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The Collection explores some of the world's most exciting record collections.

The Collection explores some of the world's most exciting record collections, sharing the infinite stories that spring from the music within them.

The Collection explores some of the world's largest and most exciting record collections, picking out the best of the best tracks, and sharing the infinite stories that spring from those discoveries.

The Collection: BBC Vaults: Afrodeutsche and Errollyn Wallen

Afrodeutsche and Errollyn Wallen

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Ella Fitzgerald, Nadia Cattouse and Stravinsky: take a deep dive into the BBC archive.

Ella Fitzgerald, Nadia Cattouse and Stravinsky: take a deep dive into the BBC's music archive with composer Errollyn Wallen, 6 Music's Afrodeutsche and library manager Oscar Paul.

BBC 6 Music’s Afrodeutsche is joined by composer and friend Errollyn Wallen to explore the vast vaults of the BBC archive centre – home to hundreds of thousands of records, including rare gems no longer commercially available.

They’re guided through a specially curated listening selection by grams library manager Oscar Paul – starting with jazz great Ella Fitzgerald (including one of her earliest ever vocal credits in 1935). 

Also featuring the music of Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, Belizian singer-songwriter Nadia Cattouse, and her contemporary – black British folk artist Dorris Henderson.

Producer: Becca Bryers
Editor: James Cook

With thanks to the collections and teams across BBC Archives Technology and Services

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