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POST FREE ANYWHERE - This is the original Record Information Services (RIS) publication / catalog (catalogue), "Complete British Directory Of Popular 78/45 Singles, 1950-1980, Volume Two", featuring lots of labels, their complete singles (both 78 & 45 rpm) issued between January 1950 to December 1980. In alphabetical order, the main labels covered are:

APPLE - BELTONA - BRUNSWICK - CAPITOL - COBRA - (VOGUE) CORAL - DERAM
E.M.I. - HARVEST - INFINITY - M.C.A. - PARLOPHONE - PURPLE - REGAL-ZONOPHONE
RHINO - SIDEWALK - T. REX - THRESHOLD - UNI

The main numerical runs are:
Apple R series (45 rpm, incorporated within Parlophone R series)
Apple APPLE 1 & APPLES 1000 series (45 rpm)
Beltona BL/BE 2450 to BL/BE 2775, BL 1000 series (45/78 rpm - mainly Scottish or Irish)
Brunswick 04400 to 05976 plus miscellaneous series (45/78 rpm)
Brunswick BR 1 "Soul" series (45 rpm)
Capitol CL 13200 to CL 16175 plus miscellaneous series (45/78 rpm)
Capitol CL 11000 & CJ 100 "Junior" series (78 rpm only)
Cobra COB 1 series (45 rpm)
(Vogue-) Coral Q 2001 to Q 2042, Q 72043 to 72497 series (45/78 rpm)
Deram DM 100 to DM 435 plus miscellaneous series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. EMI 2001 to EMI 2999, jumps to EMI 5000 to 5128 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. America AMI/AM 500 & EA 100 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. Matumbi / Radic 100 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. Odeon 100 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. Pathe 100 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. Sidewalk SID 100 series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. T. REX / MARC series (45 rpm)
E.M.I. Tammi TAM 100 series (45 rpm)
Harvest HAR 5001 to HAR 5213 plus miscellaneous series (45 rpm)
Infinity INF 100 series (45 rpm)
MCA MU/MUS/MMU 1000 to 1225, BAG "Soul Bag" series (45 rpm)
MCA MK/MKS/MMKS 5000 to 5104, MCA 100, 500 & 700 series (45 rpm)
Parlophone R 3230 to R 6042 series (45/78 rpm main singles series)
Parlophone F 2390 to F 2555, "Scottish" F 3392 to 3507 plus miscellaneous series (78 rpm)
Purple PUR 101 to PUR 137 series (45 rpm)
Regal-Zonophone RZ 501 to RZ 508, RZ 3001 to RZ 3090 series (45 rpm)
Rhino RNO 101 to RNO 129 series (45 rpm)
Threshold TH 1 to TH 25 series (45 rpm)
Uni UN/UNS 500 to 556 series (45 rpm)
Zonophone Z 1 series (45 rpm)

Straight-forward numerical listings of various major and smaller British record labels, giving catalogue number, artist & titles, with a guide to the year of issue. Whilst lacking the added detail of other publications from the same source, it was compiled in response to demand to provide complete and reliable information for record collectors of all forms of 'Popular' music for the complete decades of the 1950s, 1960s & 1970s.

A4 size (21 x 29.7 cm, 8¼ x 11¾ inches) laminated cover paperback, 132 pages, published in 1987. This item is original 1987 stock. Other catalogues (catalogs / label listings / discographies) are available, many (but not all) of which will normally be listed on eBay - the Record Information Services website has the full details.