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| Founded | 1967 |
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| Defunct | 26 July 1995 (1995-07-26) |
| Successor | BBC Worldwide BBC Studios |
| Parent | BBC |
BBC Records was a division of theBBC founded in 1967 to commercially exploit the corporation's output for radio and television for both educational and domestic use. The division was known as BBC Radio Enterprises (1967–1970), BBC Records (1970–1972) and BBC Records & Tapes (1972–1989).[1]
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s BBC Records released a wide range of recordings, primarily but not exclusively astie-ins to the BBC's television and radio output. Some of these recordings entered theUK record charts (see below). Other ventures included a long-running series ofsound effects recordings as well as original material from theBBC Radiophonic Workshop, and classical recordings from theBBC Archives. To celebrate both the corporation's 60th and 70th anniversaries, compilation recordings were issued of key moments in the BBC's history.
In the mid-1990s licensing and marketing of the BBC's recorded output became the responsibility ofBBC Worldwide (formerly BBC Enterprises), and the corporation ceased the direct release of recorded material, instead licensing its products to other companies. BBC Worldwide was merged intoBBC Studios from 2018, which now licenses the use of the BBC logo on commercial recordings.
