REVIVAL
RECORDS
Independent label: Revival Records was a successor of
sorts to Andrew Cameron Miller's 'Reflection Records', set up by Ian Brown, a
director of that company. Miller left Reflection in mid 1971 but as part
of the deal became a major stockholder in Brown's new 'Revival' label. The
Revival label was intended to be Reflection's Blues outlet, and its first nine
releases were indeed Blues albums. Its focus seems to have shifted towards
the end, however, the tenth and apparently final LP being by Scottish band
Gaberlunzie, 'Freedom's Sword' (RVS-1010; 1974). Revival seems to have
managed just two singles during the four years of its existence.
'Mississippi Waters' by The Bridge (47.002; 1974) was a track from the Andwella
album 'People's People', which came out in 1971 on Reflection; the arranger and
producer on the single are different, however, so presumably it may be a
different version. The 'B' side of the single features a longer version of
the 'A' side; I'd be inclined to file them under 'Soul-tinged Rock'.
Pressing was by Lyntone, as the matrix number (LYN-2991) at the bottom of the
label indicates. 47.001 was 'Rosville 13' by a group called The Beggars
Purse, and that it came out in 1972. Another Revival label appeared in
1980; it was dedicated to reissues of old Rock 'n' Roll records and it issued
singles in a REV-6000 series. Distributed By Pye Records. Thanks to
Robert Lyons For The Info.
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The Beggar's
Purse
Beneath A Single
Banner
REVIVAL
47
001
74
Bridge
Mississippi Waters
REVIVAL
47
002