DADC/Sony DADC USA manufacturing codes/identifiers

This thread will be dedicated to detailed analysis of DADC/Sony DADC USA discs.
Older DADC discussion: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/410606

Some info I will include here has already been posted in my research of related Sony manufacturing plants:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/906958 (Austria)
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377 (Japan)

Given the comprehensive nature of this research/manufacturer, I will analyze sequential plant numbers, SID codes and other matrix features in subsequent posts (these will be frequently updated).

Some basic info we already know from DADC profile, the first plant in Terre Haute, Indiana (originally known as Digital Audio Disc Corp.) manufactured its first CD September 21?, 1984:
Thomas A. Edison* - The Edison CD Sampler™ (commemorative opening disc)
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (red label promo, first popular CD made in USA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in_the_U.S.A.#Marketing_and_sales
This plant ended CD manufacturing early 2018, all production in mid-2022?:
https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-indiana-austria-terre-haute-e26f9ee8742a85029639c21e7b7c2d94

Other known U.S. (Sony) DADC manufacturing plants of optical media:
DADC, Pitman, New Jersey (1988-March 2011):
https://www.nj.com/news/2011/01/sonys_south_jersey_plant_to_cl.html

Springfield, Oregon (May 1995-April? 2003):
https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2003/08/11/daily31.html

Carrollton, Georgia (1995-2001) Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA:
https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2012/07/13/sony-cutting-127-jobs-in-carrollton.html

Known DADC mastering SID codes:
IFPI L321, L322, L323, L324, L325, L326, L327, L328, L329, L330, L331, L332, L333
IFPI L336, L337
IFPI L421 (likely)
IFPI L422, L423, L424

Known DADC mould SID codes:
IFPI 50** (Terre Haute)
IFPI 72** (Pitman)

IFPI 5100 (Springfield?)
IFPI 1T** (Carrollton?)

IFPI AKN** (?)

Mould SID codes from other plants using DADC masters:
67** (Made at SMC/Canada)
IFPI 64** (Sony Music México)
IFPI 03** (UML/EDC, USA)
IFPI 6Y** (Sonopress South Africa (Pty) Ltd.)

Many more details to follow below...

gemini80s
IFPI 5100 (Springfield?)
IFPI 1T** (Carrollton?)

How have you guessed which location these SID codes belong to?

gemini80s
IFPI AKN** (?)

This I'm pretty sure is associated with Sony DADC's Mexico plant that closed in 2015, as this SID code is often found on releases that have a DISC MADE IN MEXICO sticker.

I also have a list about SID codes in the North American DADC plants but it looks like you've already covered most of the information I've gathered: https://www.discogs.com/lists/DADC-in-North-America-SID-code-and-location-tracking/541507

Sequential codes

Original 3 DADC matrix prefix codes from 1984 were DIDP (Sony popular), DIDC (Sony classical) and DIDX (non-Sony). These were adopted from the Japanese CBS/Sony Inc. plant which started using them during 2nd half of 1983. Japanese made-for-USA DID_ discs ended when DADC started CD production (very late 1984).
See: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9832085

Japan-for-USA DIDC and DIDP codes started at number 20001, DIDX at number 1.
Highest known Japanese DIDC matrix # is 20065
Highest known Japanese DIDP matrix # is 20151 (in sequence)
Highest known Japanese DIDX matrix # is 181 (in sequence)
See: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9843434

So actual DADC matrix codes start around those numbers (some discs with lower numbers were only made by DADC, those were released later such as Quiet Riot - Condition Critical). DADC used identical matrix pattern and style (font) as the Japanese plant had used until the end of 1984 (only without - between prefix and number), naturally continuing the DID_ codes sequence uninterrupted.

In 1986, DADC abandoned the 20xxx series and continued the sequence with # 70001.
DIDC/DIDP 50xxx series was used during 1985 for reissues of Japanese discs (DIDP 5018x> are original editions).

USA matrix numbers by release years (approx.)

DIDC:
1984: 2005x-2006x
1985: 20066-201xx / 50001-50216*
1986: 2019x-20241** / 70001-7008x
1987: 700xx-702xx
1988: 7028x-0705xx
1989: 0704xx-07066x
1990: 07066x-0709xx
1991: 0708xx-07115x
1992: 0711xx-07147x
1993: 0714xx-07188x
1994: 0718xx-0722xx
1995: 0722xx-07260x
1996: 0725xx-072636***

*highest known DIDC 50xxx Richard Strauss, Szell*, Cleveland Orchestra* - Don Juan / Till Eulenspiegel / Death And Transfiguration
**highest known DIDC 20xxx Branford Marsalis - Romances For Saxophone
***last known Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra - Music From The Film Liszt's Rhapsody (DIDC codes ended in early 1996)

DIDP:
1984: 2014x-2015x
1985: 2015x-2048x / 50001-50354*
1986: 204xx-20486** / 70001-7034x
1987: 703xx-7077x
1988: 707xx-07132x
1989: 071xxx-07219x
1990: 072xxx-07310x / 0740xx / 0750xx
1991: 0730xx-076xxx
1992: 0766xx-0787xx (STDP prefix also used end of year)
1993: 078xxx-0807xx
1994: 080xxx-0847xx
1995: 084xxx-0878xx
1996: 087xxx-0915xx
1997: 091xxx-0947xx
1998: 094xxx-0969xx (CPDP CPTP CTDP prefixes join at 095xxx)
1999: 096xxx-0995xx
2000: 099xxx-1024xx
2001: 102xxx-1069xx
2002: 106xxx-1097xx
2003: 109xxx-1121xx
2004: 111xxx-1181xx
2005: 118xxx-1436xx (excluding 121-126xxx, 141xxx=later reissues; 127-132xxx=promos only)^
2006: 143xxx-1485xx
2007: 148xxx-1521xx
2008: 152xxx-1561xx
2009: 156xxx-172xxx (no 158-165xxx, 167-168xxx numbers)

^all numbers >121000=Sony DADC (August 2005 releases end around 120xxx)
*highest known DIDP 50xxx Journey - Departure
**highest known DIDP 20xxx Janie Fricke - 17 Greatest Hits (no original in db)

CPDP, CPTP and CTDP codes (Enhanced or special/club editions) started with unique numbers in the mid-1990s, these codes merged with DIDP numbers in 1998 (same number, only different prefix was used; see analysis further below). All above codes ended in 2009. DIDP codes were also generally abandoned by the end of 2009 but a handful of later releases exist in db up to # 178196 The Guess Who - American Woman (2017).

DIDX:
1984: 18x-2xx
1985: 20x-4xx
1986: 4xx-9xx
1987: 9xx-27xx (including DIDM prefix)
1988: 25xx-0042xx (DIDY STDX prefixes start)
1989: 0041xx-0062xx (including 080001-08020x; end of DIDY)
1990: 0060xx-0094xx
1991: 0093xx-012xxx
1992: 011xxx-016xxx
1993: 015xxx-020xxx (end of STDX)
1994: 019xxx-027xxx
1995: 025xxx-039xxx [!]
1996: 036xxx-046xxx [!]
1997: 045xxx-059xxx [!]
1998: 058xxx-065xxx [!] (CPDX prefix joins at 064xxx)
1999: 065xxx-069xxx [!]
2000: 069xxx-0735xx [!]
2001: 073xxx-078xxx [!]
2002: 077xxx-086xxx [!]
2003: 084xxx-093xxx [!]
2004: 091xxx-110xxx (no 0987xx-1046xx numbers)
2005: 109xxx-119xxx (August releases end at 115xxx=Sony DADC)
2006: 118xxx-130xxx
2007: 130xxx-139xxx
2008: 138xxx-159xxx [!!] (including 1374xx-1375xx)
2009: 15xxxx-245xxx [!!] (no 178xxx-214xxx numbers; end of CPDX)
2010: 242xxx-600xxx [!!] (several unused clusters)
2011: 56xxxx-785xxx [!!] (several unused clusters)
2012: 78xxxx-826xxx
2013: 82xxxx-1037xxx (some unused clusters)
2014: 103xxxx-1070xxx
2015: 1069xxx-10785xx
2016: 1077xxx-10837xx
2017: 1083xxx-10889xx
2018: 1088xxx-10916xx

[!]: 0270xx-0274xx=1996-2000 / 0313xx-0316xx=1996 (only Springfield) / 03470x-034800=1996-2000 / 03580x-0362xx=1996-2001 / 0433x-0435xx=1997 (only Springfield) / 0544xx-0548xx=1998-1999 (only Springfield) / DIDX 0618xx=2001 (only Springfield) / 07156x-07161x=2001-2003 / 0764xx-0766xx=2003
[!!]: 1458xx-215xxx / 223000-2301xx / 248000-2538xx / 6711xx-6738xx = reissues
One CD release beyond 2018 exists: DIDX 1091787 Final Fantasy VII Remake (Mini Soundtrack) (2020)

After DIDP/CPDP/CPDP/CPTP (and CPDX) codes ended in 2009, DIDX became the only CD matrix prefix in use (several DIDX numbers were skipped as a result of this merge). Most original CD issues from 2009 (and some from 2010) are mixed up with reissues.

Myriad
IFPI 5100 (Springfield?)
IFPI 1T** (Carrollton?)

How have you guessed which location these SID codes belong to?

A few connections:

IFPI 5100 was mostly used in conjunction with L336 and L337. These mastering codes appear on releases from late 1995-early 2003 (matches Springfield article info). There are also some CDROMs in db with these SIDs (also matches article).
This plant apparently also made their own masters. L336 and L337 have the Terre Haute crosshair symbols, only second number starts with 0 (2 digits instead of 1).

1T** is not linked to any particular mastering code (masters from all 3 plants). Last releases with this SID are from early 2001 (matches Carrollton info). Additionally, almost all releases are Sony (DIDP), very few DIDX codes (also matches article info). Also, most releases are unique, no variants as they appear on outsourced pressings I noted. Sony Music Special Products label used this SID extensively.

The only issue I have with 5100 is that mould SID ended in 2008 using Pitman and Terre Haute masters...

I'm quite sure L336 and L337 are Springfield masters, it's still possible that 5100 is Carrollton but it would make no sense to me that those discs would be mastered in Oregon and pressed in Georgia (the two plants were on opposite sides of U.S.). If Springfield did their own mastering, they should have been able to press their discs as well.
Found another possibly useful link:
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Sony+and+Springfield%3A+What+went+wrong.-a0100993397

Re: https://www.discogs.com/lists/DADC-in-North-America-SID-code-and-location-tracking/541507

Great work! I have so much more useful and important info to share, it's just way too much for one day. I need to get sequential numbers sorted first. That alone is a huge project on its own. Just be patient ;-)

Some more info regarding sequential codes:

All discs containing video content (including CD-ROMs/and early Enhanced CDs) have sequential matrix numbers ending in 0. These prefixes include:
CDAC (199?-1997?)
CDRM (199?-2003?)
PSRM (1995-2002)
CPDP (1995-1998)
CPDX (1995-1998)
DVDS/DVDSS/DVDL (1997-2017)
SUSS/SULD/SUHD/STLD (1999-2007)
SROM (2002?-2006)
AUSS/AUDL (2003-2008)
AUHD/DDHD (2004-2006)
BVSS/BASS/BVDL (2006-2018)
IDRM (2010-2011?)

PDSS (2003-2008) prefix matrix numbers all end in 5 (possibly the only one using that pattern).

Only 3 DADC matrix prefixes actually started at 000001:
CSIG (1988-1989)
DISP (1988-1994)
LDVS (1988-1997)

We have at least one 2022 Sony DADC USA release in db (new USTL prefix): The Band - The Last Waltz

DADC also used special DIDX codes for radio samplers released 1990-1996, all these start with 99xxxx (first number 990001).

Speaking of DIDX 99 codes, these appear to be the only DADC discs with actual release dates printed on them, so we can get some fairly accurate data as to when SID codes were implemented by the Terre Haute plant (only one who made those discs).

Various - HitDisc 075E Dec 23, 1994 = no SID codes
Various - HitDisc 076E Dec 23, 1994 = no SID codes
Various - HitDisc 077E Jan 6, 1995 = no SID codes
Various - HitDisc 078E Jan 13, 1995 = no SID codes
Various - HitDisc 081B Feb 3, 1995 = mastering SID visible on image
Various - HitDisc 089A Mar 31, 1995 = mastering SID visible on image
Various - HitDisc 098A Jun 2, 1995 = mastering + mould SID

Based on this info it seems that DADC mastering SID likely started beginning of 1995 (certainly no later than January). This also nicely mirrors the DADC Austrian plant history as I researched here:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/906958?page=2#9532022

It appears mould SID was introduced a few months later in 1995 (as with DADC Austria plant and Pitman researched below).

Some more evidence from these classical CDs:
Symphonies No. 1 & No. 2 / Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen (Jan 24, 1995) = no SID codes
Bruno Walter Conducts And Talks About Mahler Symphony No. 9 (Rehearsal And Performance) (Jan 24, 1995) = no SID codes
Encores (1915 / 1916 / 1952 / 1953 / 1954) (Feb 21?, 1995) = no SID codes (earliest release date I could find)
Music For Queen Mary (A Celebration Of The Life And Death Of Queen Mary) (Apr 4, 1995) = mastering SID visible on image
Symphony No. 2 In E Minor, Op. 27 (Apr 18, 1995) = mastering + mould SID

CD matrices with mastering SID L421 look very strange compared to all other DADC matrices (completely different/smaller font, mastering SID outside of matrix ring=unique for DADC):

Common matrix by this plant (1995 promo pressed by Pitman):
https://www.discogs.com/release/2094907-Mariah-Carey-Fantasy/image/SW1hZ2U6ODk3ODY4OQ==
Matrix / Runout: E1 3ACSK07321 03
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L421
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7249

This 1995 release is different (mastering SID appears inside of matrix ring/below matrix, not above as usual for this manufacturer in first example, DADC code appears on disc face):
https://www.discogs.com/release/4890397-Various-My-Utmost-For-His-Highest/image/SW1hZ2U6NzE2ODI3OTY=
Matrix / Runout: E1 1A EK 67273 01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L421
Mould SID Code: none
Pressing Plant ID: P108

This late 1996 release has mastering SID code placement within the mirror band but directly above matrix code (very odd):
https://www.discogs.com/release/13462765-The-Presidents-Of-The-United-States-Of-America-II/image/SW1hZ2U6NzAzMjQ3OTI=
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): F1 1A CK67577 03
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L421
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7202

IFPI L421 was only used until 1996. Highest known catalog numbers:
EK67828 That Thing You Do! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (retail release)
CSK08860 Kula Shaker - K (promo)

Nearly all of these masters were pressed by Pitman, some by SMC: Twelve Dreams Of Dr. Sardonicus (none by Terre Haute in db).

