Rick Rubin Brings American Recordings To Universal Republic
August 22, 2012, 12 years ago
According to Billboard.biz, Rick Rubin has signed a deal to put the next incarnation of American Recordings through Republic Records.
According to sources, Universal Republic president/CEO Monte Lipman and co-president/COO Avery Lipman recently completed a P&D; deal with Rubin, which will see the famed producer issuing three or four albums a year through Republic. Further terms of the deal, including possible involvement of the American catalog, were unclear at press time. Rubin's controversial five-year stint as co-chairman of Columbia Records ended in February.
The deal with Universal Republic has been in the pipeline for some time, as its first releases - ZZ Top's La Futura, co-produced by Rubin and guitarist Billy Gibbons is due on September 11th. ZZ Top signed with American way back in 2008.
Rick Rubin produced METALLICA's last album, Death Magnetic, and is working with BLACK SABBTH on their reunion album.
