Sony Music Entertainment (Spain): version 1

Saved 2026-09-26 14:34 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the European CD of Bob Dylan’s Oh Mercy (CBS 465800 2, later Columbia COL 465800 2), barcode 5099746580025, named by family/oh-mercy. Sources: MusicBrainz release 89cd7d77, six Discogs releases . This is the current version.

Source of v1

# Sony Music Entertainment (Spain) <!--company-->

## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Sony Music Entertainment (Spain)
disambiguation: Spanish record company of the Sony Music group from 1991 to 2004
summary: Madrid record company of the Sony Music group, active from 1991 until a 2004 merger; successor of Discos CBS.
legal_name: Sony Music Entertainment (Spain) S.A.
registered_address: Paseo de la Castellana, 93, 28046 Madrid, Spain
country: ES
founded: 1991
dissolved: 2004
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name                                  | type  | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Sony Music Entertainment (Spain) S.A. | legal |        |      |       |
| Sony Music Entertainment S.A.         | name  |        |      |       |
| Sony Music, S.A.                      | name  |        |      |       |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref           | url                                       | title                                                                              | accessed   | publisher | kind      | published | record_id | locator                       | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | --------- | ----------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| dc-14466317   | https://api.discogs.com/releases/14466317 | Discogs release 14466317: Bob Dylan – Oh Mercy (CD, Europe, CBS/Sony COL 465800 2) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 14466317  | identifiers, companies, notes |         |             |          |
| dc-label-cbs  | https://api.discogs.com/labels/3072       | Discogs label 3072: CBS                                                            | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 3072      | profile                       |         |             |          |
| dc-label-smes | https://api.discogs.com/labels/98959      | Discogs label 98959: Sony Music Entertainment (Spain) S.A.                         | 2026-09-26 | Discogs   | catalogue |           | 98959     | profile, contact              |         |             |          |
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## About <!--about-->
Sony Music Entertainment (Spain) S.A. was the Spanish record company of the Sony Music group, based at Paseo de la Castellana 93 in Madrid and active from 1991, when it took over from Discos CBS, until a 2004 merger that formed its successor company.[^dc-label-smes] Because the Columbia name belonged to another company in Spain until 2004, its releases of Columbia catalogue kept the CBS or CBS/Sony label after 1991.[^dc-label-cbs] It distributed Spanish copies of the European CD of Bob Dylan's Oh Mercy.[^dc-14466317]
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