Festival Records
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Festival Records was a prominent Australian record label known for signing and releasing music by major artists such as Olivia Newton-John.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Festival Records canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3572607 — 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: Festival Records Context triple: [Olivia Newton-John, recordLabel, Festival Records]
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A.
Fascination Records
Fascination Records is a British pop-focused record label known for signing and promoting mainstream pop acts such as girl group The Saturdays.
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B.
Brando Records
Brando Records is an independent music label known for working with alternative rock acts such as Blue October.
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C.
Capricorn Records
Capricorn Records was an influential American record label best known for pioneering and popularizing Southern rock in the 1970s.
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D.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Shelter Records
Shelter Records was an American record label known for signing influential rock artists in the 1970s, including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- 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: Festival Records Target entity description: Festival Records was a prominent Australian record label known for signing and releasing music by major artists such as Olivia Newton-John.
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A.
Fascination Records
Fascination Records is a British pop-focused record label known for signing and promoting mainstream pop acts such as girl group The Saturdays.
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B.
Brando Records
Brando Records is an independent music label known for working with alternative rock acts such as Blue October.
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C.
Capricorn Records
Capricorn Records was an influential American record label best known for pioneering and popularizing Southern rock in the 1970s.
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D.
Fontana Records
Fontana Records is a British record label known for releasing a wide range of pop, rock, and jazz recordings, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s.
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E.
Shelter Records
Shelter Records was an American record label known for signing influential rock artists in the 1970s, including Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (57)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian record label
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record label ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Warner Music Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Festival Records Pty Ltd NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Sydney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogAcquiredBy | Warner Music Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| dissolved | 2005 ⓘ |
| distributed |
A&M Records
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Atlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Chrysalis Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Island Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberty Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Slash Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Sub Pop NERFINISHED ⓘ United Artists Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | 1952 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Paul Cullen
NERFINISHED
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Rupert Murdoch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adult contemporary music
ⓘ
country music ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
FMR
NERFINISHED
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Infinity Records NERFINISHED ⓘ Mushroom Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| locationCountry | Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Festival Mushroom Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of Australia’s major independent record labels
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releasing recordings by many leading Australian rock and pop acts ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
News Corporation
NERFINISHED
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News Limited NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | Festival Mushroom Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
music recordings
ⓘ
phonograph records ⓘ |
| signedArtist |
Billy Thorpe
NERFINISHED
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Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs NERFINISHED ⓘ Cold Chisel NERFINISHED ⓘ Hoodoo Gurus NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny O’Keefe NERFINISHED ⓘ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds NERFINISHED ⓘ Normie Rowe NERFINISHED ⓘ Olivia Newton-John NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Clapton NERFINISHED ⓘ Sherbet NERFINISHED ⓘ Skyhooks NERFINISHED ⓘ Split Enz NERFINISHED ⓘ The Bee Gees NERFINISHED ⓘ The Church NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cockroaches NERFINISHED ⓘ The Easybeats NERFINISHED ⓘ The Models NERFINISHED ⓘ The Saints NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sunnyboys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Triffids NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Warner Music Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Festival Records Description of subject: Festival Records was a prominent Australian record label known for signing and releasing music by major artists such as Olivia Newton-John.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.