Rev-Ola Records

Rev-Ola Records is a British independent record label formed in 1990 that specializes in reissues, as well as select new releases. The label is headed by Joe Foster, a former child actor and musician/producer. He, along with Alan McGee and Dick Green, formed Creation Records, as well as the band Biff Bang Pow!.

History

The inspiration for Rev-Ola came from the Creation Records staff's love of finding or compiling old, rare, and bizarre records.[1]

The label was originally a subsidiary of the Creation Records publishing arm, Creation Songs, in which guise it also issued spoken word recordings by William Shatner and Ivor Cutler, as well as first-time reissues by favoured artists, such as Fred Neil and Yma Sumac.

Other executives at Rev-Ola include art director and songwriter Andy Morten, and mastering engineer Norman Blake (of Teenage Fanclub).

After Creation Records shut shop in 1999 Rev-Ola became an imprint of the Glasgow-based PoppyDisc label, founded by Foster with Paul Cardow.

Select list of artists on Rev-Ola

• Evie Sands

• Astrud Gilberto

• BMX Bandits

• Cassius Clay

• The Carnival

• The Clique

• Clyde McPhatter

• The Cake

• Patti Dahlstrom

• Dana Gillespie

• Dave Mason

• Deep Six

• Doc Pomus

• Eartha Kitt

• Eric Burdon

• Fats Domino

• F.J. McMahon

• The 5th Dimension

• Fred Neil

• Gene Vincent

• The Hard Times

• Honeybus

• HP Lovecraft

• Ivor Cutler

• Jackie Brenston

• Joe Meek

• Johnny Otis

• July

• Kathe Green

• Last Poets

• Laura Nyro

• Lead Belly

• Link Davis

• Lulu

• Marianne Faithfull

• Mario Telles

• Mars Bonfire

• Merrilee Rush

• Michaelangelo

• The Millennium

• Peanut Butter Conspiracy

• Peggy Lee

• Pete Astor

• Q65

• Revolving Paint Dream

• Screaming Jay Hawkins

• The Scruffs

• Slaughter Joe

• Solomon Burke

• Thanes

• Them

• The Treniers

• Vivian Stanshall

• Weather Prophets

• The Weavers

• William Shatner

• Yma Sumac

• The Grass Roots