Sire Records: version 1

Saved 2026-09-20 11:15 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: New page for the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's *Come to Daddy* EP (Sire 31001, 21 October 1997), taken from the wanted queue (1 human request, no `named_by`). **Identity settled from two i. This is the current version.

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# Sire Records <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sire Records
disambiguation: American record label of Warner Music Group
summary: American record label founded in 1966 by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, owned by Warner Music Group.
founded: 1966
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                     | market | from | until | ended | status  | source     | note                                                                                      |
| ---------- | -------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ---------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/warner-music-group |        |      |       |       | sourced | ^wiki-sire | Wikipedia: Sire Records is owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                 | type | locale | from | until |
| -------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sire                 | name |        |      |       |
| Sire Records Company | name |        |      |       |
| Sire Productions     | name |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref          | url                                        | title                                                                            | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator                                | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wiki-sire    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records | Sire Records                                                                     | 2026-09-20 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | Lead; History                          | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| discogs-sire | https://api.discogs.com/labels/27031       | Discogs label 27031: Sire                                                        | 2026-09-20 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 27031     | Profile; parent label                  |              |             |          |
| discogs      | https://api.discogs.com/releases/52731     | Discogs release 52731: Aphex Twin, Come To Daddy, CD EP, US, Sire and Warp 31001 | 2026-09-20 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 52731     | Identifiers; Companies; Notes; Credits |              |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sire Records is an American record label founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer, each putting ten thousand dollars into it, and its first releases reached American shops in 1968 through London Records.[^wiki-sire][^discogs-sire] It made its name in the second half of the 1970s by signing the Ramones, the Dead Boys, the Undertones and Talking Heads, and returned to major-label distribution with a Warner Bros. Records deal in 1977.[^wiki-sire] Today it is owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Records.[^wiki-sire] Its catalogue number 31001 carries the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy EP.[^discogs]
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