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Rhino started as a record shop on Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, in 1973, run by Richard Foos, and became a record distributor five years later [3] thanks to the effort of then-store manager Harold Bronson. Their early releases were mostly novelty records (such as their first single, in 1975, Wild Man Fischer's "Go to Rhino Records"). The ...
Nuggets is a series of compilation albums, started by Elektra Records in 1972 [1] and continued by Rhino Records thereafter. [2] The series focuses primarily on relatively obscure garage and psychedelic rock songs from the 1960s, but with some hits and pop-oriented songs also included.
The Rhino Brothers Present the World's Worst Records is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1983. [1] [2] It purports to compile the worst music ever recorded and features mostly novelty songs, parodies and cover versions of popular songs, performed very poorly (though in many cases, intentionally so, either as a novelty or as a joke).
Whatever: The '90s Pop & Culture Box is a seven-disc, 130-track box set of popular music hits of the 1990s. Released by Rhino Records in 2005, the box set was based on the success of Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, and Like Omigod!
Nuggets (series) — a series of follow-up albums issued by Rhino Records (US) Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965–1968 — 1998 expanded box set (Rhino Records) (US) Nuggets II: Original Artyfacts from the British Empire and Beyond, 1964–1969 — box set (Rhino Records) (Europe)
Rhino Records discontinued the series, due to rights issues and with no plans to re-release them. Many of the songs in the series are mastered from the 7-inch single masters. The series includes some songs making their first CD appearance (in some rare cases, their only CD appearance).
Like Omigod! The 80s Pop Culture Box (Totally) is a seven-disc, 142-track box set of popular music hits of the 1980s. Released by Rhino Records in 2002, the box set was based on the success of Have a Nice Decade: The 70s Pop Culture Box, Rhino's box set covering the 1970s.
Both discs were released through Rhino's internet-only label Rhino Handmade in limited pressings of 7500 each. Rhino also released Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The Second Psychedelic Era, 1976-1995, a four-CD set of recordings by bands influenced by the original Nuggets, in late 2005.