RED Distribution

About

RED Distribution, LLC (Relativity Entertainment Distribution, later styled RED Music) was a Sony-owned sales and marketing division that distributed releases for more than sixty independent record labels.^[1] It was founded in 1979 as Important Record Distributors, a hard rock distributor that handled Metallica's first two LPs in the US, took the RED name in the 1990s, and was merged into The Orchard by Sony Music in June 2017.^[1] Discogs credits it as manufacturer and distributor of the US CD of Mötley Crüe's Saints of Los Angeles.^[2]

Relations

• Owned by Sony Music Entertainment^[1] sourced
  Described as a Sony-owned sales and marketing division before its June 2017 merger into The Orchard

Referenced by

• Distributes Mötley Crüe – Saints of Los Angeles CD in United States sourced
  Credit "Distributed By: RED Distribution, LLC"
• Manufactures Mötley Crüe – Saints of Los Angeles CD in United States sourced
  Credit "Manufactured By: RED Distribution, LLC"; pressed by Disque Americ, matrix 0NJ65<84519>ESM240CK

Also known as

• RED Distribution, LLC en
• Relativity Entertainment Distribution en
• RED Music en
• Important Record Distributors en

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia: The Orchard (redirect from RED Distribution) Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. RED Music section. cc-by-sa-4.0. Wikipedia contributors.
2. ↑ Discogs release 1382614: Mötley Crüe – Saints Of Los Angeles (CD, Album, US, 2008) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 1382614. Identifiers, labels, companies, credits, notes. CC0.