Jamaican. There's no date on the label of the only British Grace single that I have managed to find, which has 'A Mother And Son' by Rev. V. B. & The Soul Inspirators on the 'A' side and 'When This Life On Earth Is Ended' by Sister Jackson, Rev. V. B. & Choir on the 'B', but it was one of at least two Grace singles to appear in Jamaica. The other, 'Right Glory', which was again by Rev. V. B, this time in combination with the Gospel Flames, has been dated as 1972, which suggests that this one should be from about the same period. The Rev. V. B. made several other records for Jamaican labels; one of them, 'Message Of Pentecost' on the Myers label, was tentatively dated 1973 by the 'Reggae Collector' site, which adds a little more weight to the 'early Seventies' theory. The catalogue number of 'A Mother And Son' (RHB-002) is the same as that of the Jamaican issue; there's no particular reason to suppose that RHB-001 (if there was one) got a British release. The style of the title and artist credits is fairly reminiscent of those used by Pama (q.v.) but there's no clue on either the label or the run-off as to which firm was responsible for this issue.
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