Update:
I'm now 99.9% certain these were Pitman masters because the second digit of first matrix code always matched the last digit of mastering code (E1, F1 = L421 above). This perfectly fits with codes from below post:
F2, G2 = L422
E3, F3 = L423
E4, L4 = L424

DADC, Pitman identifiers:

Matrix characteristics:

1988-early 1995 (thin font, big blocks over 3 quarters of mirror band, dark/black background):
1A CK44107 03 Bootsy Collins - What's Bootsy Doin'? (1988)
1A CK45106 02 Neal Schon - Late Nite (1989)
1988-1989: [number+letter] [cat#] [2-digit number]

Sometimes, letter H+number 1 or 2 appeared instead of the 2-digit number:
1AMCD10025 H1 Pebbles - Always (1990)
1990: [number+letter] [cat#] H# (rarely used)

2A CK46008 04 A The Chimes - The Chimes (1990)
1A ZK47116 01 B The Lost (2) - The Lost (1991)
1A CK52584 17 B Warrant - Dog Eat Dog (1992)
1990-1992: [number+letter] [cat#] [2-digit number] [letter]

2A CK53205 15 C1 Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)
1A EK66900 06 D1 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (1994)
1C CK67060 25 D1 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits (1995)
(this new pattern with old font overlapped with new font below)

mid 1992?-end 1994 (new/bolder font, same matrix style):
1A EK48864 01 B1 Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion (1992)
1A CK52461 08 C2 Branford Marsalis Trio, Branford Marsalis - Bloomington (1993)
1A CK64222 08 C3 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
1992-1994: [number+letter] [cat#] [2-digit number] [letter+number]

mid-late 1994 (same font, now modern bright matrix with barcode):
D2 1ACSK06645 01 Mariah Carey - Jesus Born On This Day (1994)

1995-1996 (different/narrow font; only with IFPI L421):
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine (1995)
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): E1 1ADGD24825 01
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L421
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7221

1995?-2011 (new font w/crossed 0, thinner barcode=now same appearance as Terre Haute plant):
Malfunkshun - Return To Olympus (1995)
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): E2 3A BK66657 04
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L422
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7238
Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation (The Songs Of Vic Chesnutt) (1996)
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): E3 1A CK67573 01
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L423
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7257
1994-1996: [letter+number] [number+letter] [cat#] [2-digit number]

Babyface - The Day (1996)
Matrix / Runout (V1): EK-67293 F2 2A 02
Mastering SID Code (V1): IFPI L422
Mould SID Code (V1): IFPI 7237
The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): CK-67810 F3 2A 03
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L423
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7244
1996-1997*: [cat#] [letter+number] [number+letter] [2-digit number]

Various - Superstar Christmas (1997)
Matrix / Runout: CTDP-000218 F2 1A 01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7257
Joe Satriani - Surfing With The Alien (1997)
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-092611 F3 2A 03
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L423
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7269
Alison Krauss & Union Station - Paper Airplane (2011)
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1): DIDX-637050 L4 1A 02 IFPI L424
Mastering SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI L424
Mould SID Code (Variant 1): IFPI 7242
1997-2011: [DADC#] [letter+number] [number+letter] [2-digit number]
(this pattern/style was used from early 1997 until the closure of the plant in early 2011)

*Promos still used label cat#s in matrix until 2000 (above 1996-1997 pattern):
Bernard Butler - I'd Do It Again If I Could (2000)
Matrix / Runout: IFPI L422 CSK-48766 G2 1A 02
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422
Mould SID Code: IFPI 7280

[2-digit number] indicates plant master number (01=first master).

Last digit of first 2-digit matrix code [letter+number] matches last digit of mastering code (IFPI L422 also matched with 3 in 1995).

SID codes:

Bad Boys - Music From The Motion Picture (Mar 21, 1995 = only mastering/no mould SID)
Johnny Mnemonic (Music From The Motion Picture) (May 23, 1995 = only mastering/no mould SID)
Michael Jackson - History - Past, Present And Future - Book I (Jun 20, 1995 = only mastering/no mould SID)
Above examples indicate Pitman implemented mould SID a few months after mastering SID around May 1995=same time as DADC Austria plant: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/906958?page=2#9532022

IFPI L422 ended around 2006:
Last known CTDP-133824 Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up
Last known DIDX-120504 Mizphit - Symphony Of Shadows Volume 1

IFPI L423 ended around end of 2003:
Last known DIDP-112474 Cypress Hill - What's Your Number?
Last known DIDX 092703 Agonoize - Paranoid Destruction

IFPI L424 (and IFPI 72**) was used until the end in 2011:
Last known Pitman disc DIDX-709129 Various - EMI Tower Swag Urban Music Sampler Record Store Day - April 16, 2011

DADC codes on Pitman disc faces started in 1996:
Various - The Best Of The Columbia Records Radio Hour (Volume 2) (Feb 1996 release still without)
Ammonia (2) - Mint 400 (March 1996 release without, included on Mint 400 repress from later that year)

Pitman DADC codes on disc face ended middle of 2001:
Last known DIDP 104931 Gloria Estefan - Out Of Nowhere
Last known DIDX 059794 José José - Tesoros (made end of 1997)
Last known CPDX 001170 Mindy McCready - If I Don't Stay The Night (1997)
(these are also last appearances of complete DADC codes on discs, other plants have later used some later variants with # prefix)

DADC vs Sony DADC LCCN cutoff dates (August 2005):

For ___P codes, we have a nice dividing line: releases up to late August end at 1203xx. All following numbers up to 132xxx are reissues (generally 2006 or later), original issue sequence then continues at 1333xx:
DIDP-119698 Argent - Argent & Circus 2 LP's On 1 CD (Jun 21)
CPTP-119891 Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers* - Drum Suite (Aug 16)
CTDP-119986 All Over The World - The Very Best Of Electric Light Orchestra (Aug 2)
DIDP-119938 Son Volt - Free Form Radio Advance -- 5 New Songs (promo for Jul 12 release=made in June)
DIDP-120086 Charly Garcia - 20 Éxitos Originales (Jul 19)
CTDP-120032 Rodney Crowell - The Outsider (Aug 16)
CTDP-120129 Ahmad Jamal - The Legendary OKEH & Epic Recordings (Aug 16)
DIDP-120198 Various - Reggaeton (Jul 26)
CTDP-120212 Carly Simon - Moonlight Serenade (Jul 19)
CPTP-120242 Bob Brookmeyer - Bob Brookmeyer And Friends (Aug 23)
CTDP-120339 Mike Phillips (8) - Uncommon Denominator (Jul 26)
CTDP-120342 Gunther Schuller, The Incredible Columbia All-Star Band - Footlifters: A Century Of American Marches (Aug 30)
CTDP-133360 Vendetta Red - Sisters Of The Red Death (Aug 30)
CTDP-133393 CeCe Winans - Purified (Sep 13)
CTDP-133368 CPDP-133405 Lincoln Brewster - All To You ... Live (Aug 30)
CTDP-133429 Bartók* - Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Robert* And Gaby Casadesus - Concerto For Orchestra / Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion (Aug 30)
DIDP-133473 Steve Smith (5), Vital Information, Dave Wilczewski*, Dean Brown, Tim Landers, Eef Albers - Orion (Sep 13)
CPTP-133518 Our Lady Peace - Healthy In Paranoid Times (Aug 30)
CTDP-133575 The Fray - How To Save A Life (Sep 13)
CPTP-133580 Patty Loveless - Dreamin' My Dreams (Sep 13)
CPTP-133581 Switchfoot - Nothing Is Sound (Sep 13)
DIDP-133712 Sam Cooke - Night Beat (Sep 20)
CTDP-133923 Sandi Patty - Yuletide Joy (Oct 11)
CTDP-133946 Streisand* - Guilty Pleasures (Sep 20)
CTDP-133949 Three 6 Mafia - Most Known Unknown (Sep 27)
CTDP-133950 The Go! Team - Thunder, Lightning, Strike (Oct 4)

It's possible this 120/133 gap was intentional to mark the transition to Sony DADC name as it happened right around beginning of August (glass masters are usually made about a month before release date).

DIDX/CPDX codes have no obvious dividing line (but 1142xx-1145xx are late 2005-2006 releases). August 2005 releases ended around 1151xx:
DIDX-114049-114055 Robert Anton Wilson - Explains Everything (Or Old Bob Exposes His Ignorance) (Jul 30)
CPDX-114097 Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (Jul 28)
DIDX-114137 Hootie & The Blowfish - Looking For Lucky (Aug 9)
DIDX-114246 DIDX-114247 diSEMBOWELMENT - diSEMBOWELMENT (Aug 2)
DIDX-114257 Timo Maas - Pictures (Aug 23)
DIDX-114301 Armin van Buuren - Shivers (Aug 23)
DIDX-114656 Stormtroopers Of Death - 20 Years Of Dysfunction (Jul 26)
DIDX-114768 Terry Bozzio, Metropole Orkest* - Chamber Works (Aug 29)
DIDX-114867 Blues Traveler - ¡Bastardos! (Sep 13)
DIDX-114889 Larry Coryell · Victor Bailey · Lenny White - Electric (Aug 23)
DIDX-114911 Mozart* - Donald Runnicles, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus* - Requiem (Aug 23)
DIDX-115066 Scar Symmetry - Symmetric In Design (Sep 6)
CPDX-115119 Bullet For My Valentine - Hand Of Blood (Aug 23)
DIDX-115137 115138 Gorefest - The Ultimate Collection Part 1 - Mindloss & Demos (Aug 23)
DIDX-115151 Tierney Sutton - I'm With The Band (Aug 23)
DIDX-115163 Mary Lou Williams - My Mama Pinned A Rose On Me (Aug 30)
DIDX-115164 McCoy Tyner - Passion Dance (Aug 30)
DIDX-115280 Joan Baez - One Day At A Time (Sep 13)
DIDX-115376 Tom Foolery And The Mistakes - Marble In The Oatmeal (1996-2005) (some tracks recorded Oct)
DIDX-115479 Tim O'Brien (3) - Cornbread Nation (Sep 13)
DIDX-115689 Watch Them Die - Bastard Son (Sep 6)
DIDX-115775 The Duskfall - Lifetime Supply Of Guilt (Sep 6)
DIDX-116166 Eric Dolphy - Prestige Profiles (Oct 25)
DIDX-116186 Mike McClure Band - Camelot Falling (Sep 13)
DIDX-116239 Primal Fear - Seven Seals (Oct 18)
DIDX-116240 Edguy - Superheroes (Oct 18)

Based on above, profile LCCN entry instructions should be something like this:

___P prefix (DIDP/CPDP/CPTP/CTDP):
numbers up to 120xxx = DADC glass master (unless Sep 2005+ release date=Sony DADC)
121xxx and higher numbers = Sony DADC glass master

___X prefix (DIDX/CPDX):
numbers up to 1142xx = DADC glass master (unless Sep 2005+ release date=Sony DADC)
115xxx and higher numbers = Sony DADC glass master

Not sure how ___X 114xxx numbers with unknown dates should be credited as some were made before August 2005. One option would be to set the DADC/Sony cutoff number around 114500, another option could be not to use glass master entries for those cases (note that ~114260-114500 codes were all made after August)...

IFPI L336 L337 masters (late 1995-early 2003):

These 2 mastering codes were almost exclusively used with mould SID IFPI 5100 (1800+ releases):
https://www.discogs.com/search/?type=release&barcode=IFPI+L336+5100&format=cd
https://www.discogs.com/search/?type=release&barcode=IFPI+L337+5100&format=cd

Earliest known original masters by this plant:
L336:
DIDP-087031 Ozzy Osbourne - Live & Loud (1995)
DIDX-037316 Rednex - Sex & Violins (1995)
L337:
DIDP-087227 Michael Bolton - Greatest Hits 1985-1995 (1995)
DIDX-035023 Out Of The Grey - Gravity (1995)

Last known masters by this plant:
L336:
CTDP-110288 Various - Crossing Jordan (Music From The NBC Television Series) (2003)
DIDX-088604 Nfamous (2) - E. Pluribus Unum (2003)
CTDX-000599 Agency-X - Don't Hold Your Breath (2003)
L337:
CPDP-110444 Various - A Mighty Wind: The Album (2003)
DIDX-089013 Corporation T-Shirt - Badge (2003)

3 matrix patterns were used with these two SIDs:

[DADC#] [2 digit number] [11 crosshair symbols]
https://www.discogs.com/release/878068-Eagle-Eye-Cherry-Desireless/image/SW1hZ2U6MjkxODQ3NDE=
Matrix / Runout: CTDP-095743 02 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L336
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5100
(the 2-digit number always started with 01 for first master by this plant. This leading 0 marks the only difference from Terre Haute matrices which always started with number 1)

[DADC#] DISC MAKERS [11 crosshair symbols] (Disc Makers discs; only DIDX/CPDX prefixes)
https://www.discogs.com/release/1225686-Download-Inception-The-Subconscious-Jams-1994-1995/image/SW1hZ2U6MzM0OTExMTc=
Matrix / Runout: DIDX-085522 DISC MAKERS 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L337
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5100
(Disc Makers instead of plant master number; similar pattern was also used by Terre Haute plant)

SDMX-[label cat#] [2 digit number] [11 crosshair symbols] (reissues only)
https://www.discogs.com/release/14564965-Kiss-Dressed-To-Kill/image/SW1hZ2U6NDM2MjkyNDk=
Matrix / Runout: SDMX-8241482 02 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L337
Mould SID Code: IFPI 5100
(prefix was likely an acronym for Sony Disc Manufacturing, non-Sony labels)
This appears to be the rarest and only USA DADC matrix plant pattern without sequential codes (only some 20 releases exist in db).

In addition to music CDs, this plant also produced CD-ROMs: Various - Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine - April 2001 - 43

All this info coupled with above articles strongly strongly indicate that mastering SIDs IFPI L336 and L337 belonged to the Springfield, Oregon plant. I'm almost certain about the mastering SIDs...

Mould SID IFPI 5100, however, continued to be used until the end of 2008 by Terre Haute and Pitman plants.

Last known IFPI 5100 Pitman masters:
CTDP 156068 Glasvegas - Glasvegas (Jan 6, 2009)
DIDX-146798 Ludacris - Theater Of The Mind (Nov 24, 2008)
CTDX-004147 Various - Barbie & The Diamond Castle (2008)

Last known IFPI 5100 Terre Haute masters:
CTDP-155932 Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Nov 18, 2008)
DIDX-140774 In Flames - A Sense Of Purpose (2008)

Could this mould SID have been transferred to remaining DADC plants after the closure of the Springfield plant (which no longer existed after April 2003)?

This is a great resource of information. Will it be able to be incorporated into DADC profile?

Wow. Impressive work!

Thanks! Terre Haute plant analysis will come in the next few days, this one will need to be split into several posts as discs by produced by the main DADC plant went through many changes over the 33+ years of CD production between 1984-2018...

WOW you've been busy gemini80s. Thank you for sharing! I've been working on the DIDP series but found it difficult with CSR vs domestic releases with dates. The 2xxxx series was quite confusing. Made in USA vs manufactured in USA and represses with or without upside down triangle.

True DIDP 5xxxx series was just for 1985 then? Because that makes sense when they started their own DIDP 7xxxx in 1986.

