CBS: version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 11:48 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the European CD of Bob Dylan, Planet Waves (CBS CDCBS 32154, barcode 5099703215427), named by family/planet-waves. One page, four edition observations: CBS 1988 (Discogs 423946), CBS 1991 repres. Current is v2.
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| 1 | 1 | # CBS <!--brand--> | |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | ## Identity <!--identity--> | |
| 4 | 4 | name: CBS | |
| 5 | 5 | disambiguation: record label used by CBS Records outside the United States from 1962 to 1990 | |
| 6 | 6 | summary: Record label under which CBS Records issued Columbia's catalogue outside the United States from 1962 until Sony replaced it with Columbia in 1991. | |
| 7 | 7 | founded: 1962 | |
| 8 | 8 | <!--/identity--> | |
| 9 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 10 | ## Relations <!--relations--> | |
| 11 | 11 | | role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note | | |
| 12 | 12 | | ---------- | --------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | |
| 13 | 13 | | imprint_of | company/sony-music-holdings | global, -US | 1988-01-05 | 1990-12-31 | | sourced | ^dc-label-cbs | Sony bought CBS Records on 5 January 1988 and used the CBS brand under a three-year licence from CBS Inc.; Columbia replaced it outside the US on 1 January 1991 | | |
| 14 | 14 | <!--/relations--> | |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ## Aliases <!--aliases--> | |
| 17 | 17 | | name | type | locale | from | until | | |
| 18 | 18 | | ----------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- | | |
| 19 | 19 | | CBS Records | name | | | | | |
| 20 | 20 | <!--/aliases--> | |
| 21 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 22 | ## References <!--references--> | |
| 23 | − | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 24 | − | | ------------ | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 25 | − | | dc-label-cbs | https://api.discogs.com/labels/3072 | Discogs label 3072: CBS | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 3072 | | | | | | |
| 23 | + | | ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream | | |
| 24 | + | | ------------ | ------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | --------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- | | |
| 25 | + | | dc-label-cbs | https://api.discogs.com/labels/3072 | Discogs label 3072: CBS | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 3072 | | | | | | |
| 26 | + | | wiki-cbsri | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS_Records_International | Wikipedia: CBS Records International | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, Sale to Sony | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | | | |
| 27 | + | | dc-blonde | https://api.discogs.com/releases/17640043 | Discogs release 17640043: Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (2019 CD, Australia) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | 2019-05-17 | 17640043 | labels, released, country | | | | | |
| 28 | + | | dc-blood | https://api.discogs.com/releases/15463043 | Discogs release 15463043: Bob Dylan – Blood On The Tracks (2019 CD, Australia) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | 2019-05-17 | 15463043 | labels, companies, released | | | | | |
| 26 | 29 | <!--/references--> | |
| 27 | 30 | ||
| 28 | 31 | ## About <!--about--> | |
| 29 | − | CBS is the record label CBS Records used outside the United States, where EMI held the Columbia name; the United Kingdom launched it on 1 May 1962, the rest of Europe followed in 1962 and 1963, and South Africa had used it since 1956.[^dc-label-cbs] Sony bought CBS Records on 5 January 1988 with a three-year licence to use the CBS brand, acquired the international Columbia rights on 15 October 1990 and replaced CBS with Columbia from 1 January 1991, except in Spain and Japan; the CBS name then returned to CBS Inc.[^dc-label-cbs] | |
| 32 | + | CBS is the record label under which CBS Records issued Columbia's catalogue outside North America, because EMI owned the Columbia name in most other markets.[^wiki-cbsri] The United Kingdom launched it on 1 May 1962, the rest of Europe followed in 1962 and 1963, Australia and New Zealand replaced the Coronet label with it in January 1963, and South Africa had used it since 1956.[^dc-label-cbs] Sony bought CBS Records on 5 January 1988 with a three-year licence to use the CBS brand, acquired the international Columbia rights on 15 October 1990 and replaced CBS with Columbia from 1 January 1991, except in Spain and Japan; the CBS name then returned to CBS Inc.[^dc-label-cbs] | |
| 33 | + | ||
| 34 | + | Sony Music's Australian Gold Series CD reissues of 17 May 2019, among them Bob Dylan's Blonde on Blonde and Blood on the Tracks, carry the CBS label credit alongside Sony Music, and Blood on the Tracks prints ℗ and © CBS Inc. with manufacture by Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) Limited.[^dc-blonde][^dc-blood] The CBS Records label that CBS Corporation started on 15 December 2006 for music from its television programmes is a separate business with none of the former company's artists or assets.[^dc-label-cbs] | |
| 30 | 35 | <!--/about--> |
Source of v1
# CBS <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: CBS
disambiguation: record label used by CBS Records outside the United States from 1962 to 1990
summary: Record label under which CBS Records issued Columbia's catalogue outside the United States from 1962 until Sony replaced it with Columbia in 1991.
founded: 1962
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------- | --------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ---------- | ----- | ------- | ------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| imprint_of | company/sony-music-holdings | global, -US | 1988-01-05 | 1990-12-31 | | sourced | ^dc-label-cbs | Sony bought CBS Records on 5 January 1988 and used the CBS brand under a three-year licence from CBS Inc.; Columbia replaced it outside the US on 1 January 1991 |
<!--/relations-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CBS Records | name | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------- | ----------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| dc-label-cbs | https://api.discogs.com/labels/3072 | Discogs label 3072: CBS | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 3072 | | | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
CBS is the record label CBS Records used outside the United States, where EMI held the Columbia name; the United Kingdom launched it on 1 May 1962, the rest of Europe followed in 1962 and 1963, and South Africa had used it since 1956.[^dc-label-cbs] Sony bought CBS Records on 5 January 1988 with a three-year licence to use the CBS brand, acquired the international Columbia rights on 15 October 1990 and replaced CBS with Columbia from 1 January 1991, except in Spain and Japan; the CBS name then returned to CBS Inc.[^dc-label-cbs]
<!--/about-->