Vintage Recordings
| 78 rpm & cylinder | S.A. 78 rpm | Vinyl LP & EP | Audio cassette |
| CD | Video & DVD | Ensemble & Solo |
Recordings of brass bands have been available since the earliest days of commercial sound recordings. The lists, available from the links above, are not exhaustive. Many of the more recent CD & DVD releases have yet to be included.
A PDF version of the above lists is available in this document: Vintage Brass Band Recordings [PDF - 6 Jan 2021, 386 pages].
Some sources of and information about vintage recordings
- Brass Band LPs for sale
- CHARM - AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music
- Choice Recordings - restoration of vintage brass recordings
- Ian's Regal Zonophone Site
- Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders - explore early sound recording methods
- Andrews, Frank - Brass Band Cylinder and Non-microgroove Disc Recordings 1903-1960 - Piccolo Press, 1997. ISBN: 1872203256. This book is the definitive resource for recordings of British brass bands.
- Brass Band Archive Recordings - a brief guide to recordings of brass bands in libraries, museums and other archives - [PDF - 25 June 2019, 9 pages] - an outline of various sources and resources for archived vintage (and not so vintage) recordings in physical repositories and on-line databases
- Broadcasting Brass Bands: the early years - [PDf - 30 Aug 2021, 9 pages] - a related article which may be of interest.