Thank you for the hard work on this!

anthonyburchette
DIDP 5xxxx series was just for 1985 then

Definitely for the first ~150 numbers. However, at least 3 releases with higher codes are some of the earliest original DADC editions:
DIDP 50184 Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson - The Two Of Us CK 39326
DIDP 50187 Philip Bailey - Chinese Wall CK 39542
DIDP 50196 Bob Dylan - Real Live CK 39944
(no made in U.S.A. on any of these)

I think they should have used the 20xxx series for those as release dates of those titles match the early 1985 sequence used for that series at the time...

gemini80s
anthonyburchetteDIDP 5xxxx series was just for 1985 then
Definitely for the first ~150 numbers. However, at least 3 releases with higher codes are some of the earliest original DADC editions:
DIDP 50184 Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson - The Two Of Us CK 39326
DIDP 50187 Philip Bailey - Chinese Wall CK 39542
DIDP 50196 Bob Dylan - Real Live CK 39944
(no made in U.S.A. on any of these)

I think they should have used the 20xxx series for those as release dates of those titles match the early 1985 sequence used for that series at the time...

Yeah I noticed they don't have triangle on CD face of at least 2. Strange they started off on high number and then went back to low.
I agree they should have the 2xxxx series
You think it's a possibility they are released on cd into first half/middle of 1985 and not 1984?
Since Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson - The Two Of Us has a street date of Feb. 25 1985.
September 1984 being the start release date for DADC.

and/or

Possible botched at manufacturing stage with not using 2xxxx series instead of 5xxxx series.

anthonyburchette
it's a possibility they are released on cd into first half/middle of 1985 and not 1984?
Since Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson - The Two Of Us has a street date of Feb. 25 1985.
September 1984 being the start release date for DADC.

and/or

Possible botched at manufacturing stage with not using 2xxxx series instead of 5xxxx series.

That's what I was saying above=release dates entered here are wrong, this is sadly the case for about half of mid-1985s DADC CDs, I don't bother fixing those anymore, too much work ;-)...but maybe once the profiles are updated with my research, who knows...

I'm almost certain that DADC started mass production Nov/Dec 1984 (can not even prove that any CD was actually released before 1985 except for the Springsteen disc and Edison promo sampler which were only pressed by DADC but mastered in Japan).

But I doubt anything went wrong production-wise because:
DIDP 20184=Blue Öyster Cult - Fire Of Unknown Origin
DIDP 20187=Elvis Costello And The Attractions* - Armed Forces
DIDP 20196=Paul Simon - Greatest Hits, Etc.
Maybe these numbers were just poorly assigned (they already belonged to above releases, so they used the still-available 50xxx series instead)?

gemini80s
anthonyburchetteit's a possibility they are released on cd into first half/middle of 1985 and not 1984?
Since Ramsey Lewis & Nancy Wilson - The Two Of Us has a street date of Feb. 25 1985.
September 1984 being the start release date for DADC.

and/or

Possible botched at manufacturing stage with not using 2xxxx series instead of 5xxxx series.
That's what I was saying above=release dates entered here are wrong, this is sadly the case for about half of mid-1985s DADC CDs, I don't bother fixing those anymore, too much work ;-)...but maybe once the profiles are updated with my research, who knows...

I'm almost certain that DADC started mass production Nov/Dec 1984 (can not even prove that any CD was actually released before 1985 except for the Springsteen disc and Edison promo sampler which were only pressed by DADC but mastered in Japan).

Yeah I agree. If anything released in 1984 in a 3 months window would be low considering CSR was still being made and released in US.

Example:
Huey Lewis And The News* - Sports has a date of 1984 (DIDX series)

1985 releases except the blue face WG is wrong.
https://www.discogs.com/search/?type=all&title=Sports&artist=Huey+Lewis+%26+The+News&format=Cd&year=1985

Schwann June 1985 page 50 shows this WITHOUT a star with VK 41412 catalog number. But Schwann Dec 1984 has no mention at all. Manufactured in 1984 but to prove your point released in 1985.

I think the best evidence we have is last DIDC made in Japan DIDC-20065 Frederica von Stade, Berlioz*, Debussy*, Seiji Ozawa, Boston Symphony Orchestra - Nuits D'été / La Damoiselle Élue (1984).
First USA DIDC 20066 Ravel* : Bernstein*, New York Philharmonic, Orchestre National De France - Bolero / La Valse / Alborada Del Gracioso / Daphnis Et Chloe Suite No. 2 already has 1985 on artwork, as does 20067 and 20069 (20068 and 20070 still have 1984 copyrights).

DIDC 20023 Rampal* • Vivaldi* • I Solisti Veneti, Scimone* - 6 Concerti, Op. 10 (1985)
DIDC 20051 Mozart* - Murray Perahia, English Chamber Orchestra - Piano Concerti No. 6, K. 238 / No. 13, K. 415 (1984)
DIDC 20052 Murray Perahia - Mozart*, English Chamber Orchestra - Piano Concerti Nos. 1-4, K.37, 39, 40, 41 (1984/repress)
These are only pre-20065 original DADC pressings (no Made in USA) that I've found. Only 20051 and 20052 were possibly released end of 1984 (but I highly doubt it).

Terre Haute CD matrix identifiers:

First discs pressed by this original DADC plant September 21, 1984:
Thomas A. Edison* - The Edison CD Sampler™ DIDX-135
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA DIDP-20095

These were still mastered in Japan. Japanese discs can be identified by a hyphen/minus (-) between the 4-letter prefix and number. DADC normally used a space with its first generation matrix pattern, matrix print was also a bit thinner:

late 1984-late 1987 (dark/stamped matrix, same font and pattern adopted from Japanese CBS/Sony plant):
https://www.discogs.com/release/12449383-Various-Music-From-The-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack-The-Big-Chill-Plus-Additional-Classics-Fro/image/SW1hZ2U6MzU4NjgzMTU= (DIDX 174 41A7)
❶1984-1987: DID_ [#] [2-digit number][letter+number]
[#] is the sequential DADC number (DIDX 3-4 digits, DIDC/DIDP 5 digits)
[2-digit number] is never lower than 11=first master by plant, following numbers were 21, 31, 41 etc. (last digit always 1, 3 digits were needed after 10th master)
[letter+number] is a stamper code, always A1 for first press by plant; some discs don't include this code
Last known original discs with this matrix style:
DIDC 70300 Brahms*, Serkin*, Szell*, Cleveland Orchestra* - Piano Concerto No. 2
DIDP 70758 Merle Haggard - Chill Factor
DIDX 2630 Echo & The Bunnymen - Echo & The Bunnymen
DIDM 2702 Echo & The Bunnymen - Songs To Learn & Sing (Capitol Jax pressing)
DIDX 3442 Pere Ubu - The Tenement Year (this last one is out of sequence)

This first generation DADC matrix was replaced by all-laser etched pattern w/ barcode starting with November 1987 releases (this change occurred in coordination with Japanese and DADC Austria plants as analyzed here: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/906958#9368506 and https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9884243 ).

late 1987-2003 (bright matrix with barcode and crosshair symbols, same as the Japanese plant):
https://www.discogs.com/release/12467232-Freddie-Hubbard-Keep-Your-Soul-Together/image/SW1hZ2U6MzU5MjcyNzQ= (DIDP-70778 1 🝊🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊 MANUFACTURED BY DADC)
❷1987-1988: DID_-[#] [number] [3+5 crosshairs] MANUFACTURED BY DADC
[number] is always 1 for first master (two digits were needed after 10th master)
This first modern matrix now normally included a hyphen between prefix and number. Original crosshairs pattern was 3 plus 5 connected symbols. "MANUFACTURED BY DADC" was dropped from matrix after a few months (last releases c.February 1988):

https://www.discogs.com/release/8087114-Canadian-Brass-Bach-Art-Of-The-Fugue/image/SW1hZ2U6NDM4ODgxNjY= (DIDC-70331 1 🝊🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊)
❸1988: DID_-[#] [number] [3+5 crosshairs]
This is the rarest DADC matrix pattern, which was only in use for about a month (last releases c.March 1988) before sequential numbers expanded to 6 digits.

After that point, DADC codes included leading 0s. New matrix prefixes CSIG and DISP were also introduced in 1988 (matrix denotations will now be [prefix-#] instead of DID_-[#]):
https://www.discogs.com/release/2225628-Bruce-Springsteen-Live-Chimes-Of-Freedom/image/SW1hZ2U6ODc0NjAxMg== (CSIG-000125 3 🝊🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊)
❹1988-1994: [prefix-6 digit #] [number] [3+5 crosshairs]

A slightly different, 2nd crosshairs pattern also started in 1988 (first symbol was separated):
https://www.discogs.com/release/3513173-Aerosmith-Guns-N-Roses-Rag-Doll-Sweet-Child-O-Mine/image/SW1hZ2U6Mzg4MzgzNjg= (DIDX-003589 1 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊)
❺1988-1994: [prefix-6 digit #] [number] [1+2+5 crosshairs]

The 3rd crosshairs pattern with 11 symbols appeared around late 1992 (3 characters were added at the end):
https://www.discogs.com/release/2169848-T42-Let-Me-Go/image/SW1hZ2U6NjA4NDYyNDc= (DISP-001626 1 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊)
❻1992?-2000?: [prefix-6 digit #] [number] [1+2+8 crosshairs]
This pattern was used until around the end of 2000.

All 3 different crosshair patterns were in use from c.late 1992 until at least the end of 1994, only 11 symbols remained after 1995 when SID codes were implemented.

During 1994-95, Terre Haute also used a matrix pattern with label catalog number instead of plant master number (only DIDX prefix/CDs mastered for other labels, likely NOT pressed by DADC):
https://www.discogs.com/release/9919454-Beastie-Boys-Licensed-To-Ill/image/SW1hZ2U6MjczNTA5MTM= (DIDX-030953 3145273512 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊)
❼1994-1995: DIDX-0xxxxx [label cat#] [1+2+8 crosshairs]
This one is generally the same as the Disc Makers pattern later used by other DADC plant: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9950863

An additional code appeared in matrices by 1996:
https://www.discogs.com/release/7895359-Patrick-Doyle-Hamlet-Original-Motion-Picture-Soundtrack/image/SW1hZ2U6MjEyMDA4MDU= (DIDP-091451 1 🝊 🝊🝊 🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊🝊 A03)
❽1996?-2003: [prefix-6 digit #] [number] [1+2+8 crosshairs] [letter+2-digit number]
[letter+2-digit number] always started with A01, letters can also be B or C (similar to stamper codes from mid-1980s), this 0 is often wrongly entered as letter O
This pattern overlapped with #6 for around 4 years (possibly due to different mastering SID codes)

By late 2003, crosshair symbols were abandoned as mirror band area also changed (borders became noticeably thicker):

2003-2018 (same matrix font/pattern but without crosshairs)
https://www.discogs.com/release/3802445-Jag-Panzer-Decade-Of-The-Nail-Spiked-Bat/image/SW1hZ2U6NTAxMjY1NjE= (B04 DIDX-091896 1)
❾2003-2018: [prefix-#] [number] [letter+2-digit number]
[letter+2-digit number] is mirorred and smaller compared to previous pattern (letters can go up to F), this code can appear at the beginning, middle or end of matrix string, either stamped or laser-etched (depending on mastering SID which will be anlayzed later):
https://www.discogs.com/release/1129937-Nightwish-Century-Child/image/SW1hZ2U6NjYwMjQwMTk= (etched)
https://www.discogs.com/release/15258725-Chris-McClarney-Breakthrough/image/SW1hZ2U6NDYyNTE5MTY=
(stamped; last known CD made in 2018)

Last known original Terre Haute masters with crosshairs:
3+5 (8):
DIDC-072204 Audrey Hepburn & Rex Harrison - My Fair Lady (Original Soundtrack) (1994)
DIDP-084249 Percy Faith - Instrumental Favorites (1994)
DIDX-027776 Cas De Marez - Cathédrale De Chant (1994)
1+2+5 (8):
DIDC-072291 Rustavi Choir, Ansor Erkomaishvili* - Mirangula. Georgian Folk Songs (1994)
DIDP-084983 Various - Feel The Love (1994)
DIDX-028339 Marshall Styler - Bluefields (1995)
1+2+8 (11):
DIDP-110368 Yo-Yo Ma, Kathryn Stott - Fauré* • Franck* • Massenet* • Saint-Saëns* - Paris La Belle Époque (2003)
DIDX-090691 The Peter Malick Group Featuring Norah Jones - New York City (2003)

Note that in 1+2+5 and 1+2+8 patterns, 3rd symbol is always highlighted in bold (often multiple consecutive symbols toward the end), I have not yet fully researched the significance of this visual feature...

I have not been entering symbols when entering matrix/runouts for CDs. I thought it was unwanted because of the need for other users to do searches. Should I change that practice?

orpheusbeach
I have not been entering symbols when entering matrix/runouts for CDs. I thought it was unwanted because of the need for other users to do searches. Should I change that practice?

I don't think they are needed (especially if you include a matrix image), but as we have 3 different patterns, this data can only help...

Ok I’ll try to get decent photos when I think of it. It’s tricky getting those.

