RSO
RECORDS
Independent label: RSO Records = Robert Stigwood Organisation - started life in the late '60s as a management and production company, linked to Polydor; it started releasing records on its own label in 1973.  After a quiet start it came into its own in the Disco era: the soundtracks to Grease and Saturday Night Fever sold massively and spawned several hugely successful singles, including two No.1s for John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John and one for the Bee Gees.  The Bee Gees were RSO's most consistently successful act, as far as the Singles Charts were concerned; Eric Clapton also managed to revive his career during his spell with the label.  RSO was absorbed by PolyGram in 1981; the company's momentum failed, and it disappeared from the scene in 1984.   Initially singles were issued in a 2090-100 series in Britain; in 1978 the Polydor family dropped its seven-digit listings, and RSO's was changed to RSO-000, the initial '0' being dropped after RSO-017.  For most of its life the company used injection-moulded labels, in common with the other members of the family. The occasional paper label can be found; presumably these were pressed for Polydor by other companies.  Labels were generally a fawny brown colour which at times drifted towards concrete, though injection moulded ones can be found in other colours such as orange-brown, purple, silver, gold and red. The label design remained the same for most of the 1970s, but a new one was adopted in July 1979.  Distributed By Polydor Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

    
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF RSO Records 2090-000 SERIES 1973-1982 CAN BE FOUND HERE
  

78	Gibb Andy	Shadow Dancing	RSO	RSO	001
78	Bee Gees	Night Fever	RSO	RSO	002
78	Jones Paul	Sheena A Punk Rocker	RSO	RSO	003
78	Elliman Yvonne	Savannah	RSO	RSO	004
78	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	005
78	Newton-John Olivia	You'Re The One That I Want	RSO	RSO	006
78	Stewart John	Fire In The Wind	RSO	RSO	007
78	Player	This Time I'M Not In It For Love	RSO	RSO	008
78	Wilkinson Colm C.T.	Born To Sing	RSO	RSO	009
78	Trade Mark	Days Of Pearly Spencer	RSO	RSO	010
78	Nicholas Paul	On The Strip	RSO	RSO	011
78	Valli Frankie	Grease	RSO	RSO	012
78	Not Issued		RSO	RSO	013
78	California	I Can Hear Music	RSO	RSO	014
78	Gibb Andy	An Everlasting Love	RSO	RSO	015
78	Kipner Steve	Love Is It'S Own Reward	RSO	RSO	016
78	Newton-John Olivia	Hopelessly Devoted To You	RSO	RSO	017
78	Newton-John Olivia	Summer Nights	RSO	RSO	018
78	Gibb Robin	Oh Darling	RSO	RSO	019
78	Player	Prisoner Of Your Love	RSO	RSO	20
78	Clapton Eric	Promises	RSO	RSO	21
78	Gibb Robin	Why	RSO	RSO	22
78	Yvonne Elliman	Moment By Moment	RSO	RSO	23
78	Clapton Eric	If I Don'T Get There By Morning	RSO	RSO	24
78	Bee Gees	Too Much Heaven	RSO	RSO	25
79	Gibb Andy	Don'T Throw It All Away	RSO	RSO	26
79	Bee Gees	Tragedy	RSO	RSO	27
79	Mayfield Curtis	This Year	RSO	RSO	28
