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US label launched by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen as the successor to Arista GRP when their partnership with ended circa November 1982. Label Code: LC 6713 / LC 06713. The label's acts included Dave Valentin and jazz-funk trumpeter Tom Browne. In February 1990, the label's parent company, GRP Records Inc. was sold to MCA and GRP became an MCA label although it had been distributed in the US by MCA from March 1987 onwards. GRP became known early on for digital recordings and for being one of the first US labels to release its albums on CD, becoming known as . GRP initially meant Grusin-Rosen Productions. After Grusin and Rosen left the company in 1995, the letters became shorthand for the marketing slogan Great Records Period. GRP is currently part of the The Verve Music Group and is mostly used for reissues.
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A Chess Reissue
Follows and this list of several titles without a listed series. Precursor series to
GRP Presents The Legendary Masters Of Jazz
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GRP Christmas Collection
A series of upbeat Christmas and holiday music from many of the smooth and contemporary jazz artists that recorded for the GRP Records label, from 1988 to 1993.
Gold Encore Series
Priceless Jazz Collection
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The Original American Decca Recordings
Reissue series by . It was known as The Original American Decca Recordings in Europe and The Original Decca Recordings in the US.
GRP 10th Anniversary
Anniversary series by the GRP label.
The Very Best Of GRP
Very Best Of series developed from 2002 to 2006, based on best-known favorites from the stable of artists that recorded for GRP Records from the 1980s thru 1990s, and early 2000s.