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, while its subsidiary label Red Rhino Europe continued under the name
RRE Records (or simply
RRE) as a subsidiary of
Play It Again Sam. The most notable artists featured in the main label's catalogue were
The Mekons,
Skeletal Family,
:zoviet*France: and the first record releases by
Pulp. ==Notable releases==