Cathedral Recordings was initially based in Orpington, Kent, but by the mid '70s it had moved to Eton, Berkshire. It appears to have put its first records out in or around 1963. At first it was dedicated to Christian songs of a devotional nature, but from the mid '60s it concentrated on LPs of organ music by the likes of David Partick, Nicholas Kynaston and Flor Peeters; its 'Organ Masterworks' series. The vast majority of its 7" releases, such as the first three examples shown above, are from the earlier decade. It did however put out at least a couple of 7" record in the 1970s, thus earning for itself a place on this site. One was an EP entitled 'Eton Sings' by the Pupils and Orchestra of Eton School (CRL-1020), the picture sleeve of which states that the recording was made in July 1976; 'Music Master' gives a release date of October 1977, and says that distribution was by CRD - it may be that another distributor or none handled the EP prior to that date. The other was a nine-track EP by the Choir Of Popplewell School, Ascot, which had a catalogue number of PS-2 and came out in 1976. An initial intricate logo (1) seems to have been replaced by a simpler one (2) at an early stage. There were bascially two separate numerical series used for 7" records: CRSP-2000 for singles and and CRL-1000 for EPs. The Cathedral 7" records that I have managed to trace are listed below. The numbers CRL 1014 to 1019 may not have been used. Thanks to John Dumencic for discographical input.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.