Junior Boy's Own

Junior Boy's Own is a London, UK-based brand specializing in dance music. The label began c. 1991 as an off-shoot of Boy's Own Productions. For a time, there were concurrent releases on Boy's Own (BOIX/BOX series), Collect Boy's Own (COLLECT series), and Junior Boy's Own (JBO and JNR 1- and 2-digit series, and non-V2 CHEM series). Eventually, Junior Boy's Own became the dominant brand and the company Junior Recordings Ltd. was formed around it. The advent of Junior Recordings Ltd. marked a period of shifting label ownership and licensing confusion. Its Junior Boy's Own-branded JBO and JNR 7-digit series bookended its own Junior London-branded BRG series. After JBO Limited split off from Junior Recordings Ltd. in 1998, the Junior Boy's Own label was mostly dormant, aside from licensing out older recordings. Pete Heller and Terry Farley continued on with Junior Recordings Ltd., issuing new releases on the Junior Records/Junior London label, as well as co-brands and sublabels through Parlophone and Virgin Records. After JBO ceased operations in 2004, Junior Recordings Ltd. revived the Junior Boy's Own label and began releasing new and legacy material on it again. Name variations: - Junior Boy's Own - Junior Boys Own