Red Rhino Records, also known as Red Rhino, was a British independent record label which was developed by the independent record shop and wholesaler of the same name, all formed and run by "Tony K" (Tony Kostrzewa)[1] and his wife Gerri.[2] It was part of the Cartel, a co-operative record distribution organisation in the United Kingdom, set up by a number of small independent record labels to handle their distribution to record shops.
Set up at the end of the 1970s, it maintained its base in York (with a shop, originally in Gillygate and later in Goodramgate) and through the early 1980s, with the growth of independently produced music, expanded its business to a point where the wholesale side became the separate entity, Red Rhino Distribution Limited. It also developed, in parallel with the main record label, a small music publishing company called Screaming Red Music and the subsidiary labels Ediesta and Red Rhino Europe (RRE), the latter notable for releases by Front 242 and Butthole Surfers. The label was closed down with the financial collapse of Red Rhino Distribution in 1988,[3] [4] while its subsidiary label Red Rhino Europe continued under the name RRE Records (or simply RRE) as a subsidiary of Play It Again Sam.[5] The most notable artists featured in the main label's catalogue were The Mekons, Skeletal Family, zoviet*France:
| Year | Artist | Release | UK Indie | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | - | |||
| 1983 | It | - | ||
| 1984 | Burning Oil | 1 | ||
| 1984 | Hula | Murmur | - | |
| 1985 | Talk about the Weather | 3 | ||
| 1985 | Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music | - | ||
| 1986 | Paint Your Wagon | 3 |
| Catalog No. | Artist | Title | Format | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RED 1 | The Odds | Saturday Night | 7 inch single | |
| RED 2 | Spiderman | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 3 | Deadbeats | Choose You | 7 inch single | |
| RED 4 | Michael Switzerland | Marilyn Monroe's Sister | 7 inch single (unreleased) | |
| RED 5 | The Distributors | Lean On Me | 7 inch single | |
| RED 6 | Rhythm Clicks | Short Time | 7 inch single | |
| RED 7 | Snow | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 8 | Normil Hawaiians | Gala Failed | 12 inch single | |
| RED 9 | The Distributors | Hold | 12 inch single | |
| RED 10 | Soul On Ice | Underwater | 12 inch single | |
| RED 11 | unreleased | |||
| RED 12 | vinyl album | |||
| RED 13 | Time In Motion | Quiet Time | 7 inch single | |
| RED 14 | Caged | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 15 | Xpozez | 10,000 Marching Feet | 7 inch single | |
| RED 16 | Nod | Dad | 7 inch single | |
| RED 17 | Steve Dixon | Talking Candy Blues '82 | 7 inch single | |
| RED 18 | Hula | Black Pop Workout | 12 inch EP | |
| RED 19 | Time In Motion | I Wanna Be Your Telephone | 7 inch single | |
| RED 20 | Beating My Head | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 21 | Darkness & Jive | Hooked On You | 7 inch single | |
| RED 22 | Repulsion | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 23 | Norsch | vinyl album | ||
| RED 24 | Soul On Ice | Widescreen | 7 inch single | |
| REDLP 25 | Machine | vinyl album | ||
| RED 26 | Zoot and the Roots | I Ate the Little Red Rooster | 7 inch single | |
| RED 27 | Darkness & Jive | Furnace | 7 inch single | |
| RED 28 | Take It All | 7 inch single | ||
| REDLP 29 | It | vinyl album | ||
| RED 30 | See You In Vegas | Work | 7 inch single | |
| RED 31 | Wildcat Rock | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 32 | My Lighthouse | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 33 | Hold Me (Never Mould Me) | 7 inch single | ||
| REDLP 34 | 7 | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 35 | Hula | Cut from Inside | vinyl album | |
| RED 36 | The Night | 7 inch single | ||
| RED 37 | Everybody's Problem | 7 inch single | ||
| REDLP 38 | Native Europe | Searching for an Orchestration | vinyl album | |
| RED 39 | He's Read | 7 inch single | ||
| REDLP 40 | Mohnomishe | vinyl album | ||
| RED 41 | She Cries Alone | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 41 | She Cries Alone | 12 inch single | ||
| REDT 42 | Recollect | 12 inch EP | ||
| RED 43 | So Sure | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 43 | So Sure | 12 inch single | ||
| REDLP 44 | Burning Oil | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 45 | Eostre | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 46 | Feels Like Dancing Wartime | vinyl album | ||
| REDT 47 | Hula | Fever Car | 12 inch single | |
| RED 48 | This Today | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 49 | Monkeys on Juice | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 49 | Monkeys on Juice | 12 inch single | ||
