Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman: version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 14:03 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the original 1989 US CD of Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy (Columbia CK 45281, barcode 074644528121), named by family/oh-mercy. Sources: MusicBrainz release b5b1ef1c (US, 1989-09-12), Discogs releases 1376. This is the current version.

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# Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
disambiguation: Record and CD plant in Pitman, New Jersey, opened by CBS in 1961 and closed by Sony DADC in 2011
summary: Record, cassette and later compact disc plant in Pitman, New Jersey, opened by CBS for Columbia in 1961, a CD plant from 1987 and closed by Sony DADC in 2011.
country: US
founded: 1961-05-17
dissolved: 2011
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## Establishments <!--establishments-->
| mark | kind  | address                                       | country | source          | note                                           |
| ---- | ----- | --------------------------------------------- | ------- | --------------- | ---------------------------------------------- |
|      | plant | Lambs & Woodbury Roads, Pitman, NJ 08071, USA | US      | ^discogs-pitman | Contact address given on Discogs, now obsolete |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                    | type | locale | from | until |
| ----------------------- | ---- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| CBS Records Pitman      | name |        |      |       |
| Columbia Records Pitman | name |        |      |       |
| Sony Music, Pitman      | name |        | 1991 |       |
| Sony DADC, Pitman       | name |        |      | 2011  |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref                 | url                                    | title                                                           | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator          | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------------- | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ---------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| discogs-sony-pitman | https://api.discogs.com/labels/3346839 | Discogs company 3346839: Sony Music, Pitman                     | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 3346839   | profile          |         |             |          |
| discogs-pitman      | https://api.discogs.com/labels/447694  | Discogs company 447694: Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 447694    | profile, contact |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
The Columbia Records Pressing Plant in Pitman, New Jersey, was opened by CBS for its Columbia label on 17 May 1961 as a high-capacity record plant; it pressed LPs until December 1986, began pilot compact disc production on 1 October 1987 and reached full CD capacity in January 1988.[^discogs-pitman] It passed to Sony with CBS's music business in 1988, took the Sony Music name in 1991 and later joined the Sony DADC network, which closed it in early 2011 and moved production to Terre Haute, Indiana.[^discogs-pitman] Its CDs carry "CMU P" hub stamps.[^discogs-pitman][^discogs-sony-pitman]
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