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Vineyard Records UK | |
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Founded | 1998 |
Genre | Contemporary worship music |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | Kingston upon Hull |
Official website | www |
Vineyard Records UK (VRUK) is the worship ministry of Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (VCUKI). [1] It is a not-for profit music label that exists to document and release worship songs that are being written in the Vineyard UK church movement. [2]
Originally established in 1998 as Vineyard Music (UK) a division of Vineyard Music worldwide the organisation rebranded in 2005 to become known as Vineyard Records UK. [1] VRUK have released a number of worship albums since 1998, their most well known being the Come Now is the Time to Worship (1998) and Hungry (1999) albums. [3]
Artists who have recorded for Vineyard Records UK include:
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