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back catalogue

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noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

With plenty of gold in his back catalogue to draw on, the setlist was an all-timer, from the new wave synths of Young Turks to the beautiful folk melodies of Maggie May and Sailing.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2025

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

That I Pagliacci was only fifteen years old when Caruso popularised it on record - young in relation to opera’s extensive back catalogue - is, with the benefit of hindsight, strangely significant.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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