diff --git a/src/Onda.jl b/src/Onda.jl
index 81c3c74..6b4f648 100644
--- a/src/Onda.jl
+++ b/src/Onda.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module Onda
 
-using Compat: @compat
+using Compat: @compat, allequal
 using UUIDs, Dates, Random, Mmap
 using Compat, Legolas, TimeSpans, Arrow, Tables, TranscodingStreams, CodecZstd
 using Legolas: @schema, @version, write_full_path
diff --git a/src/deprecations.jl b/src/deprecations.jl
index b71111f..9c691fc 100644
--- a/src/deprecations.jl
+++ b/src/deprecations.jl
@@ -94,3 +94,15 @@ function upgrade(from::SignalV1, ::SignalV2SchemaVersion)
                     from.channels, from.sample_unit, from.sample_resolution_in_unit,
                     from.sample_offset_in_unit, from.sample_type, from.sample_rate)
 end
+
+# Not quite a deprecation, but we will backport `record_merge` for our own purposes
+if pkgversion(Legolas) < v"0.5.18"
+    function record_merge(record::Legolas.AbstractRecord; fields_to_merge...)
+        # Avoid using `typeof(record)` as can cause constructor failures with parameterized 
+        # record types.
+        R = Legolas.record_type(Legolas.schema_version_from_record(record))
+        return R(Tables.rowmerge(record; fields_to_merge...))
+    end
+else
+    using Legolas: record_merge
+end
diff --git a/src/samples.jl b/src/samples.jl
index f24e826..00b4e2c 100644
--- a/src/samples.jl
+++ b/src/samples.jl
@@ -186,6 +186,35 @@ function _column_arguments(samples::Samples, x)
     return _indices_fallback(_column_arguments, samples, x)
 end
 
+#####
+##### operations
+#####
+
+# Ensure we don't match `vcat()` since that would be piracy
+function Base.vcat(first_samples::Samples, more_samples::Samples...)
+    samples = (first_samples, more_samples...)
+    for field in setdiff(fieldnames(SamplesInfoV2), [:channels])
+        if !allequal(getfield(s.info, field) for s in samples)
+            throw(ArgumentError("Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `$field`. Got values: $([getfield(s.info, field) for s in samples])"))
+        end
+    end
+    if !allequal(duration(s) for s in samples)
+        throw(ArgumentError("Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same duration. Got values: $([duration(s) for s in samples])"))
+    end
+    if !allequal((s.encoded for s in samples))
+        throw(ArgumentError("Cannot `vcat` samples objects which are not all encoded or all decoded. Got encoding values: $([s.encoded for s in samples])"))
+    end
+    all_channels = collect(Iterators.flatten(s.info.channels for s in samples))
+    if !allunique(all_channels)
+        throw(ArgumentError("Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not have unique channel names. Got channel names: $(all_channels)"))
+    end
+    # We checked all fields match except `channels`, so we can start with the first one and update the channels
+    # (we also know `samples` is non-empty by the signature)
+    info = record_merge(first(samples).info; channels=all_channels)
+    data = vcat((s.data for s in samples)...)
+    return Samples(data, info, first(samples).encoded)
+end
+
 #####
 ##### encoding utilities
 #####
diff --git a/test/samples.jl b/test/samples.jl
index 935bf07..b432f3e 100644
--- a/test/samples.jl
+++ b/test/samples.jl
@@ -247,6 +247,65 @@ end
     @test hash(samples) == hash(samples2)
 end
 
+@testset "Base.vcat" begin
+    info = SamplesInfoV2(sensor_type="eeg",
+                            channels=["a", "b", "c"],
+                            sample_unit="unit",
+                            sample_resolution_in_unit=1.0,
+                            sample_offset_in_unit=0.0,
+                            sample_type=Float32,
+                            sample_rate=100.0)
+
+    for encoded in (true, false)
+        samples1 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), info, encoded)
+
+        # Note: `record_merge` is defined in newer Legolas versions, but for the purposes of backwards compatibility
+        # with old Arrow versions, we've backported for internal use in Onda.
+        info2 = Onda.record_merge(info; channels = ["d", "e", "f"])
+        samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info2), 3, 100), info2, encoded)
+
+        samples12 = vcat(samples1, samples2)
+        @test samples12.data[1:3, :] == samples1.data
+        @test samples12.data[4:6, :] == samples2.data
+        @test samples12.info.channels == map(string, 'a':'f')
+    end
+
+    samples1 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), info, true)
+    info2 = Onda.record_merge(info; channels = ["d", "e", "f"])
+
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not have unique channel names. Got channel names: ["a", "b", "c", "a", "b", "c"]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples1)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sample_rate = 10), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sample_rate`. Got values: [100.0, 10.0]")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(Float64, 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sample_type = Float64), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sample_type`. Got values: ["float32", "float64"]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sensor_type = "eeg2"), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sensor_type`. Got values: ["eeg", "eeg2"]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sample_unit = "unit2"), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sample_unit`. Got values: ["unit", "unit2"]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sample_resolution_in_unit = 5), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sample_resolution_in_unit`. Got values: [1.0, 5.0]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), Onda.record_merge(info2; sample_offset_in_unit = 5), true)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which do not all have the same `sample_offset_in_unit`. Got values: [0.0, 5.0]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+
+    samples2 = Samples(rand(sample_type(info), 3, 100), info2, false)
+    err = ArgumentError("""Cannot `vcat` samples objects which are not all encoded or all decoded. Got encoding values: Bool[1, 0]""")
+    @test_throws err vcat(samples1, samples2)
+end
+
+
 @testset "Samples views" begin
 
     info = SamplesInfoV2(sensor_type="eeg",