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Chronological Classics was a French compact disc reissue label. The
original owner Gilles Pétard intended to release the complete master takes
of all jazz and swing artists that were issued on 78 rpm records. By the
time the label suspended operations in July 2008, its scope had extended
into the LP era.
Pétard also started a parallel label, R&B Classics, whose releases
follow on from the jazz listing, to reissue postwar rhythm & blues
recordings. An unaffiliated label, Neatworks, released alternate takes
and misidentified master takes of jazz artists previously issued on
Chronological Classics. In 1999, Chronological Classics also issued a CD
set that included tracks previously not available in the regular series,
and a bonus cd with corrected tracks from previous releases.