- Rev-Ola Records
Infobox record label
name = Rev-Ola Records
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founded = 1988
founder =Joe Foster
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genre =Esoterica Classic Pop
country =United Kingdom
location =Scotland
url = [http://www.revola.co.uk/]Rev-Ola Records
'Rev-Ola Records' is a UK
record labe l specialising in reissues. It was originally a subsidiary of theCreation Records publishing arm,Creation Songs , in which guise it also issued spoken word recordings byWilliam Shatner andIvor Cutler , as well as first time reissues by favoured artists among the Creation Records inner circle, such asFred Neil andYma Sumac . The label was headed from the outset byJoe Foster , a former child actor who was a member of bothBiff! Bang! Pow! andThe Television Personalities and co-founder of Creation Records. He continues to oversee the label, though it has since come under theCherry Red Records umbrella.“I was involved in publishing and producing records at Creation. We just did this, basically, because the people there loved old, rare, bizarre records from here, there and everywhere. Quite often we’d spend a lot of time making up tapes of these things, and people would spend a lot of money finding these records. At the same time we were researching the artists for fun – sometimes I’d do it, or
Ed Ball would do it – old and unusual bands from other countries that we were going to put out or publish . . . It was always very eclectic,” Foster stated in 2008. “It carried on being so when we were doingPopTones [Foster and McGee’s post-Creation digital label started in 1999] . We did things likeThe Byrds ’ 'Pre-Flight' andThe Millennium records. We got there first! We got to know all those people from The Millennium and the Byrds, and we put their records out. And when Cherry Red took over distribution of Rev-Ola, we were able to continue with basically the same deal because we had all those contacts.” [1]Rev-Ola continues to release reissues of recordings from the 1950s, through the 1990s, as well as a range of new recordings, some by Creation Records associated artists (including Foster’s own sobriquet
Slaughter Joe ). Other executives at the label include art director and songwriter Andy Morten, mastering engineer Norman Blake (ofTeenage Fanclub ) and graphic artist and reissue producer Steve Stanley (who has subsequently formed another Cherry Red-administered label, Now Sounds)elect List Of Rev-Ola Artists
Astrud Gilberto BMX Bandits Cassius Clay Clique Clyde McPhatter Dana Gillespie Dave Mason Deep Six Doc Pomus Eartha Kitt Eric Burdon Fats Domino Fifth Dimension Fred Neil Gene Vincent Honeybus HP Lovecraft Ivor Cutler Jackie Brenston Johnny Otis Last Poets Laura Nyro Leadbelly Link Davis Lulu Marianne Faithfull Mario Telles Mars Bonfire Merrilee Rush Millennium New Folk Routes (compilation)Peanut Butter Conspiracy Peggy Lee Pete Astor Q65 Revolving Paint Dream Screaming Jay Hawkins Scruffs Slaughter Joe Solomon Burke Thanes Them Treniers Weather Prophets Weavers William Shatner Yma Sumac References
1. Interview with Alex Ogg for My Favourite Flavour magazine issue 003 2008
See also
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List of record labels External links
* [http://www.revola.co.uk/ Official site]
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