query: instance_of larrikin records
supports: Larrikin Records is a record company founded in 1974 by Warren Fahey . Larrikin started as an independent label and was sold in 1995 to Festival Records . Artists who have released albums on Larrikin include Eric Bogle , Sirocco , Mike and Michelle Jackson , Bobby McLeod , Kev Carmody , Flying Emus , Robyn Archer , Redgum , Margret RoadKnight , Jeannie Lewis , Mark Atkins , Renée Geyer , Rank Strangers , The Sweets of Sin , Richard Frankland and Currency from Canberra . In recent years , Larrikin has been infamous for copyright lawsuits against the performers of the song Down Under . The suit was successful and profitable for Larrikin , however it was perceived by many as unfair profiteering . Festival Records (later known as Festival Mushroom Records) was an Australian recording and publishing company founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005. Warren John Fahey AM (born 3 January 1946) is a folklore collector, cultural historian, author, actor, broadcaster, record and concert producer, visual artist, songwriter and a performer of Australian traditional and related historical music. He is the founder of Folkways Music (1973), Larrikin Records (1974) and a folk music ensemble, the Larrikins (1975). Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds the world's largest natural harbour, and sprawls towards the Blue Mountains to the west. Residents of Sydney are known as "Sydneysiders". Sydney is the second official seat and second official residence of the Governor-General of Australia and the Prime Minister of Australia and many federal ministries maintain substantial presences in Sydney. Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mushroom Records was later acquired by Warner Bros. Records, which operated the label from 2005 to 2010 until it folded to Warner Bros. Records. Founder Michael Gudinski is now the leader of the Mushroom Group, the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia.
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answer: record label