Olivia Records is a women's music record label founded in 1973 by lesbian members of the Washington DC area.
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14 Facts About Olivia Records
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Olivia Records sold more than one million records and produced over 40 albums during its twenty years of operation.
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Women's music labels such as Olivia contributed to a 1970s lesbian sub-culture by providing a public platform for the expression of topics that were lacking in dominant political discourse, and helped consumers develop strategies to cope, organize, and articulate their experiences.
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Olivia Records echoed the philosophy cultural production of lesbian feminist separatists.
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In 1977, after repeated criticism by Anita Bryant, Olivia Records put out Lesbian Concentrate, a collection of songs and poetry with part of the proceeds going to benefit the Lesbian Mothers National Defense Fund.
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Olivia Records resigned as the controversy over her working for a lesbian-identified enterprise increased because she was a transgender woman.
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Olivia Records moved first to Los Angeles to stay on top of the burgeoning music scene and then to Oakland.
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Olivia Records saved the rejection letter, signed by "the women of Olivia, " which was featured in Intimate Portrait, the Lifetime Television documentary of her life.
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Olivia Records promoted music that validated women's and lesbian's experiences, including lyrical and musical expressions of love, anger, fear, and humor.
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Lyrics by artists on Olivia Records frequently described personal or local problems rather than address global women's issues.
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Early interviews with the founders of Olivia Records show an acute awareness of the radical political message embedded in the very creation of the label.
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Similar to women's music festivals, Olivia Records favored apprenticeship and mentoring as staple organizational practices.
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The founders of Olivia Records were not the only LGBTQ activists to criticize American capitalism or consumerism, and many subculture bars, bookstores, coffee shops, and presses were created to carve out physical and intellectual queer spaces in the American marketplace.
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The DIY aesthetic of Olivia Records mirrored broader trends that proliferated in the American lesbian arts and counter-marketplace during the 1970s and 80s, including the rejection of mass-production and big corporations in favor of crafts, folk art, and preindustrial production techniques.
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