same although the overprinting is differently aligned. This second copy sold on eBay in 2022. The same edition can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Chappell Records Supplement 17, C.732-743, 4pp., 1962
Chappell Records Supplement 18, C.744-755, 4pp., 1962
Chappell Records Supplement 19, C.756-763, 4pp., 1962
Chappell Records Supplement 20, C.764-771, 4pp., 1963
Chappell Records Supplement 21: C.772-779, 4pp., 1963
Chappell Records Supplement 22: C.780-787, 4pp., 1963
Chappell Records Supplement 23: C.788-795, 4pp., 1963
Chappell Records Supplement 24: C.796-804, 4pp., 1963?
Chappell Recorded Music Library, 1962 [Version B: The Orange Catalogue]
(paperback, c.120pp.??, ©1962)
This orange variant appeared on eBay in February 2025. The cover again lists the featured discs as C.101 to 731 and the copyright date remains 1962; however, the Numerical Index has been extended to page "38h", incorporating all the tracks from Supplements 17 to 24 (C.732 to 804.) Despite the copyright date, this edition must be from late 1963/early '64.
Note: the actual page count is 130 as there are 8 extra page 38s!
Buy this copy on
eBay!
Chappell Recorded Music Library, 1962 [Version C]
(paperback, 122pp., ©1962)
This later edition appears to be largely identical to Version B - it is still copyrighted 1962 and the Numerical Index again runs to page "38h", however, the cover and page 1 have both been updated to read "C.101-804". The classified sections have not been updated and are the same as the original 1962 'Version A' catalogue. This copy sold on eBay.com in 2020.
Chappell Records Supplement: C.732-820, c.1964
(leaflet, 22pp., c.1964)
Continues from the last entry of the "Version A" 1963 catalogue.
Chappell Records Supplement: C.732-828, c.1964-65
(leaflet, 24pp., c.1964-65)
A minor update on the previous supplement. A copy sold in
2015.
A copy is
available on eBay right now!
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 1, C.732-912, c.1967
(paperback, 46pp., c.1967)
Two copies of the same catalogue, two different covers. As before, they continue listings from the end of the "Version A" 1963 catalogue, covering C.732 to 912. The first image is likely taken from eBay in 2022.
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 2, C.913-932, c.196??
Covers C.913 to 932. The copy in the final image appears to be a dark blue variant.
A copy is available on
eBay.
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 3: C.933-950, c.1968
Covers C.933 to 950 .
A copy is available on
eBay.
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 4: C.951 to 975, c.1968
Covers C.951 to 975.
A copy is available on
eBay.
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 5: C.976 - 990, c.1969
Covers C.976 - 990.
Two copies are available on eBay:
ONE |
TWOChappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 6, C.991-1004, c.1969
(leaflet, 10pp., c.1969)
"Special Release of 'National Atmosphere' Music"
Give a copy a
forever home.
Chappell Recorded Music: Supplement No. 7, c.1969This will cover C.1005 to 1025.
Chappell Recorded Music, c.1969
(binder, c.200pp., c.1969)
This mighty tome omits the earliest one-sided discs and lists everything from C.313 to 1025 (the last of the 78s). A copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Chappell: Supplement No.8, c.1969
(leaflet, ???pp., c.1969)
Continues listings from the end of the 1969 mega-folder with the first new releases of the LPC range: 1026-1032.
Chappell Index Series: Folder + 3 Catalogues, c.1971
(paperback, c.50pp., date unknown. Thanks to Mr for this listing.)
Wraparound folder containing 3 inserts:
- CIS 5001-5006 (c.1967?)
- CIS 5007-5012 (c.1969?)
- CIS 5013-5024 (c..1971?)
The final LPs in this series are not dated, but copies of all three volumes were accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 6 Aug 1971. A copy was sold in
2019. Another can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Buy a copy of the
Third Release.
Chappell Index Series: "Fourth Release", c.1974
The fourth volume of the series turned up in an eBay auction in 2025. It covers CIS 5025 to 5036. A copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 4 Dec 1974.
A copy is currently on
eBay.
Chappell Recorded Music, c.1973-74
(binder, c.200pp., 1973-74)
The main body of this catalogue retains the listings for C.313 to 1025, then adds LPC 1026 to 1058 (1973). A "New Releases" section includes an extra page for each release from LPC 1059 to 1067 (which would date this item to 1974). The opening section is an alphabetical index printed on pink paper, then the main classified section on white, then the Numerical Index printed on blue paper. A copy was sold on eBay in
2019.
A lovely copy is available on
eBay.
Chappell International Series: Folder + 2 Catalogues, c.1974
Covers CAL 4001 to 4017.
Chappell Index Series: "Fifth Release", c.1975
The final volume of the Index Series turned was listed on eBay in 2025. It covers CIS 5037 to 5056. A copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 18 Sept 1975.
A copy id avilalbe on
eBay.
Chappell Classical Series, Folder + 2 Catalogues, c.1974-76
(paperback, ?pp., c.1975?)
Covers CLP 701 to 715 and CLP 716 to 725. The releases in the first supplement date to 1974. A copy of the second supplement was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 8 July 1976.
Chappell Recorded Music Library: CD Catalogue, c.1991
(paperback, 144pp., c.1991)
The following CDs are listed as available:
- Chap Series: CHAP 101 to 159
- AV Series: AV001 to 052
A copy of this item can be seen in
Retronic's video.
Chappell Recorded Music Library: CD Catalogue, c.1994
(paperback, 107pp., c.1994)
The following CDs are listed as available:
- Chap Series: CHAP 101 to 184
- AV Series: AV001 to 077
- European Classical Series: CHAP C1 to C14
A copy is available on
eBay.