Never mind

Reply to above post now deleted:
DADC (Terre Haute) plant stopped using a space in their matrix codes in 1988. I have not been able to confirm a single matrix with a space between prefix and number after that year (between pattern #3 & 4: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9962332 )
Only a few late 1987/early 1988 releases with slightly different matrix patterns exist, such as these examples:

Barbra Streisand - Nuts - Original Score From The Motion Picture DIDP 70766 1 MANUFACTURED BY DADC (note first repress already DIDP-70766 2)
Paul McCartney - All The Best ! DIDX-2253-1 MANUFACTURED BY DADC
Diane Schuur And The Count Basie Orchestra DIDX 2701-1 MANUFACTURED BY DADC
(this was a short-lived transitional pattern between 1st and 2nd gen. matrix)

Shadowfax - Folksongs For A Nuclear Village 46924 1 1 13 DIDX 001782-1 CAPITOL JAX 1 D
Harry Belafonte - Paradise In Gazankulu CAPITOL JAX 1 D DIDX 001858 1 46971 1-1-9
Bobby McFerrin - Simple Pleasures CAPITOL JAX 10 D 48059 1-1-14 DIDX 002124-1
Jackie Gleason - Music For Lovers Only DIDX 2405-1 MANUFACTURED BY DADC 48427 CAPITOL JAX 2 D 1-1-8
Michel Petrucciani - Michel Plays Petrucciani 1-1-3 48679 DIDX 002565-1 CAPITOL JAX 1D
Glass Tiger - Diamond Sun 4-1-9 48684 DIDX 002570 4 CAPITOL JAX 6D
UFO (5) - Obsession CAPITOL JAX 3 C 1-1-3 21182 DIDX 002944 1
Jethro Tull - Stormwatch CAPITOL JAX 3C DIDX 002945-2 2C 2-1-3 21238
Jethro Tull - The Broadsword And The Beast CAPITOL JAX 3C DIDX 002960 2 2-1-4 21380
(DADC master, Capitol Jax pressing)

Bob Mintzer Big Band - Incredible Journey DIDX 000614-4 (repress)
James Reyne - James Reyne DIDX 001802-4 (repress)
The Smithereens - Green Thoughts DIDX 002490-5 (repress)
Glass Tiger - Diamond Sun DIDX 002570 4 (repress)
R.E.M. - Document DIDX 002620-3 (repress)
Billie Holiday - Billie's Blues DIDX 002665-2 (also w/Capitol Jax)
Vinnie Vincent Invasion - All Systems Go DIDX 002706 10 (repress)
Divinyls - Temperamental DIDX 002707 1
Fred Simon (3) - Usually/Always DIDX 002812-1
Tim Story - Untitled DIDX 002814-4 (repress)
Modern Mandolin Quartet - Modern Mandolin Quartet DIDX 002815-3 (repress)
Bob Mintzer - Spectrum DIDX 002877-1
The Beatles - Past Masters • Volume One DIDX 002888-1
The Beatles - Past Masters • Volume Two DIDX 002889-2
Merl Saunders, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Bill Vitt - Keystone Encores DIDX 002898-1
Cannonball Adderley And The Poll-Winners DIDX 002907-1
Cannonball Adderley - Takes Charge DIDX 002909-1
UFO (5) - Phenomenon DIDX 002937-1
UFO (5) - No Heavy Petting DIDX 002941-1
The Michael Schenker Group DIDX 002947 2
The Specials - More Specials DIDX 002948-1
Black 'N Blue - In Heat DIDX 002983-1
John Kilzer - Memory In The Making DIDX 003036 2
Bauhaus - The Sky's Gone Out DIDX 003048 1
Bauhaus - Burning From The Inside DIDX 003049 2
Franck* / Debussy* - Houston Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona - Symphony In D Minor; Nocturnes DIDX 003081-1
H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete) DIDX 003121 2, DIDX 003122 1
Missa Solemnis In D Major, Op.123 / Mass In C Minor K.427 "The Great" DIDX 003137 1, DIDX 003138 4
An Arthur Berger Retrospective DIDX 003149 1
Jimmy Barnes - Freight Train Heart DIDX 003166 1
Taylor Dayne - Tell It To My Heart DIDX 003170 1
Michael Tomlinson (2) - Still Believe DIDX 003185 1
Brahms*, Klaus Tennstedt, London Philharmonic Orchestra - Symphony No. 1 In C Minor DIDX 003194 1
Seiko Matsuda - Citron DIDX 003254 2

It appears codes with spaces ended at around DIDX 0032xx.
If anyone finds a similar unusual DADC code in matrix from 1989 or later, please let me know.

I'm quite certain that all BaOI matrix entries without - between prefix and number (e.g. DIDX 012345 6) made after 1989 are erroneous. Unless of course the plant itself made a typo as weird mistakes like that can happen sometimes...

gemini80s
Some more info regarding sequential codes:

All discs containing video content (including CD-ROMs/and early Enhanced CDs) have sequential matrix numbers ending in 0. These prefixes include:
CDAC (199?-1997?)
CDRM (199?-2003?)
PSRM (1995-2002)
CPDP (1995-1998)
CPDX (1995-1998)
DVDS/DVDSS/DVDL (1997-2017)
SUSS/SULD/SUHD/STLD (1999-2007)
SROM (2002?-2006)
AUSS/AUDL (2003-2008)
AUHD/DDHD (2004-2006)
BVSS/BASS/BVDL (2006-2018)
IDRM (2010-2011?)

PDSS (2003-2008) prefix matrix numbers all end in 5 (possibly the only one using that pattern).

Only 3 DADC matrix prefixes actually started at 000001:
CSIG (1988-1989)
DISP (1988-1994)
LDVS (1988-1997)

We have at least one 2022 Sony DADC USA release in db (new USTL prefix): The Band - The Last Waltz

DADC also used special DIDX codes for radio samplers released 1990-1996, all these start with 99xxxx (first number 990001).

About the CSIG Code it actually ended in 1996.

Here's the release where the CSIG Code was last used
Plastikman - Plastikprodukts Member CD.1996

AAlcantar
About the CSIG Code it actually ended in 1996.

It extended into 1997, but proper sequence of mini CD singles ended in 1989 at # CSIG 306~.
1991 are just some Coca Cola promos numbered 333 444 555 777 (obviously not sequential)
The series was resurrected in mid-1990s with at least 4 more releases from 1995-1997 (last known one is actually Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise - Splint (The Soul Of Wood) # 803).

More useful info about SID codes:

Last known DID_ matrices verified with images before mastering SID was implemented:
DIDC-072299 Pau Casals* - Encores (1915 / 1916 / 1952 / 1953 / 1954) (1994 copyrights)
DIDP-085120 Carmen Rivero Y Su Conjunto Canta: Linda Vera - A Bailar La Cumbia (1995)
DIDX-028339 Marshall Styler - Bluefields (1995)

In other words, all DIDC-0723xx / DIDP-0852xx / DIDX-0284xx or higher matrix numbers will have a mastering SID code (except DIDX-0800xx, and most DIDX-0801xx / DIDX-08020x which are 1989 releases).

Speaking of above, DADC used at least one code twice for different releases:
DIDX-080177 1 Queen - Scandal (1989 single)
DIDX-080177 2 Various - Golden Oldies - Volume 10 (2002 compilation)

If mastering SID is present with number 1 in matrix, this means an edition without SID codes does not exist.

A few random topics, hopefully not derailing the info dump...

Has anyone figured out if there's a pattern to the pre-1994 text embossed on the clear plastic hub/stacking-ring area? I think it's always one of these:
[nothing]
Made in USA - Digital Audio Disc Corp. [DADC logo]®
[DADC logo]® Made in USA★Digital Audio Disc Corp.
★ [DADC logo] ★
[DADC logo]

Also have you noticed the Terre Haute hub always had a kind of "grain" to it unlike the hubs of any other plants? (I think?) Not sure this would ever be useful, but now you have something else to look for. Good luck photographing it.

I've been reluctant to try to enter crosshairs because: 1. There's no exact match in Unicode. 🝊 is indeed close, but shows as a generic box on my browser because it's such an obscure character (the alchemical symbol for wax). I am guessing most people are in the same boat? 2. Perhaps more importantly, if you look closely, some of the crosshairs are boldface (thicker lines); I have no idea how to make that distinction in the BAOI data.

Back when I figured out how to straighten and scan the matrix barcodes on WEA discs, I was unable to apply the same technique to DADC discs... except pre-'96 Pitman discs, which have standard Code 39 bars (the ones which often have the "thick" look). On the later discs with the smaller, tightly packed bars, the pattern is non-standard or just too obscure to scan. I think someone on the Redump forum figured it out. But given that it never seems to be anything that isn't already visible in the human-readable part, I have not put any effort into scanning or entering the matrix barcodes on my own DADC discs. Has anyone else done it? And does anyone use placeholders like "[barcode]"?

The old CBS/Sony / CSR discs mastered in Japan had "11A#" codes in their matrix and sometimes also "+++++" (5 plus signs, not crosshairs). In my notes, I have a mention that the plus signs also appear on some US CDs, but I have no such discs in my meager collection. Has anyone seen these?

And then of course there's that darn triangle-circle symbol which no one has ever figured out the true meaning of. Bumping the 67-page discussion on the Steve Hoffman forum is almost a cruel prank at this point.

Thanks for your input.

I believe you got the pressing stamps in correct sequential order (some overlapping occurred possibly due to different machines=>later different mastering codes).

+++++ started after DADC (end of 1984):
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9831866
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9836924

If you see plus signs on USA discs, they must be Japanese masters

Will soon post my research on Terre Haute pressing features including Made in U.S.A. (ended early 1985)/Manufactured in U.S.A. (started 1985)/triangle logo (started middle of 1985)/DADC codes on disc faces (ended in 1997). Mastering codes also need to be covered....

gemini80s
AAlcantarAbout the CSIG Code it actually ended in 1996.
It extended into 1997, but proper sequence of mini CD singles ended in 1989 at # CSIG 306~.
1991 are just some Coca Cola promos numbered 333 444 555 777 (obviously not sequential)
The series was resurrected in mid-1990s with at least 4 more releases from 1995-1997 (last known one is actually Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise - Splint (The Soul Of Wood) # 803).

Thank you for clarifying that. I was already aware that the CSIG Code was used on the 1991 Coca-Cola Promos. But I didn't know about Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise - Splint (The Soul Of Wood) CSIG-000803. This release needs to be on the U.S. 3" Compact Discs (The "CSIG" releases) list because I got to admit that this release flew under the radar

DADC/Terre Haute went through many changes during late 1987/early 1988 period with at least 5 different matrix patterns. Only a few months old "MANUFACTURED BY DADC" matrices already ended around January 1988 (possibly end of 1987 production-wise). The following pattern, last with original DADC codes, ended no later than February (last known DIDX-2919 Beethoven* - The Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi - Symphonies No. 5 & No. 7). Then came 6-digit DADC codes around March:

3 very similar matrix patterns used during first half of 1988

1. DID_ 0xxxxx-X (hyphen between DADC# and master number [X]):
DIDC 070315-1 https://www.discogs.com/release/13960254-Isaac-Stern-Mozart-Violin-Concertos-Complete/image/SW1hZ2U6NDEzODk3MTg=
DIDP 070832-1 https://www.discogs.com/release/6360604-Bonnie-Tyler-Notes-From-America/image/SW1hZ2U6MzA4NzQ2NDc=
DIDX 002948-1 https://www.discogs.com/release/3014714-The-Specials-More-Specials/image/SW1hZ2U6ODM3OTg1MjU=
(original issue codes DIDX 0028xx - 0030xx)
This appears to be the original 6-digit code pattern. It was succeeded by one without hyphens:

2. DID_ 0xxxxx X (no hyphen at all):
DIDC 070380 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/5640886-Nielsen-Leonard-Bernstein-Royal-Danish-Orchestra-New-York-Philharmonic-Symphony-No-3-Sinfonia-Espans
DIDP 070889 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/12722459-Fifth-Angel-Fifth-Angel/image/SW1hZ2U6MzY4NjEyODc=
DIDX 003170 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/23385647-Taylor-Dayne-Tell-It-To-My-Heart/image/SW1hZ2U6Nzg2ODMzNTc=
(original issue codes DIDX 0030xx - 0032xx)

These two unusual matrix patterns were used only for a short time (around a month each), always with original 3+5 crosshair symbols. After pattern 2 was abandoned before the middle of 1988, only the standard DADC pattern remained:

3. DID_-0xxxxx X (hyphen only in DADC code):
DIDC-070372 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/7069920-English-Chamber-Orchestra-Raymond-Leppard-Pachelbel-Canon-Other-Baroque-Favorites/image/SW1hZ2U6Njk3NTk5OTc=
DIDP-070864 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/945013-Til-Tuesday-Everythings-Different-Now/image/SW1hZ2U6MzgyNDQ1Mw==
DIDX-003013 1 https://www.discogs.com/release/1865753-The-Band-The-Last-Waltz/image/SW1hZ2U6MjgzMDg0MDk=

This matrix started around the same time as pattern 2 (it probably did not overlap with 1).

Beethoven*, Juilliard String Quartet - The Complete String Quartets Volume 2, The Middle String Quartets = Die Mittleren Streichquartette Op. 59, Op. 74 & Op. 95. is an interesting example of above with all 3 discs having different matrix patterns

Some useful info about early releases https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/dadc-didx-1983-1988-used-for-non-cbs-releases.390136/

Only DIDX codes without leading zero's are the original first pressings.
These also have 'Digital Audio Disc Corp.' hub text.
Releases with DIDY codes are also reissues
Releases with JAX in the matrix and low DIDX codes (before 1987) are reissues (see Capitol Jax)
Year for DIDX codes (approximate)
1983 DIDX 1 - 50 (Still Made in Japan)
1984 DIDX 50 - 180 (134 First US)
1985 DIDX 180 - 500
1986 DIDX 500 - 900
1987 DIDX 900- 2500

This list not accurate, DIDX prefix did not start before 1984 based on my research.

gemini80s
This list not accurate, DIDX prefix did not start before 1984 based on my research.

Ok for 1983, the rest is quite close to your research...

Yes, more details on pre-DADC/Japanese codes can also be found here:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9832085
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9843434

Earliest appearances of DADC name on CDs (made for other labels):

"Made in U.S.A. by DADC" (started 1986)
DIDX 470 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (reissue)
DIDX-471 Prince - 1999 (reissue)
DIDX 472 ZZ Top - Eliminator (reissue)
DIDX 473 Madonna - Madonna (reissue)
DIDX 474 Van Halen - 1984 (reissue)
DIDX 475 Prince And The Revolution - Purple Rain (reissue)
DIDX 476 Madonna - Like A Virgin (reissue)
DIDX 477 Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms (repress?)
DIDX 484 Asia (2) - Asia (reissue)
DIDX 491 a-ha - Hunting High And Low (repress?)
DIDX 509 Donald Fagen - The Nightfly (reissue)
DIDX 510 Chicago (2) - Chicago 17 (reissue)
DIDX 531 Honeymoon Suite - The Big Prize (repress?)
DIDX 532 George Benson - Breezin' (reissue)
DIDX 541 Prince And The Revolution - Parade (Mar 31, 1986)
DIDX 557 Peter Gabriel - So (May 19, 1986)
DIDX 613 Van Halen - 5150 (1986)
DIDX 693 Golden Earring - The Hole (1986)
DIDX 710 Genesis - Invisible Touch (1986)
DIDX 755 Linda Ronstadt With Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra* - For Sentimental Reasons (1986)
DIDX 798 Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin (reissue)
DIDX 838 Gloria Loring - Gloria Loring (1986)
DIDX 943 Howard Jones - One To One (1986)
DIDX 995 Metal Church - The Dark (1986)
DIDX 996 Georgia Satellites* - Georgia Satellites (1986)
DIDX 1087 Crosby, Stills & Nash - Crosby, Stills & Nash (reissue)
DIDX 1318 Bob Marley And The Wailers* - Live! At The Lyceum (reissue)
DIDX 1376 AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (reissue)
DIDX 1388 Lou Gramm - Ready Or Not (1987)
DIDX 1399 Roberta Flack - The Best Of Roberta Flack (reissue)
DIDX 1652 Anthrax - Among The Living (1987)
DIDX 1695 Various - Dance Traxx - Volume Two (1987)
DIDX 1756 The Lounge Lizards* - No Pain For Cakes (1987)
DIDX 1760 Michael Feinstein - Pure Gershwin (1987)
DIDX 1796 Mötley Crüe - Girls, Girls, Girls (1987)
DIDX 1799 Bob Marley & The Wailers - Survival (reissue)

"Mfg. by DADC" (started 1987?)
DIDX 557 Peter Gabriel - So (repress)
DIDX 712 Force M.D.'s* - Chillin' (repress)
DIDX 714 Steve Winwood - Arc Of A Diver (reissue)
DIDX 718 Madonna - True Blue (repress?)
DIDX 780 Paul Simon - Graceland (repress)
DIDX 810 The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Are You Experienced? (reissue)
DIDX 885 Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life (repress?)
DIDX 897 Eric Clapton - August (repress?)
DIDX 898 a-ha - Scoundrel Days (repress?)
DIDX 921 922 Andrew Lloyd Webber - Cats: Complete Original Broadway Cast Recording (reissue)
DIDX 1063 America (2) - History - America's Greatest Hits (reissue)
DIDX 1183 Kitaro - Tenku (repress?)
DIDX 1458 Alan Menken & Howard Ashman - Little Shop Of Horrors (repress?)
DIDX 1466 Fleetwood Mac - Tango In The Night (Apr 13, 1987)
DIDX 1485 1486 Prince - Sign "O" The Times (1987)
DIDX-1526 Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt, Emmylou Harris - Trio (1987)
DIDX 1527 Club Nouveau - Life, Love & Pain (repress?)
DIDX 1654 The Grateful Dead - The Grateful Dead (reissue)
DIDX 1655 The Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa (reissue)
DIDX 1688 The Smiths - Louder Than Bombs (1987)
DIDX 1691 David Sanborn - Backstreet (reissue)
DIDX 1766 Depeche Mode - Speak & Spell (reissue, Jun 2, 1987)
DIDX 1767 Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame (reissue)
DIDX 1769 Depeche Mode - Catching Up With Depeche Mode (reissue)
DIDX 1770 Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again (reissue)
DIDX 1800 Whitesnake - Slide It In (reissue)
DIDX 1809 Sammy Hagar - Sammy Hagar (1987)
DIDX 1810 Whitesnake - Whitesnake (1987)
DIDX 1811 Pat Metheny Group - Still Life (Talking) (Jul 7, 1987)
DIDX 1874 Guns N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction (Jul 21, 1987)

every time i see IFPI 5100 i think Repress
i also have DI8P including (DI8P 50007 CSR Japan)
and a DIDZ (which i think this site reported as BMG Direct many years ago)

oh, and Thank You

correction: DI8P not in Matrix Boston - Don't Look Back

Yes all DI8P codes are Japanese, just like DIDZ (they need moved to CBS/Sony manufacturer profiles).

