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  The Past Is Now for Rhino Records' Retrofest: Leif Garrett : Rolling Stone
Rhino Records has lived with this truth for its twenty years of existence, and has nevertheless made a sound living out of dusting off and shining up toys from rock and roll's attic.
But for their next trick, Rhino is doing the unthinkable: three days of live music.
Even though the band released an EP this year and are working on a new record deal, they don't mind being associated with "retro."
www.rollingstone.com /artists/leifgarrett/articles/story/5921040/the_past_is_now_for_rhino_records_retrofest   (690 words)

  
  Rhino Entertainment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rhino Entertainment is a specialty record label originally known for releasing retrospectives of famous comedy performers, including Richard Pryor, Stan Freberg, Tom Lehrer, and Spike Jones.
Rhino also owns the rights to The Monkees (which they acquired from Columbia Pictures in the late 1980s), and thus has released home videos and CDs from the group.
Rhino's retrospective compact disc releases are often remastered to restore or improve upon the original analog release's audio quality, a common practice now.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhino_Entertainment   (368 words)

  
 Rhino Entertainment -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
They struggled to get their records distributed, but in 1986 they signed a six-year distribution deal with (Click link for more info and facts about Capitol Records) Capitol Records.
Rhino also owns the rights to (Click link for more info and facts about The Monkees) The Monkees (which they acquired from (Click link for more info and facts about Columbia Pictures) Columbia Pictures in the late (The decade from 1980 to 1989) 1980s), and thus has released home videos and CDs from the group.
Rhino's retrospective compact disc releases are often (Click link for more info and facts about remaster) remastered to restore or improve upon the original analog release's audio quality, a common practice now.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/rh/rhino_entertainment.htm   (284 words)

  
 Superman:  The Movie (Rhino 2000)
What Rhino has supplied to the film music community are a number of cues that are instantly “praiseable.” Maybe the most notable inclusion is the Prelude and Main Title March that starts this heroic music fest off on CD 1.
Rhino has included three additional cues of the famous Superman theme, sandwiching the both disc 1 and disc 2- and a satisfying sandwich it makes.
Rhino's very much anticipated complete 2-CD release of the original score was finally made available in February, 2000.
www.tracksounds.com /reviews/smanrhino.htm   (1165 words)

  
 The Rhino Records Story
Rhino Records may have eventually become merely a novelty footnote in the history of music were it not for a deal struck with Capitol Records, a major label based in neighboring Hollywood.
Rhino Records, Both Sides Now is grateful to Bob Hyde and Rhino Records for listing the first edition of "Oldies on CD" in their early 1990s catalogs, which greatly publicized BSN when we were struggling to "make it." I think they understood what starting out in a big industry is all about.
The label used for a vast majority of all Rhino vinyl releases was yellow with fl print, with a cartoon rhino standing at the upper left of the label and "rhino" in lower case across the top.
www.bsnpubs.com /warner/rhino/rhinostory.html   (2071 words)

  
 Rhino Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
In the 1990s, Rhino became part of the Time Warner company, and thus had access to the music libraries of Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. (and itsrecording subsidiaries).
It is through this merger that the label has released remastered editions of collections from such bandsas Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, The Doobie Brothers, and The Doors, as well as soundtracks spanning the Turner-owned pre-1986 MGM and pre-1948 WB periods, as well as WB's own post-1948 period.
Rhino also owns the rights to The Monkees (which they acquiredfrom Columbia Pictures in the late 1980s), and thus has released home videos and CDs from the group.
www.therfcc.org /rhino-records-143134.html   (220 words)

  
 Rhino Records - About Rhino   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Rhino began with Richard Foos indulging in his love of roots music (especially the blues) by digging through record bins at swap meets and record sales.
Rhino also gained a reputation as the hippest record retailer in the L.A. area, thanks to Foos' collecting expertise and offbeat sense of humor.
Through the years Rhino evolved beyond novelty releases and into reissuing classic pop music and video from the 1920's to the present.
www.kidrhino.com /about/about_start.lasso   (298 words)

  
 Rhino Records | Arts and Entertainment | BBC World Service
The original mastertapes of several Coltrane recordings were thought to have been lost when a fire destroyed the warehouse in which they were kept.
The comprehensive box sets and remastered CDs that Rhino Records release obviously take time to develop and press, and they are recognised worldwide for their quality and ability to acquire rarities along with previously available material.
Rhino Handmade is a new division that the company themselves describe as "a fiendishly clever fundamental application of space-age science".
www.bbc.co.uk /worldservice/arts/highlights/000816_rhino.shtml   (983 words)

