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