Olive Grove Records
Olive Grove Records is an independent record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was established in 2010 by Halina Rifai and Lloyd Meredith, two Glasgow-based music bloggers.
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Olive Grove Records is an independent record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. The company was established in 2010 by Halina Rifai and Lloyd Meredith, two Glasgow-based music bloggers.
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• Name — Olive Grove Records • Founded — 2010 • Country — Scotland • Location — Glasgow • Url — olivegroverecords.com
History
History
Halina Rifai and Lloyd Meredith of the Podcart and Peenko music blogs co-founded the label in 2010. The label's name comes from the song "An Olive Grove Facing The Sea" by the band Snow Patrol. Their debut release was "Battleships & Kettle Chips" by Randolph's Leap in November 2010. Currently, the label is operated on a part-time basis under the direction of Lloyd Meredith.
The Archipelago EPs
The Archipelago EPs
In July 2018, it was announced the label had been awarded a Creative Scotland Open Project Funding grant to support the release of a series of EPs by up-and-coming Scottish-based artists with little or no studio experience. Launched in 2019, the 6-part series featured releases from Chrissy Barnacle, Pocket Knife, Moonsoup, Circle Meets Dot, Lux Canyon, and Jared Celosse.
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• Year — Title — Artist — Catalogue number — Release date • 2010 — Battleships & Kettle Chips — Randolph's Leap — OGR001 — 15/11/10 • Made For Life/Snowman — Esperi — OGR002 — 13/12/10 • 2011 — The Son(s) — The Son(s) — OGR003 — 07/03/11 • Yearlings — Pensioner — OGR004 — 02/05/11 • Counting Sheep / Deep Blue Sea — Randolph's Leap — OGR005 — 16/05/11 • The EP — Esperi — OGR006 — 04/08/11 • Germany — The Moth & The Mirror — OGR007 — 05/09/11 • Honestly, This World — The Moth & The Mirror — OGR008 — 10/10/11 • 2012 — Leviathan — The Son(s) — OGR009 — 07/05/12 • Ghosts We Must Carry — State Broadcasters — OGR0010 — 17/09/12 • Murmuration — Jo Mango — OGR0011 — 05/11/12 • Christmas EP — Jo Mango, The Son(s), Randolph's Leap and the State Broadcasters — OGR0012 — 07/12/12 • 2013 — End Game — Woodenbox — OGR0013 — 27/05/13 • Real Anymore — Randolph's Leap — OGR0014 — 06/09/13 • When We Lived in the Crook of a Tree — Jo Mango — OGR0015 — 02/12/13 • 2014 — The Winter Is White — Call To Mind — OGR0016 — 14/04/14 • Masks — Skinny Dipper — OGR0017 — 08/09/14 • Transformuration — Jo Mango — OGR0018 — 13/10/14 • The Things I Love Are Not At Home — The Son(s) — OGR0019 — 27/10/14 • 2015 — On The Forest Floor EP — Henry & Fleetwood — OGR0020 — 13/04/15 • Foreign Organ — Woodenbox — OGR0021 — 08/06/15 • Special Occasions — Ette — OGR0022 — 13/12/15 • 2016 — Wrack Lines — Jo Mango & Friends — OGR0023 — 15/01/16 • Cowardly Deeds — Randolph's Leap — OGR0024 — 20/05/16 • Homemade Lemonade — Ette — OGR0025 — 22/07/16 • Plastic Throne — The Royal Male — OGR0027 — 05/08/16 • It Is Something To Have Been EP — Jo Mango, The State Broadcasters, The Son(s) and Call To Mind — OGR0028 — 25/11/16 • 2017 — Ischaemia — Campfires in Winter — OGR0026 — 24/02/17 • A Different Past — State Broadcasters — OGR0029 — 24/03/17 • From Olive Us To Olive You — Various Artists — OGR0031 — 08/12/17 • 2018 — Four Cold Walls — Jared Celosse — OGR0030 — 30/03/18 • Impossible Stuff — Carla J. Easton — OGR0032 — 05/10/18 • Fish Song / Custard Cream — Pocket Knife — OGR0033 — 01/12/18
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- 1.Labels of love - Olive Grove Records. The List. 2011-02-16.
- 2.Executive, Iain Munro, Acting Chief. Nearly £1m support for cultural activity across Scotland.
- 3.Olive Grove Records Showcase: Chrissy Barnacle, Pocket Knife, Moonsoup, Circle Meets Dot and Jared Celosse. Glasgow Life.
- 4.Grove, Olive. Olive Grove - Home. Olive Grove.
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