The label of the Royal School Of Church Music, a charity which works to raise the standard of music in churches. The RCSM issued LPs and EPs using an 'OLY-100' numerical series which was common to both formats. Its releases have proven fairly google-proof, but it put out at least two EPs in the 1970s. They were 'Series 3 Holy Communion' by the Choristers and Students of the College of St. Nicholas, under the direction of choirmaster Colin Yorke (OLY-131; 1973) and the one shown above, 'Series 3 Communion Service' by a choir of students directed by Michael Fleming (OLY-132; 1973). The first EP didn't have a logo on the label; instead it had the label name in larger letters. OLYs 129 and 133 were LPs, the latter ('Hymns for Celebration' from Birmingham Cathedral) dating from 1974. As yet I have not managed to trace any others, which makes giving a date for the label's operation impossible. During the 1970s the RSCM operated out of Addington Palace, near Croydon.
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