MUSIC AND LEARNING MATERIALS AVAILABLE FROM BABS

UK arrangers are encouraged to improve the supply and continuity of arrangements to sing and perform for all age groups. Published arrangements (currently standing at 18) by UK arrangers are available from Harmony Store. In addition, an 'unpublished' list of over 200 arrangements is available here for all members to supplement the extensive range available from the Society.

Sources and prices of sheet music - Finding the song you want
There are seven sources of sheet music available from BABS and through BABS from
the Barbershop Harmony Society (BHS) formerly known as SPEBSQSA.

1. BABS Millennium Music Publications
2. BABS Songbooks
3. BABS Unpublished Music
4. The Steve Hall Section (also unpublished)
5. Barbershop Harmony Society Published Music
6. The Barbershop Harmony Society Songbooks
7. Barbershop Harmony Society Unpublished Music

1. BABS Millennium published music.
This is the programme run by David Strachan and the review board of John Wiggins, Neil Watkins, Paul Davies and Bob Walker. They review arrangements submitted by BABS members and make selections for eventual publication. Note that all clubs receive one complementary copy of every piece published by BABS. The current list can be found here

Prices
£1.00 per copy for BABS members - £1.50 per copy for non-BABS members (one copy is sent and you are given permission to make the agreed number of photocopies. A printed label is supplied for this purpose) A 10 % discount is available for 10 or more copies.

2. BABS Published Songbooks
We currently have one songbook – “Songs for Special Occasions”. This contains 12 songs and is priced at £5.50 per copy including postage. (Non member’s price is £8.00)

3. BABS ‘unpublished’ music.
Music not used in the Millennium publication scheme and many other arrangements by BABS members are available for purchase. Note that a lot of this music is in hand written form and there are no guidelines as to the difficulty of the arrangement. A list can be found here

Prices
The cost of these needs to be calculated for each arrangement and will be a combination of
a) Copyright fees, b) Arrangers fee c) A per copy cost. To find out costs you will need to:
• Firstly decide which of the song(s) you are interested in.
• Check with George Badland to obtain the cost (if any) of the arrangers fee and make payment.
• Contact the owner of the copyright in the UK and ask for a licence to produce the appropriate number of copies. BABS does not have the resources to do this for you but you can find information in the “Guide to Copyright here”, also our specialists, George Badland, Rick Scott and Rod Adams may be able to assist you if you have problems.

Preview ‘unpublished’ music
BABS also offers a service for anyone wishing to review the unpublished music and the cost for this is £3.50 (£4.00 non members) for each arrangement up to a maximum of £10.00 (£15.00 non members) which is the charge for 5 arrangements. One copy will be provided and the price includes postage.
Each piece from the unpublished list will be supplied for review purposes only and will be accompanied by the following statement:
Review Copyright Notice (RCN)
“This music is strictly for review and is not to be copied or performed. If it is not needed, you are asked to return it to the BABS Music Publications Manager within 60 days. If you intend to keep, perform or disseminate it in any way, please inform the BABS Music Publications Manager who will advise how full copyright clearance can be obtained.”

4. Steve Hall Section (unpublished)
The late Steve Hall produced a large number of arrangements and they can be seen here. Costs and copyright issues for these are the same as the other unpublished arrangements from BABS.

5. BHS (Society) published music.
This is the music found in the music catalogue (the catalogue is available as a pdf file downloadable from the website here) and shows the degree of difficulty and whether teach tapes are available.

Prices
If ordering published music where the copyright is NOT owned by the Society through Mike Lofthouse, the price will be £1.15 per copy for BABS members - £1.70 per copy for non-BABS members.
The minimum number of copies is 4 but can be four different pieces.
A 10 % discount is available for 10 or more copies.
If ordering published music where the copyright IS owned by the society (this is not very common) then you can request permission to copy from a master. The order and payment should be sent to Mike Lofthouse who will confirm the relevant numbers to George Badland. He will send a copy of the music which has a label on it indicating the number of copies paid for.
This service costs £0.75 per copy for BABS members - £1.50 per copy for non-BABS members

Preview option
Note that there is also a preview option available for Society published music for BABS members. If you wish to view one or more arrangements, they can be ‘borrowed’ from the display set that is maintained by George Badland. The cost per arrangement is £0.50 with up to 10 pieces for £3.50
(£0.80 and £5.00 respectively for non members) This music must be returned to George in 30 days.

6. The Barbershop Harmony Society Published Songbooks
There are a number of songbooks available such as the Barberpole Cat series, various collations of well-known Barbershop songs through to Christmas Songs and a selection of Gospel arrangements. Prices vary so please check in the BABS price list.

7. BHS (Society) 'unpublished music' (used to be called the old songs library)
Details can be found in the second part of the catalogue or pdf file. Note that a lot of this music is in hand written form and there are no guidelines as to the difficulty of the arrangement. With the new rules on copyright that came into force in 2004, you can order through BABS one copy from the USA for preview (cost is around £6.00 for one copy due to process charge and postage).
If the worldwide copyright has been secured by the Society then you can pay a per copy price (check with BABS) to make the numbers you need and receive authorisation from the USA. If the WW copyright has NOT been obtained then you will have to seek permission and pay the copyright owner in the UK (or whatever country you will use the music in). BABS does not have the resources to do this for you but you can find information in the “Guide to Copyright - here ”, also our specialists, George Badland, Rick Scott and Rod Adams may be able to assist you if you have problems.

Contacts:
George Badland email click here
Rod Adams email click here

Prices:
These vary considerably and you may also have to pay an arranger’s fee.
You can find details on arranger’s fees on the BHS Web Site here.
Orders can be placed through Mike Lofthouse but it is best to check details with him first.

Music Learning Materials
One of the great things about Barbershop is the availability of audio learning materials for many of our published songs.
Teach tapes with individual voice parts predominant are available through BABS.
The costs are as follows:
Single Song per voice part members £3.50 non-members £4.50
Multi-song (e.g. songbook) teach tapes members £6.00 non members £8.00
Learning CD’s containing all 4 voice parts are available for many songs.
The costs are as follows
Learning CD single song with All four voice parts (as available) members £10.00
non members £12.50
Multi-song (e.g. songbook) learning CD’s members £15.00 non members £17.50

How to Order music and learning materials
Orders should be sent to Mike Lofthouse by post, email or fax.
They can also be placed by telephone. Contact details are as follows:
Address for mail
Mike Lofthouse
35 Casterbridge Road
Dorchester
Dorset DT1 2AH

Email click here
Telephone 01305 265374
Fax 08701302968

Methods of payment - the following can be used:

Cheque payable to BABS
Cheques should be sent to:
Mike Lofthouse
35 Casterbridge Road
Dorchester
DT1 2AH

Credit card or Debit card with details as follows :
Surname
First line of your address
Post code
Telephone number or email address
Card number
Expiry date
The 3 digit security number (on reverse of card on signature strip)
Issue number or Start Date (debit card)
The entry on your card statement will be WP- BABS