Island (Label)

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Contents 1 Island 1.1 Address 1.2 Label code 1.3 Regions / Markets 2 Chronology 3 Parent label/s 4 Sub-labels 5 Catalogue# Patterns 5.1 422-### ###-# 5.2 314-### ###-# 5.3 B#######-## 5.3.1 Format Suffixes 5.4 ISLx #####-# 5.4.1 Format Suffixes 6 Quotes 7 Errors and problems at Discogs 8 Notes 9 Trivia

Island

Quite a bit of info has already been collected on mjb's Island Records research wiki.

Address

Label code

Regions / Markets

Chronology

Parent label/s

Sub-labels

Catalogue# Patterns

422-### ###-#

• ca. 1990-ca. 2002?

314-### ###-#

• ca. 1992-ca. 2002?

B#######-##

• After Universal, starting ca. 2003?

Format Suffixes

-00 / CD Single + DVD? [1] -01 / LP Album -02 / CD Album -10 / 2xCD Album + DVD? [2] -11 / 12" Single -21 / 7" Single -22 / CD Single -32 / CD Single -50 / CD Album + DVD? -72 / CD Album + CD Single? [3]

ISLx #####-#

• Post-Universal
• promos only?
• ISLF = albums only?
• ISLR = singles only?

Format Suffixes

-1 / Vinyl -2 / CD

Quotes

Errors and problems at Discogs

Notes

Catalog number formats changed over the years, allowing us to eliminate release dates on certain issues (e.g. a 422-### ###-# series pressing of U2's "War" was definitely NOT issued in 1983).

Trivia

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