Epic Records: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 13:44 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added Korn – Take a Look in the Mirror (CD, EK 90335), UPC 827969033524, from the wanted list. Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz (US and Canadian releases carrying this barcode) and Discogs releases 2. This is the current version.

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# Epic Records <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Epic Records
disambiguation: American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment
founded: 1953
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                           | market | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note                                              |
| ---------- | -------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/sony-music-entertainment |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-epic | Epic Records is owned by Sony Music Entertainment |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Epic | name |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref        | url                                        | title                                                                           | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                     | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ---------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-us | https://api.discogs.com/releases/2670137   | Discogs release 2670137: Korn – Take A Look In The Mirror (CD, Album, US, 2003) | 2026-09-13 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 2670137   | identifiers, credits, notes |              |             |          |
| wiki-epic  | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records | Wikipedia: Epic Records                                                         | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           |                             | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Epic Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, part of Sony Music Group under Sony Group Corporation. It was launched in 1953 by the Columbia Records unit of CBS to market jazz, pop and classical music that did not fit the Columbia label, and by the end of the 1960s had become a rock, R&B and country hit-maker.[^wiki-epic] Its imprint appears, with Immortal Records, on the US CD of Korn's Take a Look in the Mirror (EK 90335), whose pack reads "Manufactured by Epic, a division of Sony Music".[^discogs-us]
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