After two episodic appearances in 1957 (as a composer) and 1964 (works by Monteverdi), it was in 1966 that his recording career took off with Philips and the release of a disc of Toccatas, recorded in Berlin! After a few years with the Dutch label Festivo, for whom he recorded 7 vinyls, it was the turn of the North American label Dorian, with whom he published 15 volumes, including a complete Franck. From the mid-1990s and at the start of the new century, Jean Guillou recorded several CDs (including a complete Bach) again for the Universal group (Philips, Decca). The Augure label took over from him in 2008.