RSO Records

RSO Records was a record label, formed in partnership with Polydor Records by rock and roll and musical theatre impresario Robert Stigwood in the late 1960s, after the death of his business partner and mentor Brian Epstein. The "RSO" stands for the Robert Stigwood Organisation.

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Record label - Polydor Records - Rock and roll - Musical theatre - Robert Stigwood - 1960s - Brian Epstein

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RSO managed the careers of several superstars (Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Andy Gibb), and, as a record label, released the soundtracks to Tommy, The Empire Strikes Back, Jesus Christ Superstar, Times Square, Grease, and Saturday Night Fever. The release of the latter two albums made RSO one of the most financially successful labels of the 1970s. The disastrous commercial and critical failure of RSO's movie version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1978 crippled the company. By 1981 Stigwood had ended his involvement with the label, which was absorbed into Polydor.

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Bee Gees - Eric Clapton - Andy Gibb - Tommy - The Empire Strikes Back - Jesus Christ Superstar - Times Square - Grease - Saturday Night Fever - 1970s - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - 1978

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