{"id":5575,"date":"2015-01-06T12:43:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-06T12:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/?p=5575"},"modified":"2017-11-16T20:32:09","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T20:32:09","slug":"catalogueofleicestermusic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/catalogueofleicestermusic\/","title":{"rendered":"CatalogueofLeicesterMusic"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Tuesday 6th January 2015<\/p>\n

The Catalogue of Leicester Music<\/h1>\n

Work started today to create a catalogue of recorded music released by bands, singers and other artists based in Leicester and Leicestershire.<\/p>\n

The catalogue covers any kind of recorded music that was made by a music act or released by a record label.\u00a0 It covers all periods of time and all types of music.\u00a0 The only limiting factors are that it is concerned with recorded music and that the artist who recorded the work must be or have been based in Leicester or Leicestershire at the time.<\/p>\n

The project came about when music journalist Trevor Locke wanted to organise his collection of CDs. He had several hundred disks in his collection and wanted to find a way of listing them so he could find the one for which he was looking.<\/p>\n

Trevor Locke said “Making lists is second nature to me.\u00a0 Years ago I made a card index of all the tracks I had in my collection of cassette tapes.\u00a0 So, it occurred to me that making a catalogue of all my CDs from Leicester bands and singers would be a good thing to do.”<\/p>\n

Initially the catalogue will list CDs – singles, EPs and albums. Digital recordings will be added to the collection – both those available to listen to online or those that can be downloaded from websites.<\/p>\n

The catalogue will include the CDs themselves and also song titles of each of the tracks on them.\u00a0 When enough work has been done on it, the catalogue will be published on the Music In Leicester website, so that anyone can obtain a copy of it.<\/p>\n

Trevor Locke already lists all known bands from Leicester and Leicestershire and the list is published and regularly updated on the Music in Leicester website.\u00a0 There are also lists for singers, rappers and music artists working in a variety of genres.<\/p>\n

Trevor Locke said “Leicester is an important place for music.\u00a0 As a journalist and historian I want to collect and list all known recordings by local artists and groups. It is very easy for this material to be lost so the catalogue will be of value to those who want to document, write about and discuss Leicester’s musical heritage.”<\/p>\n

Trevor Locke is currently working on a book about The History of Music in Leicester.\u00a0 Plans are also being made to produce a documentary film on the same subject. The film plans to collect together archive and contemporary footage of bands and artists, both videos, celluloid and recorded tracks. It is hoped that both the book and the film will appear later this year.<\/p>\n

Work on the preparation of the catalogue has already started and will continue throughout the year and beyond.\u00a0 It is hoped that people with cataloguing skills – such as librarians and information scientists – will offer to help with placing entries into the catalogue.<\/p>\n

We hope top provide an online form so that anyone can send in information they wish to add to the catalogue – come back to this page in a few days to find the link to it. In the mean time, send us any information by email<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See also<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Services available to Leicester bands<\/a><\/p>\n

This was published in the Leicester Mercury on 10th January 2015<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

About the catalogue of recorded music from Leicester<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":3955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[119,54,138],"tags":[171,154],"class_list":["post-5575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bands","category-gigs-music-home-page","category-history-of-leicester-music","tag-history","tag-archives"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/proper-MIL-loho-from-arj.jpg?fit=370%2C369&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73uhX-1rV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31607,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/city\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":0},"title":"Leicester’s Music","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"27\/02\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Our Music City. Leicester's music scene over the decades.","rel":"","context":"In "2026"","block_context":{"text":"2026","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2026\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7549.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7549.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7549.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_7549.jpg?fit=1000%2C667&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9637,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/music-history\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":1},"title":"History","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"19\/05\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Series on the history of music in Leicester","rel":"","context":"In "2015"","block_context":{"text":"2015","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/history-of-leicester-music\/the-year-2015\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"preacher and the bear band","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/preacherandthebear.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/preacherandthebear.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/preacherandthebear.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/preacherandthebear.jpg?fit=800%2C600&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14528,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/listening-post-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":2},"title":"Records review May 2018","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"11\/05\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"record reviews may 2018","rel":"","context":"In "2018"","block_context":{"text":"2018","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2018\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Kevin-Hewick-promotional-poster-2017.jpg?fit=500%2C571&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15675,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/diesel-park-west-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":3},"title":"Review – Diesel Park West at the Musician, 22nd December 2018","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"28\/12\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Ferris and Diesel Park West at the Musician, December 2018","rel":"","context":"In "2018"","block_context":{"text":"2018","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2018\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Diesel-Park-West-2.jpg?fit=600%2C766&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Diesel-Park-West-2.jpg?fit=600%2C766&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Diesel-Park-West-2.jpg?fit=600%2C766&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15566,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/records2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":4},"title":"Listening post","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"16\/03\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Listening post record reviews December 2018","rel":"","context":"In "2018"","block_context":{"text":"2018","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2018\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/a3214314126_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/a3214314126_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/a3214314126_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/a3214314126_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/a3214314126_10.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":22180,"url":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/festivals2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":5575,"position":5},"title":"Festivals 2020","author":"Trevor Locke","date":"07\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"2020 Festivals in Leicester and Leicestershire","rel":"","context":"In "2020"","block_context":{"text":"2020","link":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/Music\/2020\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Lets-play-2016-outdoor-stage-by-KG.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Lets-play-2016-outdoor-stage-by-KG.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Lets-play-2016-outdoor-stage-by-KG.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5575"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13616,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5575\/revisions\/13616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicinleicester.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}