WEA: version 1

Saved 2026-09-13 13:15 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Elaine Paige: Piaf (CD)**, GTIN 00745099464127, from the wanted list (old title "piaf"). - **Identity:** WEA CD with catalogue number 4509-94641-2 and label code LC 4281. MusicBrainz, Discogs. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# WEA <!--brand-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: WEA
disambiguation: Warner Music record label
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role       | target                     | market | from | until | ended | status  | source       | note                                                         |
| ---------- | -------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| imprint_of | company/warner-music-group | global |      |       |       | sourced | ^discogs-wea | Discogs gives Warner Music Group as the parent label of WEA. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                    | type   | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Warner Elektra Atlantic | name   |        |      |       |
| LC 4281                 | search |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref         | url                                  | title                    | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator               | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ | ------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-wea | https://api.discogs.com/labels/40396 | Discogs label 40396: WEA | 2026-09-13 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 40396     | Profile, parent label |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
WEA, short for Warner Elektra Atlantic, is a record label of Warner Music Group. The acronym was introduced in early 1972, when Warner Communications' international music division was renamed, and Warner subsidiaries outside the United States took the name; WEA was used as a label in some markets from the late 1970s. Its label code is LC 4281.[^discogs-wea]
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