UK record (holding) company. Incorporated 8th May 1962. Founded by artist, Graeme Goodall and Leslie Kong and associated with the Island Records label.
Please use Island Records as primary label when adding releases here.
Also appears on some releases as:
- Island Records Limited.
- Island Records Ltd
At the peak of production (in the mid-to-late 1970s) the company was the ultimate parent to numerous subsidiary holdings - including - publishing / production / management / sound recording companies and a dedicated pressing plant Island Records Manufacturing Ltd which was set up in the vicinity of EMI plant in Middlesex who maintained the production of 7" singles.
In 1989 the company (group) was acquired by Polygram N.V., subsequently in 1998 Polygram N V. was acquired by the Canadian firm " The Seagram Company Ltd." who already owned the Universal Music Group. On the 29th Mar 1999 the company was renamed Universal Island Records Ltd.
Subsequently on the 25th Jun 2014 Universal Island Records Ltd., was renamed back to "Island Records Ltd."
Full legal entity name: Island Records Limited
UK Company number: 00723336
Status: Active (dormant)
Immediate parent: Universal Music Leisure Limited (UK Company number 03384487)
Ultimate parent: Universal Music Group N.V. (registered in the Netherlands)