Chappell Recorded Music Library: CD Check List, c.19953 sheets of A4. The following CDs are listed:
- Chap Series: CHAP 101 to 197, 200 (CHAP 198 is listed as a forthcoming release)
- AV Series: AV001 to 098
- European Classical Series: CHAP C1 to C21 (CHAP C22 and C24 are listed as forthcoming releases)
Chappell Recorded Music Library: CD Catalogue, c.1996
(paperback, 118pp., c.1996)
The following CDs are listed as available:
- Chap Series: CHAP 127 to 204
- AV Series: AV033 to 100
- European Classical Series: CHAP C1 to C24
Cover art is taken from "Ambient Grooves and Dub" (CHAP AV095). This copy sold on eBay in 2023. Another sold in
A copy is available on
eBay.
Special thanks to Caliban for helping out with this section.Conroy Recorded Music Library: Copy of Numerical Index, c.1964
In 2023,
Upgrade kindly shared some photocopies of most of a Conroy Numerical Index
here and
here. At the time these contained nuggets of info that were completely unavailable elsewhere. Thanks Upgrade!
Conroy: LP Catalogue, c.1971
Contains listings for BMLP 001 to 088. This item sold on eBay in 2024. A copy can be seen in Retronic's
video.
Conroy: LP Catalogue, c.late 70s?
A copy of this catalogue can be seen in Retronic's
video. No further info available.
De Wolfe Ltd: Recorded Music Catalogue, c.1950s?
No further information. Thanks to
Mr for this listing.
De Wolfe Ltd: Recorded Music Catalogue, c.1963
(paperback, 89pp., c.1963)
Covers up to DW 2786
De Wolfe Ltd: Recorded Music Catalogue (1963 Edition): Supplements 1-3 & 4-6, 1963-64
(paperback, 2 x 8pp,. c.1963?-64)
Supplements 1-3: 1: DW 2785 to 2796, 2: DW/LP 2797 to 2798, 3: DW 2782 to 2784, then DW 2799 to 2820.
Supplements 4-6: 4: DW/LP 2821 to 2822, 5: DW/LP 2823 only, 6: DW 2825 to 2850. DW/LP 2824 is added on the last page.
Music-De Wolfe: Recorded Music Catalogue c.1967
(binder, 484pp., c.1967)
This catalogue lists DW 501 through to DW/LP 3047 (although that disc is wrongly listed as 3041). Many tracks are available on tape only: some of these weren't released on disc or CD until years later; some never saw a "proper" release at all.
Link to the pages for the tape-only tracks:
h++ps://www.mediafire.com/file/r2pdpup06ri0xdw/De+Wolfe+-+Tape+Only.zip/file
Link to the
Space section:
h++ps://www.mediafire.com/file/cbqy261xafkq2lx/De+Wolfe+-+Space.zip/file
Compared to many other catalogues, this De Wolfe edition seems to be relatively ubiquitous:
- One copy sold for an impressive $243.50 in 2021.
- The copy in the first picture (above) sold c. Dec 2021, price unknown.
- Another copy sold in 2023.
- The copy in the rest of the images sold on eBay.com in 2024.
- Another appears in Retronic's video.
Music-De Wolfe: Supplement, c.1973
(looseleaf, 171pp., c.1973)
This supplement continues from the end of the 1967 catalogue, with entries from DW/LP 3048 to 3283 (cutting off at the end of the mono releases.)
Music-De Wolfe: Recorded Music Catalogue [Part 2], c.1973
(binder, 396pp., c.1973)
This folder refers to itself as the "second part" of the De Wolfe catalogue, following the "first" 1967 edition (which remains "available on application"). The Numerical Listing says it is "from Supplement 1", but it omits the 78 discs and contains album titles and brief descriptions only: the individual tracks are not itemised (it also continues for four extra discs: up to DWS/LP 3287.)
Note: this folder has an 8-page introduction with Latin numerals. The true page count is 404 (plus a blank, unnumbered final sheet).
Music-De Wolfe: Sound Effects Catalogue, c.1973No known copy; this is mentioned in the 1973 catalogue.
Music-De Wolfe: Recorded Music Catalogue, c.1973
(binder, c.400pp., c.1973; Thanks to Mr for finding this item)
This example is known only from an archived auction listing. It has a unique cover with the 70s De Wolfe logo, however, the details (and matching pages) suggest it was another copy of the 1973 catalogue with an added supplement. (The "96 page" supplement matches the page count of the 1979 version, although given the catalogue is stamped 'Received June 29, 1981'" that would leave a gap of two years missing listings.)
This item sold for $19.99 in
2016.
Music-De Wolfe: Supplement "Part Two" - 1976 Version
(loose leaf, 70pp., c.1976)
Continues listings from the end of the 1973 Supplement (not the catalogue), covering the stereo LPs from DWS/LP 3284 to 3366. There appears to be a natural break after DWS/LP 3336 - the subsequent pages are printed on much better paper, suggesting these were printed separately, later. Image 2 shows a pair of 1973 catalogues with the 1976 Supplement installed.
Music-De Wolfe: Supplement "Part Two" - 1979 Version
(looseleaf, 96pp., c.1979)
Image 1: This supplement is a longer version of the 1976 edition, now covering DWS/LP 3284 to 3401. This copy was sold on eBay alongside a 1973 Supplement
and a full 1967 catalogue. The second image shows that folder as it was sold - bulging with both supplements inserted.
Music-De Wolfe: Recorded Music Catalogue, c.1981
(binder, pages not numbered, c.1981)
The numerical listing omits all the old 78s but is otherwise complete from DW/LP 2732 to DWS/LP 3469. The “Detailed track listing” continues from where the 1979 Supplement left off – DWS/LP 3400, carrying on to 3464.
This catalogue sold in
2023. Another copy (or very similar one) can be seen in action in
Retronic's video.
