BluesWay Records
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BluesWay Records was a prominent American blues record label, active mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, known for releasing influential electric and contemporary blues recordings.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| BluesWay Records canonical | 3 |
| Bluesway Records | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1249727 — 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: BluesWay Records Context triple: [Completely Well, recordLabel, BluesWay Records]
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A.
Blacksmith Records
Blacksmith Records is an independent hip-hop record label closely associated with rapper Talib Kweli and known for releasing socially conscious rap music.
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B.
Spunk Records
Spunk Records is an independent Australian record label known for releasing alternative and indie music from both local and international artists.
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C.
Undeas Recordings
Undeas Recordings is a hip-hop record label best known for releasing music by the Brooklyn rap group Junior M.A.F.I.A. and its members.
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D.
Blue Rock Records
Blue Rock Records was a 1960s American soul and R&B record label known for releasing music by artists such as Dee Dee Warwick.
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E.
Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records is an independent record label closely associated with Jack Johnson that focuses on surf-inspired, acoustic, and folk-rock music.
- 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: BluesWay Records Target entity description: BluesWay Records was a prominent American blues record label, active mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, known for releasing influential electric and contemporary blues recordings.
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A.
Blacksmith Records
Blacksmith Records is an independent hip-hop record label closely associated with rapper Talib Kweli and known for releasing socially conscious rap music.
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B.
Spunk Records
Spunk Records is an independent Australian record label known for releasing alternative and indie music from both local and international artists.
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C.
Undeas Recordings
Undeas Recordings is a hip-hop record label best known for releasing music by the Brooklyn rap group Junior M.A.F.I.A. and its members.
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D.
Blue Rock Records
Blue Rock Records was a 1960s American soul and R&B record label known for releasing music by artists such as Dee Dee Warwick.
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E.
Brushfire Records
Brushfire Records is an independent record label closely associated with Jack Johnson that focuses on surf-inspired, acoustic, and folk-rock music.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues record label
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record label ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
1960s
ⓘ
1970s ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | blues revival of the 1960s ⓘ |
| basedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| catalogFocus |
electric blues artists
ⓘ
modern blues artists ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dissolved | early 1970s ⓘ |
| distributionLabel | ABC Records ⓘ |
| focus |
West Coast blues
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electric Chicago-style blues ⓘ |
| format | vinyl records ⓘ |
| foundedBy | ABC Records ⓘ |
| genre |
blues
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contemporary blues ⓘ electric blues ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | helped popularize modern electric blues in the late 1960s ⓘ |
| inception | 1966 ⓘ |
| industry | music industry ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| locationCountry |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| market | North America ⓘ |
| mediaType |
LP
ⓘ
single ⓘ |
| notableFor |
releasing contemporary blues recordings
ⓘ
releasing influential electric blues recordings ⓘ |
| notableRelease |
B.B. King – Blues on Top of Blues
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John Lee Hooker – Urban Blues ⓘ
linked to:
John Lee Hooker
T-Bone Walker – Stormy Monday Blues ⓘ
linked to:
Stormy Monday Blues
|
| parentCompany | ABC Records ⓘ |
| partOf | ABC Records group of labels ⓘ |
| releasedMusicBy |
Albert Collins
ⓘ
B.B. King ⓘ
linked to:
B. B. King
Charles Brown ⓘ Eddie Cleanhead Vinson ⓘ
linked to:
Eddie “Cleanhead” Vinson
Floyd Dixon ⓘ Jimmy Reed ⓘ Jimmy Witherspoon ⓘ John Lee Hooker ⓘ Magic Sam ⓘ Otis Spann ⓘ Roy Brown ⓘ Shakey Jake Harris ⓘ T-Bone Walker ⓘ
linked to:
T‑Bone Walker
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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: BluesWay Records Description of subject: BluesWay Records was a prominent American blues record label, active mainly in the 1960s and 1970s, known for releasing influential electric and contemporary blues recordings.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: BluesWay Records