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Dedicated Records

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Dedicated
Founded1990
FounderDoug D'Arcy and BMG group
GenreNeo-psychedelia
Alternative rock
Indie music
Country of originUnited Kingdom
LocationLondon, 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Greer, Jim (1992). "Keep in the Family". Spin (January 1992): 48.
  2. ^ "Doug D'Arcy". British Council. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b c Erik Morse (2009). Spacemen 3 And The Birth Of Spiritualized. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857121042.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Mark. "Balloon Floating On Jazzy 'Gravity'", The Washington Post, 26 June 1992, p. N16.
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