De Wolfe Music Catalogue, 1988
(paperback, 516pp., 1988)
This enormous catalogue covers DW/LP 2732 to DWS/LP 3583. A "Stop Press!" page adds DWS/LP 3584 to 3597. A copy sold on eBay in
2018.
De Wolfe Music: Compact Disc Catalogue, 1993-94
(paperback, pages unnumbered, 1993-94)
Covers the De Wolfe CD range from DWCD 0001 to 0138. A "Stop Press!" page adds further entries up to 0153.
De Wolfe Music: Compact Disc Catalogue, 1990s
No further details. Appears in Retronic's video
here.
Ember Mood Music Library: Volume 2, 1968
See
this thread for details.
[Ember:] Coded Music Library: Volume 3, 1974
See
this thread for details.
The EMI Photoplay Library of Recorded Music: Complete Catalogue
(details unknown)
I bought this on eBay last year but sadly it got lost in the post. All I have is this one photo
Focus Music Library, 1990s
(
Thanks Mr and Moleoman for this listing)
1) An early 2 page A4 booklet (c. 1992?) with FCD101 through FCD127.
2) It came housed in a paper folder which details releases up to FCD154 and 4 additional CD releases with "t.b.a." listed as cat.# [c.1998?].
3) And bundled together with a 16-page ringbound "Style-alike list 2002/3" booklet, which also has a catalogue on the last page detailing releases up to FCD180.
[Francis, Day & Hunter] Mood Music, c.1947
Cover of an early catalogue reproduced in an October 1947 edition of "Kinematograph Weekly". No further details known; thanks to Mr for finding and sharing.
[FDH] Mood Music, c.1953?
(paperback, 16pp., c.1953)
Listings for FDH 101 to 111, and FDH1201 to 1204.
Francis, Day & Hunter: Mood Music, c.1953-54
(paperback, 16pp., c.1953-54)
This appears to be a US release (although uses the British spelling of "Theatre"). Skipping the very first disc (and FDH 021) it lists the 10" releases from FDH 002 to 121, and 12" releases from FDH 1201 to 1207. A full set of images was kindly shared by our very own
WSBG Returns Yet Again! and he’s even uploaded them
here. Thanks WSBG!
[FDH] Mood Music, c.1957
FDH Mood Music Catalogue, covers FDH.001 to 167, and 12" records FDH.1201 to 1219. "All records from FDH.080 have been pressed on vinylite".
[FDH] Mood Music: Supplements, 1958, 1959, 1960
Taped into the back of the 1957 catalogue:
March 1958 - FDH.168 to 195, and 12" records FDH.1220 to 1231. (4 pages - single folded sheet)
June 1959 - FDH.168 (again) to 230. Also 12" records FDH.1220 to 1239. (8 pages)
August 1960 - FDH.231 to 244, and 12" records FDH.1240 to 1244. (4 pages - single folded sheet)
FDH Mood Music: Copy of Numerical List, c.1963?
This photocopy of a later FDH Numerical List was sold on eBay in 2021. If you bought it and are happy to share we’d love to see it!
Harmonic Recordings: Produced by Brull Music, Inc. c.1951?
(paperback, 20pp., c.1951)
This is possibly a UK publication repurposed for America (via a wonky sticker on the front). In the available images, the most recent disc is C.B.L. 325. It was sold on eBay in 2015.
A copy with a slightly less wonky sticker is
here.
Harmonic Records: Mood Music Library: Catalogue, c.1957 6-Page Supplement, c.1957 [
not pictured]
12-Page Supplement, 1970
(paperback, 88pp., c.1957)
From original eBay listing:
88 page main catalogue [and] a taped-in 6 page supplement from 1957 … every track catalogued into style so Space Music, Heavy Industrial, Horror etc, etc
… and 2 copies of the same 1970 supplement of 12 pages … featuring 1970 albums such as Heinz Kiessling: Moods For Orchestra
and Barigozzi/Fabor: Synthetronics...
These items sold on eBay in 2014.
Harmonic Recorded Music Library: Catalogue, c.1961-62
(paperback, 108pp., c.1961-62?)
Includes listings for CBL 1 to 17 (Sound Effects), CBL 34 to 60, HMP 257 to 298, CBL 299 to 488, and CBL 1001 to 1011. This item was sold on eBay in 2023.
[Harmonic] Brull Catalogue: Supplement No. 2, c.1962
The only shot I have of this: it was sold on eBay in 2021. (We can assume Supplement No. 1 ran from CBL 489 to CBL 500.) If the buyer is looking in, we'd love to know what was in the rest!
Harmonic Recorded Music Library: Catalogue, c.1964
(paperback, c.144?pp., c.1964)
This catalogue retains the listings for CBL 1 to 17 (Sound Effects) and CBL 1001 to 1011. The main range now extends from HMP 257 to CBL 566, and the
Percussives discs have been added (CBL 2001 to 2008). This item was sold on eBay in 2017. Also included was a 4-page Supplement completing the run of 78s up to CBL 597 (picture 4) and another two Supplements, one (or both) of which listed the LP series up to at least 1970 (pictures 5-6).
(Thanks to Caliban for help with this section.)
Hudson Music & Sylvester Music Recorded Music Catalogues, c.1972
(binder, 64pp., c,1975)
Contains listings for Hudson HMC/LP 501 to 507, then Sylvester SMC/LP 501 to 541 (with two supplementary pages for SMC/LP 542 and 543.) The main releases date this item to 1972 and the additional pages would be 1973. This copy was accessioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's Record Library on 22 July 1975.
Impress Record Catalogue, 1957
(paperback, 24pp., 1957)
Covers IA 101 to 170. This copy sold in
2025.
Impress Record Catalogue, c.1960
(paperback, 112pp., c.1960)
Contains listings for IA 101 to 247. Two variants may exist - the first with a full front cover, and a second with a narrower cover, cut away to reveal the inner tabs (although this is possibly just damage). This second version (images 3 and 4) sold on eBay in
2013.
