Also appears as "Rhino" only. Rhino Records started as a record store in 1973 in Westwood California, U.S.A., founded by Richard Foos. The first recording was released in 1975, "Go To Rhino Records" by Wild Man Fischer which was a small success. Label Code: LC 02982 Rhino sometimes run their US catalogue number next to the worldwide WMG catalogue number divided by a slash. These should be entered as two numbers on separate lines. The early logo design had a picture of "Rocky the Rhino" (designed by William Stout) and featured mostly novelty, surf, local new wave bands, and a couple of reissues of out-of-print records from other labels. By the mid-1980s, the label was releasing a lot of reissues. Bill Inglot took care of the production, Ken Perry mastered, and Gary Stewart and James Austin were doing A&R. Around the same time, the logo was redesigned to just "Rhino". The first CD was issued in 1984. All early Rhino made-in-Japan CDs were manufactured by Sanyo (1984-85). By 1986, into 1987, it was either Japan or Switzerland (made by various manufacturers). It is believed they didn't add barcodes regularly until circa '88. In 1985 the label made a distribution deal with Capitol Records, which lasted until 1992. As part of the deal, they had access to the Capitol back catalog, and they started releasing reissues of the old Capitol albums. In addition, in 1989, EMI and Rhino acquired the Roulette family of labels. In 1992, when the deal with Capitol was ending, Rhino got an offer from Time-Warner. By entering this deal, half of the label was sold to Time-Warner, and WEA became the new distributor of the label. Warner put Rhino in charge of reissuing the Atlantic back catalog. In 1998, Time-Warner bought the remaining 50% of the label, but returned the record store back to Richard Foos. Currently Rhino Records operates as a part of the Rhino Entertainment Company, which is a part of the Warner Music Group. The label specializes in reissues, compilations and anthologies. NOTE: Please enter here the releases that have either the "Rhino Records" or "Rhino" logo. For the company, please use Rhino Entertainment Company, but only if it's mentioned on the release. Also note: Some earlier issues may also have the Company as Rhino Records Inc. A note on catalog numbers: From 1975 to 1986, Rhino used several different series of numbers for their releases, but with a few exceptions, they were all three-digit numbers with the following prefixes: RNOR - 7" RNTI - 12" RNLP - LP RNC - cassette RNEP - EP/mini-album RNEC - cassette EP/mini-album RNCD - CD [also had a '5' added before the 3-digit number] RNDF - LP (Del-Fi Records reissues and other special titles) RNSP - LP (soundtracks and other special titles) RNIN - LP (soundtracks and other special titles) RNIC - cassette (soundtracks and other special titles) RNPD - picture discs In 1986, they started using Capitol's 5-digit numbering system (generally starting with a 7). This 5-digit series continued when Rhino was purchased by Warner in 1998. For reissues of older titles, a 70 (or for CDs, 75) was added to the beginning of the original 3-digit number. For some early Capitol releases, several prefixes above were used with the 5-digit number. But for most of them - and for all of the Warner releases - they used following prefixes (several of which were added as new formats were created over the years): R0 - 12" R1 - LP R2 - CD R3 - VHS R4 - Cassette R7 - 7" R9 - DVD If in doubt, you can find out the five-digit number for currently in-print releases by searching on the Rhino website.

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Paranoid

Black Sabbath · 1970

Studio Album

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac · 1977

Studio Album

The Doors

The Doors · 1967

Studio Album

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath · 1970

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Hotel California

Eagles

Studio Album

Master Of Reality

Black Sabbath · 1971

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Machine Head

Deep Purple · 1972

Studio Album

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits · 1985

Studio Album

Deep Purple In Rock

Deep Purple · 1970

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Violator

Depeche Mode · 1990

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L.A. Woman

Doors · 1971

Studio Album

Black Sabbath Vol 4

Black Sabbath · 1972

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Close To The Edge

Yes · 1972

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Fragile

Yes · 1971

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Selling England By The Pound

Genesis · 1973

Studio Album

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols · 1977

Studio Album

Music For The Masses

Depeche Mode · 1987

Studio Album

Dire Straits

Dire Straits · 1978

Studio Album

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Black Sabbath · 1973

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Debut

Björk · 1993

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Post

Björk · 1995

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Foxtrot

Genesis · 1972

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Love Over Gold

Dire Straits · 1982

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Strange Days

The Doors · 1967

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Morrison Hotel

The Doors · 1970

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Communiqué

Dire Straits · 1979

Studio Album

The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (50th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)

Genesis · 1974

Studio Album

Homogenic

Björk · 1997

Studio Album

Déjà Vu

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young · 1970

Studio Album

Unknown Pleasures

Joy Division · 1979

Studio Album

Speak & Spell

Depeche Mode · 1981

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Waiting For The Sun

The Doors · 1968

Studio Album

Some Great Reward

Depeche Mode · 1984

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A Trick Of The Tail

Genesis · 1976

Studio Album

Disintegration

The Cure · 1989

Studio Album

Making Movies

Dire Straits · 1980

Studio Album

Discovery

Daft Punk · 2001

Studio Album

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Iron Butterfly · 1968

Studio Album

Black Celebration

Depeche Mode · 1986

Studio Album

Fireball

Deep Purple · 1971

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Nursery Cryme

Genesis · 1971

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90125

Yes · 1983

Studio Album

Sabotage

Black Sabbath · 1975

Studio Album

Invisible Touch

Genesis · 1986

Studio Album

Remain In Light

Talking Heads · 1980

Studio Album

Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder · 1976

Studio Album

The Yes Album

Yes · 1971

Studio Album

Pornography

The Cure · 1982

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