Dedicated was a British independent

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that released music between 1990 and 1998 by

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, Beth Orton (in the U.S.), Chapterhouse, Cranes and others. It was based in London and founded by Doug D'Arcy. Dedicated were bought by Arista Records who were in turn bought by

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History

Dedicated Records was founded by Doug D'Arcy after leaving Chrysalis Records where he had been managing director, later president and director of the

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. It was a joint venture with BMG group (and was eventually amalgamated into the main Group via

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). Dedicated Records signed Spacemen 3 from

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, who split up after signing, therefore Dedicated inherited offshoot band Spiritualized. 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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*{{Discogs label, 863-Dedicated Record labels established in 1983 Record labels disestablished in 1999 Indie rock record labels British independent record labels