  
 Rhino Records; http://www.rhinorecords.cc
Rhino Records in Claremont, California, was opened in 1976 by the Rhino label (the reigning champs of repackaging, reissuing and recycling hits & misses from yesteryear) which sold off its retail operations in 1981 (we have been independently owned & operated since, so no hankies please).
We are a record store like they used to be in the good ole days; a plethora of obscure (from our weighty progressive rock & electronic sections) carved next to our rock, classical, and whathaveyou.
Thousands of new & used LP's are located next to the Rhino stage which has been graced by Soul Coughing, MXPX, Kristen Hersh, Jimmy Eat World, The Mountain Goats & a wealth of others.
www.rhinorecords.cc /about.php   (222 words)

  
 The Rutles - The Lean Years - Part 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
It was widely believed that Rhino Records, having now grown to major respectability on the quality of its vintage music reissues, was going to reissue the album.
Rhino went the extra mile, and put out a re-issue that was almost everything a Rutles fan could have hoped for.
The Rhino CD is still in print, and can be purchased from local record shops, on-line stores, and even direct from Rhino Records.
www.rutlemania.org /lean5.html   (240 words)

  
 Rhino Records to celebrate relocation with weekend block party - THE DAILY BRUIN ONLINE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Although the Rhino Records store is a separate entity from the Rhino Records label, it has formed a community of its own over the years.
Rhino Records will continue to be a cheap, accessible concert venue in the Westwood neighborhood.
Local music lovers and makers alike have relied on Rhino Records for almost 30 years to be their mecca of pop-culture musical variety.
www.dailybruin.ucla.edu /news/articles.asp?id=18058   (837 words)

  
 Rhino Records    Aug 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Marshall Crenshaw finished off the West Coast leg of his U.S. tour recently, and folks at Rhino were treated to a visit by the power pop genius.
The man of the hour swung by the label's office to affix his signature to the "wall of fame" in the Rhino lobby and play a lunchtime concert for employees.
Marshall is the focus of not one, but two Rhino releases: a deluxe reissue of his classic 1982 debut album and This Is Easy: The Best Of, a comprehensive career overview.
www.marshallcrenshaw.com /articles/rhino2.htm   (223 words)

  
 Los Angeles Business Journal: Rhino facing extinction under Warner - Up Front - Rhino Records may be phased out by ...
Rhino began in the early-1970s when Foos sold stacks of old blues records from the trunk of his car to UCLA students, opening his first Rhino Records store in 1973 on Westwood Boulevard.
After two decades of independence, Rhino struck a deal with Time Warner's Atlantic Records in which, in exchange for a 50 percent interest in their company, Foos and Bronson were given access to Atlantic's library and Atlantic became Rhino's distributor.
Rhino's announcement last week that it would be reissuing long-time Warner icon the Grateful Dead on vinyl is the most recent example of what has become routine.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_17_25/ai_101495472   (969 words)

  
 Los Angeles Magazine: Heartaches and harmonies: Rhino Records helped create a reissue boom; now one of its founders is ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Rhino was absorbed by media conglomerate Time Warner in 1998--the culmination of a deal initiated in 1992--and last year the label moved from its home turf in West L.A. to Burbank, where it shares a building with three other labels in the Warner Music Group.
Plenty of head butting went into each record, Stewart says, but "the fact that you had to fight for things infused it with more zeal." While the major record labels were consumed with finding the next new hit, Rhino brokered agreements with them to mine their dusty vaults for overlooked gems.
Rhino began giving grants not to conventional charities but to local grassroots groups like the fledgling Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, to whom $1,000 or $5,000 was a windfall.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1346/is_1_49/ai_112358356   (1491 words)

  
 EA/Rhino Records Deal: Game News - The Armchair Empire
Beginning with novelty records, then branching into archival reissues and definitive anthologies and various-artists series, the company is recognized as the world's leading pop culture label.
Rhino's Home Video division is home to everything from oddball cult films and classic TV programs to longform live music performances and a line of action sports releases.
Rhino is a part of the Warner Music Group.
www.armchairempire.com /videogame-news/multi-platform/June-2004/ea-rhino-records-deal.htm   (814 words)

  
 Rhino Sings the 'Toons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Well, me neither, but it's no surprise that the same record label who released these offbeat tunes is the same company to embrace the wacky cartoon theme songs with which we all grew up.
Conceived with a sense of humor and a love for music and pop culture, Rhino Records was founded in 1978 by Richard Foos and Harold Bronson.
The Rhino label was born when Foos and Bronson recorded local street eccentric Wild Man Fischer's screechy promotional song, `Go to Rhino Records,' on a Panasonic recorder in the back of the store.
www.awn.com /mag/issue4.07/4.07pages/schatzrhino.php3   (431 words)

