{"id":1614,"date":"2022-11-03T12:26:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T12:26:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/?page_id=1614"},"modified":"2023-08-10T16:32:41","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T16:32:41","slug":"bbc-records-tapes-1975","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/the-incomplete-history-of-bbc-records\/bbc-records-tapes-1975\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Records &#038; Tapes &#8211; 1975"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1568\" height=\"267\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-1568x267.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-1568x267.jpg 1568w, http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-300x51.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-1024x174.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-768x131.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of-1536x261.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/BBC-records-and-tapes-best-of.jpg 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>After four years of BBC Records, and a couple of the BBC Cassettes brand, the LPs were suddenly rebadged as BBC Records &amp; Tapes. The cassettes remained BBC Cassettes though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The singles\u2019 plastic moulded label would remain as BBC Records for now, but the previously blank die-cut sleeves were replaced with the iconic, blue and white, diagonal striped, BBC Records &amp; Tapes logo though. Or that\u2019s how it seems. Singles in company sleeves often get swapped around for second-hand sales. Or, discs still on the catalogue were issued at a later date in a contemporary sleeve. For now. I\u2019ll say that they kept the label but introduced the sleeve in 1975.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">10 Years of BBC Records &amp; Tapes<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1st November 1975 edition of Music Week carried a seven-page BBC Records Tenth Anniversary advertorial. Most of the pages are taken up with congratulations from various companies and suppliers associated with the label. Polydor have a whole page to sing happy birthday. PYE Records are pleased that their artists have appeared on the label. Peters International &#8220;are proud to distribute their product in the U.S.A.&#8221;. The whole edition is available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/UK\/Music-Week\/1975\/Music-Week-1975-11-01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/worldradiohistory.com\/UK\/Music-Week\/1975\/Music-Week-1975-11-01.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveying their status within the record industry the puff piece &#8211; presumably penned by Richard Robson as Head of Publicity &amp; Promotion and recently joined from Music Week &#8211; is clear about what there is to celebrate.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, BBC Records &amp; Tapes holds a significant share of the total UK album market and is an integral part of the British record industry with a catalogue that offers as wide a choice of product as any of the major record companies. Indeed, virtually every conceivable repertoire area is covered by BBC Records &amp; Tapes.<\/p>\n<cite>Music Week 1st November 1975<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After four years of BBC Records, and a couple of the BBC Cassettes brand, the LPs were suddenly rebadged as BBC Records &amp; Tapes. The cassettes remained BBC Cassettes though. The singles\u2019 plastic moulded label would remain as BBC Records for now, but the previously blank die-cut sleeves were replaced with the iconic, blue and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/the-incomplete-history-of-bbc-records\/bbc-records-tapes-1975\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;BBC Records &#038; Tapes &#8211; 1975&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1651,"parent":1591,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1614","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2164,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1614\/revisions\/2164"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.bbcrecords.co.uk\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}