The full title of the series was UNESCO Collection of Traditional Music of the World.
Starting in 1961, the label, created in collaboration with Alain Daniélou, has recorded and issued recordings of traditional world music.
)[1][2][3] It was a pioneer in documenting authentic, traditional world music.
From the 1990s, titles were reissued by Naïve/Auvidis under new subcollections, as well as some new issues and compilations.
[4] Recently some titles have been reissued by Rounder Records.