During the 1950s the LP really came into its own, and many of the early big sellers featured large light orchestras playing popular standards and works specially composed for films, radio and television. 78 and 45 rpm 'singles' were also very important, and the record industry as a whole offered a wealth of tuneful music that still appeals today. As each year passes, more of these treasures from the past fall into the public domain - long after the companies who made the original recordings have chosen to neglect them. Fortunately the finest examples from this fertile period can be made to sound even better today, thanks to great advances in digital sound restoration.

Artists

Joe 'Mr Piano' Henderson, Bernie Leighton, Sidney Bright, Stanley Black Orchestra, Augmented Hamburg Radio Orchestra, Charles Williams Concert Orchestra, Cyril Stapleton Orchestra, David Rose Orchestra, Dolf van der Linden Metropole Orchestra, Frank Chacksfield Orchestra, Frank Cordell Orchestra, Frank Perkins 'Pops' Orchestra, Geoff Love Orchestra, Geraldo New Concert Orchestra, Gordon Jenkins Orchestra, Laurie Johnson Orchestra, Leroy Anderson 'Pops' Concert Orchestra, Les Baxter Orchestra, Melachrino Orchestra, New Concert Orchestra, Percy Faith Orchestra, Philip Green Orchestra, Richard Hayman Orchestra, Robert Farnon Orchestra, Roger Roger Champs Elysees Orchestra, Wally Stott Orchestra, William Hill-Bowen Orchestra, Stanley Black, David Rose, Charles Williams, Dolf van der Linden, Leroy Anderson, Frank Chacksfield, Laurie Johnson, Cyril Stapleton, Frank Cordell, Frank Perkins, Geoff Love, George Melachrino, Geraldo New, Gordon Jenkins, Harry Hermann, Percy Faith, Philip Green, Richard Hayman, Robert Farnon, Roger Roger, Wally Stott, William Hill-Bowen