The company is divided into two distinct sections. The Dutton Laboratories label came first in 1993. It initially gained recognition for its highly acclaimed series of CDs featuring transfers of historic classical music performances that originally appeared on 78-rpm shellac discs. In 1999 the Dutton Epoch series was born, dedicated to championing the unrecorded music of twentieth century British classical composers such as Arnold Bax, York Bowen and Granville Bantock in world-class modern digital recordings. Dutton Epoch releases feature some of Britain's finest orchestras, conductors and soloists.

Vocalion came into being in 1997 and is where our CDs featuring light music, big bands/dance bands, jazz, easy listening, vocalists and 1950s/'60s pop can be found. Vocalion first made its name with a celebrated and ongoing series of CDs featuring the recordings of famous 1930s and '40s British dance bands, including those led by Ambrose, Geraldo, Oscar Rabin and Maurice Winnick. These CDs are generally regarded as being the finest digital transfers of this material. Later we expanded into re-issuing choice music from the Vinyl LP's golden era of the 1950s to the late '70s. Our '2 LPs on 1 CD' CDLK series launched in 2000, alongside later Vocalion series such as CDLF and CDSML, feature the best recordings of a diverse array of artistes. These range from orchestra leaders such as Robert Farnon, Mantovani and Stanley Black to singers including Lita Roza and Anthony Newley; from '50s/'60s rock 'n' roll stars Lord Rockingham and Terry Dene right through to modern British jazz musicians and composers like Michael Garrick, John Surman and Alan Skidmore.

The CDSA series, home to Vocalion's critically acclaimed modern digital recordings, was started in 2000. The artistes who record for us are among the UK's brightest talents in the fields of orchestral light music and jazz. They include the fabulous John Wilson and His Orchestra, singers Gary Williams and Lance Ellington, the big band of drummer Pete Cater, and the Best of British Jazz, which includes in its ranks the late trombonist Don Lusher OBE.

At Dutton Vocalion we love what we do and one very important factor - quality - unites everything we produce. We are renowned for the exquisite sound featured on our CDs, and Dutton Vocalion's recording engineer and re-mastering genius Michael J. Dutton is recognised within the music industry as being one of the very best in his profession. Please take the time to browse thoroughly our website. We believe a finer, wider and more competitively priced catalogue of CDs is nigh on impossible to find.