Many of the Impress tracks are listed as available in stereo (starting with the b-side of IA 205). Many of these stereo mixes remain unavailable today.
Impress Record Catalogue: Supplement No. 1, c.1961
Contains listings for IA 248 to 306. This item was sold on eBay in
2013.
Copies of these two catalogues can be viewed in Retronic's video
here.
Impress Background Music: Catalogue, c.1963 + later supplements
(binder, pages not numbered, c.1963)
This catalogue lists the Impress range from IA 101 to 352 (1963). Additional pages have been added for IA 353 to 372 (1964), and another single page for the first 10” 33rpm discs: 373 to 379 (1966). Some tracks are listed as available on tape only: IA T 1 to 10.
This copy sold in
2023. Photos of the Numerical Index are available
here.
There is another copy of this catalogue in a private collection. The pages have become adrift from their original folder and been re-bound in modern comb binding.
See also: Weinberger, 1976.
Josef Weinberger: JW Theme Music, c.1959
(paperback, 43pp., c.1959)
Containing listings for JW 101 to 199, this catalogue would like you to know it is "The ONLY theme music catalogue with STEREOPHONIC RECORDINGS"! The earliest such disc is JW 175, and many recordings from that point are listed as also available on stereo tape. As with Impress, many of these stereo mixes remain unavailable today.
Josef Weinberger: Background Music Catalogue: Supplement No. 3, September 1960
(single folded sheet, 1960)
Printed on light pink paper; this covers to JW 228 to 272.
[JW] Weinberger Theme Music: Catalogue, c.1962
(binder, pages not numbered, c. 1962)
This catalogue runs from JW 101 to 332. Excitingly, some otherwise unknown Desmond Leslie cues are listed as tape only (image 4).
This item was sold on eBay in 2023. Photos of the numerical index were uploaded
here.
[JW] Weinberger Theme Music: Catalogue, c.1966
(binder, pages not numbered, c.1966)
This catalogue runs from JW 101 to 383 and includes tape-only listings for JW T 1 to 15.
The classified sections feature page breaks after JW 344, likely indicating the final entry of an earlier edition from mid-1963. The Numerical Listing contains another page break after JW 373, again suggesting the final entry of a 1964 edition. (Similarly, the classified sections appear to include no tracks after JW 373.) A copy of a Weinberger catalogue sold in
2021 although there is no record of which edition it was.
Weinberger Music Libraries: Vol. 1, 1976
(paperback, 52pp. (not numbered), c.1976)
Includes listings for Programme Music PM 001 to 014, Theme Music JW 401 to 410, Impress 398 to 410, assorted recordings from Golden Ring along with a terrible (and thankfully short-lived) Weinberger logo. This copy is "Vol. 1"; it is unknown if a second volume followed. This copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 8 July 1976.
JW Music Library, 1982
(binder, pages not numbered, © 1981, ℗ 1982)
Covers JW 401 to 490.
KPM Music Recorded Library
Some early catalogues / brochures can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
KPM Music Recorded Library, c.1969
(paperback, 126pp., c.1969?)
This catalogue includes all the green label LPs along with the brown label reissues of the original 78s. Thanks to Mr for this listing.
KPM Music Recorded Library, c.mid-70s?
(paperback, ??pp., c. mid-70s?)
A later KPM offering: the latest disc visible in the photos is KPM 1128, which would date this to 1973 at the earliest. The photos reveal that this catalogue was also offered in a hardback edition: "Price on application".
KPM Music, 1980s?
This chunky KPM paperback can be seen in Retronic's
video. Details unknown.
KPM Music, 1987
(paperback, 480pp., 1987)
Numerical listing covers KPM 1001 to 1370. I believe there was at least one earlier issue with the same cover from 1985 or 86. A copy of this giant volume can be sighted in Retronic's video
here.
KPM Music: CD Listing 98
(paperback, ?pp., 1998)
Image is just the top of an A4 cover. No further information available.
(Thanks to Caliban for help with this section.)
Macquarie-Bosworth / Macquarie-Boosey and Hawkes, c.mid-40s? 
(paperback, 12pp., c.mid-40s?)
This Australian catalogue contains the earliest Boosey & Hawkes and Bosworth listings I am aware of. It "contains details of musical items available in Australian-made Macquarie-Bosworth and Macquarie-Boosey & Hawkes records." It lists a selection of discs from Bosworth BC1005 to BC1056, and a complete run of Boosey and Hawkes from BH 1904 to 1915.
Macquarie-Bosworth / Macquarie-Boosey and Hawkes, c.mid-40s?
(paperback, 7pp., c.late 40s?)
This catalogue details a selection of discs from Bosworth BD 101 to 121 and BC 1005 to 1072. It also contains a complete run of Boosey & Hawkes BH 1904 to 1922.
Parry Music Library: Catalogue, c.late 80s?
(folder, ?pp., c.late 80s?)
This catalogue can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Paxton: Exclusive Double-Sided Electrical Recordings, September 1950
(paperback, 8pp., September 1950)
This booklet showcases the work of modern British composers from the "House of Paxton" and appears to be aimed at the general public rather than the media production industry. "ORIGINAL UK BOOKLET... MEASURES @ 9" x 5˝"". Two copies sold on eBay in 2024.
Paxton: Records of Distinction, March 1952
No further details. A Paxton catalogue with the same "Records of Distinction" subtitle - possibly dated 1951 - is in the collection of the National Library of Australia:
h++ps://catalogue.nla.gov.au/finding-aids/catalog/31648814393164887606
British Band Recordings by England's Leading Brass Bands
Details unknown.
Paxton: Catalogue, c.1950s?
No further details known. Discovered on YouTube - thanks to
THE HEHR ARCHIVE @thehehrarchive1556.
