Regal Zonophone Records
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Regal Zonophone Records was a British record label known for releasing influential rock and pop acts in the 1960s and 1970s, including bands like Procol Harum.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Regal Zonophone | 1 |
| Regal Zonophone Records canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8740037 — 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: Regal Zonophone Records Context triple: [Procol Harum, recordLabel, Regal Zonophone Records]
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A.
American Record Corporation
American Record Corporation was a major early 20th-century American record company that consolidated several labels and played a key role in the development of the U.S. recording industry before becoming part of Columbia Records.
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B.
Brunswick Records
Brunswick Records is an American record label historically known for releasing influential jazz, pop, and early rock and roll recordings.
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C.
Crown Records
Crown Records was a budget record label known for issuing low-cost LPs, often featuring reissued or repackaged material across various popular music genres.
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D.
RCA Victor
RCA Victor was a major American record label and phonograph company, historically significant for its role in the development and popularization of recorded music and audio technology.
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E.
Cantora Records
Cantora Records is an independent record label known for helping launch the career of the psychedelic rock band MGMT and supporting emerging indie artists.
- 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: Regal Zonophone Records Target entity description: Regal Zonophone Records was a British record label known for releasing influential rock and pop acts in the 1960s and 1970s, including bands like Procol Harum.
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A.
American Record Corporation
American Record Corporation was a major early 20th-century American record company that consolidated several labels and played a key role in the development of the U.S. recording industry before becoming part of Columbia Records.
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B.
Brunswick Records
Brunswick Records is an American record label historically known for releasing influential jazz, pop, and early rock and roll recordings.
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C.
Crown Records
Crown Records was a budget record label known for issuing low-cost LPs, often featuring reissued or repackaged material across various popular music genres.
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D.
RCA Victor
RCA Victor was a major American record label and phonograph company, historically significant for its role in the development and popularization of recorded music and audio technology.
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E.
Cantora Records
Cantora Records is an independent record label known for helping launch the career of the psychedelic rock band MGMT and supporting emerging indie artists.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British record label
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record label ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Salvation Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| focusPeriod |
early 1970s
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late 1960s ⓘ |
| format |
78 rpm records
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albums ⓘ singles ⓘ vinyl records ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Regal Records
NERFINISHED
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Zonophone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
brass band music
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gospel music ⓘ pop music ⓘ rock music ⓘ salvation army music ⓘ |
| imprintOf | EMI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| labelCode | Regal Zonophone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfReleases | English ⓘ |
| location |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| market |
Commonwealth countries
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United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableArtist |
Joe Cocker
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mungo Jerry NERFINISHED ⓘ Procol Harum NERFINISHED ⓘ Slade NERFINISHED ⓘ T. Rex NERFINISHED ⓘ The Move NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | releasing influential rock and pop records in the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ |
| notableRelease | A Whiter Shade of Pale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Electric and Musical Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentCompany | EMI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Regal Records
NERFINISHED
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Zonophone Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| product |
phonograph records
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sound recordings ⓘ |
| region | Europe ⓘ |
| style |
glam rock
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progressive rock ⓘ psychedelic rock ⓘ |
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: Regal Zonophone Records Description of subject: Regal Zonophone Records was a British record label known for releasing influential rock and pop acts in the 1960s and 1970s, including bands like Procol Harum.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
With a Little Help from My Friends (Joe Cocker song)
this entity surface form:
Regal Zonophone