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!.

Rev-Ola Records
Parent company	PoppyDisc
Founded	1990
Founder	Joe Foster
Distributor(s)	PoppyDisc/Shellshock/Virtual (US)
Genre	Esoterica, pop
Country of origin	UK United States
Location	Glasgow, Scotland

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

References

• Rev-Ola, Discogs.

1. "Interview in "My Favourite Flavour"" (PDF). January/February 2008 : Newsletter of Cherry Red Records. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2013.