79	Nicholas Paul	Two Up Two Down	RSO	RSO	29
79	Clifford Linda	Bridge Over Troubled Water	RSO	RSO	30
79	Bee Gees	Love You Inside Out	RSO	RSO	31
79	Naughton David	Makin' It	RSO	RSO	32
79	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	33
79	Pace Thom	Maybe	RSO	RSO	34
79	Stewart John	Gold	RSO	RSO	35
79	Rockets	Can'T Sleep	RSO	RSO	36
79	Clifford Linda	Don'T Give It Up	RSO	RSO	37
79	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	38
79	Monitors	Telegram	RSO	RSO	39
79	Headboys	The Shape Of Things To Come	RSO	RSO	40
79	Sweet Inspirations	Love Is On The Way	RSO	RSO	41
79	Stewart John	Midnight Wind	RSO	RSO	42
79	Mayfield Curtis & Linda Clifford	Between You Baby & Me	RSO	RSO	43
79	Rockets	Oh Well	RSO	RSO	44
79	A K B	Stand Up Sit Down	RSO	RSO	45
79	Elliman Yvonne	Love Pains	RSO	RSO	46
79	Warm Jets	Big City Boys	RSO	RSO	47
79	Headboys	Steppin' Stones	RSO	RSO	49
79	Nicholas Paul	Yesterday'S Hero	RSO	RSO	50
80	Slade	Okey Cokey	RSO	RSO	51
79	Stewart John	Runaway Fool Of Love	RSO	RSO	51
80	Bee Gees	Spirits [Having Flown]	RSO	RSO	52
80	Tunes	She'S My Girl	RSO	RSO	53
80	Macgregor Mary	Good Friends	RSO	RSO	54
80	Gibb Andy	Desire	RSO	RSO	55
80	Headboys	Kicking The Kans	RSO	RSO	56
80	Ruffin Jimmy	Hold On To Love	RSO	RSO	57
80	Fame Georgie	Yeah Yeah	RSO	RSO	58
80	Gibb Andy	I Can'T Help It	RSO	RSO	59
80	Festival	Don'T Cry For Me Argentina	RSO	RSO	60
80	Stewart John	Night Man	RSO	RSO	61
80	King Bees	My Mistake	RSO	RSO	62
80	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	63
80	Clifford Linda	Red Light	RSO	RSO	64
80	Levy Marcy & Robin Gibb	Help Me	RSO	RSO	65
80	Cara Irene	Out Here On My Own	RSO	RSO	66
80	Wesley Fred & Jb'S	Houseparty	RSO	RSO	67
80	Mayfield Curtis	It'S Alright	RSO	RSO	68
80	Clifford Linda	Shoot Your Best Shot	RSO	RSO	69
81	Ramones	I Wanna Be Sedated	RSO	RSO	70
81	Xtc	Take This Town	RSO	RSO	71
80	Star Wars Choir	What Do You Give A Wookie For Christmas	RSO	RSO	72
80	Gibb Andy	Time Is Time	RSO	RSO	73
81	Clapton Eric	I Can´T Stand It	RSO	RSO	74
81	Clapton Eric	Another Ticket	RSO	RSO	75
81	Nicholas Paul	No News	RSO	RSO	76
81	39 Lyon Street	Kites	RSO	RSO	77
81	Associates	A Girl Named Property	RSO	RSO	78
81	Shot In The Dark	Playing With Lightning	RSO	RSO	79
81	London Billy	Woman	RSO	RSO	80
81	Bee Gees	He'S A Liar	RSO	RSO	81
81	Gibb Robin	All I Have To Do Is Dream	RSO	RSO	82
81	Various Artists	Motown Mix (A Tribute To Motown)	RSO	RSO	83
81	Blue Nile	I Love This Life	RSO	RSO	84
81	Bee Gees	Living Eyes	RSO	RSO	85
81	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	86
82	Derek And The Dominos	Laya	RSO	RSO	87
82	Clapton Eric	I Shot The Sheriff	RSO	RSO	88
82	Four Tops	Back To School Again	RSO	RSO	89
82	Cara Irene	Fame	RSO	RSO	90
82	Cream	Badge	RSO	RSO	91
82	Not Traced		RSO	RSO	92
82	Pfeiffer Michelle	Cool Rider	RSO	RSO	93
83	Bee Gees	Woman In You	RSO	RSO	94
83	Stallone Frank	Far From Over	RSO	RSO	95
83	Bee Gees	Someone Belonging To Someone	RSO	RSO	96
83	Faragher Tommy	Look Out For Number One	RSO	RSO	97
84	Clapton Eric	Wonderful Tonight	RSO	RSO	98