A DIY label of a rather different sort to most of those of the 1970s. The EP shown above, featuring works by Byrd, Deering, Morley and Palestrina, is the only one that I have been able to trace on the St. Andrews Renaissance Group label - if indeed that is the name of the label; there is no actual name on the record or the cover except that of the group, so I have had to use that. According to the cover the recordings were made in April 1972; presumably the record was issued not long after that. As can be seen, the catalogue number was RUS-300. The matrix number, DER EP 873, indicates a Deroy (q.v.) product, and the actual labels have been pasted on to the record - a common Deroy practice. The Renaissance Group, which was founded in 1955 and is still (2011) in existence, is made up of staff and students from the University of St. Andrews.
Copyright 2011 Robert Lyons.