Volt Records
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Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Volt Records canonical | 12 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2438612 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volt Records Context triple: [Otis Redding, recordLabel, Volt Records]
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A.
Shady Records
Shady Records is an American hip hop record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg, known for signing prominent rap artists and releasing influential albums in the genre.
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B.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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C.
King Records
King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Radar Records
Radar Records is a music label known for releasing work by punk rock artists, including former Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone.
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E.
Rhino Records
Rhino Records is a renowned American record label best known for its high-quality reissues, compilations, and archival releases across a wide range of music genres.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Volt Records Target entity description: Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
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A.
Shady Records
Shady Records is an American hip hop record label founded by rapper Eminem and his manager Paul Rosenberg, known for signing prominent rap artists and releasing influential albums in the genre.
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B.
Streamline Records
Streamline Records is a record label associated with major pop acts, notably helping launch the early career of American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga.
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C.
King Records
King Records was an influential American independent record label, particularly known for its R&B, country, and early rock and roll releases in the mid-20th century.
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D.
Radar Records
Radar Records is a music label known for releasing work by punk rock artists, including former Ramones bassist C.J. Ramone.
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E.
Rhino Records
Rhino Records is a renowned American record label best known for its high-quality reissues, compilations, and archival releases across a wide range of music genres.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
record label
ⓘ
soul music label ⓘ |
| associatedGenre | Southern soul ⓘ |
| associatedStudio |
Stax Records studio
ⓘ
surface form:
Stax studio in Memphis
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| associatedWith |
Memphis soul
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Stax Records ⓘ |
| basedIn |
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Memphis, Tennessee
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| catalogFocus | soul and R&B artists ⓘ |
| city | Memphis ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distribution | Atlantic Records ⓘ |
| era |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Stax Records ⓘ |
| genre |
rhythm and blues
ⓘ
soul music ⓘ |
| labelType | imprint label ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| notableArtist |
Carla Thomas
ⓘ
Johnnie Taylor ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ The Bar-Kays ⓘ The Mad Lads ⓘ William Bell ⓘ |
| notableFor |
association with Otis Redding
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releasing influential Southern soul recordings ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
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surface form:
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay"
"Respect" ⓘ Try a Little Tenderness ⓘ
surface form:
"Try a Little Tenderness"
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| parentCompany | Stax Records ⓘ |
| state | Tennessee ⓘ |
| style |
gospel-influenced vocals
ⓘ
horn-driven soul arrangements ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Volt Records Description of subject: Volt Records is a notable American soul music label, closely associated with Stax Records and known for releasing influential recordings by artists such as Otis Redding.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
That's How Strong My Love Is (Otis Redding version)
subject surface form:
The Dock of the Bay
subject surface form:
King & Queen