New Zealand music label company in Wellington in 1984-1985 specialising in recording original experimental or improvisational music. Often used premises at 30 Arthur Street, Te Aro, Wellington, for rehearsals and recordings.
Braille Records
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Braille Collective Oral History Project
Date: 2014-2015
By: The Sound and Light Exploration Society; Beban, Daniel, 1977-
Reference: OHColl-1239
Description: The collection contains interviews with eight members of The Braille Collective, a Wellington-based collective formed circa 1980 by musicians performing and recording experimental music. Interviewees are Gerard Crewdson, Anthony Donaldson, David Donaldson, Neill Duncan, David Long, Stuart Porter, Steve Roche, and Janet Roddick. Project received Award in Oral History funding from Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage in 2014. Title supplied by Library. The Library also holds The Braille Collective: Sound recordings (MS-Group-2157), and various pieces of ephemera (Eph-B-PHONO-Braille, Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1985-13, Eph-D-PHONO-1984-06, Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1987-05, Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1988-01, WMC-001, WMC-194). Quantity: 8 Interview(s). 13 digital sound recording(s). 18 Electronic document(s).
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Braille Records presents four nights of new and improvised music, at the Cricketers [23...
Date: 1985
From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1985].
By: Braille Records
Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1985-13
Description: Poster shows an illustration of a long bending snake or tube. At lower right a dog reacts to the sound coming from the trumpet of a record player. The Braille Records fingerprint logo is at top left, and a dancing frog at centre right. The bands performing were: Monday 23rd: Rabbit Lock, Motto Tuesday 24th: The F Holes, Black Sheep Wednesday 25th: Jungle Suite, Family Mallet Thursday 26th: Sparkys Magic baton, 4 Volts Physical Description: Screen print, 455 x 320 mm.
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Primitive Art Group :Five Tread Drop Down. Double album on Braille Records. OUT. 33 1/3...
Date: 1984
From: Various artists :[Posters advertising sound and phonographic recordings made in 1984].
By: Braille Records
Reference: Eph-D-PHONO-1984-06
Description: Shows a semi-abstract illustration of five bands members performing. Their drum kit is labelled "The Dave Clark Five". Exhibited in 'Wellingtonzone: 50 years of popular music' exhibition curated by Clark Stiles and Rhonda Grantham at the Turnbull Room, National Library of New Zealand, 27 June - 6 October 2002. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 760 x 510 mm. Provenance: Acquired in 1984.
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Braille Records: [Ephemera, advertising and sales catalogues of quarto size. 1980s]
Date: 1985
Reference: Eph-B-PHONO-Braille
Description: Includes flier from August 1985, advertising the three albums already released, and announcing "Jungle Suite" to be released in September 1985 Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Offset prints and mimeographs, sizes varying around 300 mm.
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Artist unknown: $3 here. Neil Jones, Bill Direen, Sparkys Magic Baton. Clyde Quay, 8 pm...
Date: 1985
From: Various artists :[Posters advertising performances by popular music groups, singers, musicians, and rock bands performing in New Zealand in 1985].
Reference: Eph-C-MUSIC-Popular-1985-11
Description: Poster for a music gig at Clyde Quay shows at top right a vampirsih man with sharpened teeth and hair on end. It also shows at centre left, text advertising "South Indies" including the Builders, Three Farces, Braille good guys, and Christchurch bands. Extreme top right shows a fragment of text about the films "Mr Wrong" by Gaylene Preston, and "Came a hot Friday". Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, 420 x 297 mm.
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Braille Records :Braille Records presents Six Volts, group with a 1,000 moods. "Origina...
Date: 1988
By: Braille Records
Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1988-01
Description: A montage of photographic images, of a skeleton, a sailing ship, the waterfront below St Gerard's Monastery Wellington, and a group photograph of six people, probably the members of the band. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 580 x 420 mm.
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[Music recorded for Braille Records LP]
Date: 1 Nov 1986
From: Hull-Brown, Ian Norman: Collection
Reference: MST7-0916
Description: Recording of music for client Braille Records Place of recording - Place of recording Frontier Recording, Wellington Other Titles - When you play Other Titles - Waltz Other Titles - Grease lightening Other Titles - The hero returns (departs) Quantity: 1 7" reel(s). 14.45 Minutes and seconds Duration. Physical Description: stereo
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The famous Four Volts. Braille Records. Let us do your playing for you. Cricketers, Wed...
Date: 1987
Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-Popular-1987-05
Description: Shows an illustration with a central photograph of a group of four, inside a multicoloured proscenium frame decorated with sphinxes and mermaid and merman. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Photolithograph 595 x 420 mm.