SAINT VICTOIRE
RECORDS
Saint
Victoire Records was a DIY label. In the second
half of the Seventies members of the UK arm of Buddhist group Nichiren Shoshu
put out a couple of self-financed EPs on their own label. They don't
appear to have given their label a name, but as the first EP had a picture of a
mountain called Saint Victoire in the top half I'm using that as an identifier
for want of anything better. In addition to the Tom Beaumont track 'Rock
Opera 'Life'' shown in the scan, that EP offered 'Victory Mountain' by Dave
White, 'St. Victoire' by Barbara Cahill and 'Mountain Of Victory' by Bob Davis -
the names may well be those of the songwriters, as the group of singers on the
'B' side tracks and the second half of 'Life' seems to be the same. Its
matrix number, 775, may refer to the month and year of the opening of the
Nichiren Shoshu European Centre, which the songs were intended to
celebrate. The second EP, came out in 1978 and featured songs from a
musical called 'Altogether Now'. Its catalogue number was ALT-1000; it
contained another Tom Beaumont song, 'The Show's On Its Way', Howard Hill's 'Hey
Baby' and Brian Parrish's 'Together', along with a couple by Dawn Kish, 'Happy
Days' and 'Somebody Is You'. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
77 |
No Artist
Listed |
Songs Of
Celebration |
SAINT
VICTOIRE |
|
775 |
78 |
NSUK All
Stars |
All Together Now
|
SAINT
VICTOIRE |
ATN |
1000 |