Rykodisc
Sign in to saveRykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.
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- Rykodisc
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- 100px
- Record label <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music >.parent
- Warner Music Group
- Record label <! See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music >.founded
- January 1984
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- Arthur Mann, Rob Simonds, Doug Lexa, Don Rose
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- Rhino Entertainment
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- Pop, rock
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- U.S.
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Rykodisc is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, operating as a unit of WMG's Independent Label Group and distributed through Alternative Distribution Alliance.
==History== Claiming to be the first CD-only independent record label in the United States, Rykodisc was founded in January 1984 in Cannes, France, 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 cassette and vinyl versions of many releases under the name Ryko Analogue. From 1992 to 1993, they also released 7 titles on the MiniDisc format.