Lawrence Shove

Lawrence Clive Shove (5 November 1923 – 2 April 1995) was a British sound recordist, specialising in field recordings of wildlife.

The "Shove collection of British wildlife" at the National Sound Archive (NSA), part of the British Library comprises 243 reels of his recordings, on magnetic tape.

[2] In 1968, he was described by the BBC as "the only full-time freelance recordist of wildlife sounds in Britain".

The NSA have put most of Shove's recordings online, and as of November 2013 will extend access as part of a Europeana project.

[6] A series of 7", 33⅓ rpm, EPs of Shove's wildlife recordings, with his narration, were published by Discourses as part of the "Shell Nature" series, in conjunction with Shell-Mex and BP Ltd.