Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.

The Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. albums, compilations, singles and EPs, live albums, and videos catalog with cataloged releases, editions, and label credits

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Japanese record company - do not enter as a label! Full Japanese name: 日本コロムビア株式会社 (Nippon Koromubia Kabushiki Gaisha) Originally founded in 1946, when its predecessor Nipponophone Co. Ltd. (also known as Nippon Phonograph Co.) adopted 'Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd.' as its new name. The company owns the rights to the Columbia brand in Japan and operates this label separately from Sony Corporation. It operated the CBS label between 1962 and 1968 (when the rights for CBS and Epic were transferred to CBS/Sony Records), as well as several other labels. The company also manufactured and distributed records from western labels. In 1991, Nippon Columbia acquired the rights to the Savoy Records catalog and went on to form the Savoy Label Group. In 1965, the headquarters moved to Akasaka, Tokyo. In 2005, the headquarters moved to Roppongi, Tokyo. In 2009, the headquarters moved to Toranomon, Tokyo. On October 1, 2002 the company was renamed to Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc.. On October 1, 2010, the company name reverted back to Nippon Columbia Co., Ltd. Kawasaki factory history: Nippon Columbia's Kawasaki plant began operations in April 1909 (then known as Nippon America Phonograph Works). In May of the same year, Japan's first 10-inch single-sided record was pressed. In 1910, Japan's first phonograph, the Nipponophone, is manufactured. In 1914, pressing of double-sided records becomes the norm. In 1951, Japan's first LP record is pressed. In 1982, manufacturing and selling of the world's first CD player begins, simultaneously with Sony / CBS Sony. In 1990, a central research center is opened. In 2001, the audio/visual and media equipment manufacturing division is separated to Denon Co., Ltd. In 2002, the factory is renamed Columbia Digital Media Inc. (CDM). In 2007, the factory is closed. A large condominium complex including a car park, nursery school and convenience store was built on the site, but a sign and monument at the nearby Minato railway station are commemorating the plant. Characteristics of manufactured CDs: CDs pressed from 1982-1983 had their catalog numbers stamped in the plastic outer ring mould. From 1984-1987, CD pressings had a dot matrix font, with the "catalog number" (e.g. CO-1190), followed by a "number/letter/number" (e.g., 1A1), followed by a "number/number" (e.g., 72) for the last digit of the year and the month up to September, and for October, November or December = "X", "Y", "Z" (e.g., 6Y). Later pressings have the same layout as '84-'87, but are now etched rather than dot matrix style.

Discography

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Animals

Pink Floyd · 1977

Studio Album

Back in Black

AC/DC · 1980

Studio Album

Kind of Blue

Miles Davis · 1959

Studio Album

Tubular Bells = チューブラー・ベルズ

Mike Oldfield · 1973

Studio Album

Brothers In Arms

Dire Straits · 1985

Studio Album

Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols = 勝手にしやがれ

Sex Pistols · 1977

Studio Album

Time Out

The Dave Brubeck Quartet · 1959

Studio Album

Born In The U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen · 1984

Studio Album

Bad

Michael Jackson · 1987

Studio Album

Violator

Depeche Mode · 1990

Studio Album

The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars

David Bowie · 1972

Studio Album

Music For The Masses

Depeche Mode · 1987

Studio Album

Rhapsody In Blue / An American In Paris

Leonard Bernstein - Gershwin - New York Philharmonic And The Columbia Symphony · 2014

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Some Great Reward

Depeche Mode · 1984

Studio Album

Sketches Of Spain

Miles Arranged And Conducted By Gil Evans · 1960

Studio Album

Black Celebration

Depeche Mode · 1986

Studio Album

Outlandos d'Amour

The Police · 1978

Studio Album

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Bruce Springsteen · 1978

Studio Album

The Sound Of Music (An Original Soundtrack Recording)

Rodgers and Hammerstein Starring Julie Andrews - Christopher Plummer Conducted By Irwin Kostal · 1965

Studio Album

Boston

Boston · 1976

Studio Album

Zenyatta Mondatta

The Police · 1980

Studio Album

Reggatta De Blanc

The Police · 1979

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Aja

Steely Dan · 1977

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Sounds Of Silence

Simon & Garfunkel · 1966

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Whitney Houston

Whitney Houston · 1985

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Reckless

Bryan Adams · 1984

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Can't Buy A Thrill

Steely Dan · 1972

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Le Sacre Du Printemps

Stravinsky, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic · 2001

Studio Album

A Love Supreme

John Coltrane · 1965

Studio Album

West Side Story (From The Original Sound Track Recording)

Leonard Bernstein · 1961

Studio Album

Hunky Dory

David Bowie · 1971

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Even In The Quietest Moments...

Supertramp · 1977

Studio Album

The Dream Of The Blue Turtles

Sting · 1985

Studio Album

I Robot

The Alan Parsons Project · 1977

Studio Album

Bob Dylan Vol. 3

Bob Dylan · 1962

Studio Album

Songs In The Key Of Life

Stevie Wonder · 1976

Studio Album

Honky Château

Elton John · 1972

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Pretzel Logic

Steely Dan · 1974

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Invisible Touch

Genesis · 1986

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Space Oddity

David Bowie · 1969

Studio Album

Songs of Faith and Devotion

Depeche Mode · 1993

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Diamond Dogs

Bowie · 1974

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Unknown Pleasures = アンノウン・プレジャーズ

Joy Division = ジョイ・ディヴィジョン · 1979

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Vol. 4

Bob Dylan · 1964

Studio Album

Eye In The Sky

The Alan Parsons Project · 1982

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Elvis

Elvis Presley · 1956

Studio Album

The Man Who Sold The World

David Bowie · 1970

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Whitney

Whitney Houston · 1987

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