But many DADC codes only appear on disc faces such as DIPX (promos)...

gemini80s +1

Terre Haute DADC codes on disc faces:

DIDX codes on disc faces were originally without space, hyphenated (in parentheses) and/or with PCN prefix (only Tamla/Motown label), while matrices had no hyphens (exactly the opposite of discs made after 1988).

These types of codes were used until at least late 1985 (last known discs):
DIDX195 UB40 - Labour Of Love (reissue)
PCN-DIDX-263 The Temptations - 17 Greatest Hits (1985)
PCN-DIDX265 PCN-DIDX266 Stevie Wonder's Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants (1985)
(DIDX-432) Amadeus (More Music From The Original Soundtrack Of The Film) (1985)
DIDX437 Flim & The BB's - Big Notes (1985)

DADC codes on CDs pressed by Terre Haute (IFPI 50**) generally ended early 1997 (exceptions below). Last known non-promo CDs made in sequence:
DIDP 091532 Bach Sinfonias & Orchestral Movements (1997)
DIDX 052234 Darq Age - 4 Kornaz (1997) (DIDX codes only appear on some discs after end of 1996)

Terre Haute still used DIDX codes on some CDs including promos (but with different prefix or number) until at least 2003:
DIDX# 36197 Oak Cliff Assassin* - Clean Edit For In Store Play!! (2001 promo)
DIDX 70656 Max Minelli Featuring: Mystikal - Thug Thang / My Hood (2003 promo)
DIDX# 093277 The Barkays* - Glad You're My Lady (2003 promo)
DIDX # 071614 Margaret Brouwer - Light (2003)
DIDX# 76625 Project Pat - The Appeal Mix Tape (2003)
(these appear to be some special pressings as all non-promo numbers are out of normal # sequence used by DADC plants at the time)

DADC codes were present on Playstation CD-ROMs made by Terre Haute until at least 2001 (end of production?):
PSRM-023340 Various - PlayStation Underground Jampack Fall 2001

During 1996, Terre Haute and Pitman plants each placed DADC codes on different parts of the CD face (see below post). Terre Haute also repressed discs originally made by Pitman, so those may include DADC codes on CD face up to 2001. The Carrollton plant never included DADC codes on CD faces, the Springfield plant possibly did but not after 1997. All this makes it very difficult to determine which DADC plant made the original U.S. CD pressing for Sony related labels during that period...

Some interesting CD releases with different DADC codes made between 1996-97:

Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - The Mozart Sessions DIDP 090230 (1996 Terre Haute pressing)
Bobby McFerrin, Chick Corea, The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - The Mozart Sessions DIBD 090230 (1996 Terre Haute pressing, club edition)

Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving DIDP 092210 (early 1997 Pitman pressing)
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving CTDP 000007 (1997 Pitman pressing)
Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving CTDB 000007 (1997 Terre Haute pressing)

Dan Bern - Dan Bern (early 1997 Pitman pressing) DIDP 092322
Dan Bern - Dan Bern (Pitman repress) CTDP 000022

Different DADC code placement on CD face:

Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged (1996 Terre Haute? pressing) DIDP 089742 bottom
Alice In Chains - MTV Unplugged (Pitman pressing) DIDP 089742 center hub

Sweetback - Sweetback (1996 Pitman pressing) DIDP 090352 above Epic logo
Sweetback - Sweetback (IFPI 5100 pressing) DIDP 090352 bottom below Epic logo

Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (1996 Pitman pressing) DIDP 092562 right side
Hooverphonic - A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (IFPI 5100 pressing) DIDP 092562 bottom

Our Lady Peace - Clumsy (early 1997 Pitman pressing?) DIDP 092569 left of cat#
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy (IFPI 5100 pressing) DIDP 092569 left of cat# (same as above)
Our Lady Peace - Clumsy (Pitman repress) DIDP 092569 moved to bottom right

Indigo Girls - Shaming Of The Sun (1997 Terre Haute pressing) CTDP 000016 right side
Indigo Girls - Shaming Of The Sun (Pitman pressing) CTDP 000016 left side

Sequential numbers for other matrix prefixes/codes introduced 1987-1990 (approx. by years):

CDS (mini 3" single CD):
1987: 1-2x (earliest known Aerosmith - Dude (Looks Like A Lady))
1988: 2x-29 (last Various - Sony CD3 Promo Sampler Pack)*
*CDS prefix became CSIG in early 1988:

CSIG (mini 3" single CD):
1988: 000028-00017x (first Various - Untitled)*
1989: 00017x-000306 (last in sequence Killer Dwarfs - Dirty Weapons)
1991: 000333-000777 (only Coca-Cola promos/special numbers)
1995: 0007xx-00079x
1996: 00079x-00080x
1997: 000803 (last known Steve Roden / In Be Tween Noise - Splint (The Soul Of Wood))

DISP (Sony promo CD):
1988: 000001-00005x (first Bangles - In Your Room)
1989: 00005x-00040x
1990: 00040x-00088x
1991: 00088x-00132x
1992: 00132x-00179x
1993: 00179x-002175 (last known The Allman Brothers Band - Allman Brothers Band)
(made until end of 1993)

DIDX 99____ (HitDisc/TM Century radio promo CD samplers):
1990: 990001-99007x (earliest known Various - HitDisc 838B)
1991: 99007x-990168
1992: 990169-99027x
1993: 99027x-99038x
1994: 99038x-99062x
1995: 99062x-99090x
1996: 99090x-991148 (last known Various - HitDisc 161E Aug 16)

LDVS (Laserdisc 12"):
1990: 000001-000xxx (earliest known Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye)
1991: 000xxx-0006xx
1992: 0006xx-0014xx
1993: 0014xx-0020xx
1994: 0020xx-0024xx
1995: 0024xx-0028xx
1996: 0028xx-003xxx
1997: 003xxx-003xxx (last # in db Earth, Wind & Fire - Live)
1998: 003xxx-003674? (last known Carpenters - Close To You: Remembering The Carpenters)

Laserdiscs were produced February 1990-late 1998.

Sequential numbers for CD-ROM matrix prefixes introduced 199x-1995 (approx. by years):
all numbers end in 0

CDAC (CD-ROM/Enhanced/video games; numbers end in 00, start year unknown):
1992: 00xx00-04xx00 (earliest known Morton Subotnick - All My Hummingbirds Have Alibis)
1993: 04xx00-0xxx00
1994: 0xxx00-08xx00
1995: 08xx00-10xx00
1996: 10xx00-1xxx00
1997: 1xxx00-1xxx00
2002: 161700 (last known Jonah's Onelinedrawing* - Always New Juldec00 Mixed Media E.P.)

CDRM (CD-ROM/VCD; 7 digits starting with 1, start year unknown):
1994: 1xxxxx0-1xxxxx0 (earliest known Severed Heads - Gigapus)
1995: 1xxxxx0-13xxxx0
1996: 13xxxx0-1xxxxx0
1997: 1xxxxx0-1xxxxx0
1998: 1xxxxx0-1xxxxx0
1999: 1xxxxx0-1xxxxx0
2000: 1xxxxx0-19xxxx0
2001: 19xxxx0-20xxxx0
2002: 20xxxx0-21xxxx0
2003: 21xxxx0-2158620 (last known Loco Locass - In Vivo)

PSRM (Sony PlayStation 1 games):
1995: 000010-00xxx0 (first Various - Hear It Now! Play It Later!)
1996: 00xxx0-00xxx0
1997: 00xxx0-00xxx0
1998: 00xxx0-01xxx0
1999: 01xxx0-013xx0
2000: 013xx0-021xx0
2001: 021xx0-023xx0
2002: 023xx0-02xxx0
2003: 02xxx0-025830 (last known Disney's 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure)

Sequential numbers for CD matrix prefixes introduced 1995-199? (approx. by years):

CPDP (Sony Enhanced, all end in 0):
1995: 000010-0001x0 (earliest known Toad The Wet Sprocket - Dulcinea)
1996: 0001x0-0007x0
1997: 0007x0-0016x0
1998: 0016x0-001640* (last known before merge Various - Como Ser Solteiro)

CPDX (non-Sony Enhanced, all end in 0; prefix possibly started in 1996):
1995: 000010-0000x0? (earliest known The Rolling Stones - Stripped)
1996: 0000x0-0003x0
1997: 0003x0-001xx0
1998: 001xx0-001390** (last known before merge Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson And The Magic Rockers - Got To Find A Way)

CPTP/CTDP (Sony Enhanced/club/special editions):
(earliest known CPTP Aerosmith - Nine Lives, CTDP Jamiroquai - Travelling Without Moving)
1997: 000001-00029x
1998: 00029x-000387 / 0016x0-001800* (after ~000387, numbers merged with CPDP prefix)
(last known CPTP before merge Clutch (3) - The Elephant Riders, CTDP Dan Bern - Fifty Eggs)
These CPTP and CTDP numbers were generally mutually exclusive.

*CPDP/CPTP/CTDP codes continued with DIDP # sequence at 0950xx early 1998 (lower are reissues).
**CPDX codes continued with DIDX # sequence at 064xxx late 1998
Sequence after 1998: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9946105

CTDX (non-Sony special? editions; prefix possibly started in 1997):
1998: 000xxx-0003xx (earliest known Celine Dion* - Let's Talk About Love)
1999: 0003xx-000xxx
2000: 000xxx-0004xx
2001: 0004xx-0004xx
2002: 0004xx-0006xx
2003: 0005xx-0008xx (CPTX prefix starts?)`
2004: 0008xx-0014xx
2005: 0014xx-0021xx (Sony DADC releases start around 002000)
2006: 0021xx-0028xx
2007: 0028xx-0035xx (except some 0030xx, 00333x-003400)
2008: 0035xx-0042xx (+above^)
2009: 0042xx-0052xx (including some 0034xx)
2010: 0052xx-005226 (last known Santana - Guitar Heaven: The Greatest Guitar Classics Of All Time)

`CPTX possibly started before 2003 (very few releases with this rare prefix)
CTDX prefix may have succeeded CPDX (numbers don't overlap)...

Above codes are very complicated, so I'll try to make more sense of them here:

Basically, a ___P and ___X code usually started around at the same time (P used for Sony, X for non-Sony releases), all numbers in xxxxx0 format (ending in 0) indicate video content on disc.

CPDP and CPDX (Enhanced releases) started in 1995 (CDPX possibly later), these codes in 00xxx0 format ended early 1998 (some 164 and 139 numbers were used respectively).

CPTP and CTDP codes appeared early 1997 using normal sequence starting with 000001 (used until early 1998 up to at least 000387). Those numbers exist with either CPTP or CTDP prefix (rarely both, such as Celine Dion* - Let's Talk About Love CPTP-000284/Celine Dion* - Let's Talk About Love CTDP-000284).
In early 1998, CPTP/CTDP codes changed to 001xx0 format (they continued using CPDP sequence for a very short time). After that, all 3 C__P codes adopted the DIDP number sequence starting from 095000 (lower C__P codes in this format are all reissues).

CTDX codes appear to have started after CPDX original sequence ended at 001390 early 1998 (which would explain lowest CTDX number 000353 in db). Around the same time, CPDX codes adopted the DIDX number sequence as Enhanced releases continued from 064xxx until CPDX ended in 2009...

CPTX codes however, only used the CTDX number sequence. Unlike CTDX releases, CPTX are all Enhanced CDs (only some 15 releases from 2003-2009, numbers 000619-004408 exist in db).

SACD/Hybrid/DualDisc sequential matrix codes (approx. by years):
all numbers end in 0

SUSS/SUDL prefix (SACD):
1999: 000010-006xx0 (earliest known Mariah Carey - #1's)
2000: 006xx0-001xx0
2001: 001xx0-0026x0
2002: 0026x0-0039x0
2003: 0039x0-005850 (last known Roger Waters - The Wall (Live In Berlin))
SULD/SUHD/STLD prefix (SACD Hybrid):
2003: 005xx0-0077x0
2004: 0077x0-0106x0
2005: 0106x0-013xx0 (Sony DADC releases start at 012xx0)
2006: 013xx0-0148x0
2007: 0148x0-015180 (last known SACD Cowboy Junkies - Whites Off Earth Now!!)

First generation SACD (SUSS) discs ended around the same time as SACD Hybrid discs appeared (production started May 2). Several SACD titles were reissued in Hybrid format (these have <005000 matrix numbers, many with original copyright dates).
All SACD Hybrid release dates before May 2003 are incorrect.

