Korova was a British

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, named after the fictitious Korova Milk Bar that was featured in the film ''

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'', 'korova' (''корова'') also being the Ukrainian and Russian word for 'cow'. The imprint was founded in London, England in 1979 as a division of Warner Communications'

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(Warner-Elektra-Atlantic) record company. Korova's first album release was

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's debut album ''

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'', with Zoo Records'

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and

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closely involved in the project. The label was originally active during the early to mid-1980s, not only releasing recordings by

, but also records by the Sound, Guns for Hire,

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, Tenpole Tudor, Ellery Bop and

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(like Echo & the Bunnymen, also management clients of Balfe). Korova also released a couple of singles by Drummond and Balfe's band with Lori Lartey called Lori & the Chameleons and put out a few UK releases from

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catalogue, as well as American artist Jeff Finlin's ''Angel in Disguise'', with the single "American Dream #109". However, by the time Echo & the Bunnymen released their self-titled 1987 album, the label/brand had been dropped, with the album being released on the main WEA label. In the 1990s, the label was re-activated by WEA for new indie-dance acts such as (Jefferson) Airhead, with the label used again by

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in 2003 to issue the 25th anniversary remastered editions of Echo and the Bunnymen's first six LPs. At this point, WMG decided to use the label again for a number of indie acts in the mid-2000s, such as

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and

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, but the company had collapsed by 2007.

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