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title="Alternative Distribution Alliance">Alternative Distribution Alliance</a><br />(in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">U.S.</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">WEA International Inc.</a><br />(outside the U.S.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rock_and_roll" title="Rock and roll">rock</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rhino.com">www<wbr />.rhino<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rykodisc</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record label</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a>, operating as a unit of WMG's <a href="/wiki/Independent_Label_Group" title="Independent Label Group">Independent Label Group</a> and distributed through <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Distribution_Alliance" title="Alternative Distribution Alliance">Alternative Distribution Alliance</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rykodisc&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Claiming to be the first <a href="/wiki/CD" class="mw-redirect" title="CD">CD</a>-only <a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">independent record label</a> in the United States, Rykodisc was founded in <a href="/wiki/1984_in_music" title="1984 in music">January 1984</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cannes" title="Cannes">Cannes</a>, <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Simonds_2004_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonds_2004-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by Arthur Mann, Rob Simonds, Doug Lexa and Don Rose. The name "Ryko," which the label claimed was a Japanese word meaning "sound from a flash of light," was chosen to reflect the company's CD-only policy. In the late 1980s, however, the label also began to issue high-quality <a href="/wiki/Compact_Cassette" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact Cassette">cassette</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gramophone_record" class="mw-redirect" title="Gramophone record">vinyl</a> and MiniDisc versions of many releases under the name Ryko Analogue.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Initially founded as an <a href="/wiki/Audiophile" title="Audiophile">audiophile</a>-oriented label, Rykodisc shifted its focus towards mainstream audiences following the worldwide success of <a href="/wiki/Dire_Straits" title="Dire Straits">Dire Straits</a><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span> 1985 album <i><a href="/wiki/Brothers_in_Arms_(album)" title="Brothers in Arms (album)">Brothers in Arms</a></i>, which demonstrated that the compact disc's growth would be significantly faster than initially anticipated.<sup id="cite_ref-Simonds_2004_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Simonds_2004-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The label subsequently saw notable successes in the CD reissue industry, as artists such as <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Costello" title="Elvis Costello">Elvis Costello</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Bowie" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoko_Ono" title="Yoko Ono">Yoko Ono</a>, <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, the estate of <a href="/wiki/Nick_Drake" title="Nick Drake">Nick Drake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nine_Inch_Nails" title="Nine Inch Nails">Nine Inch Nails</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sugar_(American_band)" title="Sugar (American band)">Sugar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyatt" title="Robert Wyatt">Robert Wyatt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mission_of_Burma" title="Mission of Burma">Mission of Burma</a> allowed Rykodisc to issue their catalogs on CD. Rykodisc also re-released the <a href="/wiki/SST_Records" title="SST Records">SST Records</a>-era recordings by the <a href="/wiki/Meat_Puppets" title="Meat Puppets">Meat Puppets</a>. It also was responsible for the first release of the "<a href="/wiki/I_Am_the_Cosmos" title="I Am the Cosmos">I Am the Cosmos</a>" LP by the late Chris Bell of <a href="/wiki/Big_Star" title="Big Star">Big Star</a>, another band on the label. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rykodisctray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/05/Rykodisctray.jpg/220px-Rykodisctray.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/05/Rykodisctray.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="231" /></a><figcaption>Artwork designed by Conrad Warre for the inside of Rykodisc CD reissues (1993–1994); bottle green transparent jewel cases designed and developed by Warre with Philips Dupont Optical</figcaption></figure> <p>Over the years, the label acquired <a href="/wiki/Hannibal_Records" title="Hannibal Records">Hannibal Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tradition_Records" title="Tradition Records">Tradition Records</a>, Gramavision (founded by <a href="/wiki/Jonathan_F._P._Rose" title="Jonathan F. P. Rose">Jonathan F. P. Rose</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Norton_Records" title="Emperor Norton Records">Emperor Norton Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Restless_Records" title="Restless Records">Restless Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cordless_Recordings" title="Cordless Recordings">Cordless Recordings</a>. Rykodisc also founded a distribution company, Ryko Distribution, and a music publishing company, Rykomusic. The label's catalog exceeds 1,200 titles. </p><p>In 1998, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Blackwell" title="Chris Blackwell">Chris Blackwell</a> left <a href="/wiki/Island_Records" title="Island Records">Island Records</a> and bought Rykodisc for a reported $35 million as a means of acquiring music marketing and distribution expertise for his new venture, a media company called <a href="/wiki/Palm_Pictures" title="Palm Pictures">Palm Pictures</a>. In 1999, one year after the Blackwell buy-out, the office in Salem, Massachusetts, was closed, and many industry veterans were laid off. In 2001, Blackwell parted ways with Rykodisc. The label was then located in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> with offices in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a> and in <a href="/wiki/Beverly,_Massachusetts" title="Beverly, Massachusetts">Beverly, Massachusetts</a>. </p><p>On March 23, 2006, it was announced that <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> acquired the Ryko Corporation for $67.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Zappa Family Trust and Ryko parted ways in 2012 with the Zappa Family Trust reacquiring Frank Zappa's recorded music catalogue and <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Enterprises" title="Universal Music Enterprises">Universal Music Enterprises</a> taking over distribution of the Zappa catalogue.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 2006, the independent publishing company <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Copyrights" class="mw-redirect" title="Evergreen Copyrights">Evergreen Copyrights</a> purchased the Rykomusic publishing catalogue, among others.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2010, Evergreen was acquired by <a href="/wiki/BMG_Rights_Management" title="BMG Rights Management">BMG Rights Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, Ryko Distribution was folded into <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Distribution_Alliance" title="Alternative Distribution Alliance">Alternative Distribution Alliance</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rykodisc_artists">Rykodisc artists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rykodisc&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Rykodisc artists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rykodisc_artists" title="List of Rykodisc artists">List of Rykodisc artists</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rykodisc&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_record_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of record labels">List of record labels</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rykodisc&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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