Valentine Music Group Ltd.

UK Company No: 01068435, Incorporated 29 August 1972, Dissolved 10 March 2009. Directors included John Nice, Patricia Seward, Martin Grinham (resigned 31 Oct 2002), Jed Kearse (resigned 30 Sep 1997), Tony Waddington. Involved in Publishing and Sound Recording. Affiliated with PRS (IPI #65413979). From Billboard, 27 Jan 1973. "Another music publisher making his debut as an independent is John Nice, formerly General Manager of Decca's Burlington Music company who now heads the Valentine Music Group. Valentine was formed earlier this year and its catalogue is available in all overseas territories. Nice will be at MIDEM with Martin Grinham, Valentine Music director Tony Waddington, who has his own Saphire Music firm within Valentine and Pat Seward. Among the copyrights represented by Valentine are the Arthur Greenslade score from the new Terry-Thomas film "Arthur Arthur" and the Anthony Isaac score to a new BBC TV series "Warship". The name is often abbreviated or altered including: Valentine Music, Valentine Music Group, The Valentine Music Group, Valentine Music Publishing, Valentine Music Ltd. - this last one has been seen on early publishing credits for the "Warship" theme mentioned above. The Very Best Of The Band Of H.M. Royal Marines This is potentially confusing as a new UK Company "Valentine Music Ltd." (06231685) was incorporated in April 2007, see the company page for details. Labels run by the Company have included Bandleader and OS Digital. These have associated named Recording 'Divisions' within the main Company and include Bandleader Recordings, Bandleader Compact Discs, Bandleader Custom Recordings, Bandleader Military Digital Recordings, OS Digital Recordings. There was also a mobile digital recording facility The Bandleader Mobile. Bandleader Recordings was disposed of to Modern Publicity Services Ltd. in 1997.