CBS Disques: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 14:34 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the 1989 European CBS cassette of Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy (465800 4, EAN 5099746580049), completing a barcode named by family/oh-mercy. Identity from MusicBrainz release 65dc151e (NL, Sept 1989) and. This is the current version.

Source of v1

# CBS Disques <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: CBS Disques
disambiguation: French record company of CBS Records from 1963; not the Canadian CBS Disques Canada
summary: French subsidiary of CBS's record division, established in Paris on 1 February 1963, which distributed CBS records in France.
legal_name: CBS Disques S.A.
country: FR
founded: 1963-02-01
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name             | type  | locale | from | until |
| ---------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CBS Disques S.A. | legal |        |      |       |
| CBS Disques SA   | name  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                | url                                      | title                                                                              | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                       | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-disques-sa | https://api.discogs.com/labels/109547    | Discogs company 109547: CBS Disques S.A.                                           | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 109547    | profile                       |         |             |          |
| discogs-ukfr       | https://api.discogs.com/releases/2873712 | Discogs release 2873712: Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy (Cassette, Album, UK & France, 1989) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 2873712   | identifiers, companies, notes |         |             |          |
| discogs-disques    | https://api.discogs.com/labels/57111     | Discogs company 57111: CBS Disques                                                 | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 57111     | profile                       |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
CBS Disques was the French company of CBS's record division, established in Paris on 1 February 1963 as a subsidiary of CBS Inc.[^discogs-disques-sa] It distributed CBS and other labels' releases in France and did not operate a pressing plant of its own, contracting manufacturing out.[^discogs-disques] It is credited as distributor of the British-made 1989 cassette of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy sold in France.[^discogs-ukfr]
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