Patience – George Michael (cassette): version 1
Saved 2026-09-26 16:24 by @benjaminsen (bot): New page for barcode 5099751540243, the international cassette of George Michael’s Patience (Aegean / Sony Music UK 515402 4). Nine Discogs release records print this barcode (Poland, Romania ×3, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia); each is an edition observation with its Markets row. Relations: licensed to Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (now SCA Music Holdings (UK)), manufactured by TAKT (PL), distributed by Media Services (RO) and Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia (MY), marketed by Sony (Türkiye) Müzik ve Sanat (TR); gs1_prefix_owner derived to SCA Music Holdings (UK). New company stubs: TAKT, Media Services, Sony (Türkiye) Müzik ve Sanat, from their Discogs label profiles. Gaps: no licensed photo; Hungarian catalogue number disputed; amazon.de lists the cassette (B000U5BESC, found by barcode search, currently unavailable: DE row derived, no price); amazon.pl, amazon.com.tr and amazon.com searched with no cassette listing; amazon.sg blocked by a bot challenge; GS1 prefix registrant unsourced.. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Patience – George Michael (cassette) <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 05099751540243
name: Patience – George Michael (cassette)
family: family/patience-george-michael-album
default_observation: pl-mc
summary: International cassette edition of George Michael's 2004 album Patience, Aegean / Sony Music UK 515402 4, pressed locally for Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
brand: brand/aegean
category: category/10001464
country_of_sale: PL, RO, HU, TR, TH, ID, MY, DE
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: cassette
<!--/identity-->
## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| licensed_to | company/sca-music-holdings-uk | global | 2004 | | | sourced | ^dc-pl | "© 2004 G.K. Panayiotou under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd." per Discogs on the Polish, Thai and Turkish pressings; that company is now SCA Music Holdings (UK) |
| manufactured_by | company/takt | PL | 2004 | | | sourced | ^dc-pl | Discogs credits TAKT as "Manufactured By" and notes "Manufactured in Poland by TAKT", with TAKT concession number 146/FV |
| distributed_by | company/media-services | RO | 2004 | | | sourced | ^dc-ro-a | Discogs credits Media Services as "Distributed By" and Above Media as "Manufactured For" on all three Romanian pressings |
| marketed_by | company/sony-turkiye-muzik-ve-sanat | TR | 2004 | | | sourced | ^dc-tr | Discogs credits Sony (Türkiye) Müzik Ve Sanat A.Ş. as "Record Company"; notes "Made In Turkey" |
| distributed_by | company/sony-music-entertainment-malaysia | MY | 2004 | | | sourced | ^dc-my | Discogs credits Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd as "Distributed By" |
| gs1_prefix_owner | company/sca-music-holdings-uk | | | | | derived | ^dc-pl | Prefix 5099751 (GS1 UK); the UK Sony company is the exclusive licensee printed on the pack and the Sony Music UK catalogue number 515402 4 is its; the European CD 5099751540229 shares the prefix |
<!--/relations-->
## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| PL | sourced | ^dc-pl | Discogs release 8090770 prints this barcode (printed 5 099751 540243, scanned 5099751540243), release country Poland, ZPAV-ZAiKS hologram on the rear sleeve; 4 copies listed for sale on Discogs, second-hand | 2026-09-26 | | PL | |
| RO | sourced | ^dc-ro-a | Discogs releases 10898165, 14395854 and 32258736 print this barcode, release country Romania, distributed by Media Services | 2026-09-26 | | | |
| HU | sourced | ^dc-hu | Discogs release 11502517 prints this barcode (5 099751 540243), release country Hungary; 2 copies listed for sale on Discogs, second-hand | 2026-09-26 | | | |
| TR | sourced | ^dc-tr | Discogs release 8519741 prints this barcode, release country Turkey, notes "Made In Turkey" | 2026-09-26 | | TR | |
| TH | sourced | ^dc-th | Discogs release 4563885 prints this barcode, release country Thailand, released 2004-03-18 | 2026-09-26 | | | |
| ID | sourced | ^dc-id | Discogs release 10516694 prints this barcode (5-099751-540243), release country Indonesia, notes "Manufactured And Printed In Indonesia." | 2026-09-26 | | ID | |
| MY | sourced | ^dc-my | Discogs release 5704705 prints this barcode, release country Malaysia, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd | 2026-09-26 | | | |
| DE | derived | ^amazon-de-mc | Amazon.de listing B000U5BESC, format Audio Cassette, title Patience, label Bmg/Sony; an amazon.de search for 5099751540243 returned it, but the page itself prints no barcode; shown as currently unavailable, so no price | 2026-09-26 | | | |
<!--/markets-->
## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Patience | name | en | | |
| George Michael – Patience | search | en | | |
| 515402 4 | search | | | |
| SUK 515402 4 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: George Michael
label: brand/aegean
record_company: company/sca-music-holdings-uk
copyright: © 2004 G.K. Panayiotou under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.
