Revolver Music was a British record label. It was created by Paul Birch in 1979 as a

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music label. Its sister labels are

FM Records Revolver Music was a British record label. It was created by Paul Birch in 1979 as a guitar music label. Its sister labels are FM Records and Heavy Metal Records. History Revolver is best known for signing the Manchester band, The Stone Rose ...

and Heavy Metal Records.

History

Revolver is best known for signing the

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band,

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, who released the "

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" EP with Revolver under the Black Records imprint prior to reneging on their contract and moving to Silvertone (part of the Zomba Group). The Black Records label was a division of FM-Revolver that was initially created as an indie imprint to promote The Stone Roses, and later used for releases by

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, The Pleasureheads and The Wild Flowers amongst others. Revolver also signed artists such as

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and

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, also releasing the first eponymous album by

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in the UK.Entertainment and Leisure
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* Karen Lawrence *

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(aka Wayne County * Tyla (From

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) *

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* 54-40 *

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* Tonic *

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* Biomechanical * Babe Ruth Band * Madisuns * The OneThree (

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and

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) * Greenhaus *Elucidate Revolver is distributed by

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in the US and Canada, Plastic Head Distribution throughout the UK and Europe, and

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in Japan.

FM Records

FM Records and Revolver Records were two labels in common ownership that came together to form FM Revolver (also FM-Revolver Records) in the 1980s. The FM label presented itself as FM Records, FM Coast to Coast, FM Dance and FM Revolver. The

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was distributed by BMG Ariola Munich and in the UK by

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until 1991, from 1991 to 2000 by Sony Music Entertainment, from 2000 to 2009 by

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and 2009 onwards by Plastic Head. The FM Label is best known for signing rock acts like Magnum which it established with the 1985 release "On a Storyteller's Night". It released several back catalogue albums belonging to the

Jet Records Jet Records was a British record label started by Don Arden in 1974, featuring musicians such as Lynsey de Paul, Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), Roy Wood, Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Alan Price, Adrian Gurvitz, Riot (band), Riot, Magnum (band ...

label under license, the compilation album " Mirador" and box set "

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". Other FM artists included

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, Dark Star, Jack Green, James Young,

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, Lisa Dominique,

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, Marino, Multi-story, Pet Hate,

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, Tobruk, Torino, Tradia,

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, White Sister and

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. Stone Roses, Its Jazz releases notably include Alvin Davis; other signings include

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, Cecilia Ray and Val Grant to its FM Dance imprint. FM Records today continues under the Revolver label.

Heavy Metal Records

Heavy Metal Records is the sister label to Revolver Records. Starting out in 1978, Heavy Metal Records came before Revolver. Revolver Records only came about due to HMR's success, where the label wanted to branch out and explore diverse types of guitar music. HMR has operated-under the following labels: Heavy Metal Records, Heavy Metal America, Heavy Metal Worldwide.

References

External links

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