Island in Discogs

This article is part of the Island Records research wiki at offset.skew.org.

Following is how Island labels are accounted for in Discogs (as of 2006-05-27). It has a number of problems, most notably the strange sublabels of Island Records (US), most likely from when "Island Records" was renamed to "Island Records (US)":

• Universal Music Group
  • Universal Island Records
  • Universal Music (UK)
    • Island Records (UK)
      • 4th & Broadway
      • Al's Records
      • Apollo Recordings
      • Blue (Island)
      • Black Swan
      • Blunted
      • Boogie Food - not yet confirmed to be a sublabel of Island - mjb
      • Island Jamaica
        • Island Jamaica Jazz
      • Island Masters
      • Mango Records
      • Sense
      • Trade 2
      • Tuxedo Music Ltd. - not yet confirmed to be a sublabel of Island - mjb
  • Universal Music (Germany)
    • Island Mercury Labelgroup
    • Polydor Island Group
    • Universal Music Domestic Division
  • Island Def Jam Music Group
    • Island Records (US)
      • Island Records (Australia)
      • Island Records (Canada)
      • Island Records (France)
      • Island Records (Germany)
      • 4th & Broadway (US)
      • Axiom
      • Dancin' Music
      • Great Jones
      • Island Black Music
• Island Records (Netherlands)
• Island Records (Portugal) - see note about Dacapo below
• Island Records (Italy)
• Island Records - does not exist in Discogs
  • Island Records (Japan) - updated submitted to move it under Island Records (US) for now - mjb

In addition, Island-branded records are filed under

• Dacapo - I'm trying to push for getting Island-branded Portuguese releases listed under both Dacapo and Island Records (Portugal) - mjb
• Festival Records - Kind of an odd duck in that Island branding takes a backseat - mjb
• Phonogram GmbH
• Phonogram (France)
• BMG
  • Ariola (Germany)
  • BMG Ariola München GmbH (and perhaps other Ariola divisions listed on the BMG page)
• PolyGram (and various divisions listed on that page)

We need to figure out better ways of organizing things.