gregs45s SUBS 8th Apr 2022
| | I always look for the European retail price codes on the rear tray artwork, which are mostly (but not always) an indication that it was distributed/sold in European retail outlets, as we did not use them in the UK as far as i know, these codes were used at the till point to tell which distributor the retailer had to pay.
So here for instance you have two codes D : QM for Germany (Deutschland)(not sure who QM distributor is), and F : BM720 for France and BMG distributor. so this was on sale at least in France And Germany, so European, and, unless there was a separate UK release, then possibly the UK as well, so it's European.
Of course, CD's being CD's with all their complications, this is a general guide/rule of thumb to consider, also, more often than not, later retail price codes did not indicate which country they were distributed in as they did on this one, codes then generally used two letters (the distributor) followed by three numbers, i.e PY 700 (Polygram), and, although it doesn't tell you exactly where, it does indicate it was on sale at least somewhere in Europe, as, again, we did not use these price codes in the UK.
Hope that's of some help, forgive any errors (i'm sure someone will point those out;), it's a general rule of thumb i use anyhow. and it seems to work.
Here's a partial list of French codes...
List of known French company price code letters
AD = Auvidis
ADE = Adès
AE = Arabella Eurodisc
AG = Agorila
AR = Afro-Rythmes
ARC = Arcade France S.à.r.l.
BA = Barclay
BAL = La Baleine
BM = BMG
BPE = Baillemont Productions Distribution
CA = Carrere
CB = CBS / Sony Music
CC = Disques Concord
CM = Le Chant Du Monde
D or DAN = Danceteria
DEG = DEG Music
DH = Discograph
DIS = Discodis
DK = Mélodie
EUP = Calliope
EV = Eva (8) / Lolita
EW = EastWest
FOO = Madrigal
GM = GMG
GP = IPG
HM = Harmonia Mundi
IHL = IHL Distribution
IM = Impact (2)
JU = Just'In Distribution
LA = Laurence Records
M = Musicast Distribution
M7 = Média 7
MAM = MAM Productions / Arcadès
MD = Moradisc
MI = Milan
MU = Musidisc
ND = Night & Day
NR = New Rose
NS = Nouveau Style
OMD = OMD (3)
P12 = Point 12
PG = Phonogram
PM = Pathé Marconi EMI
POL = Polydor
PS = PIAS France
PY = PolyGram
RC = RCA / BMG
RD = Rythmo-Disc
SA = Safari Ambiance
SC = Socadisc
SD = Sonodisc
SM = Studio SM
SP = Sonopresse
TCI = Teldec Classics International GmbH
TM = Tele Music
TZ = Taizé
UN = Universal (note: also used by Unidisc (7) on some cassettes)
VG = Vogue
WAG = Wagram Music
WE = WEA or WEA Filipacchi Music
WM = WMD |