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Universal-Island Records Ltd.

UK based record company associated with the Island Records label
Organization record_company Q59490474
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Summary

Universal-Island Records Ltd. is a record company[1]. Universal-Island Records Ltd. is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United Kingdom[3]
  • Founder: Chris Blackwell[4]
  • Headquarters location: London[5]
  • Has organizational division: Island Records[6], Apollo Recordings[7], Europa Recordings[8]
  • Inception: May 8, 1962[9]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: June 25, 2014[10]
  • Parent organization or unit: Universal Music Operations Ltd.[11]
  • Replaces: Island Records Ltd.[12]
  • Replaced by: Island Records Limited[13]
  • Official name: Universal-Island Records Limited[14]
  • Legal form: private company limited by shares[15]
  • Different from: Island Records[16]

Product Details

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  • Type: Holding[17]

  • Country: GB[18]

  • Began / founded: 1999-03-29[19]

  • Ended / dissolved: 2014-06-25[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 42c62a79-9a87-41dd-a563-c64e56d1bb0b[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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