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Groove Merchant was an American jazz and R&B record label during the 1970s. It was run by producer Sonny Lester and distributed by Pickwick Records. Notable artists included Chick Corea, O'Donel Levy, Buddy Rich, Jimmy McGriff, Lonnie Smith and Lionel Hampton. Lester would later close Groove Merchant and restructure it as Lester Radio Corporation, or LRC; TK Records were distributors for a period. Lester still retains the rights to the Groove Merchant/LRC back catalog and independently distributes them on compact disc.
| GM 501 | Black Velvet | ||
| GM 502 | You Don't Have To Be Black To Love The Blues | UK title: Blue Shadows Falling | |
| GM 503 | Groove Grease | ||
| GM 504 | Joy of Cookin' | ||
| GM 505 | American Pie | ||
| GM 506 | Let's Stay Together | ||
| GM 507 | Breeding of Mind | ||
| GM 508 | Goodbye Yesterday | ||
| GM 509 | Fly Dude | ||
| GM 510 | Madame Foo-Foo | ||
| GM 511 | The Sweet Life | ||
| GM 512 | Night Glider | ||
| GM 513 | Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On | originally released as The Outside Man on Capitol | |
| GM 514 | Inner Crisis | ||
| GM 515 | / Lucky Thompson + George Freeman + O'Donel Levy | Live split album | |
| GM 516 | Sweet Sister Funk | ||
| GM 517 | I Offer You | ||
| GM 518 | Dawn of a New Day | ||
| GM 519 | New Improved Funk | ||
| GM 520 | and Groove Holmes | Giants of the Organ Come Together | |
| GM 521 | I Want a Country Man | ||
| GM 522 | It Takes a Whole Lot of Human Feeling | ||
| GM 523 | The Cisco Kid | ||
| GM 524 ! colspan=3 style="text-align:center" | No release issued for this part number | ||
| GM 525 | Funkia | ||
| GM 526 | Simba | ||
| GM 527 | New Groove | ||
| GM 528 | The Roar of '74 | ||
| GM 529 | If You're Ready Come Go with Me | Compilation featuring tracks from Soul Sugar, Groove Grease, Let's Stay Together and Fly Dude, plus two previously unreleased tracks. | |
| GM 530 | Sundance | Reissue of GM 2202 | |
| GM 531 | Ms. Jazz | ||
| GM 532 | Ms. Soul | ||
| GM 533 | and Bucky Pizzarelli + Buddy Rich | Nirvana | |
| GM 534 | The Main Squeeze | ||
| GM 535 | Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky |
| GM 2201 | Evergreens | originally released as Basic Basie on MPS Records. | |
| GM 2202 | Sundance | previously unreleased tracks from the 'Is' recording sessions for Solid State. | |
| GM 2203 | Black and Blues | double LP of previously unreleased material recorded circa 1963. | |
| GM 2204 | Fusion | double LP featuring tracks originally released as Energy on Capitol Records, along with a whole LP (=7 tracks) of previously unreleased material. | |
| GM 2205 | and Junior Parker | Good Things Don't Happen Every Day | originally released as The Dudes Doin' Business on Capitol. |
| GM 3300 | and Groove Holmes | Giants of the Organ in Concert | Live 2LP set |
| GM 3301 | Very Live at Buddy's Place | ||
| GM 3302 | and Lionel Hampton | Transition | |
| GM 3303 | The Last Blues Album Volume 1 | Later issued on LRC as Loot To Boot under Illinois Jacquet's name. | |
| GM 3304 | 900 Shares of the Blues | ||
| GM 3305 | Man & Woman | ||
| GM 3306 | Chicago 'n All That Jazz | ||
| GM 3307 | Big Band Machine | ||
| GM 3308 | Afro–desia | ||
| GM 3309 | Stump Juice | ||
| GM 3310 | Masada | ||
| GM 3311 | The Mean Machine | ||
| GM 3312 | Keep on Lovin' | Reissued in 1977 on LRC/TK Records 9312 | |
| GM 3313 | Windows | Reissued in 1977 on LRC/T.K. 9313 | |
| GM 3314 | Red Beans | Reissued in 1977 on LRC/T.K. 9314 | |
| GM 3315 | Feelin's from Within | Reissued in 1977 on LRC/T.K. 9315 |
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