back catalog

noun

variants or back catalogue

: a collection of less recent works produced by a particular artist or group or owned by a particular company

If you've missed this remarkable guitarist or just want to own some of his back catalog on CD, Echoes is a flawlessly compiled record of a decade's worth of music.

—Parke Puterbaugh, Rolling Stone, 21 Jan. 1993

If there's a chip on my shoulder about being in a band for 24 years, it might be that you drag your entire back catalog with you with every record that you release.

—Michael Stipe, Spin, December 2004

Programming … will consist primarily of comedy and drama from the company's back catalogue and some acquisitions.

—Jeff Kaye, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Mar. 1995

Word History

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above

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