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Posted: **Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:07 pm**

[b]<a href="http://www.slicingupeyeballs.com/2009/09/24/rhino-records-layoffs-reissues-box-sets/">Rhino Records gutted by layoffs</a>[/b]

Revered catalog label Rhino Records — which put out the Left of the Dial box set and countless classic college-rock reissues by the likes of The Cure and Depeche Mode — today conducted across-the-board layoffs, jettisoning 30 to 40 employees across “all departments, including A&R, marketing, promotion and publicity,” according to Variety.

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Posted: **Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:49 pm**

Wow. I wonder what this means for future reissues. Interesting times in the music biz.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 12:12 am**

Clink on the link and read the entire article. It's not good news at all.

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:12 am**

I love reading music news on SUE, but today was not a day for good news. This really sucks 'across-the-board', for those employees who got sacked, and for music fans in general. The Cure re-issues were mentioned, which sound like they could be in limbo, but I wonder what the latest is regarding the purported In Orange DVD Robert was planning to release? Haven't seen/heard any news about it in a while. Last I read on COF (maybe a year ago) was that it would be released around the time of the next batch of re-issues.

Crappy news about Rhino, botched NO reissues notwithstanding.

1002

Posted: **Fri Sep 25, 2009 4:01 pm**

This sad news gave me a new appreciation for all the Rhino comps I have of new wave/80s stuff. They collected a lot of stuff that I might never have tracked down on cd otherwise. Kudos for the great work they did.

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:25 am**

Rhino responds:

http://www.rhino.com/sept24/

"Words like conviction can turn into a sentence"

Posted: **Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:39 am**

Sad News!! A friend of mine has always said that the IPod has been one of the worst things ever created as far as "true music lovers" go. After reading this, I wonder if he may be right???

Posted: **Tue Sep 29, 2009 1:38 am**

This is hardly the death knell for Rhino. They make plenty of money "mining the vaults." You can be sure they'll continue to do so if with a more digital, rather than physical, initiative.

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:19 am**

[quote][i]Originally posted by Surly[/i]
<br>Rhino responds:

http://www.rhino.com/sept24/[/quote]

Thanks for the link, Surly.

1002

Posted: **Wed Sep 30, 2009 4:55 pm**

[i]> which put out the Left of the Dial box set and countless classic college-rock reissues by the likes of The Cure and Depeche Mode[/i]

Did they really have anything to do with the Cure and DM remastered releases, though, other than getting them pressed and slapping their name on it?