Dedicated Records
| Dedicated | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990 |
| Founder | Doug D'Arcy and BMG group |
| Genre | Neo-psychedelia Alternative rock Indie music |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Location | London, England |
Dedicated was a British independent record label that released music between 1990 and 1998[1] by Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Global Communication, Beth Orton (in the U.S.), Chapterhouse, Cranes and others. It was based in London and founded by Doug D'Arcy.[1][2]
Dedicated were bought by Arista Records who were in turn bought by Sony Music Entertainment.
History[edit]
Dedicated Records was founded by Doug D'Arcy after leaving Chrysalis Records where he had been managing director, later president[3][4] and director of the Chrysalis Group. It was a joint venture with BMG group[3][4] (and was eventually amalgamated into the main Group via Deconstruction Records). Dedicated Records signed Spacemen 3 from Fire Records (UK), who split up after signing, therefore Dedicated inherited offshoot band Spiritualized.[5]
Eventually, in the USA, Dedicated Artists were transferred to Arista Records, although by that point in time the only groups it represented were Spiritualized and Beth Orton (U.S. only).
Artists[edit]
- 30 Amp Fuse
- Balloon[6]
- Beth Orton (in the U.S.)[3]
- Butterfly Child
- Cardinal
- Catwalk[1]
- Chapterhouse[1]
- Comet
- Cranes[3]
- dBh
- The Family Cat
- Global Communication
- Hum
- Linoleum
- Long River Train
- Muler
- Mulu
- Other People's Money
- Reverberation
- Shere Khan
- Silkscreen
- Skeleton Key
- Sonus
- Spacemen 3[5]
- Spiritualized[1][5]
- Synergy
- This Picture[1]
- Velo-Deluxe
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f Greer, Jim (1992). "Keep in the Family". Spin (January 1992): 48.
- ^ "Doug D'Arcy". British Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
- ^ a b c d "The Pannellists". BBC Radio 2. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
Doug D'Arcy began in the music business in 1968 as a booking agent and manager at the Ellis-Wright Agency which became Chrysalis. He worked at Chrysalis Records as the Managing Director and then President in 1986. After its sale to EMI, Doug started Dedicated Records, a joint venture with BMG, featuring Spaceman 3, Spiritualized, Cranes and in the US, Beth Orton.
- ^ a b "Doug D'Arcy - AIM Board, former President Chrysalis Dedicated". University of Westminster. Archived from the original on 27 October 2007. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ a b c Erik Morse (2009). Spacemen 3 And The Birth Of Spiritualized. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857121042.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark. "Balloon Floating On Jazzy 'Gravity'", The Washington Post, 26 June 1992, p. N16.
External links[edit]
- Dedicated Records discography at Discogs