The label of the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs. MAYC put out at least three records. The earliest I've been able to find was a 1958 LP, 'Here's Happiness - Memories of the M.A.Y.C. Show', but the two which concern us were from the '70s and were both EPs. The first featured songs from a devotional Christian Rock musical called 'Spread The Word', performed by the original cast. Tracks on it were 'Introduction', 'Mary's Song', Thomas's Song' and 'Peter's Song'. The picture sleeve reportedly gave a date of 1973 and referred to the organization as M.A.Y.C.; the logo on the labels lost the full stops (1). Both sides were numbered separately, BWR-441 and BWR-442, and pressing was by British Homophone. Proceeds from the sale of the EP helped to fund a project called 'Let's Go Great'. 1976 saw the release of a three-track EP, 'London Weekend 1976', which offered 'All Over The World', 'Sermon On The Mount' and 'Build'; the artists didn't get a mention, but the catalogue number was THE-016. Manufacture of that record was by Linguaphone (2). MAYC had appeared on another record in the previous year but only as an added name; the record concerned was a single by Peter Lewis, 'Let's Go Great' b/w 'The Master's Touch', and it was issued on the Pollen label (PBM-004; 1975). A scan of it can be found on the Pollen page. Thanks to Nicholas Hough for providing the first scan.
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