Dedicated was a British independent record label that released music between 1990 and 1998[1] by Spiritualized, Spacemen 3, Global Communication, Beth Orton (in the U.S.), Chapterhouse, Cranes and others. It was based in London and founded by Doug D'Arcy.[1][2]
Dedicated were bought by Arista Records who were in turn bought by Sony Music Entertainment.
Dedicated Records was founded by Doug D'Arcy after leaving Chrysalis Records where he had been managing director, later president[3][4] and director of the Chrysalis Group. It was a joint venture with BMG group[3][4] (and was eventually amalgamated into the main Group via Deconstruction Records). Dedicated Records signed Spacemen 3 from Fire Records (UK), who split up after signing, therefore Dedicated inherited offshoot band Spiritualized.[5]
Eventually, in the US, 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).
Doug D'Arcy began in the music business in 1968 as a booking agent and manager at the Ellis-Wright Agency which became Chrysalis. He worked at Chrysalis Records as the Managing Director and then President in 1986. After its sale to EMI, Doug started Dedicated Records, a joint venture with BMG, featuring Spaceman 3, Spiritualized, Cranes and in the US, Beth Orton.