AUHD/DDHD/DDLD prefix (Hybrid DualDisc):
(earliest known AUHD Jamie Cullum - Twentysomething, DDHD David Bowie - Reality)
2004: 000010-0002x0
2005: 0002x0-003xx0 (Sony DADC releases start around 0019x0)
2006: 003xx0-006090 (last known Phazm - Antebellum Death 'n' Roll)

DVD and Blu-ray sequential matrix codes (approx. by years):
all numbers end in 0

DVSS/DVDS/DVDL prefix (DVD Video):
(earliest known Stevie Ray Vaughan And Double Trouble* - Live From Austin, Texas)
1997: 000010-001xx0 (DVD production started July 1997)
1998: 001xx0-008xx0
1999: 008xx0-01xxx0 (DVDL starts)
2000: 01xxx0-026xx0
2001: 026xx0-045xx0
2002: 045xx0-069xx0
2003: 069xx0-11xxx0
2004: 11xxx0-20xxx0
2005: 20xxx0-33xxx0 (Sony DADC releases start around 300000)
2006: 33xxx0-43xxx0 (end of DVDS)
2007: 43xxx0-5xxxx0
2008: 5xxxx0-66xxx0
2009: 66xxx0-12xxxx0
2010: 12xxxx0-20xxxx0
2011: 20xxxx0-33xxxx0
2012: 33xxxx0-43xxxx0
2013: 43xxxx0-55xxxx0
2014: 54xxxx0-66xxxx0
2015: 66xxxx0-69xxxx0
2016: 69xxxx0-71xxxx0
2017: 71xxxx0-72xxxx0
2018: 7309400 (last known Country Joe & The Fish* - The Wave Of Electrical Sound)

BASS/BVSS/BVDL prefix (Blu-ray):
2006: 000010-00xxx0 (earliest known John Legend - Live At The House Of Blues)
2007: 00xxx0-017xx0 (BVDL starts)
2008: 017xx0-04xxx0 (end of BASS)
2009: 04xxx0-07xxx0
2010: 07xxx0-15xxx0
2011: 15xxx0-28xxx0
2012: 28xxx0-43xxx0
2013: 43xxx0-6xxxx0
2014: 6xxxx0-11xxxx0
2015: 11xxxx0-126xxx0
2016: 126xxx0-132xxx0
2017: 132xxx0-13xxxx0
2018: 13xxxx0-1420990 (last known Various - True Stories)

gemini80s

LDVS (Laserdisc 12"):
1989: 000001-000xxx (earliest known Marvin Gaye - Marvin Gaye)
1990: 000xxx-000xxx
1991: 000xxx-0006xx
1992: 0006xx-0014xx
1993: 0014xx-0020xx
1994: 0020xx-0024xx
1995: 0024xx-0028xx
1996: 0028xx-003xxx
1997: 003xxx-003440 (last known Earth, Wind & Fire - Live)

The DADC Laserdiscs unfortunately are infamous for laser rot, here in the laserdisc community. 2075 Titles pressed by DADC have laser rot the most in any laserdisc pressing plant. It appears that DADC Laserdisc Pressings from 1990 to around 1992,they weren't as bad as it's chances of having laser rot was low. Then in the mid 90s, that's when laserdiscs from DADC would start going bad. In fact in 1996-1997 was the worst time for DADC Laserdisc Pressings of films and music videos alike. It seems that by the end of 1998, it was abysmal the laser rot issue that it seems DADC shutdown laserdisc manufacturing. It was certain either to expand DVD Replication and the Laser Rot issue was too big.

Link to the chart of how I got some info on the laser rot issue:https://forum.lddb.com/download/file.php?id=3209&mode=view

Thanks for the additional info. DADC DVD production began July 1997, but based on plant numbers I believe Laserdiscs production ended before that (these two formats did not overlap)...

AAlcantar, do you know exactly when Laserdiscs production started, are you sure it ended in 1998? Can you link to any 1998 release made by DADC?

Other (rare) matrix prefixes used after 2000:

PDSS (PlayStation 2 DVD-ROM; numbers end in 5, only 3 releases in db)
2003-2008?: 009605-030925
(first P.O.D. - Payable On Death, last Shoji Meguro - Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4)

AUSS (DVD Audio single sided; numbers end in 0, only 5 releases in db):
2003-2004?: 000660-000830
(first Diana Krall - The Look Of Love, last Steely Dan - Gaucho)
AUDL (DVD Audio dual layer):
2006-2010?: 000710-001810
(first Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes, last Rush - Moving Pictures)

SROM (Mini CD; numbers end in 00, only some 10 releases in db):
2002-2006?: 059800-067800
(first Kristin Hoffmann - 3 Song Sampler From The Album "Divided Heart", last Soft & Beautiful Presents Heather Headley In My Mind)

IDRM (Sony Enhanced? CD; numbers end in 0, only 6 releases in db):
2010-2011?: 000770-001770
(first Various - Hear The Year 2010, last Tony Bennett - The Classic Christmas Album)

Just found this label:
Sony Disc Manufacturing (appears on Dreamworks Music promos from 1999):

Various - Sample This! - Dreamworks Music Publishing Sampler
"Manufactured in the U.S.A. by Sony Disc Manufacturing, Terre Haute, IN" on bottom of disc face

gemini80s
Just found this label:
Sony Disc Manufacturing (appears on Dreamworks Music promos from 1999):

Yeah, Sony Disc Manufacturing seems to be another name used for companies that ran Sony's worldwide CD plants. It's something I wondered about a while ago - how long was Terre Haute (+/- other US plants) known as "DADC" before instead being known as Sony Disc Manufacturing or some other name

see https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/sony-unifies-international-manufacturing-1440887/

Myriad
how long was Terre Haute (+/- other US plants) known as "DADC" before instead being known as Sony Disc Manufacturing or some other name

As of early 1990, it was definitely still "DADC" as per Laserdisc article below.

"Sony Disc Manufacturing" was already used early July 1994 per this Billboard article:
https://books.google.com/books?id=XggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=sony+disc+manufacturing+billboard&source=bl&ots=ctMImff9PS&sig=ACfU3U3mUN2MfUkcqnqzIKFId8kciheneA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU59a4l_b7AhUg7rsIHaQ5AqYQ6AF6BAgnEAM#v=onepage&q=sony%20disc%20manufacturing%20billboard&f=false

Still used as of February 2003:
https://books.google.com/books?id=CA8EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=sony+disc+manufacturing+billboard&source=bl&ots=eYUnQrRjvY&sig=ACfU3U3tc2J9voiPRBeAbDLw-6Ic5tmvVA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiU59a4l_b7AhUg7rsIHaQ5AqYQ6AF6BAgpEAM#v=onepage&q=sony%20disc%20manufacturing%20billboard&f=false

Not sure why Pitman only implemented DADC codes in matrix early 1997 (Sony already had 4 operational USA plants from late 1995). Interestingly, Springfield? was the only plant to use a SDMX matrix prefix (only DADC pattern I know without sequential #s): https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9950863

It appears all plants were already unified as Sony DADC by April 2004 according to your any some other articles (official name probably changed August 2005)...

Sony DADC name already appears on this 2004 DVDr test sample made by Terre Haute: Jessica Simpson - Jessica Simpson

In addition, Sony Music México adopted DADC (U.S. plants) matrix sequential numbers in 2004, later also Sony DADC Brasil (at least for Blu-rays)...

gemini80s
Thanks for the additional info. DADC DVD production began July 1997, but based on plant numbers I believe Laserdiscs production ended before that (these two formats did not overlap)...

AAlcantar, do you know exactly when Laserdiscs production started, are you sure it ended in 1998? Can you link to any 1998 release made by DADC?

I found https://www.discogs.com/release/2612211-Carpenters-Close-To-You-Remembering-The-Carpenters and over at the LDDB website, it says it was pressed by DADC with the runout as LDVS-003578-A-A1 and LDVS-003578-B-B4 and the release date in March 1998. They did keep pressing until fall of 1998 with the runout ending at LDAC-003674-A-A1
LDAC-003674-B-B3 (LDAC meaning it was a movie on Laserdisc with a Dolby Digital 5.1 Soundtrack) so anything between LDVS-003578 and LDAC-003674 were just movies pressed by DADC.

I know exactly when Laserdisc production, I believe laserdisc replication began in February of 1990 because a March 17,1990 Billboard article on page 84 mentioning about DADC beginning their first runs in February

It states as follows:
DADC has added laserdisc capacity to its
Terre Haute plants and began its first runs in February.
"This is a year of excitement for laserdiscs in terms of
looking at the number of players here and the variety of
hardware available," says Jim Frische, president of DADC.
"Now it's a matter of the software people coming out with
product. We've got substantial product commitments for
1990."

Links to the LDVS-003578 release:
https://www.lddb.com/laserdisc/10387/CLV7278/Close-to-You:-Remembering-the-Carpenters
Other useful links
LDDB.com
https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1990/1990-03-17-Billboard-Page-0084.pdf ( When Laserdisc Production Began)
http://blamld.com/LaserDisc/Manufacturers.htm (when laserdisc production ended)

Thanks for this detailed Laserdiscs info! I see you've also updated the DADC profile with some other useful data, nice work. I'm just not quite sure why the April 1990 date in profile instead of February 1990?

Hmm....not sure if STDP matrix prefixes belonged to DADC or SME Brasil?
Daniela Mercury - O Canto Da Cidade STDP-078215 3

SME Brasil started CD manufacture in 1992, which above prefix sequence aligns with (DIDP 078xxx-079xxx codes).

That plant also used crosshairs identical to Terre Haute, "MASTERED BY SME BRASIL" matrix ID appeared around 1995:
https://www.discogs.com/release/6207626-Morphine-Cure-For-Pain/image/SW1hZ2U6MjUwNjE2MTk=

Curiously, STDX prefix matrices are all U.S. releases (discs also made in USA), also mostly used in 1992 (1989 releases also exist but they could be reissues):
On Wings Of Song & Robert Gass - Om Nahama Shivaya / Hara Hara STDX-012373 2

STDP prefix was only used at the end of 1992...

Update:

Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas DIDP-076499
Fabricado Por DADC - USA Para Sony Music Entertainment (Brasil) Ind. e Com. Ltda
(this release just preceded STDP codes)

The Second Barbra Streisand Album DIDP-080052 (post STDP disc/USA master, made in Brazil)
Cool Runnings (Music From The Motion Picture) (late 1993 DADC Austria master, made in Brazil)
Above two releases almost certainly prove STDP are DADC masters as the Brazilian Sony plant apparently did not begin their own mastering until at least 1993. I believe all DADC matrices after 1988 (4 letter prefix-6 digit number) were only produced by USA Sony plants and up until the merger in 2004 when Mexican plant adopted them for example.

More Pitman matrix details (expanded from https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9947857 )

Specific letters were apparently linked to manufacture dates. These were used chronologically from 1990 until the end of manufacture in early 2011:

From 1990-early 1995 (dark matrix), this letter was located at the end of matrix (became letter+number code in 1992):
2A CK46008 04 A The Chimes - The Chimes (1990)
1AMCD10125 01 b FYC* - The Raw & The Remix (1990)
1A ZK47116 01 B The Lost (2) - The Lost (1991)
1A CK52584 10 B Warrant - Dog Eat Dog (1992)
1A44K77165 01 C2 Kate Bush - Eat The Music (1993)
1A CK64222 08 C3 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
1C CK67060 25 D1 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits (1995)

From mid 1994 (bright matrix)-early 1996, this letter+number code started the matrix string:
C2 1A CK66466 02 The Best Of The Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1 (1994)
E1 3ACSK07321 03 Mariah Carey - Fantasy (1995)
E3 1A CK67573 01 Sweet Relief II: Gravity Of The Situation (The Songs Of Vic Chesnutt) (1996)

After early 1996, this code was located in the middle of string after label cat/DADC #:
EK-67293 F2 2A 02 Babyface - The Day (1996)
CK-67810 F3 2A 03 The Offspring - Ixnay On The Hombre (1997)
DIDP-095542 G4 1A 06 Willie Nelson - 16 Biggest Hits (1998)
CTDP-096971 G4 2A 02 Old Pike - Ten Thousand Nights (1999)
DIDP-100206 G4 2A 04 Big Pun* - Yeeeah Baby (2000)
CTDP-106205 G2 1A 01 Lostprophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress (2001)
DIDP-107990 H3 1A 01 Mary Mary - In The Morning (2002)
DIDP-110261 H2 2A 01 Celine Dion* - One Heart (2003)
DIDX-094449 J4 1A 01 Eddie Waltman - Jazz Quintet (2004)
CTDP-133824 K2 1A 07 Gretchen Wilson - All Jacked Up (2005)
CTDX-002629 K4 1A 01 Obsession (6) - Carnival Of Lies (2006)
CPTP-151590 K4 1A 02 Jennifer Lopez - Brave (2007)
CTDP-155818 K4 1B 02 Brandy (2) - Human (2008)
DIDX-238347 L4 1A 01 AFI - Medicate (2009)
DIDX-300583 L4 1A 02 Jewel - Sweet And Wild (2010)
DIDX-701044 L4 1A 02 Katy Perry Ft. Kanye West - E.T. (2011)

Letters with corresponding manufacture years:

A = 1990
B = 1990-1992
C = 1993-1995 (overlapped with D)
D = 1994-1995
E = 1995-1996
F = 1996-1998
G = 1998-2002
H = 2002-2003
J = 2003-2004
K = 2004-2009
L = 2009-2011

1990: A B (also rarely none, H1 or H2 instead of 2-digit number)
1991: B (also rarely b)
1992: B
1993: C
1994: C D
1995: C D E
1996: E F
1997: F
1998: F G
1999: G
2000: G
2001: G
2002: G H
2003: H J
2004: J K
2005: K
2006: K
2007: K
2008: K
2009: K L
2010: L
2011: L

This info can be used to identify a repress/reissue (along with specific matrix patterns) and could be added to the DADC, Pitman profile.

After 1993, above letters always appear with a number attached to them, after 1996 this number also corresponds with the following Pitman SID mastering codes:

_1 = IFPI L421 (SID used mid 1995-late 1996, only letters E and F)
_2 = IFPI L422* (SID used end of 1994?-end of 2005)
_3 = IFPI L423* (SID used mid 1995-end of 2003)
_4 = IFPI L424 (SID used late 1996-2011, started with F after L421 ended)

*IFPI L422 was an exception early on (all apparently 1995 releases):
Gloria Estefan - Everlasting Love
Matrix / Runout: C3 1AESK77756 02
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422

Michael Jackson - The Megamixes
Matrix / Runout: E3 1AESK07191 02
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422

Stacy Dean Campbell - Eight Feet High
Matrix / Runout: C3 1ACSK77891 01
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L422

Most common mismatch was with D3:
Foetus - Null
Celine Dion* - The Colour Of My Love
Tuck & Patti - Learning How To Fly

IFPI L422 originally also matched with number 3.

More interesting findings about Pitman CDs:

The original "CMU P ___" plant hub stamp ended in 1997:
Last known release Celine Dion* - Let's Talk About Love

The smaller "P ___" stamp in innermost ring likely ended in 2001:
Last known release Lostprophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress

So all discs without a P stamp in hub and mould SID 72** were likely made after 2002.

gemini80s
Thanks for this detailed Laserdiscs info! I see you've also updated the DADC profile with some other useful data, nice work. I'm just not quite sure why the April 1990 date in profile instead of February 1990?

