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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But her Friday evening show highlighted the best of both, alongside fan favourite tracks from her back catalogue.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026

The closest relative in her back catalogue, I think, is 1993's Erotica, which was similarly inspired by underground house music, while tackling themes of upheaval and loss in the midst of the Aids crisis.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 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

Springsteen sold his back catalogue to Sony in 2021 for $500m, and Bieber reportedly signed a $200m deal with Hipgnosis Songs Capital in 2023.

From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026

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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