Warner Bros. Records Inc.

American record company and legal entity of the "Warner Bros. Records" label brand, formed March 1958, renamed Warner Records Inc. in May 2019.

Only to be used for record company entries (copyright, distribution, etc.). For label entries, please use Warner Bros. Records.

· A Warner Music Group Company [2004]
· An AOL Time Warner Company [2001–2003]
· A Time Warner Company [1992–2000]
· A Subsidiary & Licensee of Warner Bros. Inc. [1970–1987; used on LPs until 1982]
· A Subsidiary & Licensee of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, Inc. [1968–1970]
· A Subsidiary & Licensee of Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. [1958–1968]

Note: Warner Bros. Records Inc. should be entered in a Record Company role (not licensing) when a "licensee of" its parent company statement appears.

Warner Bros. Records Inc. was also the record company associated with Warner Bros.' subsidiary labels, including Reprise Records (starting 1963).

Also credited as:
· Warner Bros Records Inc.
· Warner Bros Records, Inc.
· Warner Bros. Rec. Inc.
· Warner Bros. Record Inc.
· Warner Bros. Records, Inc.
· Warner Bros. Records Inc

Legal entity history
New York branch legal entity history
NY company number: 110537
Incorporated: 22 April 1958 as "Warner Bros. Records, Inc."
First name change: 1968 Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
Second name change: 5 January 1970 to "Warner Bros. Records Inc."
Merged in: Marylebone Productions, Inc. on 4 May 1982
Third name change: 5 June 2019 to "Warner Records Inc."

California branch legal entity history
CA company number: 0354115
Incorporated: 5 May 1958 as "Warner Bros. Records, Inc."
First name change: 23 May 1968 to "Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, Inc."
Second name change: 21 January 1970 to "Warner Bros. Records Inc."
Third name change: 5 June 2019 to "Warner Records Inc."

Tennessee branch legal entity history
TN company number: 000042563
Incorporated: 8 May 1974 as "Warner Bros. Records Inc."
Name change: 5 June 2019 to "Warner Records Inc."