There was this post link
https://groups.google.com/g/alt.video.laserdisc/c/L65aWqGh6Jg/m/hrybEjnxpSwJ about laserdisc replicators by Robert J Niland posted all the way back in 1994 in CompuServe. In it includes DADC where it describes as follows:

"Sony-USA (Digital Audio Disc Corp -DADC) ===================================

General: This plant came on line in April 1990, and hit full production
in July. "

That's where I initially got the April 1990 date. However, I was browsing and found a March 17,1990 Billboard post with a Dedicated ITA article where I found the mention of the DADC Terre Haute Plant where it began laserdisc production in February of that year.

Continuing the Pitman matrix research...
I discovered some discrepancies used with letter C which may explain why it was used alongside letter D after 1994:

Pitman apparently used 5 different matrix styles from late 1994-late 1995:

#1 Original dark matrix/thin font ended early 1995 (only suffix 1):
1A CK53003 01 C1 Billy Joel - River Of Dreams (1993)
2A CK53205 15 C1 Mariah Carey - Music Box (1993)
1A CK53931 01 C1 Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993) (see C2 pressing below)
1A CK64374 01 C1 Nas - Illmatic (1994)
1A CK66456 05 C1 Barbra Streisand - The Concert (Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden New York City) (1994) (disc 2 with D3 below)
Last known releases:
1A EK66900 06 D1 Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (Dec 6, 1994)
2A EK66905 02 D1 Various - Mixed Nuts (Music From The Motion Picture) (Dec 21, 1994 movie)
1A CD00327 02 C1 Extreme (2) - Waiting For The Punchline (Jan 19, 1995)
1ACSK06988 01 C1 Mad Season - River Of Deceit (1995)
1C CK67060 25 D1 Bruce Springsteen - Greatest Hits (Feb 27, 1995)
1A42K77679 01 C1 Diana King - Shy Guy (Mar 7, 1995)
1AESK77856 01 D1 Patty Loveless - You Don't Even Know Who I Am (Mar 15, 1995)

#2 Same dark matrix but with different font started in parallel around mid 1992 with B1 suffix:
1A EK48864 01 B1 Suicidal Tendencies - The Art Of Rebellion (Jun 30, 1992)
1A CK48826 02 B1 Regina Belle - Passion (1993)
1A OK53154 05 B2 Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Are You Normal? (Nov 10, 1992)
1A EK53164 01 B1 The The - Dusk (Jan 26, 1993)
from 1993-late 1994 only suffixes 2 and 3 were used:
1A CK48724 03 C2 The Kinks - Phobia (1993)
1A CK53706 15 C3 James Taylor (2) - (Live) (1993, compare with style 1 in disc one=C1)
2A CK53931 08 C2 Cypress Hill - Black Sunday (1993. see C1 pressing above)
1ACDP89248 01 C3 Iron Maiden - A Real Dead One (1993)
1A44K77225 01 C3 Mariah Carey - Hero (1993)
1A44K77761 01 D3 Steve Perry - Missing You (1994)
1A CK64222 08 C3 Mariah Carey - Merry Christmas (1994)
1A CK66457 03 D3 Barbra Streisand - The Concert (Recorded Live At Madison Square Garden New York City) (1994, disc 1 with C1 above)
1A EK66686 02 C3 Sade - The Best Of Sade (1994)
(thicker font, number 0 is not crossed; this matrix style ended in 1994)

#3 New bright matrix style appeared in 2nd half of 1994 only with C2 and (rarely) D2:
C2 1A CK66184 03 Various - It Could Happen To You (Music From The Motion Picture)
D2 2A CK66335 06 The Bible According To Black Sabbath - Old And New Testaments
C2 1A EK66430 04 Alan Silvestri - Forrest Gump (Original Motion Picture Score)
C2 1A CK66466 02 Various - The Best Of The Columbia Records Radio Hour, Volume 1
C2 1A CK66648 02 Loverboy - Classics - Their Greatest Hits (DADC code on disc face!)
C2 1A EK66803 01 Doug Stone - Greatest Hits Volume 1
C2 1A42K77621 03 Da Brat - Funkdafied
C2 1A49K77647 02 The Fifth Dimension - Medley: Aquarius / Let The Sunshine In
D2 1ACSK06645 01 Mariah Carey - Jesus Born On This Day
(same font as #2, barcode area still extends to both border circles)

SID era:

#4 Very similar/most recent matrix style followed in 1995 (originally with C and D/IFPI L422):
C2 1A CK67057 04 Mad Season - Above (Mar 13, 1995)
C2 1A EK67089 02 The Promise (10) - The Promise (Apr 11, 1995)
C2 1ABSK06743 01 The The - Hanky Panky
C3 1ABSK06968 01 The The - Hank Williams, Sr.* - The The Vs. Hank
D3 1A EK64439 01 Tuck & Patti - Learning How To Fly
(crossed 0, thinner barcode area)

#5 Different matrix style was used with IFPI L421 (mid 1995-late 1996):
E1 1A EK 67273 01 Various - My Utmost For His Highest
(smaller narrow font, same barcode as #3) variants of this one: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9947722

Based on above patterns, I assume Pitman expanded CD production with additional machines in 1992/1993 (Sony also apparently shifted its promo and CD singles manufacturing to the Pitman plant by 1994; those were generally made by Terre Haute until 1993), which is likely why 3 different matrix styles were in use at the same time during 2nd half of 1994. #4 succeeded #2 and #3, slightly overlapping with #1 (only one still without SID codes by 1995).

I still don't know why letter sequence was disrupted during 1994-95 with C. After C and D ended, normal sequence continued with E until the end with L. Possible explanation for overlapping letters:
suffix 1* (C D E F) = original machine (1993-1996)
suffix 2 (C D ... K) = machine 2 (1993-2005)
suffix 3 (C D ... J) = machine 3 (1993-2003)
suffix 4 (F ... L) = machine 4 (1996-2011)
*Number suffix started with B1 likely early 1992, later adopted by machine 2 which also rarely used B2 in 1992.

It appears machine 2 was the first to introduce a bright matrix with barcode (#3) around middle of 1994 as that style with C2/D2 did not overlap with C3/D3 (dark matrix still used by machine 3 until end of 1994). I believe machines 2 and 3 implemented the original mastering SID code IFPI L422+most recent matrix style at the end of 1994 (this might explain why suffixes 2 and 3 were both used with that SID in 1995). By late 1995, machine 3 was updated with IFPI L423 and machine 1 with yet another new matrix style+IFPI L421. Original machine 1 was apparently replaced by a new machine 4 (IFPI L424) by late 1996.

1990-early 1995 (no SID codes):
A, B, H1, b, B1 (until early 1992), C1, D1 = thin matrix print
B1, _2, _3 = bold matrix print (after mid-1992)

First SID IFPI L422 was introduced with _2 and _3 (C and D both ended early 1995 with this SID)
IFPI L421 and IFPI L423 started around same time (late 1995)
IFPI L424 started when IFPI L421 ended (late 1996)

wow! This is quite detailed. Where is all this info coming from?

wow! This is quite detailed. Where is all this info coming from?

My info is nearly all from Discogs database, I wish there were some other sources to support the findings (constantly updating with more accurate data). Sorry this topic has become so long-winded, some more areas are still yet to be covered, believe it or not ;-)...

Oh I can believe it--just somehow at some point, it can be organzied where its less convoluted and easier to use for the general collector/novice. Discogs has massive opportunity to have a large, organized reference section such as this for all the manuf. plants.

bomber501
Oh I can believe it--just somehow at some point, it can be organzied where its less convoluted and easier to use for the general collector/novice. Discogs has massive opportunity to have a large, organized reference section such as this for all the manuf. plants.

Yes, the more accurate and detailed the submisssions are, the more reference points there are to research the manufacturing plants to properly compile facts and assign attributes in profiles.

gemini80s is doing a lot of work here and I look forward to when the peer review period ends and we can finally start to apply this info to all of the DADC releases in the database.

I know this subject goes beyond the "DADC/Sony DADC USA manufacturing codes/identifiers" but I still ask the dedicated and expert researcher gemini80s if they have a list relating initials made/engraved on the CD plastic inner rings with manufacturers / pressing plants. As far as I got, I only identified
S M M = Mexico
S M J and S M U = Japan
S M B = Brazil
Is there any other?

In time, congratulations for the excellent work and enormous research effort done so far, very accurate and useful for all of us...

IMO by the first thing we need to do is separate all pre-DADC/Japanese DIDC/DIDP/DIDX matrix codes and move them to proper CBS/Sony manufacturer profile. This would include all European CDs with DIDP/DIDC 10xxx codes (releases up to 1987):
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9832085 (list of Japanese DID_ codes)
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9843434 (specific codes this change would impact)

I already suggested in the Japanese thread that all made in Japan discs with above matrix codes be assigned to CBS/Sony Inc. instead of DADC:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9851705
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/969377#9852893

Opinions on this proposal?

gemini80s
IMO by the first thing we need to do is separate all pre-DADC/Japanese DIDC/DIDP/DIDX matrix codes and move them to proper CBS/Sony manufacturer profile.

Yes, this is definitely overdue. The DADC profile is a mess currently with all the confusion and the Japanese glass masters assigned to that profile. Perhaps it would be best to create a new forum thread specifically to discuss this proposal?

I would be more than willing to participate in sorting out DADC.

For anyone interested in fixing above issue, please feel free to start a new topic. You can use all links/info I supplied, maybe you can present it better than me... ;-)

Myriad
gemini80sIMO by the first thing we need to do is separate all pre-DADC/Japanese DIDC/DIDP/DIDX matrix codes and move them to proper CBS/Sony manufacturer profile.
Yes, this is definitely overdue. The DADC profile is a mess currently with all the confusion and the Japanese glass masters assigned to that profile. Perhaps it would be best to create a new forum thread specifically to discuss this proposal?

+1

gemini80s
For anyone interested in fixing above issue, please feel free to start a new topic. You can use all links/info I supplied, maybe you can present it better than me... ;-)

Whoever starts the new topic, please ping me to it. Or better, post a link to it in this thread. Cheers!

New thread to separate Japanese matrix codes from DADC:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/989017

Early DADC disc label features (made for Sony labels 1984-1985):

Earliest DADC discs made for Sony labels have no upside down triangle in circle logo on right side which appeared around June 1985.
Last known discs without triangle:
DIDC 20135 Canadian Brass* - Live!
DIDP 20278 Hooters* - Nervous Night
DIDC 50156 Yo-Yo Ma - Japanese Melodies
DIDP 50196 Bob Dylan - Real Live

DADC reissues of Japanese DIDP and DIDC matrices used "MADE IN U.S.A." or "MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A." on bottom of disc face. Original issues made by DADC did not include this info on disc (see Survivor - Vital Signs).

First popular CD pressed in USA Bruce Springsteen - Born In The USA (Sep 21, 1984 red label promo)/Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (regular edition) has "Made in U.S.A." while the Japanese original Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. has "Manufactured in Japan" on disc face. This indicates DADC originally used "Made" for earliest reissues/repressings. More evidence of this:
Loverboy - Get Lucky "Manufactured in Japan "
Loverboy - Get Lucky "Made in U.S.A."

"Made in U.S.A." was originally used from late 1984 until around first half of 1985.
Other examples of pre-triangle pressings:
Philip Glass - Glassworks
Herbie Hancock - Sound-System

"Manufactured in U.S.A." was used from first half of 1985 until 1986? (when reissues of Japan discs ended). Examples of pre-triangle pressings:
Gustav Mahler, Kathleen Battle, Wiener Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel - Symphony No. 4
Jackie Wilson - The Jackie Wilson Story
Wynton Marsalis, National Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard - Trumpet Concertos
Earth, Wind & Fire - Electric Universe

Above releases confirm that "Manufactured in U.S.A." started before the triangle logo. I don't believe that "Made" and "Manufactured" in U.S.A. variants ovelapped, so if disc has the upside down triangle and "Made in U.S.A.", it must be a repress (earlier DADC disc without triangle must also exist). Any DIDP/DIDC disc without the triangle could not have been made later than 1985.

Digital Audio Disc Corp./DADC hub stamp variants

Terre Haute discs appeared with 4 different pressing stamps embossed in hub between 1984-1994:

1. Made in USA-Digital Audio Disc Corp. [logo]® (used 1984 through 1992?)
Already present Sep 21, 1984 on plant opening discs linked on top, rarely used after 1991.
Last known discs (released 1993):
Regina Belle - Passion DIDP 078936 (possibly star variant below)
Rain (5) - A Taste Of... DIDP 077329
The Burnin' Chicago Blues Machine* - Midnight Sunrise DIDX 016567

2. Made in USA★Digital Audio Disc Corp. [logo]® (used 1988?-1989 and 1991?-1992)
Rarest DADC stamp (star is upside down). Last known discs:
Sophie B. Hawkins - Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover DIDP 077566
Neil Young - Lucky Thirteen DIPX 014763

3. ★ [D logo] ★ (used c.1990 through 1993?)
Last known discs (released 1994):
Various - Damsels In Distress (Woeful Soprano Arias) DIDC 071754
Various - Philadelphia (Music From The Motion Picture) DIDP 080864
The Spudmonsters - Stop The Madness DIDX 021409

4. [D logo] (used c.1991 until 1994)
Last known releases:
John Tavener - Akathist Of Thanksgiving DIDC 072114
Jerry Rivera - Cara De Niño DIDP 080547
Unleashed - Live In Vienna '93 DIDX 021390

It appears only the long stamp was used during 1980s, all 4 variants were in use during 1992. There are also several discs without hub stamps dated before 1994, it's unknown which if those are represses (e.g. last mini CDs made by Terre Haute in 1989 don't include a stamp).

Although hub stamp use steadily declined in 1993, the D logo (Sep 1994 release DIDC 072114 is currently last confirmed) was still in use almost until mastering SID code implementation (DIDC 072299 is last without SID). As I keep finding later and later releases with stamps, this post will be amended often (variant 3 was probably used a few months into 1994 as well)...

DADC originally used a 3-digit matrix letter prefix CDS for mini single CDs (late 1987-early 1988) which soon became CSIG:
https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9985879

Stevie Wonder - Skeletons (1987) Matrix / Runout: CDS 13 21A2
Various - A Touch Of DMP (1987) Matrix / Runout: CDS 16 21A5
Tonio K. - Without Love] (1988) Matrix / Runout: CDS-23 1 MANUFACTURED BY DADC
The Rainmakers (2) - Small Circles] (1988) Matrix / Runout: CDS-26 1
Stevie Wonder - You Will Know (1987) Matrix / Runout: CDS-27 2

Michael Jackson - Bad Matrix / Runout: CD SINGLE 11A16
(apparently the first mini CD still without the CDS prefix)

As you can see these codes are also sequential and apparently continued as CSIG after number 27, so the CDS prefix can be added to DADC profile.

Terre Haute mastering codes:

Original 5 SID codes implemented early 1995 appear to be IFPI L323, L324, L325, L326 and L330. L322 was likely introduced in 1996.

