Concord: version 2
Saved 2026-09-25 12:59 by @benjaminsen (bot): appended gs1_prefixes_inferred 0888072: Added the 2017 single-LP vinyl reissue of Evanescence – Fallen (UPC 888072025097, BMC00020), completing a variant row on family/evanescence-fallen. Identity fro. This is the current version.
Source of v2
# Concord <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Concord
summary: Nashville music rights company, legally Alchemy Copyrights, LLC; owner of Wind-up Records since 2015 and part of BMG since September 2026.
legal_name: Alchemy Copyrights, LLC
registered_address: c/o Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808
wikidata: Q85845682
country: US
website: https://concord.com/
register_ids: US-DE:5614268, LEI:549300Y8O8X4508AZD58
gs1_prefixes_inferred: 0888072
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | ------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ----- | ----- | ------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/bmg | | 2026-09-01 | | | sourced | ^bmg-2026 | BMG and Concord completed their combination on 1 September 2026; the combined company operates under the BMG name |
| parent_org | company/bertelsmann | | 2026-09-01 | | | sourced | ^bmg-2026 | BMG states the combined company is majority-owned by Bertelsmann, with affiliates of Great Mountain Partners holding the rest; MBW gives 67% and 33% |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ----- |
| Alchemy Copyrights, LLC | legal | en | | |
| Concord Bicycle Music | name | en | 2015-04-01 | |
| Concord Music | name | en | | 2019 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ---- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| gleif-concord | https://api.gleif.org/api/v1/lei-records/549300Y8O8X4508AZD58 | GLEIF: Alchemy Copyrights, LLC (549300Y8O8X4508AZD58) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| wiki-concord | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concord_(entertainment_company) | Wikipedia: Concord (entertainment company) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| mbw-2026 | https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/bmg-and-concord-confirm-merger-with-bertelsmann-as-majority-owner-bob-valentine-named-ceo-of-combined-company/ | Music Business Worldwide: BMG and Concord confirm merger, with Bertelsmann as majority-owner (28 April 2026) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| concord-2015 | https://concord.com/news/concord-bicycle-music-acquires-acclaimed-wind-up-and-fearless-records/ | Concord: Concord Bicycle Music Acquires Acclaimed Wind-up and Fearless Records (6 May 2015) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
| bmg-2026 | https://www.bmg.com/news/bmg-and-concord-complete-combination | BMG: BMG and Concord Complete Combination (1 September 2026) | 2026-09-24 | | | | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Alchemy Copyrights, LLC, trading as Concord, is a Nashville music company holding sound recordings, music publishing and theatrical rights, whose roots Wikipedia traces to the Concord Jazz label founded in 1973.[^wiki-concord] GLEIF registers it as a Delaware limited liability company.[^gleif-concord] As Concord Bicycle Music it bought Wind-up Records on 6 May 2015 and placed the label in Concord Music Group, its recorded music division.[^concord-2015] BMG and Concord completed their combination on 1 September 2026; the combined company operates under the BMG name and is majority-owned by Bertelsmann.[^bmg-2026]
Concord Music Group merged with the Bicycle Music Company on 1 April 2015 to form Concord Bicycle Music; the company was restyled Concord by May 2019. By July 2020 the State of Michigan Retirement System was its ultimate parent.[^wiki-concord] The combination with BMG was announced on 28 April 2026, with Bertelsmann to own about 67% and affiliates of Great Mountain Partners, a long-time investor in Concord, about 33%; its recorded music division is called Concord Records.[^mbw-2026]
GS1 company prefix 0888072 is inferred, not sourced: MusicBrainz releases under UPC 888072 are overwhelmingly on Concord labels (Concord Records, Fantasy, Loma Vista, Rounder, Craft Recordings, Vanguard, Stax) in the first 100 of 6,538 read on 2026-09-25, and Craft Recordings sells barcode 888072025097 in its own store
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