This article is about the British popular record label. For information about the earlier American classical label, see Dover Publications

Dover Publications

Dover Publications is an American book publisher founded in 1941 by Hayward Cirker and his wife, Blanche. It publishes primarily reissues, books no longer published by their original publishers. These are often, but not always, books in the public domain. The original published editions may be...

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Dover Records was a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 that was formed about 1989.

One of the recordings was a celebration of Arsenal winning the 1989 League Division One with "We're Back (Where We Belong)" single.

Recordings on the Dover label released compilations related to the magazine Smash Hits

Smash Hits

Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time...

, starting with Smash Hits Party '89.

Dover was a subsidiary of Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records

Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

 and incorporated another Chrysalis offshoot, Flutterby Records

Flutterby Records

Flutterby Records was a British record label existing from 1985 to 1989.There were only 4 records on this label. "FLUT 1" was the single "Somewhere in London/ Lanercost". "FLUT 2" was the album Back in Line. "FLUT 3" was the single "Padstow /Reels:The First House in Connaught/ Sailor' s Bonnet" ,...

. The change-over from Flutterby to Dover was so messy that a single by Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span

Steeleye Span are an English folk-rock band, formed in 1969 and remaining active today. Along with Fairport Convention they are amongst the best known acts of the British folk revival, and were among the most commercially successful, thanks to their hit singles "Gaudete" and "All Around My Hat"....

, "Following Me," appeared on the Dover label under a Flutterby number - "FLUT 4". The label evidently disappeared in 1991.