Latest additions
September 24, 2023: Scans have been added for Philips P 632 070 L, a jazz album by John Coltrane
September 22, 2023: Scans have been added for six mini 78rpm records
September 22, 2023: Scans have been added for Philips A 00111 R, presumably the first 10 inch album made by Philips
September 18, 2023: Scans have been added for Philips A 00133 L, an early classical album (Beethoven)
September 18, 2023: Scans have been added for Philips A 01114 L, a classical 12 inch album (Ravel)
September 16, 2023: Scans have been added for Philips N 77.312 L, a jazz album by Kenny Clarke
(check the recent posts for details and more)

About this website

This website is dedicated to the Philips label and more specifically to the Minigroove issues (1951-early 1960’s). It’s meant to be a gallery in the first place, showing the covers and labels of the singles and albums that I own. I have no intention to offer a complete discography but I will continue to add artwork and information to the website. This website can best be visited on a laptop or desktop computer!

I was drawn to the Philips label by the Vinyl!-Exhibition in the Philips museum (Eindhoven, the Netherlands). At the exhibition, I bought a book written by Leo Boudewijns, a former label executive, and read about the pioneering years of the label, the designers involved, etc. The book, like the exhibition, also showed loads of album covers, many of which had a charming, ‘retro’ beauty. I was impressed, so I decided to look around in (online) record stores and thrift stores. The result was that I built me a small collection of these ‘Minigrooves’ and then I launched this website.

The Philips museum in Eindhoven

Use the menu’s on top to find your way through genres and artwork (blue release numbers are linked to pages with images) or to read about general things worth knowing (‘Minigroove’ menu). The ‘news’ menu, like ‘recent posts’ at the right, show the most recent activities on the website. You can send me a message through the contact page; to say hello or if you have anything to add or to correct.

Robert
October 2019

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