IFPI L322 was originally used for CDs until 1999 (possibly also rarely during 2011-12*), after that only for DVDs/Blu-rays (until the end in 2018).
Last known CDs:
DIDP-097866 The Staple Singers - In Praise Of Him
DIDX-067157 Bobby Short - You're The Top: Love Songs Of Cole Porter
*(DIDX-822509 Chris Rene - I'm Right Here 2012, no images to confirm)

IFPI L323 was originally used for CDs until 2004 (and again rarely during 2011-12), after that mainly for DVDs/Blu-rays (until the end in 2018).
Last known CDs:
CTDP-114129 Jane Monheit - Taking A Chance On Love
DIDX-800123 Eyvind Kang - The Narrow Garden (2012)
DIDX-1091787 Various - Final Fantasy VII Remake (Mini Soundtrack) (this SID appeared on last known CD by Terre Haute released in 2020)

IFPI L324 was originally used for CDs until 1997 and 1999-2003, after that only for DVDs/Blu-rays (until the end in 2018).
Last known CDs:
DIDP-110520 Kaleidoscope (3) - Beacon From Mars & Other Psychedelic Side Trips
DIDX-090731 John Pizzarelli - John Pizzarelli Trio - Live At Birdland
(DIDX-768080 Tori Amos - Night Of Hunters is lone exception from 2011)

IFPI L325 was originally used for CDs until 2004 (possibly also rarely during 2011-12*), after that mainly for DVDs/Blu-rays (until the end in 2018).
Last known CDs:
DIDP-116135 Jessica Simpson - A Special Limited-Edition Christmas Collection
DIDX-108830 Krisiun - Bloodshed
*(DIDX-804708 Paul Simon - The Complete Albums Collection 2012, no images to confirm)

IFPI L326 was used only for CDs, ended early 2003 (possibly end 2002 manufacture).
Last known discs:
DIDP-109682 Paul Horn, The Paul Horn Quintet - The Sound Of Paul Horn / Profile Of A Jazz Musician
DIDX-087364 Old Man's Child - In Defiance Of Existence

IFPI L330 was used for CDs until 2001, after that for DVDs/SACDs/DualDiscs until 2017.
Last known CDs:
DIDP-105738 Various - Classic Country - Great Story Songs
DIDX-078323 The Dave Brubeck Quartet - The Crossing

IFPI L327, L328, L329, L331, L332, L333 and L321 were introduced during 2000s:

IFPI L327 started in 2001, used for CDs until the end in 2018.
Earliest known original L327 masters:
DIDP-102805 Poco (3) / New Riders Of The Purple Sage - Take 2
DIDX-074043 Wes Montgomery - Full House

IFPI L328 started late 2003 (post-crosshairs), used for CDs until the end in 2018.
Earliest known original L328 masters:
CTDP-111693 Simon & Garfunkel - The Essential Simon & Garfunkel
DIDX-089212 Charlie Byrd - Solo Flight

IFPI L329 started late 2003 (post-crosshairs), used for CDs until the end in 2018.
Earliest known original L329 masters:
CTDP-111343 Miles Davis - The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions
DIDX-089216 Chuck Wayne - Morning Mist

IFPI L331 started in 2002, used for CDs until 2003, then SACDs/DVDs until 2017.
Earliest known original L331 masters:
DIDP-108872 Cheo Feliciano - Live
DIDX-083486 Edie Carey - Come Close: The Live (Photo) Album
Last known CDs:
CPTP-111198 The Raveonettes - Chain Gang Of Love
DIDX-091139 Roger Hernandez (3) - Roger Hernandez Tribute The Songs Of Elton John Live

IFPI L332 started in 2002, used for CDs until 2009 (also SACDs), DVDs until 2017.
Earliest known original L332 masters:
DIDP-106613 Les Brown And His Band Of Renown - The Lerner And Loewe Bandbook • The Richard Rodgers Bandbook
DIDX-077153 Sal Nistico - Heavyweights
CTDX-000492 Cooder Graw - Live At Billy Bob's Texas
Last known CDs:
DIDP-171844 The Stone Roses - The Stone Roses
DIDX-240916 Nellie McKay - Normal As Blueberry Pie {A Tribute To Doris Day}

IFPI L333 started in 2002, only used that year for CDs, then for DualDiscs/DVDs until 2017.
Earliest known original L333 masters:
DIDP-107077 Mendelssohn*, Rudolf Serkin, Isaac Stern - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2; Violin Concerto
DIDX-081562 Zakk Wylde - Book Of Shadows
Last known CDs:
DIDP-109703 Lil' Flip - The Leprechaun
DIDX-086744 The Cabinet (4) - Family Unity Over Money

IFPI L321 started in 2007 with Blu-rays (CDs not before 2009, only reissues). This rarely used SID ended in 2011.
Earliest known original masters:
BVDL-012060 Dave Matthews And Tim Reynolds - Live At Radio City
DIDX-363319 Glenn Jones - Finesse
Last known CD:
DIDX-744421 Waldo (4) - Love Don't Grow On Trees

Above CD mastering SID codes in use by years:

1995: L323 L324 L325 L326 L330
1996: L322 L323 L324 L325 L326 L330
1997: L322 L323 L324 L325 L326 L330
1998: L322 L323 L325 L326 L330
1999: L322 L323 L324 L325 L326 L330
2000: L323 L324 L325 L326 L330
2001: L323 L324 L325 L326 L327 L330
2002: L323 L324 L325 L326 L327 L331 L332 L333
2003: L323 L324 L325 L327 L328 L329 L331 L332
2004: L323 L325 L327 L328 L329 L332
2005: L327 L328 L329 L332
2006: L327 L328 L329 L332
2007: L327 L328 L329 L332
2008: L327 L328 L329 L332
2009: L327 L328 L329 L332
2010: L327 L328 L329
2011: L327 L328 L329 L321 L323
2012: L327 L328 L329 L323
2013: L327 L328 L329
2014: L327 L328 L329
2015: L327 L328 L329
2016: L327 L328 L329
2017: L327 L328 L329
2018: L327 L328 L329

It appears SIDs L322-325 were all used again for CDs at times during 2011-2012 period (could only verify L323 and one instance of L324 with images, it's possible L321 started before 2011).

It must also be noted that number 9 in L329 looks very similar to 3 (or obscured by clamping ring), so that SID is sometimes wrongly entered as L323. For same reasons, L327 is sometimes confused with L322 (and L377 which does not exist), also the crossed 0 in L330 can be misread as 8 (L338 does not exist). These errors can generally be avoided with the help of this list, as well as the fact that all variants with same matrix must also have same mastering code.

Speaking of mastering code errors, there are a few hundred wrong entries with IFPI L320, correct SID for vast majority of these is either L328 or L329. I'm sure DADC plant never used IFPI L320 as I have not seen a single image to confirm this SID.

According to https://wiki.musik-sammler.de/index.php?title=Herstellungsland_(CDs_/_DVDs)
IFPI L320 belongs to Digital Audio Technologies Australia (mastering SID L311-320).
(I know this wiki site is not the most reliable but you can see that plants are usually assigned 10 consecutive numbers starting from 1 to 0 (Terre Haute originally had L321-330).

I think DADC and Sony DADC profiles need a note about L32* mastering codes confusion as the last digit of post-2003 pressings is not easy to see properly (SID print is small and clamping ring usually runs right through the mastering code).

gemini80s
I think DADC and Sony DADC profiles need a note about L32* mastering codes confusion as the last digit of post-2003 pressings is not easy to see properly (SID print is small and clamping ring usually runs right through the mastering code).

Agreed, I've never seen a genuine DADC matrix with IFPI L320

Hi! I found some reissues made by DADC/Sony DADC. Maybe now the year of them can be found?

- https://www.discogs.com/release/14922022-Sandi-Patti-Hymns-Just-For-You
- https://www.discogs.com/release/15492802-Twila-Paris-For-Every-Heart
- https://www.discogs.com/release/12684846-Russ-Taff-Russ-Taff
- https://www.discogs.com/release/13901439-Kim-Boyce-Time-And-Again
- https://www.discogs.com/release/9654398-Kim-Boyce-Kim-Boyce
- https://www.discogs.com/release/12675082-Sandi-Patti-Make-His-Praise-Glorious
- https://www.discogs.com/release/12440659-Amy-Grant-Amy-Grant (Pitman?)
- Many Amy Grant's EMI/Sparrow reissues

edivino.jr
- https://www.discogs.com/release/14922022-Sandi-Patti-Hymns-Just-For-You
- https://www.discogs.com/release/15492802-Twila-Paris-For-Every-Heart
- https://www.discogs.com/release/12684846-Russ-Taff-Russ-Taff
- https://www.discogs.com/release/13901439-Kim-Boyce-Time-And-Again
- https://www.discogs.com/release/9654398-Kim-Boyce-Kim-Boyce
- https://www.discogs.com/release/12675082-Sandi-Patti-Make-His-Praise-Glorious

All these were made in 1990

https://www.discogs.com/release/12440659-Amy-Grant-Amy-Grant in 2009

gemini80s
It appears mould SID was introduced a few months later in 1995 (as with DADC Austria plant and Pitman researched below).

I have a copy Various - Music From The Motion Picture Pulp Fiction with mould SID but without mastering SID. What does it means according to conception – mould SID was introduced later?

IFPI508C mould SID just in case and DIDX-025366 1 matrix

It's meaningless because lots of older CDs were repressed with mould codes in the mid-1990s if new master was not needed. Let me show you an example:

Beethoven* - Budapest String Quartet - String Quartets • Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky" • Op. 74 "Harp" • Great Fugue In B Flat Major (original 1991 pressing)
Matrix / Runout: DIDC-071117 1 ✧ ✧✧ ✧✧✧✧✧

Beethoven*, Budapest String Quartet - String Quartets Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky" / Op. 74 "Harp" / Great Fugue In B Flat Major (1995+ repress of same matrix with mould SID)
Matrix / Runout: DIDC-071117 1 ✧ ✧✧ ✧✧✧✧✧ A09
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50ED

This makes sense. I got it, thank you.

The question is – should the ONLY mould variant be listed with both mould and mastering release or separately?

Soulman067
should the ONLY mould variant be listed with both mould and mastering release or separately?

This is a good question. I think it fits with any SID code variant (mould+mastering/only mould/only mastering) by the same plant.

So IMO your data should NOT go to Various - Pulp Fiction (Music From The Motion Picture) made by this https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9950863 DADC plant which started late 1995.

gemini80s
Beethoven* - Budapest String Quartet - String Quartets • Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky" • Op. 74 "Harp" • Great Fugue In B Flat Major (original 1991 pressing)
Matrix / Runout: DIDC-071117 1 ✧ ✧✧ ✧✧✧✧✧

Beethoven*, Budapest String Quartet - String Quartets Op. 59 No. 3 "Razumovsky" / Op. 74 "Harp" / Great Fugue In B Flat Major (1995+ repress of same matrix with mould SID)
Matrix / Runout: DIDC-071117 1 ✧ ✧✧ ✧✧✧✧✧ A09
Mould SID Code: IFPI 50ED

And the same thing I've noticed with my case. The mould SID'ded one has additional A09 in the end of the matrix. My copy doesn't have anything else in the matrix absolutely like unSIDded release.
Just an observation.
However as you said it could be just the same matrix printed on later mould with SID.

gemini80s
So IMO your data should NOT go to Various - Music From The Motion Picture Pulp Fiction made by this https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/979096#9950863 DADC plant which started late 1995.

What if I'll make a different release in this case because my copy now hanging on between two existing releases :)

Soulman067
What if I'll make a different release in this case because my copy now hanging on between two existing releases :)

Yep, probably best idea. But first ask OS of Music From The Motion Picture Pulp Fiction if mould SID was overlooked (sometimes original editions turn out to be represses). If no response, then just create a new release and refer to this discussion if there are any issues with it ;-).

gemini80s
But first ask OS of Music From The Motion Picture Pulp Fiction if mould SID was overlooked (sometimes original editions turn out to be represses).

I will do of course. But looks like they are a shop and they listed it six years ago. So looks like it's impossible now to get correct info from them about this copy :)

Wow, just saw this thread. Quite a lot of details here gemini80s!

Quick question, which may have been answered here, but I'm just skimming: If you have a matrix string that's otherwise identical, but the C2/D2 is the only difference, should those be unique entries or can they be variants?

I see a release with all D2's for the variants, but mine has C2, for example:

D2 1A EK66900 12
C2 1A EK66900 15

Surely those seem like they should be just variants, but not sure. The SID code is also the same on all version (IFPI L422).

Edit: the example I'm looking at you actually commented on coincidentally, I figured I'd link it here: https://www.discogs.com/release/9580126-Vitalogy/history#latest

baldorr
D2 1A EK66900 12
C2 1A EK66900 15

Yes these D2 and C2 matrices were interchangeable during 1994-95, I still haven't figured why Pitman used both letters at the same time. All I know is that the C2 variant was made later (master #15, D2 is #12).

gemini80s
Yes these D2 and C2 matrices were interchangeable during 1994-95, I still haven't figured why Pitman used both letters at the same time. All I know is that the C2 variant was made later (master #15, D2 is #12).

Ah, great. Thanks for the quick reply. I edited my comment above since after I found this thread and posted, I noticed in the sub history you had already edited this specific one and commented.

I'll just add my variant here then.

baldorr
I'll just add my variant here then.

Thanks, your edition is a repress of Pearl Jam - Vitalogy (I suspect the D2 variants are wrong there as that code was only used with bright matrix).

gemini80s, thank you for the great work! Is there something missing in order to add most of this data to the company profiles?
Your findings on the Springfield plant is convincing - as circumstantial as it may seem.
Although I don't think you need any more evidence that these are actually different glass masters (e.g. crosshairs), but this release is an interesting addition: Bob Dylan - "Love And Theft". The variants with IFPI L323 have an error: 105999 instead of 105989 (or the other way around, they used the correct one). (Variant 2 was like that, but got recently removed, I believe a bit too early - see my question above.)

zoli79
Bob Dylan - "Love And Theft". The variants with IFPI L323 have an error: 105999 instead of 105989 (or the other way around, they used the correct one

Thanks for the compliments above. CTDP-105989 is surely a typo as proven by images. Regardless if they originated from a Terre Haute, Pitman, or Springfield? master, DADC sequential numbers never changed with subsequent pressings, only variants with different prefixes exist (I have not been able to find a single number mistake made by the plant(s) in that regard).

Interesting release indeed, impossible to say who made the first DADC master, Pitman (L424) or Terre Haute (L323) in this case (variants 1+5 and 3).

We also have a L336 (Springfield?) master Bob Dylan - "Love And Theft" (this one likely 2002-03), but the removed variant 2 from above may not belong to that release (club edition).

Beyoncé - B'Day

I have a version of this with a mould SID code of "IFPI 5100."
Would that call for a new release page or just a new variant on the release page?

winslowoddfellow
mould SID code of "IFPI 5100."
Would that call for a new release page or just a new variant

For now just add a variant If mastering SID is IFPI L32* (all Terre Haute masters).