Sony DADC Japan Inc.

Please use the following labels whenever possible for LCCNs for albums and other items from the Sony Music catalog in Japan from 2009 through early 2019. Sony DADC Japan To identify in CD pressing method they USE : 1 - In the Matrix DATA start with ＳＯＮＴ　／××××× as catalog numbers (mostly). 2 - On opposite side of Master SID Code around the center hole in the outer ring they usually use a pressing code in 5 digit numbers ××××× and/or sometimes add a full pressing date ([u]do not confuse CD's release date[/u]) info also before or after this code. In 2018 Sony DADC Japan started pressing of vinyl, with the first release being 52nd Street 2019 April 1, The company is integrated with Jared (Distribution companies under SMEJ) by way of an absorption merger into Sony Music Communications Inc.. and renamed Sony Music Solutions Inc.. As a result, Sony DADC Japan as a legal entity is dissolved. The company's press plants became the Oigawa, Shizuoka, and Ibaraki Production Centers of Sony Music Solutions Inc.