Sony DADC

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Sony DADC (Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation) manufactures CDs, DVDs, UMDs and Blu-ray Discs at plants worldwide, mainly for Sony Music Entertainment labels, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Its first plant, in Terre Haute, Indiana, opened on 2 May 1983 and was the first CD manufacturer in the United States.^[1] Discogs uses the plain "DADC" credit for the Terre Haute facility from September 1984 to August 2005, before it was renamed Sony DADC.^[2] Discogs credits it with pressing the 2004 US CD of Incubus's A Crow Left of the Murder....^[3]

Referenced by

• Manufactures Bruce Springsteen – Devils & Dust (DualDisc, US 2005) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at DADC (matrices DDHD-000700A1 with IFPI L330 and DDHD-000900A1 with IFPI L333 across eleven listed variants)
• Manufactures Cake – Pressure Chief (CD) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Glass mastered at DADC per Discogs 3602716; another US pressing (Discogs 34044439) was glass mastered at Sony Music, Pitman, and a Canadian pressing (Discogs 1086889) was pressed by Sony Music Canada
• Manufactures California – Wilson Phillips (CD) in United States sourced
  Discogs credits DADC with glass mastering (CTDP-113010) and pressing the US limited edition; Columbia Records is credited as manufacturer on the same record
• Manufactures Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (RCA CD 74321 15420 2) in European Union since 2014 sourced
  2014 reissue, matrix Sony DADC A0102242137-0101; "Made in the EC"
• Manufactures Duran Duran – Astronaut (Epic enhanced CD) in United States sourced
  Discogs credits DADC as pressing plant (mastering SID code IFPI L329)
• Manufactures Faso Latido – A Static Lullaby (CD) in United States sourced
  Discogs credits "Glass Mastered At DADC" with matrix CPTP-119036; the disc itself also credits Columbia Records as manufacturer; no separate pressing-plant credit
• Manufactures Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine (DualDisc) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute (matrix DDHD-002710); another pressing under the same barcode was made by Sonopress Arvato, USA (matrix EN96530B, ^discogs-13617170)
• Manufactures Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand (CD, EK 92441) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute (matrix DIDX-673694); the CTDP-112884 variants are credited "Pressed By DADC" in ^discogs-us-ctdp
• Manufactures Good Charlotte – The Chronicles of Life and Death (Death version) CD in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits DADC as "Pressed By" (matrix CTDP-116355).
• Inferred: Manufactures Howie Day – Stop All the World Now (Epic special edition CD) in United States derived
  Discogs credits glass mastering to DADC (matrix CTDP-117617) and lists Epic under “Manufactured By”; the club edition with the same matrix names DADC as pressing plant (^discogs-club)
• Manufactures In This Skin (CD + bonus DVD reissue) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits DADC with glass mastering the DVD (DVSS-120630); the CD was glass mastered and pressed at Sony Music, Pitman, which has no stub yet.
• Manufactures Incubus: A Crow Left of the Murder... (CD + DVD, US 2004) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits DADC as glass mastering plant for both discs (CD DIDP-112303, DVD DVSS-115950)
• Manufactures Incubus: A Crow Left of the Murder... (CD, US 2004) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits Pressed By DADC; matrix variants read DIDP-112303
• Manufactures Indigo Girls: All That We Let In (CD, US 2004) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits DADC as glass mastering plant for both discs (CD CTDP-112171, DVD DVSS-117120A1); the CD-only digipak and jewel-case entries credit Sony Music, Pitman instead (^discogs-cd)
• Manufactures Jill Scott – Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2 (CD, US 2004) in United States since 2004 sourced
  Discogs credits Glass Mastered At DADC; matrix variants read CTDP-114115
• Manufactures John Mayer Trio – Try! Live in Concert (CD) in United States sourced
  US pressing credited "Glass Mastered At Sony DADC, Terre Haute" and "Pressed By Sony DADC, Pitman"; the Canadian pressing was glass mastered by Cinram and the European one by Sonopress Arvato
• Manufactures Kate Bush – Aerial (US 2-CD, Columbia 2005) in United States since 2005-11-08 sourced
  Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute; Discogs 587038 lists discs pressed at Sony DADC, Pitman and Discogs 29561266 a Terre Haute pressing with the same barcode (^discogs-th)
