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BYG Records

French record label
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BYG Records

Summary

BYG Records is a record label[1]. It draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #270 of 2,290).[2]

Key Facts

  • BYG Records is in the country of France[3].
  • BYG Records's instance of is recorded as record label[4].
  • BYG Records's instance of is recorded as trademark[5].
  • BYG Records's founder is recorded as Jean Georgakarakos[6].
  • BYG Records's item operated is recorded as Actuel[7].
  • BYG Records's genre is progressive rock[8].
  • BYG Records's genre is free jazz[9].
  • BYG Records's genre is psychedelic rock[10].
  • March 1967 marks the founding of BYG Records[11].
  • BYG Records was dissolved in 1972[12].
  • BYG Records's location of formation is recorded as Paris[13].
  • BYG Records's official website is recorded as https://bygrecords.com/[14].

Product Details

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  • Type: Original Production[15]

  • Country: FR[16]

  • Began / founded: 1967[17]

  • Genre(s): free jazz, jazz[18]

  • Community tags: free jazz, jazz[19]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4b8b188f-d7b2-45ee-852b-a9dc7728d1da[20]

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Founding

BYG Records's founder is recorded as Jean Georgakarakos[6]. March 1967 marks the founding of it[11]. Its location of formation is recorded as Paris[13].

Dissolution

BYG Records was dissolved in 1972[12].

Why It Matters

BYG Records draws 36 Wikipedia views per month (record_label category, ranking #270 of 2,290).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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