London-Sire Records

{{Short description|American record label}}

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{{Infobox company

| name = London-Sire Records, Inc.

| industry = Music Industry

| genre = Record label

| predecessor = London Recordings
Sire Records Group

| founded = August 1999

| founder = Warner Music Group

| defunct = January 2002

| fate = Closed

| successor = Sire Records

| hq_location = United States

| area_served = North America

| key_people = Peter Koepke
Seymour Stein
(co-CEOs)

| owner = Warner Music Group

| num_employees = 45{{Cite web |last=Pollack |first=Marc |title=LONDON-SIRE'S BURNING |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=275660&title=LONDON-SIRES-BURNING |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=HITS Daily Double |language=en}}

| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20001206203200/http://www.london-sire.com/ london-sire.com]

}}

London-Sire Records was an American-based record label owned by Warner Music Group, created in August 1999 with the merging of Warner Music Group's struggling Sire Records Group and the US division of London Recordings, which WMG had acquired from Universal Music Group following their merger with PolyGram in December 1998.{{cite magazine|last=Morris|first=Chris|date=May 3, 2003|title=Sire To Become Stand-Alone Label Again|magazine=Billboard|page=3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mA0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3}}{{Cite web |last=Lieberman |first=Allyson |date=1999-08-06 |title=WARNER SWINGS THE AX – SIRE RECORDS EXECS CHOPPED IN COST-CUTTING PURGE |url=https://nypost.com/1999/08/06/warner-swings-the-ax-sire-records-execs-chopped-in-cost-cutting-purge/ |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=New York Post |language=en-US}} Seymour Stein remained at the helm as CEO, with Peter Koepke acting as co-head. However, the binding of the two companies proved to be largely unsuccessful, and failed to produce a hit. The label was shuttered by AOL Time Warner at the end of 2001,{{Cite web |last=Pollack |first=Marc |title=LONDON-SIRE'S BURNING |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=275660&title=LONDON-SIRES-BURNING |access-date=2022-10-12 |website=HITS Daily Double |language=en}} and played a role in the dissolution of AOL Time Warner's partnership in April 2003. Sire was later relaunched by Stein as an imprint of Warner Bros. Records.

Notable acts on the label included: Eden's Crush, Scene 23, Guster, Morcheeba, Harvey Danger, Aphex Twin, Orbital, Artful Dodger, Sugababes, The Avalanches, The Tragically Hip, Downthesun and 40 Below Summer.

The label also included Essential Records (London) founded by Pete Tong in London, England, which released dance music compilations from well known DJs and artists such as Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, Carl Cox, John Digweed, Boy George, DJ Skribble, DJ Icey, and Peter Rauhofer.