BMG Music Canada: version 1

Saved 2026-09-14 03:15 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added **Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (RCA CD 74321 15420 2)**, GTIN 00743211542029, from the wanted list. **Identity.** MusicBrainz release 7b9898dc (the Canadian 1993 RCA CD) and Discogs rel. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# BMG Music Canada <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: BMG Music Canada
disambiguation: Canadian record company of Bertelsmann Music Group, successor to RCA's Canadian record business
legal_name: BMG Music Canada Inc.
country: CA
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                  | type  | locale | from | until      |
| --------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ---------- |
| BMG Music Canada Inc. | legal | en     | 1987 | 1998-06-30 |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                       | title                                                                             | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ---------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-ca    | https://api.discogs.com/releases/17586895 | Discogs release 17586895: Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (CD, Canada, 1993) | 2026-09-14 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 17586895  | identifiers, companies | CC0     |             |          |
| discogs-bmgca | https://api.discogs.com/labels/151996     | Discogs label 151996: BMG Music Canada Inc.                                       | 2026-09-14 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 151996    | profile, contact info  | CC0     |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
BMG Music Canada Inc. was the Canadian record company of the Bertelsmann Music Group, legally operating under that name from 1987 to 30 June 1998. It succeeded RCA's Canadian record company, whose roots go back to the Victor Talking Machine Co. of Canada formed in 1924. Its address was 3640A McNicoll Avenue, Scarborough, Ontario.[^discogs-bmgca] It is credited as distributor of the Canadian CD pressing of Deep Purple's The Battle Rages On....[^discogs-ca]
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