• Manufactures Kerosene – Miranda Lambert (CD) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at DADC; matrix CTDP-118168
• Manufactures Kerosene – Miranda Lambert (CD) in Canada sourced
  Canadian reissue glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute; matrix DIDX-673692
• Manufactures Matisyahu – Live at Stubb's (Epic enhanced CD) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute (matrix CPTP-133471 3 and 5); also ^discogs-21162859
• Manufactures Matisyahu – Live at Stubb's (Epic enhanced CD) in Australia sourced
  Made by Sony DADC Australia (matrix 0170060 82876757732 01 Sony DADC Australia)
• Manufactures Mudvayne – Lost and Found (CD, US 2005) in United States since 2005 sourced
  Discogs credits DADC with the glass master (CTDP-119038, mastering SID IFPI L328) across twelve pressing variants; an undated US reissue under the same barcode was glass mastered by Arvato, Mexico (^discogs-reissue)
• Manufactures Natasha Bedingfield – Unwritten (US CD, copy-protected) sourced
  Credited "Glass Mastered At DADC", matrix CPTP-120227
• Manufactures Nothing Is Sound – Switchfoot (CD, XCP copy-protected) in United States sourced
  Discogs credits glass mastering at Sony DADC, Terre Haute (CPTP-133581) and pressing at Sony DADC, Pitman
• Inferred: Manufactures Ozzy Osbourne – Prince of Darkness (Epic 4 CD box set) in United States derived
  Discogs credits glass mastering of all four discs to DADC (matrices CTDP-117510 to CTDP-117513); no pressing plant is named, and Discogs lists Epic under "Manufactured By"
• Manufactures Patience – George Michael (CD) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at DADC; matrix CTDP-113021
• Manufactures Something's Gotta Give – Music From the Motion Picture (CD) in United States since 2003 sourced
  One US pressing variant credits Pressed By Sony DADC, Pitman (glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute); matrix DIDP-112089
• Manufactures Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), CD + bonus DVD in Canada since 2005 sourced
  Discogs credits "Pressed By: Sony DADC, Toronto" and DADC glass mastering (CTDP-119500, DVSS-231240) on the Canadian copy
• Manufactures The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack – Bob Dylan (2005 2-CD set) in Canada sourced
  Discogs 3725646 (Canada) credits Sony DADC, Terre Haute with glass mastering and Sony DADC, Toronto with pressing; "Made in Canada"
• Manufactures The Bootleg Series Vol. 7: No Direction Home: The Soundtrack – Bob Dylan (2005 2-CD set) in United States sourced
  Discogs 28250254 credits Sony DADC, Terre Haute (glass mastering, CTDP-133497 and CTDP-133498) and Sony DADC, Pitman (pressing); Discogs 3054390 (^discogs-us) is a Sony DADC US pressing with the same matrices
• Manufactures The Christmas Collection – Il Divo (CD) in United States sourced
  Glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute (matrix CTDP-142946); other US copies with this barcode were pressed by Sonopress Arvato, USA (^discogs-reissue)
• Manufactures The Clash – London Calling (25th Anniversary Legacy Edition, 2 CD + DVD) sourced
  Glass mastered at DADC (matrix CTDP-116103, CTDP-116104, DVSS-169880); a later repress under the same barcode was glass mastered at Sony DADC, Terre Haute and pressed at Sony DADC, Pitman (^discogs-repress)
• Manufactures The Dead 60s – The Dead 60s (US CD, copy-protected) sourced
  Credited "Glass Mastered At DADC", matrix CPTP-119796 1
• Inferred: Manufactures The Passion of the Christ (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) CD in United States since 2004 derived
  Discogs credits glass mastering to DADC; matrix DIDP-112560 1
• Manufactures The Raveonettes – Pretty in Black (CD) in United States, Canada since 2005 sourced
  Pressed by DADC per Discogs 2664145 (matrix CTDP-119099); the Canadian pressing (Discogs 459924) was glass mastered at DADC (^discogs-ca)
• Manufactures Vivaldi's Cello in United States sourced
  Discogs credits glass mastering at DADC, matrix CTDP-112749

Also known as

• Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
• DADC
• Digital Audio Disc Corp.

References

1. ↑ Wikipedia: Sony DADC Wikipedia. publication. Accessed 2026-09-13. CC BY-SA 4.0.
2. ↑ Discogs label 264352: DADC Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 264352. profile.
3. ↑ Discogs release 432396: Incubus – A Crow Left Of The Murder... (CD, Album, US, 2004) Discogs. catalogue. Accessed 2026-09-13. Record: 432396. identifiers, companies, credits, notes, tracklist.