Paxton: Records of Distinction, c.1956
Further details to follow.
Paxton Record Catalog
(paperback, 20pp., c.1950s?)
Emil Ascher-branded US catalogue: the eBay listing described this as "Circa 1940s" but as it is undated and we have no information on the contents, I'm opting to place this later as the colour scheme matches the 1961 edition!
"Paxton Record Catalog Exclusive Electrical Recordings for Broadcasting, News Reels, Films, Etc. Circa 1940s Emil Ascher, Inc., NY, no date. 6-3/4" x 9-1/2" Wraps; 20pp... Includes descriptive index to moods (e.g. disorder, prepare for action, enchantment, adoration, phantoms, etc.)"
This item sold for $31.25 in
2014.
Paxton Records, c.1961
(paperback, 40pp., 1961)
This catalogue covers PR.501 to 744, which I think was the last release of 1961. Unusually, there is no Numerical Index, only classified listings, with records divided into styles. This copy was sold on eBay in 2021. An identical-looking version also sold in
2014.
A copy of this edition is on eBay
right now!
Paxton Records: Supplement 1963-64
This covers PR 756 to 767.
Peer International Library Ltd: List of Releases, 1972
(paperback, ?pp., 1972)
Peer International Library Ltd: List of Releases, 1973-74 
(paperback, 22pp., 1974)
(Thanks to Caliban for help with this section.)
Ready Music, c.1979
This pretty little thing covers the first five releases from Andre Jacquemin's Ready Music label (LP 101 to 105).
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Supplements 1962-63
(paperback, 152pp., c.1968)
This is from an eBay auction in
2014. Behind a later catalogue are "two earlier supplements of 12 and 8 pages from 1963 & 1962".
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Numerical and Classification List, 1965 [Canada]
(paperback, c.47pp??., 1965)
A Canadian catalogue from Southern's offices in Montreal. It covers MQ 501 to 768. A 16-page PDF of the Numerical Listing was distributed here on LMT by
Your Pal Doug - thanks for sharing!
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Catalogue, c.1968
(paperback, 148pp., c.1968)
The catalogue lists the full range of releases (MQ 501 to 962), noting that these are all available as 10-inch 78rpm discs. The first half of the series (MQ 501 to 768) is also available on 7-inch 45rpm records, while the remainder (MQ 769 to 962) is available as 12-inch 33rpm LPs. Copies of this catalogue sold on eBay in
2018,
2023 and
2025.
Southern Library of Recorded Music: "Official Photocopy" of 1968 Catalogue, 1970s?
This curio was listed on eBay in 2025 and
remains available to buy!
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Long Play Catalogue, c.1971-72?
(paperback, ??pp., c.1971-72?)
Contains mono tracks only. No further information available.
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Catalogue 1973-74
Album-by-album listings for MQ/LP 1 through to MQ/LP 40. This copy sold on Bay in
2025.
Southern Library of Recorded Music: Classical and Traditional Catalogue, date unknown
(paperback, ??pp., ??)
Image is cropped: the bottom of the cover is missing. No further information available.
Southern Library of Recorded Music (Incorporating Peer International Library Ltd.) c.1980
(paperback, 108pp., c.1980)
Shared here on LMT in December 2024 by
Greta and
Trkizbrki. Thanks guys!
(Thanks to Caliban for help with this section.)
Standard Music Library: Catalogue c.1970
(paperback, 31pp., c.1970)
Listings for ESL 101 to 117. Includes some Period / Pastoral tracks that were “Tape only at present” that would later appear on ESL 121 (including one that wouldn't make the final selection). A similar catalogue can be seen in
Retronic's video.
Standard Music Library: Catalogue, c. Mid-70s?
(binder, ?pp., c.mid-70s?)
This gorgeous item sold in
2022. A copy can be seen in Retronic’s video
here.
Standard Music Library: Promotional Material + Inserts, 1978
(looseleaf, 1978)
Promotional material and catalogue inserts for ESL 143 ('Pop Pulsations II') and ESL 144 ('M.O.R.'). ESL 143 has been added to the catalogue as page 93C and ESL 144 added as pages 60B and 60C. Revised pages for contents, classification index (pp.2-3) and title index (p.130) incorporating these new albums are also visible. These items were sold in
2022.
Studio G Mood Music Guide, 1983
(paperback, ?pp., 1983. Thanks to Mr for this listing.)
A copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Synchro Recorded Music Library 1960
(paperback, 72pp., 1960)
This was sold
three times on eBay between 2014 and 2016, apparently all by the same seller. Looks like it’s cursed – buyer beware if it turns up again.
Themes Catalogue, c.1976
(paperback, pages not numbered, ???)
An early catalogue with loose pages and metal strip fastener, and an address for the M.C.P.S. at 380 Streatham High Road. It is printed one-sided, in red ink throughout, and covers TIM 1001 to 1025. This copy was accessioned by the CBC Record Library on 21 May 1982.
Themes Catalogue, c.1977
(paperback, 46pp., c.1982)
This copy is printed in black ink, double-sided, with standard stapled pages. Meanwhile, the M.C.P.S. has moved to 41 Streatham High Road. This slightly later edition covers TIM 1001 to 1028. A copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
US:Capitol Hi-Q Catalog, 1970s?
A fantastic PDF of a full Hi-Q Catalogue can be found here:
https://librarymusicthemes.com/index.php?topic=8268.msg58960#msg58960Thanks to
Certainly1080 for being kind enough to share and
apmnut for pointing me towards it.
Capitol Hi-Q: Promotional Material, 1977
Thanks to
SoCalRyan for
posting these.
