Record Collection

The Corporate Archive owns a one-of-a-kind library of German and international music history after World War II, with nearly 40,000 records (LPs) from five decades.

The Collection

By presenting the “Vinyl Collection”  the Bertelsmann Corporate Archive is making parts of its vast record collection accessible to the general public for the first time. This collection provides a unique documentation of the music history of the Bertelsmann Clubs, which distributed an important and popular record program for their members between 1956 and 1992.