Rev-Ola Records
# 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.

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