Capitol Hi-Q: Catalog
(Binder, 228pp., date unknown)
Capitol: Catalog of Transcriptions, 1951
(spiral-binding, 100+pp., 1951)
A copy sold in
2021: "Covers all Capitol Transcriptions, cross referenced by artist,type etc. Front cover separated ,but included... insides attached and in decent shape, has tabbed separations for sections. About 10x12 and one inch thick, and heavy."
The CBS Records EZ Cue Library: Catalog
(binder?, 80pp., date unknown)
Several of these have sold on auction sites over the last few years. One version contained "complete information on every record in the EZ Cue series from 101 to 175." Variants do exist: one supposedly runs to 151 pages; another (possibly incomplete) version, runs to around 60 pages. This lists EZQ 102 to 154 (with some omissions) and is available on the Internet Archive:
h++s://archive,org/details/cbs-records-ez-cue-library-catalog-filmscorerundowns/page/66/mode/2up
Dimension Production Music Library: CD and LP Index: Volumes 1 Thru 10, 1985Sound Effects Indexes + Promotional Material, c.1985?
Copies sold in
2018,
2019 and
2021. A copy of the sound effects catalogue can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Emil Ascher Inc.: Recorded Background and Mood Music Library: Complete Catalog, c.1961
(paperback, 224 pages, c.1961)
Contains listings for Conroy (BM 101-319) • Video Moods (EA 1001-1082) • Impress (IA 101-306) • JW Theme Music (JW 101-314) • Paxton (PR 401-740; PRT (various), and GTR 101-128) • FDH Mood Music Records (FDH 002-264; FDH 1201-1249)
A copy is archived at
The New York Public Library - the one from Ghostbusters!
Emil Ascher Inc.: [First Supplement], c.1964
(paperback, 64 pages, c.1964?)
Conroy (BM 320-389) • Video Moods (EA 1083-1094) • Impress (IA 307-342) • JW Theme Music (JW 315-344) • Paxton (PR 741-755) • FDH Mood Music (FDH 265-297; FDH 1250-1254)
FirstCom / Music House / Chappell, 1990
(paperback?, 17?pp., 1990)
Combined CD catalogue for three Universal companies. Available on the Internet Archive:
h++ps://archive,org/details/TNM_FirstCom_digital_production_library_catalog_20171212_0158/mode/2up
Thanks to
Moleoman for finding and sharing.
Major Records: Sound Effects Catalog, 1944
(paperback, 16pp., 1944)
This ancient artefact is possibly the oldest thing here. It lists a few discs between 4002 and 4070 (with lots of gaps), then a complete run from 5000 to 5055. Mostly it's just sound effects, although there such things as music boxes and fanfares playing public domain tunes. On this copy a "Thomas J. Valentino" sticker conceals the original distributor: the "Colonial Record Service". It sold on eBay in
2024.
Major Records: Sound Effects, 1947: One eBay sale is preserved on
Worthpoint. Photos are unclear but the last disc appears to be 5164. Another copy resides in the library of the University of California, Santa Barbara: h++ps://cdn.calisphere.org/data/13030/8f/c8v4128f/files/cusb-pamss26-inventory.pdf
Major Records: Sound Effects, 1948: A contemporary review of the 1948 catalogue can be found on page 65 here: h++ps://archive.org/details/TNR16/page/n63/mode/2up
Major Records: Mood Music (1st Edition?) + Sound Effects, 1955
This
August 1955 magazine contains an advert for Major Records (p.17) which lists a separate catalogue for the Mood Music range. No copy has turned up online but I believe this likely to be the first edition.
Major Records: Sound Effects / Mood Music Catalog, 1956
(paperback, 26pp., 1956)
The following year, the Sound Effects catalogue runs up to 5234 and, even though a separate catalogue already exists, it includes a dedicated section for Mood Music (although there are earlier music discs listed amongst the Sound Effects.) The Mood Music discs cover 5209 to 5232. Thanks again to
WSBG for sharing this rarity: he's even provided a download of the entire thing:
DOWNLOAD LINKImages 3 and 4 show an interesting variant - again dated 1956 but now distributed by the Denison Music Company. The back cover displays an array of 1957 postmarks and an address for the "Tommy Scott Show" in Hollywood Boulevard. This copy quickly sold on eBay in
2024.
Major Records: 1956 Sound Effects + Promotional Material
Major Records: Mood Music (3rd Edition) + Sound Effects, 1958
It's 1958 and the latest Mood Music catalogue has "3rd Edition: Fall Release" stamped on it. This eBay lot included "a TLS (Typed Letter Signed) from Valentino, most likely a facsimile blue ink printed / signature common for business letters at the time in 1950s as no handwritten examples are known from Valentino this is the closest available copy to his actual signature that there is. Provenance included with original USPS mailing envelope from Thomas J. Valentino Inc. post marked in 1958."
These items sold for $50 in
2019.
Major Records: Sound Effects, 1959: This 28-page catalogue sold on eBay in
2024.
Major Records: Mood Music (5th Edition?) + Sound Effects, 1960: Copies of both were sold in
2016: "and... the amazing piece of the whole deal... A letter signed by Thomas J. Valentino himself, to a NUCLEAR FUEL COMPANY, offering him discounts on Major Records library music! You can't get more atomic-era than this."
The final entry in the Sound Effects catalogue is not known, although 5275 is visible in the listing photo.
Major Records: Sound Effects Catalog, 1961
(paperback?, 29pp., 1960-61)
One copy sold on
Etsy in 2024. The copy in the image is copyrighted 1961 but a stamp on the front reads "Effective December 1, 1960". The final disc listed is 5234. See next entry for further details.
Major Records: Mood Music (6th Edition), 1961
(paperback?, ?pp., 1961)
Both of these catalogues are available online at the Vintage Theatre Catalog blog, thanks to
Bob Foreman:
h++ps://vintagetheatrecatalogs.blogspot.com/2016/02/1960-major-sound-effects-catalog-1961.html
This edition covers discs from 5209 to 5378.
