WEA Records Ltd. (Label)

UK record company of WEA International Inc. The name was in continual use across two legal entities from 1972 to 9 January 1991.

The company name is often seen as a distribution credit on the rim text of vinyl releases after 1991.

For the NZ company, please use WEA Records Limited

Name variants:
- WEA Records Ltd.
- WEA Records Ltd

Full legal entity name: WEA Records Limited
First UK Company number: 00920982
Incorporated: 2 November 1967 as 'Indlesbury Limited'
First name change: 15 April 1969 to 'Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records Limited'
Second name change: 23 January 1970 to Warner Bros. Records Ltd.
Third name change: mid 1972 - this page
Fourth name change: 15 February 1984 to 'WEA Limited'. On this date 'WEA Records Limited' continued as a separate company (see below)
Fifth name change: 2 April 1987 to 'Licensing Corporation Of America (UK) Limited'
Sixth name change: 24 June 1987 to 'WCI Limited'
Seventh name change: 26 July 1990 to 'Warner World Limited'

Second UK company number: 00680511
Incorporated: 13 January 1961 as 'Seven Arts Productions (U.K.) Limited
First name change: 14 February 1968 to 'Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Productions Limited'
Second name change: 3 February 1970 to Warner Bros. Productions Ltd.
Third name change: 15 February 1984 to 'WEA Records Limited' - this page
Fourth name change: 9 January 1991 to Warner Music UK Ltd.