User:Kerensky97/Catalog Code
This page no more has a reason to exist. Please use the LabelAnnotation now to store such information. All existing data here should now be migrated to the database. This is a CandidateForDeletion, and should be a DeletedPage as soon as all data is gone. -- dmppanda 19:47, 02 April 2007 (UTC)
Catalog Codes
Purpose
Remember that just because the catalog number is the same format does not mean that this is the definite label, this is merely guide to help you find further proof on the internet or other sources. Labels may also use more than format, feel free to add more than one example. Different countries of release may have different formats so be sure for example to separate Sony USA from Sony Japan if you can. This isn't the place to debate which label is a distributor of which, just link the catalog number to the name that commonly shows up next to the number on the spine of the album (it's frequently the distributor rather than the holding company).
The list
- = Number Wild-Card, @ = Letter Wild-Card
| Label | Catalog# Format | Example | Homepage | notes |
| Atlantic | A2-##### | A2-19127 | Homepage | |
| avex trax | AVCD-##### | AVCD-16093 | Homepage | |
| avex trax | AVCT-#####-# | AVCT-10144-5 | Homepage | |
| Capitol | CDP ###### | CDP 553375 | Homepage | |
| Capricorn | ### ### ###-# | 314538 114-2 | ??? | |
| Columbia | CK ##### | CK 62132 | Homepage | |
| Def Jam | ### ### ###-# | 314 527 351-2 | Homepage | |
| Epic | E2K ##### | E2K 89056 | Homepage | |
| Epic | EK ##### | EK 47978 | Homepage | |
| Epitaph | 86###-# | 86510-2 | Homepage | |
| Fat Wreck Chords | FAT ###-# | FAT 571-2 | Homepage | |
| hachama | HKCN-##### | HKCN-50040 | Homepage | |
| hachama | HKBN-##### | HKBN-50074 | Homepage | Usually DVD releases |
| Hellcat | #####-# | 80407-2 | Homepage | |
| Hopeless Records | HR###-# | HR684-2 | Homepage | |
| Motorod | CTCR-##### | CTCR-18002 | ??? | Possible sub group under avex |
| Noise | NOI #####-# | NOI 74142-2 | Homepage | |
| PICCOLO TOWN | PKCP-#### | PKCP-5074 | Homepage | |
| PICCOLO TOWN | PKBP-#### | PKBP-5058 | Homepage | Usually DVD releases |
| Reprise | # #####-# | 9 47032-2 | Homepage | |
| Roadrunner | ### ### ###-# | 168 618 034-2 | Homepage | |
| Sanctuary | #####-#####-# | 82310-74084-2 | Homepage | |
| Sony Music Japan | SRCL-#### | SRCL-6101 | Homepage | |
| Toxhiba EMI | TOCT##### | TOCT24151 | Homepage | |
| zetima | EPCE-#### | EPCE-5408 | Homepage | |
| zetima | EPBE-#### | EPBE-5199 | Homepage | Usually DVD releases |
If this page ever gets too big it may need to be alphabetized
Related projects
- For information about jazz centric labels, check the Jazz Labels project.
Discussion
Similarly, there is also the Jazz/Labels project on the wiki that has some information about (jazz oriented) labels. IMO, all data here should be migrated into the database whenever we got labels live: homesites should be linked to using ARs, and catalogs schemes should go to annotations. -- dmppanda 09:59, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
I setup this page for my own use rather than official site use (although others are welcome to use and add to it). The purpose it to have an easy way to check what a label is if we only have their catalog number. That ability can't be reproduced through the label annotations, although links from here to the labels would be very helpful now. Until we have a catalog method of search this page it still useful to me. - Editor:Kerensky97
