KEEPOINT
RECORDS
Independent label: It managed at
least two singles. It issued singles in KEE-EP-000 numerical series.
Keepoint Records was a label of The Keepoint
Recording Service. it was run by John Keel. It made records from the
early 1960s until at least 1971, and while most of its products appear to have
been private pressings it did in fact issue records: a 1964 10" disc by the
National Youth Brass Band Of Great Britain, 'Youth Makes Music' (MLPB-10122),
has a list of 'Keepoint records for your collection' on the back of its
sleeve. At that point the company was operating out of premises in Manor
Way, London SE3, but by the time that the EP shown came out it had moved to
Bromley, South Kent. John Keel was often to be seen in the front of the
audience at Brass Band concerts in the south of England, making recordings which
he then offered for sale to the band; and indeed many of Keepoint's records seem
to be of Brass Bands. The majority of its products were in the 12" or - in
the early days - 10" format but it managed several 7" EPs. One EP from the
1970s: 'Christmas At Ravens Wood School' by 'A Section' of the school choir
(KPP/EP-7150), which came out in 1971. Tracks on it were 'Once In Royal David's
City', 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night', 'Ding Dong', and 'O
Come, All Ye Faithful'. Numbering of Keepoint records was in an (x)x000
series: the '000's ran consecutively but the '(x)x' changed according to the
format: it was 7 for 7" records, 10 for 10" ones and 12 for 12". For the
larger formats, prefixes could be MBLP or KEE/LP, while EP prefixes could be KRS
or KEE/EP.
69
The
Muleskinners
Why Don't You Write Back To
Me
KEEPOINT
KEE-EP
7103
69
The Muleskinners
Untie Me
KEEPOINT
KEE-EP
7104
71
The Ravens Wood School Choir
Christmas At Ravens Wood School
KEEPOINT
KEE-EP
7150
71
The East Ham Borough Band, Eric Ball
East Ham Plays Ball (10")
KEEPOINT
MLPB
10116
65
Hanwell Band
Bold as Brass (10")
KEEPOINT
MLPB
10118
64
National Youth Brass Band Of Great
Britain
Youth Makes Music (10")
KEEPOINT
MLPB
10122
69
Oakmead School Band
Oakmead School Band (Album)
KEEPOINT
KEE/LP
12134
68
Portsmouth Citadel Band
The Portsmouth Sound
KEEPOINT
KEE/LP
12137
69
Cray Valley School Band
1969 (Album)
KEEPOINT
KEE/LP
12142
70
Cray Valley School Band
Cray Valley School Band (Album)
KEEPOINT
KEE/LP
12146
70
Portsmouth Citadel Band
The Portsmouth Citadel Band of the Salvation Army
1880-1970
KEEPOINT
KEE/LP
12147
65
Pauline Hinchcliffe, Claire Ross
All In The Morning (Album)
KEEPOINT
MF
12101