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back catalogue

British

noun

the recordings that a musician has made in the past, as distinct from his or her current recording

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Six Premiership titles, three Champions Cup, a coaching back catalogue of big games and even bigger victories.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

While "Gugusse and the Automaton" was known to be in Melies' back catalogue, no one had seen it until McFarland delivered it to the library in his Toyota sedan last September.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

It has leaned hard into its Netflix-style Game Pass, also available on PC, which allows players to download brand new and back catalogue titles for a monthly fee.

From BBC • Mar. 6, 2026

A section of Pitbull's setlist is dedicated to his favourite Spanish language songs and those from his own back catalogue.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

Stravinsky had mischievous fun pillaging music’s dusty back catalogue with the ballet Pulcinella for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes company in 1920.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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