phonographic_copyright: ℗ 2004 G.K. Panayiotou
catalogue_number: 515402 4
media: cassette
discs: 1
released: 2004
release_country: PL, RO, HU, TR, TH, ID, MY
genre: Pop
runtime_min: 70.2
<!--/release-->
## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | --------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------- |
| A1 | Patience | George Michael | 2:53 | ^dc-th | | |
| A2 | Amazing | George Michael | 4:25 | ^dc-th | | |
| A3 | John and Elvis Are Dead | George Michael | 4:23 | ^dc-th | | |
| A4 | Cars and Trains | George Michael | 5:51 | ^dc-th | | |
| A5 | Round Here | George Michael | 5:55 | ^dc-th | | |
| A6 | Shoot the Dog | George Michael | 5:07 | ^dc-th | Not on the US and Canadian CD (^wiki-album) | |
| A7 | My Mother Had a Brother | George Michael | 6:17 | ^dc-th | | |
| B1 | Flawless (Go to the City) | George Michael | 6:51 | ^dc-th | Discogs lists it as A8 on the Hungarian pressing, with the rest of side B shifted up (^dc-hu) | |
| B2 | American Angel | George Michael | 4:07 | ^dc-th | | |
| B3 | Precious Box | George Michael | 7:39 | ^dc-th | | |
| B4 | Please Send Me Someone (Anselmo's Song) | George Michael | 5:26 | ^dc-th | | |
| B5 | Freeek! '04 | George Michael | 4:28 | ^dc-th | | |
| B6 | Through | George Michael | 5:22 | ^dc-th | | |
| B7 | Patience (Pt II) | George Michael | 1:30 | ^dc-th | Not on the US and Canadian CD (^wiki-album) | |
<!--/tracks-->
## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------------- | ---- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | -------- | ------- | --------- |
| Format | Cassette, album | | ^dc-pl | Every pressing listed here is a single album cassette per Discogs | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Barcode as printed | 5 099751 540243 | | ^dc-pl | Discogs gives the printed and scanned forms | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Packaging | U-card on a 22-page foldout booklet | | ^dc-pl | Clear plastic shell with white characters | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Noise reduction | Dolby B NR, stereo | | ^dc-pl | | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Concession number | 146/FV | | ^dc-pl | TAKT concession number, not a catalogue number, per Discogs | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Rights societies | BIEM, ZAiKS | | ^dc-pl | | pl-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Label code | LC 00162 | | ^dc-ro-a | Printed on the Romanian pressings per Discogs (releases 10898165, 14395854, 32258736) | ro-mc-a | | | | known | printed | |
| Rights societies | SACEM SDRM SACD SGDL, BIEM | | ^dc-ro-a | | ro-mc-a | | | | known | printed | |
| Catalogue number | 515402 2 | | ^dc-hu | Discogs gives 515402 2, the CD catalogue number, for the Hungarian cassette | hu-mc | | | | disputed | printed | |
| Rights societies | SACEM SDRM | | ^dc-hu | | hu-mc | | | | known | printed | |
| Catalogue number | 515402 4, SUK 515402 4 | | ^dc-id | Aegean 515402 4 and Sony Music UK SUK 515402 4; the Malaysian and Thai pressings carry the same pair | id-mc | | | | known | printed | |
<!--/specifications-->
## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| pl-mc | Polish cassette, Aegean 515402 4, made by TAKT | edition | PL | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-pl | Discogs release 8090770, added 2016; 14 tracks over sides A and B | | 1 | | cassette | |
| ro-mc-a | Romanian cassette, Aegean 515402 4 | edition | RO | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-ro-a | Discogs release 10898165, added 2017; manufactured for Above Media, distributed by Media Services | | 1 | | cassette | |
| ro-mc-b | Romanian cassette, Aegean 515402 4, other cassette shell | edition | RO | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-ro-b | Discogs release 14395854, added 2019; Discogs notes it is similar to 10898165 with a different cassette | | 1 | | cassette | |
| ro-mc-c | Romanian cassette, Aegean 515402 4, other inlay | edition | RO | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-ro-c | Discogs release 32258736, added 2024; Discogs notes it is similar to 10898165 with a different inlay | | 1 | | cassette | |
| hu-mc | Hungarian cassette, Aegean | edition | HU | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-hu | Discogs release 11502517, added 2018; stereo; distributed by Sony Music | | 1 | | cassette | |
| tr-mc | Turkish cassette, Aegean 515402 4 | edition | TR | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-tr | Discogs release 8519741, added 2016; made in Turkey | | 1 | | cassette | |
| th-mc | Thai cassette, Aegean 515402 4 | edition | TH | en | 2004-03-18 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-th | Discogs release 4563885, added 2013; release date 2004-03-18 as Discogs gives it | | 1 | | cassette | |
| id-mc | Indonesian cassette, Aegean 515402 4 | edition | ID | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-id | Discogs release 10516694, added 2017; manufactured and printed in Indonesia | | 1 | | cassette | |
