BnF collection sonore – Jazz & Blues

Music treasures from the vaults of the French National Library, digitized from original first edition vinyl pressings.

BnF collection sonore is a catalog of more than 200 000 original vinyl recordings made available on all streaming platforms. Having archived all albums ever published in France from 1949 to 1962, the French National Library (Bibliothèque nationale de France) holds one of the biggest vinyl collections in the world. Digitzed in high fidelity to preserve the sonic qualities of the original vinyl pressings, BnF collection sonore invites you to discover and rediscover mythical LPs, rare recordings forgotten to the world but also well known classics and landmarks of musical history.