Major Records: Sound Effects Catalog, 1962Has "Oct 62" handwritten on the cover; this copy was sold on eBay, date unknown:
Worthpoint listing.
Major Records: Mood Music (8th Edition) 1963?: Ran to 73 pages; the accompanying Sound Effect Catalogue ran to 30 pages:
jstorMajor Records: Mood Music (11th Edition) 1970
(paperback, 117pp., 1970)
Covers 5209 to 6057.
Major Records: Mood Music (12th Edition) c.1972
(paperback, 124pp., 1972)
Covers 5209 to 6070.
Network: Finally... A Production Music Library That Sounds Great! c.1980-82
The items in image 1 were listed on eBay in
2024 (thanks to
Mr for spotting). They were likely part of a package that included a promotional "WhisperDisc" demo (images 2 and 3):
This is not an ordinary record... The sound is brighter, broader, and the record is quiet...just like tape. You will notice that the Network WhisperDisc™ is heavier and harder than a standard commercial record. In fact, the life span of a Network WhisperDisc™ is at least four to five times longer than a conventional record.Scans of the entire brochure can be found on Discogs:
h++ps://www.discogs.com/master/2475208-Unknown-Artist-Finally-A-Production-Music-Library-That-Sounds-Great/image/SW1hZ2U6MjcxNjkzMTA=
The accompanying letter on Discogs is dated 1980, although some copies of the WhisperDisc are dated 1982 - as per the letter in the first image above.
Network Production Music Catalogue + Extras, c.1983?
(folder, ?pp., c.early 80s?)
These items were listed on eBay in
2024: "Includes a lot of promotional material as well as ordering forms." Date on letter is unclear but is possibly 1983.
Network Music: First Edition Volumes 1-53, c.1986?
(paperback, 890pp., c.1986)
A copy sold in
2019.
Network Music: Second / Third EditionsA Second Edition (1-80?) sold in
2024.
A Third Edition (1-105) sold in
2019.
Network: Sound Effects Demo Promotional Folder + Extras, 1983
(folder, 1983)
The items in images 1-3 were listed on eBay in 2024 as part of the 1983 Network Catalogue lot. The brochure is promoting a Sound Effects "WhisperDisc" demo that was not included in the auction but is shown in images 4-6 above. It is also listed on Discogs:
h++ps://www.discogs.com/search?q=network+effects+demo+1983+barzman&type=all
Network Sound Effects [1-40], 1983
(paperback, c.330pp., c.1983)
This catalogue is fairly ubiquitous and pops up on eBay regularly, albeit frequently in a rather battered state. Copies sold in
2016,
2017 and
2020. A copy is for sale on eBay
right now.
The final image is a "Fifth Edition" variant (Volumes 1-78). A copy sold in
2014; there is also an alternative version with a
filled-in logo.
A pdf of all 120 Network Sound Effects CD releases is here:
h++ps://www,bhphotovideo.com/FrameWork/Product_Resources/Network_CD_Numbering.pdf
A good background to the releases can be found here:
h++ps://soundeffects,fandom.com/wiki/Network_Sound_Effects_Library#Info
Omnimusic Catalog + Flexidisc, c.1981
(paperback, 30pp., c.1981)
Promotional flexidisc and catalog, covers OM101-OM122 + licensing info and order form. Sold in
2022.
"Flexidisc can be found on YouTube (not my copy) under this title:
Omnimusic - Eva-Tone Soundsheet - vinyl lp - production music library sampler of Omnimusic catalog”
Omnimusic, c.early 1980s?
(comb binding, c.??pp., c.early 1980s?)
Omnimusic promotional package, came with 7" record.
Worthpoint listing.
Robert Hall Productions: Sound Effects: Promotional Inserts
Scans originally posted by
NateTheDoofy in
this thread. Thanks Nate! The last image is from an auction in
2013.
Sam Fox Recorded Music Library, 1961
(paperback, 28pp., 1961)
Sold on eBay in
2024: "Also comes with a one-page letter and an additional 2 pages covering synchronization licenses for background instrumental uses and their rates." Includes info on some tape-only cues. Accompanying letter gives date as 1961.
TheMusicalAvenger very kindly shared shots of the whole thing
here.
Sound Ideas: Series 1000, 1985
The 1000 Series was released in 1979 although not on CD until 1983. The catalogue in images 2-4 is a fourth edition dated 1985.
Sound Ideas: Series 2000-5000
The 2000 to 4000 ranges were released between 1987 and 1989. In the fourth image we can see Lucasfilm has been added, dating that catalogue to 1990. The last two images show the 1000-5000 Series catalogue, apparently available in red and pink variants. The last photo is apparently the 9th edition, dated 1991.
Sound Ideas: Series 6000, 1992
The range is extended to the 7000 Series, but the 1000 Series has vanished. The Universal and Warner Brothers ranges are now added, dating this to c. 1992. One eBay listing states this is the Eleventh Edition of the catalogue.
Sound Ideas: Series 7000, c.1994
The 1000 Series is back, now joined by the effects libraries of 20th Century Fox, Hanna Barbera and De Wolfe.
Sound Ideas, 2000
Now added are the Turner Entertainment Co., Hanna-Barbera and Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends libraries.
Synchro-Fox Library of Recorded Background Music, 1970?
(paperback, 42pp., 1970?)
This covers SF 1001 to 1024, along with SF 2001 and 2002. If the dates on the library music wiki are correct then this dates from c.1970. It was sold on eBay in
2024.