  
 Soul Shine Magazine : Rhino Records and XM Satellite Radio Team Up
CD compilation kings Rhino Records are teaming up with XM Satellite Radio to create music and pop culture specials based on the Rhino catalog exclusively for XM.
Rhino and XM plan to air about 50 specials by the end of the year.
The specials will be tied to new Rhino releases, but the programming will also feature some of the older selections in the Rhino catalog; allowing Rhino to open their catalog to a new generation of music fans.
www.soulshine.ca /news/newsarticle.php?nid=920   (238 words)

  
 CD Review of Lightnin' Hopkins - The Very Best of Lightnin' Hopkins on Rhino Records @ jazzreview.com
His first recordings, Katie Mae Blues and Shotgun Blues are included on this CD and are from 1947-8.
In 1959, he was "discovered" by Samuel Charters and recorded a session for the popular Folkways label.
In fact, all the recordings in Rhino's "Bluesmasters Series" are great value.
www.jazzreview.com /cdreview.cfm?ID=2436   (239 words)

  
 Update for Rhino Records: Millennium Party Plus Some
Rhino Records are probably the greatest archive collection of artists you never heard of or thought you would never hear from again.
Rhino defines the power ballad as the song "where metal and romance collide" (and got these bands some MTV airtime).
Rhino has delved into their archives and came up with a four volume series called MTV: The First 1000 Years - New Wave.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/80s_music/31352   (755 words)

  
 Slipcue E-Zine: Rhino Records label profile (Artist Albums)
At the dawn of the Reagan era, the elfin, frazzle-haired Laurie Anderson was the national poster child for the New York art scene -- a friendly, cartoonish character who played snippets of dialogue forwards and backwards on violin bows, wired her torso with contact mics, and recited long, goofy stories with pun-laden punch lines.
Ironically, Rhino's new four CD retrospective reflects this problem -- with two discs of classic material, a third of rarities and outtakes, and a fourth featuring the 1990s work of the reformed outfit, this is a lavish treat for longtime fans, but may be a hard sell for newcomers.
The Rhino website is pretty cool, with music biz tidbits, regular updates on the latest Rhino goodies, easily navigable sections for all their various genres, and comprehensible, secure online mailorder...
www.slipcue.com /music/labels/misc_labels/rhino_artists01.html   (2057 words)

  
 Fender Musical Instruments Corporation has entered into a strategic alliance with Rhino Records and Morling Manor Music ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Rhino was a natural choice for the venture given Morling's history with the company, which had previously released soundtracks from a pair of Showtime Original Pictures under Proffer's guidance.
Fender Records will amplify these efforts, with a portion of the profits earmarked for music education.
Rhino Records has been setting the industry standard for compiling and packaging music and video for more than two decades.
www.pro-music-news.com /html/07/e10731fe.htm   (536 words)

  
 Rhino Records Retrofest Tickets, Buy, Schedule, 2005, Sale, Cheap Rhino Records Retrofest Tickets
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 Rhino Entertainment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is through this merger that the label has released remastered editions of collections from such bands as Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Yes, The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, and The Doors, as well as soundtracks spanning the Turner-owned pre-1986 MGM and pre-1948 Warner Bros. periods, as well as WB's own post-1948 period.
Among Rhino's soundtrack releases: Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Easter Parade, North by Northwest, Casablanca, King Kong, Doctor Zhivago, and Superman: The Movie.
This page was last modified 05:08, 1 October 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhino_Records   (368 words)

  
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 Encyclopedia: Billy Preston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Quincy Jones Quincy Delight Jones II (born March 14, 1933 in Chicago, Illinois) is an United States record, television and film producer, musician, arranger and songwriter.
Eric Clapton at the Tsunami Relief concert in Cardiffs Millennium Stadium, January 22nd 2005 Eric Patrick Clapton CBE (born March 30, 1945) is a British guitarist and composer.
He is probably best known for his work with The Beatles (he is the only artist to receive label credit on a Beatles single: Get Back, though mention must be made of Tony Sheridan, who shared label credit with The Beatles on one of his singles).
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 Rhino Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Rhino Entertainment is the label co founded by Richard Foos and Harold Bronson in 1978.
Beginning with novelty records, then branching into archival reissues and definitive anthologies and various-artists series, the partners and their ever-growing staff of informed eccentrics found that a growing audience shared their diverse musical tastes and uncompromising commitment to quality.
Rhino has a history of monetary donations to programs that help alleviate homelessness, hunger, and disease, as well as campaigns for livable wages, affordable housing, transportation for the poor, and workers' and immigrants' rights.
www.lattc.cc.ca.us /lattc/rdo/rdo_rr.htm   (152 words)

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