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Island Records Ltd.

UK record company 1962-1999
Organization record_company Q59490630
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Island Records Ltd.

Summary

Island Records Ltd. is a record company[1].

Key Facts

  • Island Records Ltd. is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as record company[3].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Chris Blackwell[4].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as London[5].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s has organizational division is recorded as Island Records[6].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s has organizational division is recorded as Mango[7].
  • May 8, 1962 marks the founding of Island Records Ltd.[8].
  • Island Records Ltd. was dissolved in March 29, 1999[9].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s replaced by is recorded as Universal-Island Records Ltd.[10].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s official name is recorded as Island Records Limited[11].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[12].
  • Island Records Ltd.'s different from is recorded as Island Records[13].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Production[14]

  • Country: GB[15]

  • Began / founded: 1962-05-08[16]

  • MusicBrainz ID: cc92b855-5ed8-4004-90ae-922442716f7a[17]

Body

Founding

Island Records Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Chris Blackwell[4]. May 8, 1962 marks the founding of Island Records Ltd.[8].

Identity

Island Records Ltd.'s official name is recorded as Island Records Limited[11].

Operations

Island Records Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as London[5].

Dissolution

Island Records Ltd. was dissolved in March 29, 1999[9].

Related Entities

Jarvis Cocker

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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