Olive Grove Records
{{short description|Independent record label in Glasgow, Scotland}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Olive Grove Records
| image = File:Olive_Grove_Records_Logo_Green.png
| founded = 2010
| genre =
| country = Scotland
| location = Glasgow
| url = {{URL | olivegroverecords.com }}
}}
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/32215-labels-of-love-olive-grove-records/|title=Labels of love - Olive Grove Records|date=2011-02-16|work=The List|access-date=2018-10-13|language=en-GB}}
History
Halina Rifai and Lloyd Meredith of the Podcart and Peenko music blogs co-founded the label in 2010.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}} 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
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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.creativescotland.com/what-we-do/latest-news/archive/2018/07/nearly-1m-support-for-cultural-activity-across-scotland|title=Nearly £1m support for cultural activity across Scotland|last=Executive|first=Iain Munro, Acting Chief|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en}} Launched in 2019, the 6-part series featured releases from Chrissy Barnacle, Pocket Knife, Moonsoup, Circle Meets Dot, Lux Canyon, and Jared Celosse.{{Cite web|url=https://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/event/1/olive-grove-records-showcase-chrissy-barnacle-pocket-knife-moonsoup-circle-meets-dot-and-jared-celosse|title=Olive Grove Records Showcase: Chrissy Barnacle, Pocket Knife, Moonsoup, Circle Meets Dot and Jared Celosse|website=Glasgow Life|language=en|access-date=2018-11-02}}
Artists
The following artists have released music on the Olive Grove label:{{Cite web|url=https://olivegroverecords.com|title=Olive Grove - Home|last=Grove|first=Olive|website=Olive Grove|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-10-13}}
{{Div col|colwidth=18em|content=* Randolph's Leap (band)
- Esperi
- The Son(s)
- Pensioner
- The Moth & The Mirror
- State Broadcasters
- Jo Mango
- Woodenbox
- Call To Mind
- Skinny Dipper
- Henry & Fleetwood
- Ette
- The Royal Male
- Campfires in Winter
- Carla J. Easton
- Broken Chanter
- Pocket Knife
- Jared Celosse
- Raveloe
- Circle Meets Dot
- Chrissy Barnacle
- Moonsoup}}
Releases
| class="wikitable"
|+ !Year !Title !Artist !Catalogue Number !Release Date |
| rowspan="2" |2010
|Battleships & Kettle Chips |Randolph's Leap |OGR001 |15/11/10 |
| Made For Life/Snowman
|Esperi |OGR002 |13/12/10 |
| rowspan="6" |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 |
| rowspan="4" |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 |
| rowspan="3" |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 |
| rowspan="4" |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 |
| rowspan="3" |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 |
| rowspan="5" |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 |
| rowspan="3" |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 |
| rowspan="3" |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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