Alpha (2)

Alpha is a Taiwanese label (later renamed Alpha Music) owned by Alpha Music Co., Ltd. (former name: Alpha Records Co., Ltd.)(Later renamed:Alpha Media Music Co., Ltd.) that mainly releases Compilations (That usually contain 2 or more Discs/Tapes), Special Editons of Dance Music Albums/Maxi-Singles, and Special Editions of Korean Drama Soundtracks. They are most well-known for their "Maxi Kingdom" series, their work on Gull (3)'s "Greatest Love Song" Laserdisc & VCD Karaoke series, and their special editions of Korean Drama Soundtracks. Alpha is NOTORIOUS for making and using soundalikes of songs for compilations, They usually do this if they can't gain a license to a specific song, either because of disapproval or because of budget reasons. Their soundalikes were made by Kingdom Studio and BlissCo Soundalikes made by Kingdom Studio were usually sung by S.A.I.F.A.M. artists like [a79923] and Melody Castellari, and were sometimes sung by Mauro Farina, Vittorio Fraja, and Dora Carofiglio. Soundalikes made by BlissCo were usually sung by Jeffrey Jey and Viviana Presutti. This label used to be a pirate label from the 1970s to early 1980s, then in the late 1980s to early 1990s made soundalike compilations, then in the mid 1990s started making compilations that contain both soundalikes and licensed songs. Compilations older than 1999 will have black & white inlays, Compilations that were not meant to be part of a series will be in color All compilations after 1998 will have color inlays. Catalog Number Structure: XXXX - 1993: FORMAT-XX(May Contain the letters, A, AD, DX, AP, AM or DA)-0000. 1993 - 20XX: 00(May Contain the numbers, 18, 20, 25 or 35)FORMAT(May contain AAP, CD or OOP)-0000. Maxi Singles 1996 - 2XXX: FORMAT-XX(May Contain the letters M, and S)-0000 TS after a Catalog Number means it is a promo, S after a Catalog Number means it is a "Bonus Disc"