Record Label

Sony Music Solutions Inc.

Japanese entertainment company. Established April 1, 2019. Japanese: 株式会社ソニー・ミュージックソリューションズ. Outline: The company was established as the jacket production and plate-making division of the Sony Music Group. In 2019, will be the surviving company, merging and integrating and Jarede (Distribution companies under SMEJ) on April 1. In addition, (currently Sony Music Marketing United) will absorb and take over a part of the Marketing Group, the Market Promote Group and the business conducted by the Internet Business Group on April 1. In line with this reorganization, the company changed its name to Sony Music Solutions Inc. As at 1 April 2019 three manufacturing plants were in operation: - Oigawa Production Center - Sony Music Solutions Inc., Shizuoka a.k.a. Shizuoka Production Center - Ibaraki Production Centers Additionally, the JARED Oigawa Center is responsible for logistics. Plant Identifiers: Optical discs by Sony Music Solutions Inc. can be identified by mastering SID codes IFPI L27* and L280, usually in conjunction with mould SID codes IFPI 45**. Matrices contain either a label catalog number or a plant job number/sequential code, and a single digit master number. Please be aware that above SID codes and matrix patterns were also used by predecessors and . Sony Music Solutions Inc. sequential codes appear with the following four letter matrix prefixes: LLDA- (CD) LLDS- (CD) PLDA- (CD) PLDS- (CD) PRCS- (CD) PRDS- (CD) TGGS- (SACD) VQBY- (Blu-ray) VZCY- (Blu-ray) These prefixes are followed by numbers in two to five digit format, sometimes ending with suffix "X". When one of those prefixes is present in matrix, the code can be added as a catalog number for Sony Music Solutions Inc. Please only enter the "____-xxxxx(X)" part of the string. Example release with sequential code in matrix: [r21481849]. Example release without a Sony Music Solutions Inc. sequential number: [r31418138]. CAUTION: For discs manufactured between April 2009 and March 2019, see ! LCCN Roles: Glass Mastered At if IFPI L27* and L280 used for discs manufactured from April 2019. The sequential number can also be entered as the cat# for this role.