| REDLP 50 | Talk About The Weather | vinyl album | ||
| RED 51 | La Muerte | Surrealist Mystery | 12 inch single | |
| RED 52 | Hollow Eyes | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 52 | Hollow Eyes | 12 inch single | ||
| REDLP 53 | Hula | Murmur | vinyl album | |
| RED 54 | Promised Land | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 54 | Promised Land | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 55 | Chance | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 55 | Chance | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 56 | Hula | Get the Habit | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 56 | Hula | Get the Habit | 12 inch single | |
| REDLP 57 | Futile Combat | vinyl album | ||
| REDC 58 | Popular Soviet Songs and Youth Music | 2 x audio cassette joint release with Singing Ringing | ||
| REDC 59 | Together: Futile Combat/ Burning Oil | audio cassette | ||
| RED 60 | Spinning Round | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 60 | Spinning Round | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 61 | unreleased | |||
| RED 62 | Hula | Walk on Stalks of Shattered Glass | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 62 | Hula | Walk on Stalks of Shattered Glass | 12 inch single | |
| REDLP 63 | Hula | 1,000 Hours | vinyl double album | |
| RED 64 | Hula | Freeze Out | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 64 | Hula | Freeze Out | 12 inch single | |
| REDC 65 | Paint Your Wagon | audio cassette | ||
| REDCD 65 | Paint Your Wagon | compact disc | ||
| REDF 65 | Paint Your Wagon | limited edition 7 inch single | ||
| RED 66 | Walking on Your Hands | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 66 | Walking On Your Hands | 12 inch single | ||
| REDLP 67 | Misfits, Loony Tunes and Squalid Criminals | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 67A | Gesture Signal Threat | audio cassette | ||
| REDLP 68 | A Flock of Rotations | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 68A | Assault and Mirage | audio cassette | ||
| RED 69 | unreleased | |||
| RED 70 | unreleased | |||
| REDLP 71 | Hula | Shadowland | vinyl album | |
| RED 72 | Hula | Black Wall Blue | 7 inch single (single sided) | |
| REDT 72 | Hula | Black Wall Blue | 12 inch single | |
| RED 73 | Cut Down | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 73 | Cut Down | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 74 | Hula | Poison | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 74 | Hula | Poison | 12 inch single | |
| REDC 75 | Hula | Voice | audio cassette | |
| REDLP 75 | Hula | Voice | vinyl album | |
| REDD 76 | Crawling Mantra | 2 x 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 76 | Crawling Mantra | 12 inch single | ||
| REDLP 77 | Boat Trips In The Bay | vinyl album | ||
| REDC 78 | Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins | Night Of Desirable Objects | audio cassette | |
| RED 79 | Brute | 7 inch single | ||
| REDT 79 | Brute (Terminally Ill Mix) | 12 inch single | ||
| RED 80 | Hula | Cut Me Loose | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 80 | Hula | Cut Me Loose | 12 inch single | |
| RED 81 | Brendan Croker And The 5 O'Clock Shadows | Darlin | 7 inch single | |
| REDLP 82 | Rock 'n' Roll Liquorice Flavour | vinyl album | ||
| REDC 83 | Hula | Threshold | audio cassette | |
| REDCD 83 | Hula | Threshold | compact disc | |
| REDLP 83 | Hula | Threshold | vinyl album | |
| REDCD 84 | Mother Juno | compact disc | ||
| REDLP 84 | Mother Juno | vinyl album | ||
| REDC 85 | Hula | Cut From Inside/Murmur | audio cassette | |
| REDCD 86 | Smashed Hits | compact disc | ||
| REDLP 86 | Smashed Hits | vinyl album | ||
| REDLP 87 | Road To Roundhay Pier | vinyl album | ||
| REDCD 88 | Various Artists | Til Things Are Brighter...A Tribute to Johnny Cash | compact disc | |
| REDLP 88 | Various Artists | Til Things Are Brighter...A Tribute to Johnny Cash | vinyl album | |
| RED 89 | The Gun Club | Breaking Hands | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 89 | The Gun Club | Breaking Hands | 12 inch single | |
| RED 90 | Horseland | Love Dies Again | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 90 | Horseland | Love Dies Again | 12 inch single | |
| REDCD 91 | Shouting at the Ground | compact disc | ||
| REDLP 91 | Shouting at the Ground | 2 x vinyl album | ||
| RED 92 | The Rhythm Sisters | American Boys | 7 inch single | |
| REDT 92 | The Rhythm Sisters | American Boys | 12 inch single | |
| RED1B3 81 | Red Army Choir | Schizophrenic | 7 inch EP | |
| TACKLP 1 | Tackhead Tape Time | vinyl album | ||
| TAP 1 | The Distributors | Wireless | 7 inch single |