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Below is a listing from the 7'' singles Category.

Welcome to my listing of 7'' singles from my collection. To view a different section (for example the BBC Transcription discs if there are any for this), select the new section in the links above this message.

To view details of a particular release, simply click on the picture or the text which follows underneath in the display below. By viewing a release page, you will find a lot more information about that particular release which includes basic details of it like the artist and year of release, any track details for the release (if applicable), lists of other similar releases as well as any other pictures I have taken. If there are linked videos, then you will be able to see the them in a form of a youtube embedded object into the webpage!

For BBC releases, all releases are listed whether they are in my collection or not. You can check if I actually have it by selecting the link.

Please note that if you are aware of a BBC release not listed on these pages, then I would be very interested in hearing from you. Would you mind please contacting me using the Contact me page, link above? If you also have an item to sell, then you can use that same page to try to sell the item to me. I should add that the number of entries I don't have from the publicly available catalagues are now quite small. To make this easier for you, I have created a Titles I need page listing them all, see link above!

Picture of singles BBC Records 7'' singles - BBC - Language-OP (GER-A-1-OP 197/198)

BBC sub label for foreign language records.

This was the first BBC label available to the public to purchase starting in the early 1960's. To start with, you could only purchase these direct from the BBC. There were shows aired where listeners could follow the programme on the Radio (usually foreign language training shows) and then purchase the record and separate book to accompany it. These could be kept afterwards to continue their home learning.

Later the shows were also recorded for television and the records as well as the books became more widely available in the shops.

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Picture of German by artist John L. M. Trim from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
John L. M. Trim
German


BBC GER-A-1

UK flag 2018 Near mint

Picture of Russian by artist Dennis Ward from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Dennis Ward
Russian


BBC RUS-A-1

UK flag 2018 Near mint

Picture of French by artist Elsie Ferguson from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Elsie Ferguson
French


BBC FRE-A-1

UK flag 2018 Near mint

Picture of Italian by artist Elsie Ferguson from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Elsie Ferguson
Italian


BBC ITA-A-1

UK flag 2018 Very Good Plus

Picture of Know your car and get the best out of it by artist John F Miles from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
John F Miles
Know your car and get the best out of it


BBC OP 7/8

UK flag 1964 Near mint

Picture cover to follow
 

The sound of Britain


BBC OP 39/40

UK flag 1964 No record

Picture of Chinese pronunciation practice (Mandarin) by artist Paul Kratochvil / Terry Chang / Lucia Liu from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Paul Kratochvil / Terry Chang / Lucia Liu
Chinese pronunciation practice (Mandarin)


BBC OP OP 107/108 Includes booklet

UK flag 1966 Near mint

Picture of Another shore by artist Jan Rosol from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Jan Rosol
Another shore


BBC OP OP 157/158

UK flag 1973 Near mint

Picture of Arabic pronunciation by artist T. F. Mitchell from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
T. F. Mitchell
Arabic pronunciation


BBC OP 171/172 Includes booklet

UK flag 1972 Near mint

Picture of Russian pronunciation by artist Natalie Waterson from the BBC singles - Records and Tapes library
 
Natalie Waterson
Russian pronunciation


BBC OP 197/198 Includes booklet

UK flag 1973 Near mint