KINGSWAY MUSIC
RECORDS
Independent label: Kingsway Music Records was a
Contemporary Christian music label, based in Eastbourne. From 1973 to 1979
the Kingsway Music company released records on its 'Dove' label, but in 1979 the
name of the label was changed to Kingsway Music. The 'sky' design was
retained but the catalogue numbers switched from the DS-7000s to the
KMS-900s. The First single was 'Song Of The Last Generation' by
Ishmael United (5-NIL; 5/79). Early KMS-prefixed singles had a picture of the
artist on the 'A' side and all the credits on the 'B', but from KMS-905 onwards
they had a more usual layout. The KMS-900 series was itself replaced by a
KINGSWAY-0 one in 1982, at which point there was also a change of label
design. The vast majority of records on the Kingsway Music label were
albums, but the company appears to have released at least a dozen
singles. Some of these sound as though they are fairly standard Christian
fare, but there are reports of Christian Punk and New Wave singles, such as 'Out
On The Streets', by the Bill Mason Band (KMS-903; 9/79), 'Rebel', by the Reps
(KMS-910; 1980), and 'Modern Man', by Thruaglass Darkly (KMS-909; 1980).
Punk Rock and Christianity make unusual bedfellows; but then, life is full of
surprises. Kingsway Music handled its own distribution, and is still
flourishing today. Distributed By Kingsway Music Records. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 |
Adrian Snell |
That'S Me In The
Corner |
KINGSWAY
MUSIC |
DS |
7001 |
| 79 |
Ishmael
United |
Song Of The Last
Generation |
KINGSWAY
MUSIC |
NIL |
5 |
| 79 |
Steve Goddard |
Maybe Lady |
KINGSWAY
MUSIC |
KMS |
901 |
| 79 |
John Pantry |
Nothing Is Impossible |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
902 |
| 79 |
Bill Mason Band |
Out On The Streets |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
903 |
| 79 |
Adrian Snell |
Images |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
904 |
| 79 |
Steve Flashman |
Hideout |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
905 |
| 79 |
Not Traced |
|
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
906 |
| 80 |
Phil
Potter |
Teach Me |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
907 |
| 80 |
Ishmael |
The Glories |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
908 |
| 80 |
Thruaglass Darkly |
Modern Man |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
909 |
| 80 |
Reps |
Rebel |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
910 |
| 81 |
Virtual Image |
The Age Of
Fire |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KMS |
911 |
| 82 |
Heartbeat |
Heartbeat |
KINGSWAY
MUSIC |
KINGSWAY |
1 |
| 82 |
Phil & John |
You Wouldn'T Let Me Go |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KINGSWAY |
2 |
| 82 |
Barratt
Norman |
Let Us Have Freedom |
KINGSWAY MUSIC |
KINGSWAY |
3 |
