GROVE MUSIC
RECORDS

Independent Reggae label: Grove Music Records was run by King Sounds and Mikey Campbell from premises in Harrow Road, London W.10.  Grove Music kicked off in 1977 with GM-001 and reached GM-13 in 1978, after which point it seems to have concentrated on 12" releases.  in 1977 the company had signed a long-term pressing and distribution deal with Island Records.  It appears to have formed closer ties with Island by 1980 as its singles started sharing Island's main WIP-6000 numerical series.  Most were on the standard Island label with a Grove Music logo added, but at least one was on an actual Grove Music label - albeit one with a different label design to the '70s one. Grove Music had a Jamaican counterpart. Distributed By Island Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

77	King Sounds	Rock And Roll Lullaby	GROVE MUSIC	GM	001
77	Sons Of Jah	Tell Them Jah Son	GROVE MUSIC	GM	002
77	Ras Ibuna	Diverse Doctrine	GROVE MUSIC	GM	003
77	Brown Al	They'Re Gonna Find Out	GROVE MUSIC	GM	004
77	Jackson Vivian	I Love You	GROVE MUSIC	GM	005
77	Mccook Tommy & Bobby Ellis	Blazing	GROVE MUSIC	GM	006
78	Trinity	Jesus Dread	GROVE MUSIC	GM	007
78	Mowatt Judy	Black Woman	GROVE MUSIC	GM	008
78	Brimstone	Final Judgement	GROVE MUSIC	GM	009
78	Michael Prophet	Fight To The Top	GROVE MUSIC	GM	010
78	Brown Glenmore	Father For The Living	GROVE MUSIC	GM	011
78	Glen Roy Richards	Wicked Can't Run Away	GROVE MUSIC	GM	012
78	King Sounds	To The Other Man	GROVE MUSIC	GM	013
78	Brown Glenmore	All Have The Right To Live	GROVE MUSIC	GM	014

 

80	Aswad	Warrior Charge	GROVE MUSIC	WIP	6646
80	Aswad	Babylon	GROVE MUSIC	WIP	6693
82	Mowatt Judy	Joseph	GROVE MUSIC	WIP	6792
82	Tuff Tony	You´Ll Never Find	GROVE MUSIC	WIP	6807