Groove Merchant

Groove Merchant was an American jazz and R&B record label during the 1970s. It was run by producer Sonny Lester and distributed by Pickwick Records. Notable artists included Chick Corea, O'Donel Levy, Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, and Lionel Hampton to name a few. Lester would later close Groove Merchant and restructure it as Lester Radio Corporation, or LRC, and have it distributed for a time by T.K. Records. Lester still retains the rights to the Groove Merchant/LRC back catalog and independently distributes them on compact disc.

Discography

• GM 501 O'Donel Levy - Black Velvet
• GM 502 Junior Parker - Blue Shadows Falling
• GM 503 Jimmy McGriff - Groove Grease
• GM 504 Joe Thomas - Joy Of Cookin'
• GM 505 Groove Holmes - American Pie
• GM 506 Jimmy McGriff- Let's Stay Together
• GM 507 O'Donel Levy - Breeding Of Mind
• GM 508 Lucky Thompson - Goodbye Yesterday
• GM 509 Jimmy McGriff - Fly Dude
• GM 510 Dakota Staton - Madame Foo Foo
• GM 511 Reuben Wilson - The Sweet Life
• GM 512 Groove Holmes - Night Glider
• GM 513 Junior Parker - Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On
• GM 514 Larry Willis - Inner Crisis
• GM 515 McGriff/Thompson - Concert - Friday the 13th - Cook County Jail
• GM 516 Ramon Morris - Sweet Sister Funk
• GM 517 Lucky Thompson - I Offer You
• GM 518 O'Donel Levy - Dawn Of A New Day
• GM 519 George Freeman - New Improved Funk
• GM 520 Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - Giants of the Organ Come Together
• GM 521 Dakota Staton - I Want A Country Man
• GM 522 Carmen McRae - It Takes A Whole Lot Of Human Feeling
• GM 523 Reuben Wilson - The Cisco Kid
• GM 524
• GM 525 Mike Longo - Funkia
• GM 526 O'Donel Levy - Simba
• GM 527 Groove Holmes - New Groove
• GM 528 Buddy Rich - The Roar of '74!
• GM 529 Jimmy McGriff - If You're Ready, Come Go With Me
• GM 530 Chick Corea - Sundance
• GM 531 Carmen McRae - Ms. Jazz
• GM 532 Dakota Staton - Ms. Soul
• GM 533 Zoot Sims/Bucky Pizzarelli - Nirvana
• GM 534 Jimmy McGriff - The Main Squeeze
• GM 535 O'Donel Levy - Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky
• GM 2201 Count Basie - Evergreens
• GM 2202 Chick Corea - Sundance
• GM 2203 Jimmy McGriff - Black And Blues
• GM 2204 Jeremy Steig - Fusion
• GM 2205 Jimmy McGriff/Junior Parker - Good Things Don't Happen Every Day
• GM 3300 Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - Giants Of The Organ In Concert
• GM 3301 Buddy Rich - Very Live at Buddy's Place
• GM 3302 Buddy Rich/Lionel Hampton - Transition
• GM 3303 Buddy Rich - The Last Blues Album Volume 1
• GM 3304 Mike Longo - 900 Shares Of The Blues
• GM 3305 George Freeman - Man & Woman
• GM 3306 Lee Konitz - Chicago n'all That Jazz
• GM 3307 Buddy Rich - Big Band Machine
• GM 3308 Lonnie Smith - Afro-desia
• GM 3309 Jimmy McGriff - Stump Juice
• GM 3310 Joe Thomas - Masada
• GM 3311 Jimmy McGriff - The Mean Machine
• GM 3312 Lonnie Smith - Keep On Lovin'
• GM 3313 O'Donel Levy - Windows
• GM 3314 Jimmy McGriff - Red Beans
• GM 3315 Joe Thomas - Feelin's From Within
• GM 4400 Lionel Hampton - The Works
• GM 4401 Carmen McRae - Velvet Soul
• GM 4402 Groove Holmes - Hunk A Funk
• GM 4403 Jimmy McGriff - Flyin' Time
• GM 4404 Reuben Wilson - Bad Stuff
• GM 4405 Various Artists - Live Blues In Concert
• GM 4406 Chick Corea/Mike Longo - Piano Giants
• GM 4407 Buddy Rich - Tuff Dude
• GM 4408 O'Donel Levy - Hands Of Fire
• GM 4409 Jimmy McGriff/Groove Holmes - Supa Cookin'
• GM 4410 Dakota Staton - Confessin'
• GM 4411 Lucky Thompson - Illuminations

External links

• Official website for LRC-Groove Merchant Records