Each entry in WBACH's playlist ends with the Record Label and Spine Code of the CD from which the recording was taken AT THE TIME WE ADDED IT to our library.  In some cases, that may be 20 years ago.   Many mergers and consolidations have taken place in the recording industry over the years, and more shrinkage will happen as the CD continues its decline as a preferred format.  If you cannot find the particular recording we've listed, try searching for it by performing ensemble or soloist.  In many cases the same recordings have been re-issued on different labels and/or under different spine codes (the numbers on the "spine," or side, of the CD case).  Our preferred e-tailer www.arkivmusic.com has also re-released many older recordings on its own label.  Good luck tracking down your favorite recordings.  Oh, and before you ask, NO, we cannot provide copies of the music you hear on WBACH.  That would be illegal and we don't want to go there!!
 
CD Labels
 
Our playlists (and database) use a code of two to five letters to represent each record label.  Here is a glossary of the major labels (some of these no longer exist or have been merged with others):
 
ARC = Archiv Produktion (spelling IS correct.....subsidiary label under Deutsche Grammophon)        
ANLK = Analekta Records (a label from Quebec)
ANG = Angel (often used interchangeably with EMI, its parent)
AR = Ancalagon Records (violinist Lara St. John’s own label)
ASV = Academy Sound and Vision
BIS = BIS Records (Swedish label)
BMG = Bertelsmann Music Group, or simply BMG
CAPR = Capriccio
CBS = CBS
CENT = Centaur
CHAN = Chandos
CPO = German label,  known in the industry simply as "CPO"
DELO = Delos
DEN = Denon
DGG = Deutsche Grammophon (often known simply as DG)
EMI = EMI Group (often used interchangeably with Angel, its classical label)
ERATO = Erato (a French label)
ETC = Etcetera Records (a Dutch label)
HM = Harmonia Mundi
KOCH = Koch International
KOSS = Koss (the headphone people....don't confuse with KOCH)
LON = London
NAXO = Naxos
NIMB = Nimbus
O-L = L'oiseau Lyre
ONYX = Onyx Classics
PHI = Philips
RCA = RCA (there may be sub-labels such as Red Seal, Victor, etc.)
SONY = Sony and its various sub-labels
TELA = Telarc (not to be confused with TELDec)
TELD = Teldec (do not confuse with the more popular TELArc)
UNI = Unicorn-Kanchana
VIRG = Virgin Classics
WCRB = From the private recording collection of Boston station WCRB, with which WBACH was co-owned for several years.  These are in-house productions, not available for commercial sale.