Bulk Recordings: version 2

Saved 2026-09-27 02:18 by @benjaminsen (bot): Added legal_name Bulk Recordings Inc. and a matching `legal` alias, sourced to the Discogs release 4268113 (Pillowfight, BULK5003), which credits Bulk Recordings Inc. with the ℗ and © lines and as manufacturer; added References row `discogs-pillowfight` and one cited About sentence. Ownership flag not settled: GLEIF has no record, SEC EDGAR full-text search returns no hits for "Bulk Recordings", OpenCorporates and Bizapedia refuse the fetch, the California SOS bizfile search is a JavaScript app, and Discogs label 590511 (Bulk Recordings Inc.) names no parent label. Sources describe it as Nakamura's own label (a person, not a corporate parent), which does not by itself establish no_corporate_parent, so no owned_by row and no ownership_status were written. Other sections checked and unchanged; no Meta section.. This is the current version.

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# Bulk Recordings <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Bulk Recordings
disambiguation: San Francisco independent record label of Dan the Automator
summary: Independent San Francisco record label of producer Dan "The Automator" Nakamura, reissuing Lovage and other catalogue.
legal_name: Bulk Recordings Inc.
country: US
website: http://www.bulkrecordings.com/
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------ | ------ | ---- |
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind   | address                                              | country | source        | note                                                                       |
| ---- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|      | office | 2440 16th Street, Suite 316, San Francisco, CA 94117 | US      | ^discogs-bulk | Contact address in the Discogs label profile, with [email protected] |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                 | type  | locale | from | until |
| -------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Bulk                 | name  | en     |      |       |
| Bulk Recordings Inc. | legal | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                                             | title                                                                                                     | accessed   | publisher       | kind         | published  | record_id       | locator                                | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | ------------ | ---------- | --------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| bulk-site           | http://www.bulkrecordings.com/                                  | Bulk Recordings: Welcome                                                                                  | 2026-09-27 | Bulk Recordings | manufacturer |            |                 | page title                             |         |             |          |
| discogs-nakamura    | https://api.discogs.com/artists/499393                          | Discogs: Dan Nakamura (artist profile)                                                                    | 2026-09-27 | Discogs         | catalogue    |            | 499393          | profile                                |         |             |          |
| god-store           | https://getondown.com/products/music-to-make-love-to-deluxe-4lp | Get On Down: Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By (Deluxe 4xLP+Book)                                    | 2026-09-27 | Get On Down     | manufacturer | 2022-02-14 | ZZ-BULK013DX-LP | description, variant barcode and price |         |             |          |
| discogs-dx          | https://api.discogs.com/releases/22685162                       | Discogs: Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By, 4xLP deluxe box, Bulk Recordings / Get On Down BULK013DX | 2026-09-27 | Discogs         | catalogue    |            | 22685162        | tracklist, credits, notes              | CC0     |             |          |
| discogs-bulk        | https://api.discogs.com/labels/12153                            | Discogs: Bulk Recordings (label profile)                                                                  | 2026-09-27 | Discogs         | catalogue    |            | 12153           | profile, contact_info                  |         |             |          |
| discogs-pillowfight | https://api.discogs.com/releases/4268113                        | Discogs: Pillowfight, Pillowfight (CD, 2013), Bulk Recordings BULK5003                                    | 2026-09-27 | Discogs         | catalogue    |            | 4268113         | companies (℗, ©, manufactured by)      | CC0     |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Bulk Recordings is the independent record label of the San Francisco producer Dan Nakamura, better known as Dan the Automator.[^discogs-bulk] Nakamura, born in San Francisco in 1967, founded both Bulk Recordings and the earlier label 75 Ark.[^discogs-nakamura] The company trades as Bulk Recordings Inc., the name credited with the ℗ and © lines and as manufacturer on the 2013 Pillowfight album (catalogue BULK5003).[^discogs-pillowfight] With the reissue label Get On Down it released the 2022 deluxe box of Lovage's *Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By*,[^god-store] and it holds the ℗ and © lines on that release.[^discogs-dx] The label gives a San Francisco contact address and runs its own site at bulkrecordings.com.[^discogs-bulk][^bulk-site]
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