Sire Records Group: version 1
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| 1 | 1 | # Sire Records Group <!--company--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: Sire Records Group | |
| 5 | − | summary: American record company that manufactured and distributed Sire releases in the United States in the 1990s. | |
| 6 | − | legal_name: Sire Records Group Inc. | |
| 5 | + | summary: Delaware company of Warner Music Group, incorporated in 1997 as Sire Records Group Inc. and renamed London-Sire Records Inc. in 2000. | |
| 6 | + | legal_name: London-Sire Records Inc. | |
| 7 | 7 | country: US | |
| 8 | + | register_ids: US-DE:2755546, US-EIN:13-3954692, US-SEC:0001309913 | |
| 9 | + | founded: 1997-05-28 | |
| 8 | 10 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 9 | 11 | ||
| 10 | 12 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 11 | − | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 12 | − | | ---------- | -------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 13 | − | | parent_org | company/warner-music-group | | | | | printed | ^discogs | The Come to Daddy CD prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company." | | |
| 13 | + | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 14 | + | | ---------- | ----------------------------- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | -------- | ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 15 | + | | parent_org | company/warner-music-group | | 2004-03-01 | | | verified | ^wmg-ex21 | Warner Music Group Corp. lists London-Sire Records Inc. (Delaware) among its subsidiaries in Exhibit 21.1 to its fiscal 2025 annual report. | | |
| 16 | + | | owned_by | company/warner-communications | | | 2004-03-01 | true | sourced | ^aoltw-ex21 | AOL Time Warner's subsidiary list as of 31 December 2002 places London-Sire Records Inc. directly under Warner Communications Inc.; Warner Music Group took over the business on 1 March 2004. | | |
| 14 | 17 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 15 | 18 | ||
| 16 | 19 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 17 | − | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 18 | − | | ----------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 19 | − | | Sire Records Group Inc. | legal | | | | | |
| 20 | + | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 21 | + | | ------------------------ | ----- | ------ | ---------- | ---------- | | |
| 22 | + | | Sire Records Group Inc. | legal | | 1997-05-28 | 2000-03-08 | | |
| 23 | + | | London-Sire Records Inc. | legal | | 2000-03-08 | | | |
| 24 | + | | London-Sire Records | name | | 2000-03-08 | | | |
| 20 | 25 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 21 | 26 | ||
| 22 | 27 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 23 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 24 | − | | ----------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 25 | − | | discogs-srg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/329395 | Discogs label 329395: Sire Records Group Inc. | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 329395 | Parent label | | | | | |
| 26 | − | | 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 | | | | | |
| 28 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 29 | + | | ----------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 30 | + | | de-charter | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309919/000104746905001293/a2148717zex-3_63.htm | Exhibit 3.63 to WMG Acquisition Corp. Form S-4/A: Delaware certified certificate of incorporation and amendment of London-Sire Records Inc. | 2026-09-24 | Delaware Secretary of State | registry | 2005-01-21 | 2755546 | Certificate of incorporation; certificate of amendment | | | | | |
| 31 | + | | wmg-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1319161/000131916125000034/wmg-ex211xq42025.htm | Warner Music Group Corp. Form 10-K fiscal 2025, Exhibit 21.1: Subsidiaries of the registrant | 2026-09-24 | Warner Music Group Corp. | registry | 2025-11-20 | | London-Sire Records Inc. | | | | | |
| 32 | + | | wmg-s4 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1309859/000104746904037474/a2148242zs-4.htm | WMG Acquisition Corp. Form S-4 registration statement | 2026-09-24 | WMG Acquisition Corp. | registry | 2004-12-16 | | Table of additional registrants; Prospectus summary | | | | | |
| 33 | + | | sec-cik | https://data.sec.gov/submissions/CIK0001309913.json | SEC EDGAR submissions: London-Sire Records Inc | 2026-09-24 | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | registry | | 0001309913 | | | | | | |
| 34 | + | | aoltw-ex21 | https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1105705/000095014403004064/g81332exv21.txt | AOL Time Warner Inc. Form 10-K 2002, Exhibit 21: Subsidiaries of AOL Time Warner Inc. | 2026-09-24 | AOL Time Warner Inc. | registry | 2003-03-28 | | Warner Communications Inc. | | | | | |
| 35 | + | | wiki-sire | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sire_Records | Sire Records | 2026-09-24 | Wikipedia | publication | | | History | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 36 | + | | discogs-srg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/329395 | Discogs label 329395: Sire Records Group Inc. | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 329395 | Parent label | | | | | |
| 37 | + | | 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 | | | | | |
| 27 | 38 | <!--/references--> | |
| 28 | 39 | ||
| 29 | 40 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 30 | − | Sire Records Group Inc. is the American record company named on Sire releases of the 1990s as their manufacturer and distributor; the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy EP prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company."[^discogs] Discogs files it under the Sire Records label.[^discogs-srg] | |
| 41 | + | Sire Records Group Inc. is the Delaware corporation behind the Sire record label, incorporated on 28 May 1997 and renamed London-Sire Records Inc. on 8 March 2000.[^de-charter] Sire releases name it as manufacturer and distributor: the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy EP prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company."[^discogs][^discogs-srg] At the end of 2002 it sat directly under Warner Communications Inc. in the Time Warner group,[^aoltw-ex21] and it has been part of Warner Music Group since that group bought Time Warner's music business on 1 March 2004.[^wmg-s4] Warner Music Group still lists it as a subsidiary.[^wmg-ex21] | |
| 42 | + | ||
| 43 | + | The corporation was formed in the year Sire left Elektra distribution to become a stand-alone label, and its new name followed the 2000 merger of Sire with the United States division of London Records into London-Sire Records; the label went back to the Sire Records name in April 2003.[^wiki-sire] The corporate name London-Sire Records Inc. stayed in use afterwards: in December 2004 it was one of the subsidiary guarantors registered with WMG Acquisition Corp.'s notes, with federal employer number 13-3954692,[^wmg-s4][^sec-cik] and it is on Warner Music Group's subsidiary list for fiscal 2025.[^wmg-ex21] | |
| 31 | 44 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# Sire Records Group <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sire Records Group
summary: American record company that manufactured and distributed Sire releases in the United States in the 1990s.
legal_name: Sire Records Group Inc.
country: US
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | -------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| parent_org | company/warner-music-group | | | | | printed | ^discogs | The Come to Daddy CD prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company." |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sire Records Group Inc. | legal | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | -------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-srg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/329395 | Discogs label 329395: Sire Records Group Inc. | 2026-09-20 | Discogs | catalogue | | 329395 | 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 | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Sire Records Group Inc. is the American record company named on Sire releases of the 1990s as their manufacturer and distributor; the United States CD edition of Aphex Twin's Come to Daddy EP prints "Manufactured and distributed by Sire Records Group Inc. A Warner Music Group Company."[^discogs] Discogs files it under the Sire Records label.[^discogs-srg]
<!--/about-->