Old Gold: 25 records that have passed through the crate

The story of Old Gold

Old Gold was a British house dedicated to one thing: reissuing hits. It licensed original recordings from other labels and put them back out on single, often with two known tracks per side. It was active from the late seventies to the late nineties.

It is not a scene label or a sound label; it is a catalogue label. Which is why it turns up in a crate like ours with a repertoire that looks nothing like the rest: soul, pop, new wave, disco and ska living under the same imprint.

The OG prefix

Every reference runs on OG and four figures (OG 4006, OG 4081), and the number grows fairly neatly with the years. The twenty-five that have passed through here are between 1986 and 1997.

One thing to watch when buying: being reissues, the year on the record is not the year of the recording. An OG from 1988 can hold a track from 1979.

The record to start with

How Old Gold sounds in our crate

25 different releases on Old Gold have passed through beatdo, 29 copies counting duplicates, pressed between 1986 and 1997.

What comes up most often, in this order: Pop Rock, Indie Rock, and Synth-pop.

Nothing is left in the crate right now, but the listings stay published with their condition, their year and their catalogue number.

How to recognise a Old Gold release

The catalogue numbers we have seen follow the pattern OG. It is the first thing to check on the centre label when a record comes with no sleeve, which in this repertoire is the norm.

The archive: 25 releases on Old Gold