Ryko Corporation is a record company that offers more than 1,000 titles in such genres as rock, pop, folk, jazz, blues, country, and world music. The firm owns and distributes several labels including Restless, Hannibal, Tradition, Slow River, and Gramavision, as well as most of the recordings of the late Frank Zappa. Ryko also releases video DVDs and performs distribution of its own and other labels around the United States and in some international markets. The company became part of Warner Music Group in 2006.
Rykodisc's first major coup came when it secured the CD rights to the back catalog of legendary rock satirist, composer, and provocateur Frank Zappa, who owned his own master recordings and had been releasing them on vinyl and tape through EMI. With the latter firm ambivalent about preparing CD releases, he gave the new label a chance based on its early track record. Though Rykodisc had gambled by paying him a large advance, the initial 10,000-disc pressings of 20 different albums quickly sold out when released in 1986, and more Zappa product followed.
1966 - Freak Out!
1967 - Absolutely Free
1968 - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets
1968 - Lumpy Gravy
1968 - We're Only In It For The Money
1969 - Hot Rats
1969 - Uncle Meat [2 CD]
1970 - Burnt Weeny Sandwich
1970 - Chunga's Revenge
1970 - Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1971 - 200 Motels [2 CD]
1971 - Fillmore East, June 1971
1972 - Just Another Band From L.A
1972 - The Grand Wazoo
1972 - Waka-Jawaka
1973 - Over-Nite Sensation
1974 - Apostrophe (')
1974 - Roxy & Elsewhere
1975 - Bongo Fury
1975 - One Size Fits All
1976 - Zappa In New York [2CD]
1976 - Zoot Allures
1978 - Studio Tan
1979 - Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III [2CD]
1979 - Orchestral Favorites
1979 - Sheik Yerbouti
1979 - Sleep Dirt
1981 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar [3CD]
1981 - Tinseltown Rebellion
1981 - You Are What You Is
1982 - Baby Snakes
1982 - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
1983 - London Symphony Orchestra Vol. 1 & 2 [2CD]
1983 - The Man From Utopia
1984 - Boulez Conducts Zappa- The Perfect Stranger
1984 - Francesco Zappa
1984 - Them Or Us
1984 - Thing-Fish [2CD]
1985 - Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention
1986 - Does Humor Belong In Music
1986 - Jazz From Hell
1988 - Broadway The Hard Way
1988 - Guitar [2CD]
1988 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 [2CD]
1988 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 2 [2CD]
1989 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 3 [2CD]
1991 - Make A Jazz Noise Here [2CD]
1991 - The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life [2CD]
1991 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 [2CD]
1992 - Playground Psychotics [2CD]
1992 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 5 [2CD]
1992 - You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 [2CD]
1993 - The Yellow Shark
