Lone Rhino

1982 Adrian Belew Lone Rhino LP on Island Records, catalog IL 9751, presented here as a sealed 33 1/3 RPM single-LP copy with its exact pressing left unverifiable while the shrink remains intact. The back cover identifies Island Records with Atco/Atlantic distribution and notes Printed in U.S.A.; it also credits Adrian Belew as producer for Macaque.

The jacket artwork has a quietly surreal pastoral wit: Belew, in a bright red suit with guitar, stands in a meadow before a rhinoceros while a white bird balances on the animal’s back beneath a wide, clouded sky. The artist and title appear in thin red cursive across the upper front, and the sealed shrink creates glossy diagonal ripples across both panels, with the corners and edges still wrapped.

The rear panel carries the musician and recording details, crediting Belew with guitars, effects, drums, percussives, and lead vocals, alongside Christy Bley, William Janssen, J. Clifton Mayhugh, and Audie Belew. It notes recording at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, in August/September 1981, and lists tracks including “Big Electric Cat,” “The Lone Rhinoceros,” “Adidas in Heat,” and “The Final Rhino.” Record and outer sleeve are noted mint to near mint, with no signature, limited-edition, or first-pressing claim.