The Complete BBarclayarclay Crocker Audio Tape Guide By David Winter Version of 26 NOVEMBER 2015 This list contains all known Barclay Crocker tapes released between 1977 and 1986. Any new version will contain minor fixes or updates, or unreleased titles. If you wish to contribute, please email me at [email protected] with good quality pictures showing what should be updated or added. Thank you. Change log: Titles known under two catalog numbers have their references combined to avoid duplicate lines. Fixed date code format (day/month were swapped). Minor updates in titles / performers on a few titles. Label codes: ARG Argo MHS Music Heritage Society BC Barclay Crocker PHI Philips (PHI x if dbx encoded) DGR Deutsches Grammophon PRO Pro Arte (PROx if dbx encoded) DSM Desmar QNT Quintessence (QNTx if dbx encoded) ERS Entracte SPC Spectrum (SPCx if dbx encoded) HAL Halcyon Records TEL Telefunken LOL L'Oiseau Lyre UNC Unicorn MER Mercury VAN Vanguard (VANX if dbx encoded) Number of tapes duplicated: ? : Unknown. Tape not in the list published by BC in 1986 before closing, and not extremely rare for such. NR : Never Released (production samples may exist). Sonic Sentry: Sonic Sentry is a special signal recorded on tapes with Side 1 shorter than Side 2. To locate the beginning of Side 1, the tape must be played in high speed mode. Some decks use a « cue » system allowing to bring the tape closer to the playback head. Others need to be put in edit mode. When heard, Sonic Sentry sounds like alternating beeps. Note that early BC tapes produced in the 1970s did not yet feature Sonic Sentry. Tapes featuring Sonic Sentry have a small icon printed on the right of the label and come with a notice explaining how it works. Quality Control (QC) code format and how to date your tapes: All Barclay Crocker reels have a control label on Side 2. Earlier labels have a blue contour, later ones are white and also contain the operator’s initials after the code. The format is SYMMDD where: S = Slave recorder (1 digit; only five copies were made simultaneously) Y = Year (7 and 8 stand for 1977 and 1978 respectively, 0-6 stand for 1980-86) MM, DD = Month and Day (2 digits each) II = Operator initials where RF = Rich Fill, WC = William Cunningham, WC = Wayne Chin, EH = Erich Hissel, EM = unknown (so far) , and sometimes HB = Henry Barclay. Lubricant loss problem on Barclay Crocker reels (and how to play them when still possible): Reels produced in 1977/78 happen to suffer from lubricant loss and the well known sticky shed syndrome. In most cases, the tape will squeak on the tape guides of your recorder due to the uneven and very slightly sticky tape surface. It is possible that a tape squeaks on one side but not the other due to different tape tension. Bad tapes can increase head wear and generate highly audible distortion. In some cases, the tape can still be played by reducing the tape tension. For example, disconnecting the supply reel motor on a Revox may allow the tape to play fine, although a quality transfer is recommended. If your tape is stuck, try playing it without head contact. Although the tape will have become more abrasive and prone to head wear, it is still possible to transfer it. In any case, it is not recommended to play defect Barclay Crocker tapes regularly. Labels known to suffer from these problems are MHS, VAN and UNC. Remember: such tapes have the second digit of their Quality Control code equal 7 or 8. Other wordings: / between orchestra and conductor means "conducted by". #: #1 stands for "number 1", #1-4 stands for number 1 to number 4. Credits: Thanks go to all eBay sellers for their clear tape pictures and descriptions without which many titles would remain incomplete: changesbowie, livelyauctions, luchretia123, o-jayne, polyphonyclassics and reelshiny. Thanks also to those who sold LPs also released by BC, without whom I would have never been able to fix many entries. I would also like to thank David Mansell who provided additional pictures and David L. Schwartz who provided detailed information on rarely seen tapes. Catalog Qtity Composer(s), Title(s) and Performers Beethoven: Serenade / Glinka: Trio Pathetique / L. Mozart: Sinfonia / Scarlatti: Clori e Zeffiro / St-Saens: Caprice on Danish & Russian airs ? (BC sample) NR Performers unknown (not shown on known pictures) Rossini: String Sonatas #1 in G, #3 in C, #5 in E-flat, #6 in D ARG E 506 316 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Haydn: Mass in B Flat "Harmoniemesse" ARG E 515 271 Spoorenberg, Watts, Young, Rouleau, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / George Guest Händel: Coronation Anthems ARG E 5369 395 Choir of King's College, Cambridge, English Chamber Orchestra / Thurston Dart J. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, six Allemandes / M. Haydn: Horn Concerto, Six Minuets ARG E 543 428 Alan Stringer (trumpet), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mendelssohn: String Symphonies #9, #10, #12 ARG E 5467 310 Academy of St. Martin In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mozart: Three Divertimenti for Strings, Serenata Notturna in D ARG E 554 497 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mendelssohn: Octet Op. 20 / Boccherini: Cello Quintet Op. 37 No. 7 ARG E 569 327 H. Maguire, N. Marriner, I. Brown, T. Connah (violins), S. Shingles, K. Essex (violas), K. Heath, D. Vigay (cellos) / the Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields Edward Elgar: Introduction & Allegro, Serenade for Strings ARG E 573 ? Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Debussy: Trio for Harp, Flute & Viola / Ravel: Introduction & Allegro / Bax: Elegiac Trio ARG E 574 333 Robles Trio / Delme Quartet Rossini: String Sonatas #2 & #4 / Donizetti: String Quartet in D arranged for string orchestra ARG E 603 264 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Adagio for Clarinet & Strings / R. Strauss: Metamorphosen ARG E 604 431 Jack Brymer (Clarinet), Academy of St. Martin -In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mendelssohn: Concerto in E MaJor for two pianos & orchestra, Concerto in A Minor for piano & strings ARG E 605 412 Brenda Lucas, John Ogdon (pianos), Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Vivaldi: The four seasons ARG E 654 852 Alan Loveday, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Shostakovitch: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Stirngs / Stravinsky: Capriccio ARG E 674 413 John Ogdon (piano), John Wilbraham (trumpet), Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mozart: Ein Kleine Nachtmusik K.525, Symphony #32 K.318, Simphonia Concertante for Violin & Viola K.364 ARG E 679 611 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Händel: Ballet Music (Alcina, Ariodante, Il Pastor Fido) ARG E 686 419 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner with Colin Tilney (Harpsichord continuo) Mozart: Divertimento in D MaJor K.334, Notturno in D MaJor K.286 ARG E 705 396 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Walton: Sonata for Strings / Prokofiev: Visions Fugitives ARG E 711 275 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Prokofiev: Classical Symphony / Bizet: Symphony in C ARG E 719 793 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mozart: Violin Concerto K.216 and Concertone K.190 ARG E 729 439 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner with Alan Lodeday, Iona Brown, Carmel Kaine (violins) Schoenberg: Transfigured Night Op. 4 / Webern: Five Pieces Op. 5 / Hindemith: Five Pieces Op. 44 No. 4 ARG E 763 280 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Christmas at Saint John's ARG E 782 452 The Choir of Saint John's College, Cambridge / George Guest Suk: Serenade for Strings / Strauss: Sextet from "Capriccio" / Janacek: Suite for String Orchestra ARG E 792 284 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Neville Marriner Telemann: Don Quichotte Suite, Concerto in G for Viola, Overture in D for two Oboes and two Horns ARG E 836 427 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Faure: Messe De Requiem, Cantique De Jean Racine ARG E 841 358 Benjamin Luxon, Jonathon Bond, Choir of St Johns College, Cambridge, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / George Guest Copland: Quiet City / Cowell: Hymn & Fuguing Tune / Barber: Adagio for Strings / Creston: A Rumor / Ives: Symphony #3 ARG E 845 517 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Laudate Dominum - Venetian Music by the Gabrielis & Bassano ARG E 857 173 Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford / Bernard Rose Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad, Two English Idylls, The Banks of Green Willow / Britten: Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge ARG E 860 358 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Delius: Walk To the Paradise Garden, On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, Summer Night On the River ARG E 875 419 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Mozart: Requiem Mass ARG E 876 443 Laszlo Heltay, Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner ARG E 878 Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Concert Champetre for Harpsichord & Orchestra 603 ARG F 878 George Malcolm (harpsichord), Academy of St. Martin in the fields / Iona Brown Bartok: Divertimento for Strings, Music for Strings Percussion & Celeste ARG F 657 379 Academy of St. Martin-In-The-fields / Neville Marriner Kurt Weill: Symphonies #1 and #2 ARG F 755 203 BBC Symhony Orchestra / Gary Bertini Vivaldi: Concerti for Winds & Strings ARG F 840 376 Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra / Neville Marriner William Boyce: Symphonies #1-8 ARG F 874 488 Academy of St.