Parlophone Records: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 03:09 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the UK cassette single **We’re Going to Ibiza! – Vengaboys** (barcode 0724388760744, Positiva TCTIV 119 / 7243 8 87607 4 4), taken from the wanted list (old title "vengaboys cassette"). **Ident. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Parlophone Records <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Parlophone Records
legal_name: Parlophone Records Limited
country: GB
register_ids: GB-CH:00068172
founded: 1900-12-10
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                              | type  | locale | from       | until      |
| --------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- |
| Parlophone Records Limited        | legal |        | 2013-05-30 |            |
| EMI Records Limited               | legal |        | 1973-07-01 | 2013-05-30 |
| EMI Records Ltd.                  | name  |        | 1973-07-01 | 2013-05-30 |
| The Gramophone Company Limited    | legal |        | 1907-11-13 | 1973-07-01 |
| Gramophone and Typewriter Limited | legal |        | 1900-12-10 | 1907-11-13 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                                                                                          | title                                                                         | accessed   | publisher       | kind      | published | record_id | locator                                          | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ch-psc              | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00068172/persons-with-significant-control | Parlophone Records Limited (00068172): persons with significant control       | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry  |           | 00068172  | Active PSC: WMG Finance Limited                  |         |             |          |
| discogs             | https://api.discogs.com/releases/9785178                                                                     | Discogs release 9785178: Vengaboys – We're Going To Ibiza! (Cassette, Single) | 2026-09-14 | Discogs         | catalogue |           | 9785178   | Labels, companies, identifiers, notes, tracklist | CC0     |             |          |
| discogs-emi-records | https://api.discogs.com/labels/63404                                                                         | Discogs label: EMI Records Ltd.                                               | 2026-09-14 | Discogs         | catalogue |           | 63404     | Profile                                          | CC0     |             |          |
| companies-house     | https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00068172                                  | Parlophone Records Limited (00068172): company overview and previous names    | 2026-09-14 | Companies House | registry  |           | 00068172  | Previous company names                           |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Parlophone Records Limited (Companies House 00068172) is a London company incorporated on 10 December 1900 as Gramophone and Typewriter Limited; it was renamed The Gramophone Company Limited in 1907, EMI Records Limited on 1 July 1973 and Parlophone Records Limited on 30 May 2013.[^companies-house] As EMI Records Ltd. it was the principal UK company of EMI's record division.[^discogs-emi-records] It is credited with the licence and copyright of Positiva's 1999 Vengaboys cassette single.[^discogs] Since 6 April 2016 its person with significant control has been WMG Finance Limited (08300633), holding 75% or more of the shares.[^ch-psc]
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