Historical clue formulations

• Longtime U.K. record company — 2026-03-25
• Onetime parent co. of Virgin Records — 2026-02-08
• Sex Pistols song disparaging the band's former label — 2026-01-31
• Bygone owner of Capitol Records — 2025-07-13
• Long-running British record label — 2025-05-14
• Record company behind (and inside) Pink Floyd's "See Emily Play" — 2024-11-02
• "The Dark Side of the Moon" studio — 2024-01-14
• Bygone owner of Capitol Records — 2023-09-28
• Music publishing co. owned by Sony — 2023-08-03
• Classic record label — 2023-02-05
• 1977 Sex Pistols song written after a record-contract termination — 2022-04-30
• Onetime member of the record industry's Big Four — 2022-01-21
• Old record co. conglomerate — 2020-09-29
• ___ Records (British label) — 2020-07-22
• Onetime label for Radiohead — 2020-04-12
• Onetime London-based record label — 2020-03-05
• Onetime competitor of RCA and Columbia — 2019-04-25
• Company that once owned Capitol and Virgin Records — 2019-02-02
• Longtime parent of Parlophone — 2018-09-20
• Bygone record giant — 2018-08-03
• Classic record label — 2018-06-11
• Big initials in the recording industry, once — 2018-05-29
• Longtime U.K. record label — 2018-04-03
• Old record co. conglomerate — 2018-03-04
• Virgin ___ (record label) — 2018-01-31
• Old Parlophone parent — 2018-01-21
• Music conglomerate that broke up in 2012 — 2017-11-28
• Former parent co. of Gramophone and Parlophone records — 2017-09-24
• Classic record label — 2017-08-24
• Defunct U.K. label — 2017-05-10
• Former Big Four record co. — 2017-02-28
• Onetime label for the Beatles — 2017-02-03
• Queen's longtime record label — 2017-01-20
• British record giant — 2016-09-21
• Record co. excoriated in a Sex Pistols song — 2016-06-30
• Bygone record label — 2016-05-22
• Big Four record co. that broke up in 2012 — 2016-05-01
• Bygone record co. — 2015-09-27
• Classic record label — 2015-08-01
• Former Big Four record company — 2015-06-06
• U.K. record label — 2015-01-07
• U.K. record label — 2015-01-04
• U.K. record label — 2014-11-05
• London-based record company — 2014-09-11
• Universal Music Group label — 2014-09-10
• British record giant — 2014-07-30
• ___ Records — 2014-06-06
• Sister co. of Virgin — 2014-04-04
• Member of the music industry’s former Big Four — 2014-03-16
• Former owner of Capitol Records — 2014-01-20