Joe Foster (born Joseph James Foster Ruiz, 9 August 1960, often known as Slaughter Joe) is an English musician and

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, who, with

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and Dick Green, formed

Creation Records Creation Records Ltd. was a British independent record label founded in 1983 by Alan McGee, Dick Green, and Joe Foster. Its name came from the 1960s band The Creation, whom McGee greatly admired. The label ceased operations in 1999, although ...

in 1983.Joe Foster Biography
,

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. Retrieved 29 April 2017 Foster formed the

Kaleidoscope Sound Joe Foster (born Joseph James Foster Ruiz, 9 August 1960, often known as Slaughter Joe) is an English musician and record producer, who, with Alan McGee and Dick Green, formed Creation Records in 1983.Rev-Ola Records 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 ...

in the early 1990s. McGee, Foster and Green were also in the band Biff Bang Pow. He is a former member of the

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band Television Personalities.

Career

Along with school friends at the London Oratory School Edward Ball, Dan Treacy, and John and Gerard Bennett, Foster was a member of The Television Personalities. He went on to play in Biff Bang Pow. He had two

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hits in the mid-1980s with "I'll Follow You Down" (no. 11, 1985) and "She's So Out of Touch" (no. 22, 1986).Lazell, Barry (1997) ''Indie Hits 1980–1989'', Cherry Red Books, , p. 208 As Slaughter Joe and the Modern Folk Quintet, he released ''All Around My Hobby Horse's Head'' in 1986 on Kaleidoscope Sound. 1990 saw the release ''Pied Piper of Feedback'' on Creation Records. In 2003, he put out ''Zé Do Caixão'' which is a compilation of his past work on Rev-Ola featuring Dave Musker (ex- Television Personalities and The Jasmine Minks), Tony Barber (ex-

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) and Francis Sweeney (from The June Brides).

Production work

Foster is noted for producing

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, and My Bloody Valentine . He also produced records for many others, including the X-Men, The Jasmine Minks, The Loft,

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, The Sea Urchins, The Bounty Hunters, Dave Kusworth,

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, I, Ludicrous, Captain Soul, The Creation and Redlizzard.

Rev-Ola Records

Foster formed

Rev-Ola Records 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 ...

, which primarily re-issues cult records by the likes of

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and

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. He continues to run the label, which is currently a part of the PoppyDisc group. He has recently worked with and has released records by Eugene Kelly, BMX Bandits, Norman Blake, The Fine Arts Showcase, Zoe,

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, The Cake, Roger Nichols & The Small Circle of Friends, Evie Sands,

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, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa, The Telescopes and

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and Richard Olsen.

PoppyDisc Records

Foster's latest venture is the Glasgow-based PoppyDisc label, with artists including The BMX Bandits, St. Deluxe, Eugene Kelly, Jowe Head, Sean Jackson, and Norman Blake. In addition, RevOla is now a subsidiary of PoppyDisc.

Sterling Songs

Foster also runs the music publishing house Sterling Songs. Among its roster are Dead Skeletons, Helicon, Thomas And Richard Frost, FJ McMahon, Michaelangelo, and Sheer Taft.

References

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