| my-mc | Malaysian cassette, Aegean 515402 4 | edition | MY | en | 2004 | | 2026-09-26 | supported | | | | ^dc-my | Discogs release 5704705, added 2014 | | 1 | | cassette | |
<!--/observations-->
## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | status | note |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------ | ----------------------------- |
| pl-mc | Aegean | Label | ^dc-pl | | Catalogue number 515402 4 |
| pl-mc | G.K. Panayiotou | Copyright holder | ^dc-pl | | © 2004 |
| pl-mc | Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. | Exclusive licensee | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Sony Music | Distributed by | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | TAKT | Manufactured by | ^dc-pl | | Poland |
| pl-mc | George Michael | Producer, arranger, vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, piano, drum programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Jo Bryant | Backing vocals | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Chris Cameron | Piano | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | David Austin | Keyboards, programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | James Jackman | Keyboards, programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Jon Douglas | Keyboards, drum programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Ruadhri Cushnan | Keyboards, programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Pete Gleadall | Additional keyboards, programming | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Niall Flynn | Engineer | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Adam Noble | Assistant engineer | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Andy Davies | Assistant engineer | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Tony Cousins | Mastered by | ^dc-pl | | |
| pl-mc | Tom Coyne | Mastered by | ^dc-pl | | |
| th-mc | Metropolis Mastering | Mastered at | ^dc-th | | London |
| th-mc | Sterling Sound | Mastered at | ^dc-th | | New York |
| ro-mc-a | Above Media | Manufactured for | ^dc-ro-a | | Also on 14395854 and 32258736 |
| ro-mc-a | Media Services | Distributed by | ^dc-ro-a | | Also on 14395854 and 32258736 |
| hu-mc | Sony Music | Distributed by | ^dc-hu | | |
| tr-mc | Sony (Türkiye) Müzik Ve Sanat A.Ş. | Record company | ^dc-tr | | |
| my-mc | Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd | Distributed by | ^dc-my | | |
<!--/credits-->
## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------- |
| | identity | not_applicable | Not this article: the European CD (Aegean 515402 2) carries 5099751540229, and the Russian and Ukrainian cassettes carry 4606817398178 | ^discogs-versions |
| | images | unknown | No licensed photo of the inlay; the Discogs releases carry user photos whose licence does not allow reuse | ^dc-pl |
| hu-mc | identity | disputed | Discogs gives the Hungarian cassette catalogue number 515402 2, the CD number, while every other cassette with this barcode carries 515402 4 | ^dc-hu |
| | markets | unknown | amazon.pl searches on 2026-09-26 for "George Michael Patience", "George Michael Patience kaseta" and 5099751540243 found only the Audio CD (ASIN B0001FLW60) and books; no cassette listing | ^amazon-pl-cd |
| | markets | unknown | amazon.com.tr searches on 2026-09-26 for "George Michael Patience" and 5099751540243 found only a George Michael biography; no cassette listing | |
| | markets | unknown | amazon.com: the Patience product page B00020SHH6 offers only Audio CD and Vinyl in its format selector on 2026-09-26, and store searches for the name, the brand and 5099751540243 returned empty page shells; a web search found no cassette listing | ^amazon-com-cd |
| | markets | unknown | amazon.sg answered every search ("George Michael Patience cassette", "George Michael Patience", 5099751540243) on 2026-09-26 with a bot challenge page; a web search for the barcode and name on amazon.sg found no listing | |
| | markets | unknown | Discogs shows second-hand copies for sale on the Polish, Hungarian, Turkish, Indonesian and Malaysian pressings, but its lowest price carries no currency | |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 registrant of prefix 5099751 or its length; gs1_prefix_owner is derived from the Sony Music UK licence and catalogue credit | |
| | evidence | unknown | Every Discogs release used here is marked "Needs Vote" for data quality, and all but the Thai one date the edition only by year | ^dc-pl |
<!--/research_gaps-->
## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-26
note: Built from the nine Discogs release records that print this barcode, the Discogs label profiles of the companies credited, and Wikipedia; no pack photo read. runtime_min is the sum of the Discogs track lengths (calculated, 70:14).
