Collection name: King's Sound Archive; Subjects: Classical Music, World, Folk & Traditional Music, Popular Music & Jazz, Drama & Literature: The King's Sound Archive includes some 150,000 78rpm records, mostly UK issues, covering classical and popular releases from the c1900 to c1960. 145,000 discs were donated by the BBC Archives in 2001: the remainder have been donated by other institutions, individual collectors and their estates.; items: 150000 Shellac Disc, 10 Lacquer Disc,100 Vinyl Disc, 3 Metals