An identical-looking copy - along with a similar supplement - can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
Thomas J. Valentino, Inc: Production Music + Sound Effects Catalogs + Promotional Record, 1983
(folder, 3 booklets, 7" record, ?pp., 1983)
A copy sold in
2020 and another in
2023. It is listed on Discogs here:
h++ps://www,discogs.com/release/8771109-Unknown-Artist-An-Introduction-To-Valentino-Music-library-The-Valentino-Sound-Effects-Library
A copy is also available here (thanks to
Moleoman for the link):
h++ps://spatulacityrecords,com/lot-of-9-thomas-valentino-production-music-library-vinyl-record-album-lp/
Valentino, Inc., c.1985
Valentino Production Music • Sound Effects: Libraries Catalog, c.mid-90s?
(paperback, ?pp., c.mid-90s)
The copy in the final image lists Volumes 1-67, dating it to c.1994. It sold in
2020.
Video MoodsSee: Emil Ascher Inc.
William B. Tanner: Vinyl Catalogs
"Here is a cool two volume loose leaf binder index set for all the William H. Tanner library production LPs like Trendsetter and Sound Effects." Sold in
2023.
Australia:Castle Music
No further information.
Belgium:Selection Records: A Special Radio~TV Record Series: Supplements, late 1970s
Covers Selection 5116 to 5124, and 3 photocopied sheets for 5126 to 5128. These last sheets are dated 1979.
France:Intermčde: Classical Lists, 1990
No further details.
Montparnasse 2000, 1970-78
Production 70-71: MP 1 to MP 22 (8 pages)
Production 71-72: MP 23 to MP 34 (two sheets)
Production 72: MP 35 to MP 46 (2 sheets)
Production 72-73: MP 47 to MP 52 (single sheet)
Production 73: MP 53 to 70 (2 sheets)
Production 74-75: MP 71 to 76 (single sheet)
Production 75: MP 77 to 82 (single sheet)
Production 76: MP 83 to 101 (2 sheets)
Production 78: MP 102 to 107 (single sheet)
[1978] MP 108 to 112 (single photocopied sheet for each release)
Montparnasse 2000, c.1978
(paperback, pages not numbered, c.1978)
Covers MP 1 to 124, and IML 01 to 07.
MP 2000, Montparnasse 2000 Production Music Library, c.1980
(paperback, 193pp., c.1980)
Contains listings for IML 01 to 07, and MP 01 to 131. The copy in photos 2 and 3 sold as part of a job lot in
2017. Another copy can be seen in Retronic's video
here.
MP 2000, Montparnasse 2000 Production Music Library: "Mini-Catalog"
Promotional "mini-catalog" and sampler flexidisc:
Worthpoint.
Tele Music, c.1976?
(folder, 69 pages, c.1976?)
Contains 1 single-sided sheet for each release, TM 3000 to 3069. The final disc is dated 1976 although this catalogue wasn't accessioned by the CBC Record Library until 21 May 1982.
Germany:Coloursound Library: Catalogue, c.1982
(paperback, 72pp., c.1982; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
"This is a 1980s (probably about 1982) record catalogue for (German) Coloursound Library... with information in both English and German language. A whole page is devoted to each of the available albums, which includes a range of themes. Some albums were made by well known names such as Bob Sharples & The Jazz Boys (a group including George Chisholm & Tommy McQuater, also Bob as Robert Sharples, Franco dei Gemini (who has Ennio Morricone connections), Denny Motion, Gil Flat, Joel Vandroogenbroeck, etc. A4 size (21 x 29.7 cm) laminated cover paperback, 72 pages... Incidentally, lovers of fonts and Letraset will be delighted, and maybe amused, by the large variations in type styles used throughout."
Worthpoint listing Selected Sound Recorded Music Library Catalogue
(paperback, 88 p., date unknown; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
Selected Sound Recorded Music Library Musikarchiv Catalogue No. 2
(paperback, 83pp., date unknown; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
A copy was sold in
2017. Another copy is currently available for sale
here.
Selected Sound Recorded Music Library: Unknown CatalogueThanks to Mr for spotting the mysterious chequebook-shaped Selected Sound catalogue
here.
Selected Sound Catalogue, 1983-84
A copy can be seen in
Retronic's video.
Selected Sound Catalogue, CD Catalogue, 1994
A copy can be seen in
Retronic's video.
Sonoton, c.1981
(paperback, ??pp., c,1981)
"With full descriptions of every LP from classic era Son 101 to Son 162 releases... Same size as a 12" vinyl record cover, which is kinda cool." This was presumably issued together with the SON 000 sampler LP. Thanks to
Mr for this listing - he's also kindly uploaded some extra shots
here. A copy sold in
2018. Another can be seen in
Retronic's video.
Sonoton: Index 95
(paperback, 56pp., 1995)
UBM Records Catalogue, 1988
(folder, pages not numbered, 1988)
Covers LPs (1001-1027) and CDs (1101-1128, 5102).
Italy:Beat Records Company Edizioni Musicali, catalogo discografico di musiche per sonorizzazioni (Background Music Library)
(Paperback, September 30th, 1971; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
Gemelli, catalogo generale numerico
(Paperback, January 1973; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
Vedette Records: Music for Soundtracks and Programs: General Catalogue, 1967
(Paperback, 32pp., 1967; Thanks to Mr for this listing)
"The most comprehensive catalogue of dramatic themes, love themes, suspenseful introductions, bridges, endings, backgrounds for use in radio - television - film - industrial shows - advertising and amateur cinema."
Vedette Records: Authentic Sound Effects, c.1967
(paperback, 16pp., undated c.1967)
Covers albums 1 to 10 in the range: a "unique and comprehensive catalogue of authentic sound effects on long-play mono and panoramic superstereo albums, created by Jac Holzman for Elektra Records." The third image shows a page via Google Translate.
South Africa:MFA
No further information.
Switzerland / Austria:Cosmos Library Background Music System Catalogue(paperback, 368pp., date? Thanks to Mr for this listing)
"No date, but it has CDs 375.201 through 375.300 and Cosmos Special Select COS-1 through COS-25."
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