The package was conceived by an independent, Massachusetts-based label, Rykodisc, and its focus is not just on Bowie`s best-known songs. ”A lot of the hits aren`t on the set,” says Jeff ...

In 1989, following months of rumors and speculation, Bowie changed his tune—but not without a little help from Massachusetts. Founded in 1983 by entrepreneur Don Rose, Salem-based Rykodisc was ...

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and David Bowie CD reissues. First and foremost, there’s the 1990 Rykodisc re-release of his catalog, a series once coveted by collectors ...

and yet incomplete (they omit bonus tracks found on Bowie’s early 1990s Rykodisc reissues). The apparent aim is an “official release” Bowie master narrative, in boxes sturdy enough to prop ...

released on the partly Ardmore-based Rykodisc label. Springsteen visited Bowie during the “Young Americans” sessions in November 1974, a time when the Boss was (remarkably) so broke he had to ...

In 1989, Bowie licensed his RCA catalog — 1969’s Space Oddity though 1980’s Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) — to Rykodisc, then an independent label focused on CD reissues. “He wanted ...

And four years after his death, David Bowie is still an inspiration. Twenty-nineteen saw a seemingly endless stream of Bowie releases -- remixes, anniversary reissues, home recordings, early demos ...

Rykodisc Records, which has been operating as a stand-alone label since it was acquired by the Warner Music Group in 2006, has been placed under WMG's Independent Label Group. By Ed Christman ...