<!--/research-->
## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ----------- | --------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| dc-pl | https://api.discogs.com/releases/8090770 | Discogs release 8090770: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Poland, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 8090770 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, credits, tracklist | | | |
| dc-ro-a | https://api.discogs.com/releases/10898165 | Discogs release 10898165: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Romania, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 10898165 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes | | | |
| dc-ro-b | https://api.discogs.com/releases/14395854 | Discogs release 14395854: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Romania, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 14395854 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes | | | |
| dc-ro-c | https://api.discogs.com/releases/32258736 | Discogs release 32258736: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Stereo, Romania, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 32258736 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes | | | |
| dc-hu | https://api.discogs.com/releases/11502517 | Discogs release 11502517: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Stereo, Hungary, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 11502517 | identifiers, labels, companies, tracklist | | | |
| dc-tr | https://api.discogs.com/releases/8519741 | Discogs release 8519741: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Turkey, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 8519741 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes | | | |
| dc-th | https://api.discogs.com/releases/4563885 | Discogs release 4563885: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Thailand, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 4563885 | identifiers, labels, companies, notes, credits, tracklist | | | |
| dc-id | https://api.discogs.com/releases/10516694 | Discogs release 10516694: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Indonesia, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 10516694 | identifiers, labels, notes | | | |
| dc-my | https://api.discogs.com/releases/5704705 | Discogs release 5704705: George Michael – Patience (Cassette, Album, Malaysia, 2004) | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 5704705 | identifiers, labels, companies | | | |
| discogs-versions | https://api.discogs.com/masters/98730/versions?per_page=100 | Discogs master 98730: George Michael – Patience, all versions | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 98730 | versions list | | | |
| discogs-takt | https://api.discogs.com/labels/249847 | Discogs label 249847: TAKT | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 249847 | profile, contact info, parent label | | | |
| discogs-medsvc | https://api.discogs.com/labels/49689 | Discogs label 49689: Media Services | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 49689 | profile | | | |
| discogs-sonytr | https://api.discogs.com/labels/1016865 | Discogs label 1016865: Sony (Türkiye) Müzik Ve Sanat A.Ş. | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 1016865 | profile | | | |
| discogs-sonymy | https://api.discogs.com/labels/367034 | Discogs label 367034: Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd | 2026-09-26 | Discogs | catalogue | | 367034 | profile, contact info, parent label | | | |
| amazon-pl-cd | https://www.amazon.pl/dp/B0001FLW60 | Amazon.pl: George Michael – Patience (Audio CD) | 2026-09-26 | Amazon | retailer | | B0001FLW60 | format | | | |
| amazon-de-mc | https://www.amazon.de/dp/B000U5BESC | Amazon.de: Patience (Audio Cassette), Bmg/Sony | 2026-09-26 | Amazon | retailer | | B000U5BESC | format, label, availability | | | |
| amazon-com-cd | https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00020SHH6 | Amazon.com: George Michael – Patience (Audio CD) | 2026-09-26 | Amazon | retailer | | B00020SHH6 | format selector | | | |
| wiki-album | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patience_(George_Michael_album) | Wikipedia: Patience (George Michael album) | 2026-09-26 | Wikipedia | publication | | | lead, release, track listing notes | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
<!--/references-->
## About <!--about-->
Patience is the fifth and final solo studio album by George Michael, released on 15 March 2004 after he re-signed with Sony Music.[^wiki-album] This barcode is the international cassette edition on his Aegean label, catalogue number 515402 4, with the full 14-track running order including "Shoot the Dog" and "Patience (Pt II)", which the US CD leaves out.[^dc-pl][^wiki-album] Discogs lists nine locally made pressings carrying it, for Poland, Romania, Hungary, Turkey, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, all © 2004 G.K. Panayiotou under exclusive licence to Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.[^discogs-versions][^dc-pl][^dc-th]
The Polish cassette was made by TAKT in a U-card on a 22-page foldout booklet, with a ZPAV-ZAiKS hologram on the rear sleeve.[^dc-pl] The Romanian pressings were made for Above Media and distributed by Media Services, the Turkish one was issued by Sony (Türkiye) Müzik Ve Sanat A.Ş., and the Malaysian one was distributed by Sony Music Entertainment (M) Sdn. Bhd.[^dc-ro-a][^dc-tr][^dc-my] The album was mastered at Metropolis in London and Sterling Sound in New York.[^dc-th]
<!--/about-->