Rubellan Remasters shuts down operations due to licensing frustrations

Rubellan Remasters, the independent label that licensed, perhaps "forgotten," major label records and gave them a deluxe treatment is ending its operations. The label recently re-released (almost) the entire Oingo Boingo catalog with bonus tracks, which received critical acclaim. They also re-released records by the seminal Suburban Lawns, The Anvil, Suzanne Vega, Missing Persons, Berlin, and many others. However, over the past few years, the label expressed frustration that they would license material, work up a deluxe reissue, and then have the license pulled before the album went into production. Apparently, the straw that broke the camel's back was when the label licensed a significant chunk of The Split Endz catalog. The label had invested a significant amount of time and money into t...

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