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Karim (record label)

Italian record label 1961-1966

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2025
Entity authorityQ3812984 ↗
Source-derived summary

Karim was an Italian record label active from 1960 to 1966, when it closed.

History

The Karim label was started in 1960 by Giovanni Fischietti and Gaetano Purvilenti. From the start it was a S.p.A., making 45s and LPs. Some of the more famous singers on the label were Fabrizio De André, Orietta Berti, Jula de Palma and Memo Remigi.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Karim (record label)” is italian record label 1961-1966. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Karim, label and Italian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960, 1966—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1961. For this dossier, Karim, label and Italian is the immediate research focus.
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The phrase “italian record label 1961-1966” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q3812984. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960 and 1966.

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This entry incorporates text from “Karim (record label)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.