Tommy Boy Records: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 02:47 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the original US CD of **Deltron 3030** (75 Ark 75033, UPC 676217503322), a wanted barcode from the 2007 site. Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz release 8f118f74 and two Discogs releases (45721 D. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Tommy Boy Records <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Tommy Boy Records
disambiguation: American independent record label founded by Tom Silverman
country: US
founded: 1981
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role        | target       | market | from | until | ended | status  | source         | note                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| ----------- | ------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| distributes | brand/75-ark | US     |      | 2001  |       | sourced | ^discogs-label | Discogs: 75 Ark was distributed by Tommy Boy Music during most of its short existence and folded in 2001; Tommy Boy Music is credited as distributor on the Deltron 3030 jewel-case CD (^discogs-jewel) |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                    | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Tommy Boy Music         | name | en     |      |       |
| Tommy Boy Entertainment | name | en     |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref              | url                                             | title                              | accessed   | publisher | kind        | published | record_id | locator               | licence      | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | --------- | --------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| wiki-tommyboy    | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Boy_Records | Wikipedia: Tommy Boy Records       | 2026-09-14 | Wikipedia | publication |           |           | lead, History         | CC BY-SA 4.0 |             |          |
| discogs-tommyboy | https://api.discogs.com/labels/502              | Discogs label 502: Tommy Boy Music | 2026-09-14 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 502       | profile               |              |             |          |
| discogs-label    | https://api.discogs.com/labels/4736             | Discogs label 4736: 75 Ark         | 2026-09-14 | Discogs   | catalogue   |           | 4736      | profile, parent_label |              |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Tommy Boy Records, also called Tommy Boy Entertainment, is an American independent record label and multimedia brand founded in New York in 1981 by Tom Silverman; Warner Bros. Records bought half of it in 1985 and was its partner until 2002.[^wiki-tommyboy] Discogs dates the company Tommy Boy Music to September 1980.[^discogs-tommyboy] It distributed the San Francisco label 75 Ark for most of that label's existence.[^discogs-label]
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