Collection name: Senate House Library Collection; Subjects: Classical Music; World, Folk & Traditional Music; Popular Music & Jazz; Mechanical Sounds; Drama & Literature; Documentary & News: There are over 12,000 sound recordings (mostly LPs) and approximately 100 hours of tape, covering Spoken word (poets reading their work), Western Classical art music, North American folk and jazz music, music from the Caribbean and Commonwealth and more recently performances from the Institute of Musical Research. Recordings date from 1920 to the present.; items: 2500 Shellac Disc, Lacquer Disc,10000 Vinyl Disc, 50 Open Reel Tape, 100 Compact Cassette, Dozen DVDs of live performances. Please note: ALL of these figures provided are approximate.