I often look around the internet for a list of all the records released on my favourite spoken-word label, Caedmon. There isn’t a good list yet. Discogs will get there eventually but at the moment it only lists a handful.

So yesterday I sat down to compile this list. Its mainly compiled from the inner-sleeve catalogues that Caedmon printed and my own collection. They stopped printing the catalogues at some point so its hard to find listings for releases after the 1300s. I also included a few releases that I could verify from Ebay listings.

So far I’m only dealing with the TC series. The main series. The Theatre Recording Society (TRS) and Shakespeare Recording Society (SRS) series will have to wait until I’m next in manic-list-making mood. I’ve also emitted the UK releases for the time being as I’m not sure how they fit in.

I just wanted a list I can look at and I couldn’t wait for discogs to catch up.

Any help filling in gaps is much appreciated, just stick them in the comments section.

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I love record labels.
While most music fans hate them and blame them for everything from Prince falling off to record sales slumping, I defend their place in music today, and obsess over their back catalogues.
Some labels are favorites because they are synonymous with musicians I love. The Isley Brothers and T-Neck or John Coltrane and Impulse.
Some are favourites for issuing a handful of niche records. Fondle ‘em, Prism, Childrens Television Workshop or SoundInk.
I even have love for some large labels. Atlantic still means something to me even with Ahmet Ertegün gone and the strings being pulled by the Warner Music Group. They still put out some great music, sixty years after they started. I’m even kind of fond of the the first record label, Columbia Records, despite no one having anything good to say about them. I like that their name has lasted from Wax Cylinders to MP3 downloads.

I’ll get round to writing about more of my favourite labels, but to start I’ll do a few posts on the phenomenal American literary label Caedmon.

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