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. It began as an independent record store in

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, England.

History

The record store was opened by Tom Rose in 1999. 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 ''

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s 'Best Independent Music Retailer' award in 2005. At this time the

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was experiencing a decline in sales of physical music formats including CDs, and this was one of the reasons that led to the closure of Reveal Records' retail outlet in 2007. Reveal Records, launched in 2006, continued as a

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after the demise of the store. In March 2017 it marked its ten-year anniversary with a concert at Pocklington Arts Centre,

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, that included label artists.Godley. Simon
"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.

Notable artists

The label released firstly music from

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and the Scottish folk singer/guitarist,

Kris Drever Kris Drever (born 31 October 1978) is a Scottish contemporary folk musician and songwriter who came to prominence in 2006 with the release of his debut solo album, ''Black Water''. Drever is the vocalist and guitarist of the folk trio Lau with ...

in 2006. Further releases included those by

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, Gramercy Arms,

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Eddi Reader Sadenia "Eddi" Reader MBE (born 29 August 1959) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, known for her work as frontwoman of Fairground Attraction and for an enduring solo career. She is the recipient of three BRIT Awards. In 2003, she showcased the wo ...

Boo Hewerdine Mark "Boo" Hewerdine (born 14 February 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994, as well as solo recordings and work f ...

Dan Whitehouse Dan Whitehouse (born 9 March 1979) is an English songwriter and musician. He is known for his distinctive voice and understated songwriting. His 2012 album ''Reaching for a State of Mind'' was made with percussionist Chip Bailey, a collaborator o ...

The Little Unsaid John Elliott, known by his stage and recording name The Little Unsaid, is an English songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist. He has released five studio albums and one EP of songs combining elements of alt-folk, electronica, alt-rock and s ...

. and in 2021 signed,

Duncan Lloyd Duncan Lloyd is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the lead songwriter and backing vocalist for Maxïmo Park. He also works as a solo artist releasing albums on Warp Records (U.K.), Crash Symbols (U.S.) and is currently on Reve ...

and

Withered Hand Dan Willson (born 23 July 1974), also known by his stage name Withered Hand, is an Edinburgh-based indie rock musician. He lived in Bishops Stortford during the 1990s and played guitar for local band Tin Foil Circus. His first studio album, ' ...

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History

Notable artists

See also

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