GRAPEVINE RECORDS
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Style................NORTHERN SOUL/jazz / soul / funk / disco / r&b /
Grapevine was the brainchild of John Anderson , a Glasgow-born soul
collector exiled in Kings Lynn , Norfolk . John was the driving force
behind importers Soul Bowl , who introduced DJs and fans to 70s Northern
sounds . In 1977 , the two men founded the Grapevine label . One of
Anderson's keenest customers was influential Northern soul DJ Richard
Searling , who worked in RCA's promotions department in Manchester .
Searling persuaded his bosses that Grapevine could help them capitalise on
a brand of music impossible to create in-house and a meeting was arranged
in London's Wast End in January 1977 to finalise plans for the label.
So Grapevine found a distributor and manufacturer .
Grapevine was responsible for nearly 50 singles during its relatively short
lifespan from June 1977 until summer 1980 , plus three essential LPs which
combined some of those singles with exclusive and often unissued tracks .
What follows is a listning of all the Grapevine 7"s , with the recollection
of the label's founder , Anderson - who still runs Soul Bowl in Kings Lynn
today .
GRAPEVINE label listing : singles
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GRP 100 RICHARD"POPCORN"WYLIE : Rosemary What Happened Pt. 1 & 2 06.1977
GRP 101 THE SOUL TWINS Quick Change Artist/Gime The Man A Cahnce 06.1977
GRP 102 STANLEY WOODROOF & THE U.S. TRIO : What Took You So Long 06.1977
/ Now Is Forever
GRP 103 MILTON WRIGHT & TERRA SHIRMA STRINGS : I Belong To You 08.1977
/ The Gallop
GRP 104 FLAMING EMERALDS Have Some Everybody / (instr. version) 02.1978
GRP 105 KEANYA COLLINS Barnabus Collins-Love Bandit / I Call 02.1978
You Daddy
GRP 106 JUDY STREET What / You Turn Me On 03.1978
GRP 107 THE LOVELITES Get Him Off My Consclence . Oh , What 04.1978
A Day
GRP 108 RONNIE LOVE Let's Make Love / Nothing To It 05.1978
GRP 109 SMITH BROTHERS There Can Be A Better Way / Payback's 05.1978
A Drag
GRP 110 THE HAPPY CATS These Boots Are Made For Walkin'/Destroy 08.1978
That Boy
GRP 111 RAY GODFREY Come And Get These Memories / I'm The 09.1978
Other Half Of You
GRP 112 THE DEL-CAPRIS Hey Little Way Out Girl 03.1979
EULA COOPER Beggars Can't Be Choosey
(Note : picture sleeve)
GRP 113 THE CAPREEZ How To Make A Sad Man Glad / It's Good 09.1979
To Be Home Again
GRP 114 THE ELLINGTONS (I'm Not)Destined To Become A Loser 03.1979
MILLIONAIRES You've Got To Love You Baby
GRP 115 TONY MIDDLETON Paris Blues / Out Of This World 11.1978
GRP 116 SAM WILLIAMS Love Slipped 11.1978
TOWANDA BARNES You Don't Mean It\
GRP 117 JAMES BYNAM Time Passes By / Love You 04.1979
GRP 118 JIMMY BURNS I Really Love You / I Love You Girl 04.1979
GRP 119 EDDIE PARKER Love You Baby / (instrumental version) 05.1979
(Note : some with picture sleeve)
GRP 120 LARRY CLINTON She's Wanted In Three States/If I Knew 09.1979
GRP 121 CODY MICHAELS 7 Days - 52 Weeks 06.1979
VIRTUE ORCHESTRA Don't Look Back (instrumental)
GRP 122 THE TAMANGOE'S I Really Love You / You've Been So Long 06.1979
(Note : withdrawn)
GRP 123 FLAME'N'KING & BOLD ONES:Ho Happy Day / Ain't Nobody Jivin' 07.1979
GRP 124 BOBBY WELLS Be's Taht Way Sometimes/Recipe For Love 08.1979
GRP 125 BETTY BOO Say It Isn't So / (instrumental) 08.1979
GRP 126 THE THRILLS Show The World Where It's At / What Can 08.1979
Go Wrong
GRP 127 DELITES Lover / Tell Me Why 02.1980
GRP 128 MORRIS CHESTNUT Too Darn Soulfull / You Don't Love Me 11.1979
Anymore
GRP 129 THE PRECISIONS Such Misery / A Lovers Plea 09.1979
GRP 130 SEVENTH WONDER Captain Of My Ship / Pharaoh 02.1980
GRP 131 SOUL GENERATION Hold On / The Lonely Sea 11.1979
GRP 132 SAM & KITTY I've Got Something Good / Love Is The 05.1980
Greatest
GRP 133 CAROL ANDERSON Sad Girl / I'll Get Off At The Next Stop 10.1979
GRP 134 EDWARD HAMILTON & ARABIANS : Baby Don't You Weep / I'm Gonna 02.1980
Love You
GRP 135 LAURA GREENE Can't Help Loving Dat Man / It's A Good 11.1979
Day For A Parade
GRP 136 AL WILLIAMS I Am Nothing / Brand New Love 04.1980
GRP 137 RONNIE & ROBYN As Long As You Love Me / Sidra's Theme ?
(Note : unissued)
GRP 138 LESTER TIPTON This Won't Change 04.1980
MASQUERADERS How
GRP 139 BILLY HAMBRICK She Said Goodbye / I Found True Love 11.1979
GRP 140 BLACK NASTY Cut Your Motor Off / Keep On Stepping 05.1980
GRP 141 DENA BARNES If You Ever Walked Out Of My Life / 06.1980
Who Am I
GRP 142 THE AGENTS Trouble / The Love I Hold 12.1979
GRP 143 NABAY Believe It Or Not / (instrumental) 06.1980
GRP 144 NEW WANDERERS This Man In Love / Adam And Eve 11.1979
GRP 145 DUKE BROWNER Crying Over You / (instrumental) 11.1979
GRP 146 KADDO STRINGS Nothing But Love / Crying Over You 05.1980
GRP 147 ANTHONY RAYE Give Me One More Chance / Hold On To 06.1980
What You Got
Note : demos exist for all the above singles , which are worth around
50 % more than issue.
7" (RED) & 12" (REDC) singles
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RED.C 1 BRIMSTONE INGRAM What Happened To The Songs/(instr.) .1978
// Songs We Used To Sing
RED 2 unissued
RED.C 3 LEON'S SUNSHIPP Give Me The Sunshine/I'm Back For More .1979
GRAPEVINE albums
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GRAL 1000 V / A Talk To The Grapevine 05.1978
(Note : also cassette GRAK 1000)
GRAL 1001 V / A Sound Of The Grapevine 10.1979
GRAL 1002 V / A This Is Northern Soul 07.1980
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