Reveal Records
{{Short description|British independent record label}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Reveal Records
| image = Revealrecordslogo.jpg
| image_size = 150px
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| founded = {{start date|2006}}
| founder = Tom Rose
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| country = U.K.
| location = Derby, England
| url = {{URL|http://revealrecords.co.uk/}}
}}
Reveal Records is a British independent record label. It began as an independent record store in Derby, England.
History
The record store was opened by Tom Rose in 1999.{{r|"Claxton_Oliver"}} The store reached its peak in 2005/2006 when it sold virtually every genre of music available on three floors, as well as operating an online outlet. It won Music Week's 'Best Independent Music Retailer' award in 2005.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} At this time the music industry was experiencing a decline in sales of physical music formats including CDs,[http://musically.com/2008/05/15/ifpi-reveals-2007-recorded-music-revenues-decline/ "IFPI reveals 2007 recorded music revenues decline"], Musically.com. Retreieved 5 June 2019 and this was one of the reasons that led to the closure of Reveal Records' retail outlet in 2007.{{cite news|last=Claxton|first=Oliver|title=Derby's Tom Rose on a life filled with music.|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/derby/hi/people_and_places/music/newsid_8886000/8886311.stm|accessdate=12 July 2012|publisher=BBC News|date=4 August 2010}}
Reveal Records, launched in 2006, continued as a record label after the demise of the store. In March 2017 it marked its ten-year anniversary with a concert at Pocklington Arts Centre, Pocklington, that included label artists.Hutchinson, Charles, [http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/leisure/music/14971280.Joan_As_Police_Woman_tops_bill_at_Reveal_Records_10th_birthday_gigs_in_Pocklington/?ref=rss "Joan As Police Woman tops bill at Reveal Records 10th birthday gigs in Pocklington"], The Press, 16 December 2016Godley. Simon; [http://www.godisinthetvzine.co.uk/2017/03/12/reveal-records-10-year-anniversary-concert-pocklington-arts-centre-11032017/ "Reveal Records: 10 Year Anniversary Concert – Pocklington Arts Centre, 11/03/2017"], Godisinthetvzine.co.uk, 12 March 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019 Reveal Records also books concerts and represents artists for publishing and agency work.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}}
Notable artists
The label released firstly music from Joan As Police Woman and the Scottish folk singer/guitarist, Kris Drever in 2006.{{cite web|last=Rose|first=Tom|title=Label.|url=http://www.tomrosemusic.co.uk/label.php|publisher=Tom Rose Music|accessdate=12 July 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520224121/http://www.tomrosemusic.co.uk/label.php|archivedate=20 May 2012}} Further releases included those by A Camp, Lau, Gramercy Arms, Madam, Poppy & the Jezebels, Eddi Reader, Boo Hewerdine, Dan Whitehouse, The Little Unsaid.{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} and in 2021 signed, Duncan Lloyd and Withered Hand.