Heavenly

Founded in 1989 by former Creation Records press officer Jeff Barrett (4). Barrett had previously run indie labels Sub Aqua and Head. He was soon joined by Martin Kelly and Robin Turner (2). Heavenly acts as a management and promotions company as well as a record label.

Whilst Saint Etienne's 1990s UK issues were generally distributed via Creation, Heavenly's other releases have been distributed by a variety of companies:

1992 to 1994 - Manic Street Preachers signing to Columbia Records led to a short-lived distribution deal for the labels other acts.
1994 to 1995 - Heavenly was without a distribution deal. It released few records, focussing instead on press/promotions and its Heavenly Social club nights.
1995 to 1999 - In April 1995, Deconstruction became their new distributors.
2000 to 2009 - Heavenly became part of the EMI Music Group.
From 2010, Heavenly releases have been licensed to and distributed by Cooperative Music, [PIAS] Cooperative then [pias].

Catalog# allocated to non-music / unreleased projects:

HVN 13 - "Toasted Cheese Sandwich", a sculpture by artist
HVN 18 - "Cannellism - Art Will Eat Itself", exhibition of artist's work at 50-52 Monmouth Street, London WC2 that ran from May - July 1992.
HVN 26 - "Something Beginning With O", a book by artist
HVN 30 - "Heavenly Bodies - Issue One, Spring 1993" - merchandising catalogue - there were no further issues…
HVN 32 - "Socialism" - an advert for the club in the Positive Energy Of Madness fanzine. Previously allocated to an unreleased single by Whiteout (2).
HVN 34 - "Heaven's Promise", a book by artist.HVN 35 - "In The City", a one-off event at Manchester's legendary Hacienda nightclub on 12/9/93.HVN 44 - "Sunday Social", a club night every Sunday at The Albany, London W1 running from 7/9/94 to 6/11/94. Resident DJs were .HVN 57 - "Living In The Red", an acetate for an unreleased single by .HVN 76 - "Ward 10" by . Unreleased promo, 10 copies.HVN 100 - www.heavenly100.comHVN 184 - "Forever Heavenly" - 18th birthday celebrations at the Southbank Centre, London, September 2008