Talk:The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music

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"Annual"[edit]

Is the Penguin Guide being published annually nowadays? Varlaam (talk) 09:45, 21 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Edition History[edit]

I've scowered the web and this is what I've found (from various websites). Not sure if this can be included though without decent references:

The Stereo Record Guide (1960)
The Penguin Guide to Bargain Records (1966)
The Second Penguin Guide to Bargain Records (1970)
The Third Penguin Guide to Bargain Records (1972)
The Complete Penguin Stereo Record and Cassette Guide (1984, yellow border)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs, Cassettes and LPs (1986)
The New Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes (about 1988, pink border, 1390 pages)
The New Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes Yearbook 1989 (blue cover)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes Yearbook 1991/2
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettes New Edition (1994)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs (26-Sept-1996, Yellow & Gold color, 1600 pages)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs Yearbook 1887/8 (black and red cover)
The Penguin Guide to Bargain Compact Discs (1999)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 1999/2000 (7-Oct-1999, black & multicolored cover, 1664 pages)
The Penguin guide to Compact Discs Yearbook 2000/1
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs 2002 Edition (purple cover)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook 2002/3 (grey cover)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2003/4 Edition (4-Sept-2003, dark cover, 1586 pages)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook 2004/5 (7-Oct-2004, slate-blue cover, 746 pages)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs 2005/6 Edition (3-Jan-2006, blue & grey cover, 1616 pages)
The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook 2006/07 Edition (blue cover)
The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2008 (white cover) on CD, DVD, SACD
The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2009 (yellow cover) on CD, DVD, SACD
The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music 2010 (blue cover) on CD, DVD, SACD
The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings: The Must-Have CDs and DVDs (29-Sep-2011, white cover)
The Penguin Guide to the 1000 Finest Classical Recordings: The Must-Have CDs and DVDs (27-Sep-2012, dark cover)

SurreyJohn (talk) 00:33, 16 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That is a very good list. I have most of the main editions (minus yearbooks and bargains). The true 2009 edition was missing in the text and its reference was wrongly assigned to 2010. I have corrected this. Dinara2015 (talk) 00:08, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]