PVK
RECORDS

Independent label: PVK Records took its name from the initials of its owner, Peter Vernon-Kell.  It started out in 1976, with a brown label, and was manufactured and distributed by Pye at that point. The arrangement with Pye was a brief one, and before long PVK joined the President stable, with distribution being by independent distributors Lugton and H. R. Taylor. President would 'continue to distribute' PVK records, so perhaps President and the independents served different retailers.  More switches of manufacturer and distributor followed.  A short stint with WEA in 1978 was accompanied by a change of label from the original brown-and-cream to a new design in green-and-yellow; PVK signed a licensing agreement with Creole Records in the autumn of that year and saw the decade out with that company.  Manufacture and distribution during the Creole period were by CBS, as they were for Creole's own records at that time.  The green-and-yellow label remained basically the same but the text around the perimeter changed, the WEA 'W' at two o'clock being replaced by a Creole logo at one o'clock.  The first company sleeve belongs to the WEA period, the second to the Creole.  Initially numbering was in a PVK-000 series; this appears to have changed to PV-00 at the time of the move to WEA.  PVK kept going until at least the mid '80s, but despite having artists of the quality of guitarists Peter Green and Gordon Giltrap on its books it never troubled the compilers of the Singles Chart. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

76	Lloyd Ryans Express	Kendo'S Theme	PVK	PVK	001
76	Uncle Tone & His Magic Sax	Sleigh Ride	PVK	PVK	002
77	Reed Herb & Original Platters	Can'T Help Falling In Love	PVK	PVK	003
77	Lloyd Ryans Express	Hammer Head	PVK	PVK	004
77	Singing Postman	Fertilising Liza	PVK	PVK	005
77	Domino Mike	Under The Sun	PVK	PVK	006
77	Reed Herb	What'S Your Name What'S Your Number	PVK	PVK	007
77	Starr Freddy	Think It Over	PVK	PVK	008
77	Reed Herb & Sweet River	Juke Bob Girl	PVK	PVK	009
78	White Plains	Dance With You	PVK	PVK	010
78	Not Traced		PVK	PVK	011
78	Green Peter	Promised Land	PVK	PVK	012
78	Not Traced		PVK	PVK	013
78	Reed Herb & Sweet River	Next Best Thing	PVK	PVK	014

  

78	Starr Freddie	Halfway To Paradise	PVK	PV	015
78	Green Peter	Apostle	PVK	PV	016
78	Reed Herb &	Try It On	PVK	PV	17
78	Hamburger Chris	Hacienda	PVK	PV	18
78	White Plains	Wanna Fall In Love	PVK	PV	19
79	Reed Herb &	One More Minute	PVK	PV	20
79	Romanos Carlos	1-2-1-	PVK	PV	21
79	Leno Sam	Love	PVK	PV	22
79	Reed Herb &	Hung Up Over You	PVK	PV	23
79	Green Peter	In The Skies	PVK	PV	24
79	Panama	Woman Behind A Man	PVK	PV	25
79	Romanos Carlos	Are You Ready	PVK	PV	26
79	Gringo	By Surprise Again	PVK	PV	27
79	Shack Band	Sir Lancelot	PVK	PV	28
79	Gringo	Home At Last	PVK	PV	29
79	Nightmare	Great Balls Of Fire	PVK	PV	30
79	Brownhills Co-Op	Jerusalem	PVK	PV	31
79	Gair Robin	Why Do We Have To Wait Til Christmas	PVK	PV	32
80	Skinny Kid Band	Morning Star	PVK	PV	33
80	Reed Herb &	Everybody Get Together	PVK	PV	34
80	Romanos Carlos	Take My Hat Off	PVK	PV	35
80	Green Peter	Walking In The Road	PVK	PV	36
80	Nightmare	Evolution	PVK	PV	37
80	Newman Richard	Juvenile City	PVK	PV	38
80	Byfield Ziggy	Running	PVK	PV	39
80	Duffo	After The Subsequent	PVK	PV	40
80	Green Peter	Loser Two Times	PVK	PV	41
80	Winter'S Chris Shout	Oosta Be A Parrot	PVK	PV	42
80	Byfield Ziggy	Gonna Ring Your Bell	PVK	PV	43

  

81	Giltrap Gordon	Magpie Rag	PVK	PV	101
81	Edit Point	Bright Side	PVK	PV	102
81	Green Peter	Give Me Back My Freedom	PVK	PV	103
81	Duffo	Walk On The Wild Side	PVK	PV	104
81	Giltrap Gordon	Chi Mai	PVK	PV	105
81	Chubby Checker	4 From Chubby	PVK	PV	106E
81	Beryl Marsden	I Video	PVK	PV	107
81	Winter'S Chris	Saturday Night	PVK	PV	108
81	Machin David	Ich Liebe Dicht	PVK	PV	109
81	Robinson Geoff	Take Me Back	PVK	PV	110
81	Giltrap Gordon	Hocus Pocus	PVK	PV	111
81	Green Peter	Promised Land	PVK	PV	112
81	London Male Welsh Choir	God Bless The Prince	PVK	PV	113
81	Indian Summer	Evensong / Radio On	PVK	PV	114
84	Penny Arcade	I Do Love You	PVK	PV	115
84	Gordon Giltrap	Sunburst	PVK	PV	116
84	Duffo (Uk Glam-Pop)	I Want To Be A Pilot/Falling Out Of The Sky	PVK	PV	117
84	Penny Arcade	Radio Station	PVK	PV	118
84	Nightmare	I Wanna Be Shot / Ruth Ellis	PVK	PV	119
84	Emmitt Till	New York Jets	PVK	PV	120
84	Chromatics	99	PVK	PV	121
85	Till Emmitt	American Police	PVK	PV	122
85	Hush	Singin' The Blues	PVK	PV	123
85	Wot Zat	Read Betwwen The Lines	PVK	PV	124