Supraphon (Czech production agency)
~ Label
Annotation
Related
- Supraphon (original production label, often acting as an entertainment agency)
- SUPRAPHON a.s. (holding company)
- SUPRAPHON Entertainment a.s. (distributor of Supraphon since November 2011)
Catalogue numbers
1988 - 1994
1# ####-# ###
explanation of the number groups 1a bcde-f ghi
f: 1 LP, 2 CD, 4 MC, 7" SP/EP, 9 DVD
ghi: digits often appear “boxed” on the sleeve
g: 0 orchestral music, 1 instrumental chamber music, 2 vocal music, 6 operatic music, 9 miscellaneous
h: 0 analogue mono, 1 analogue stereo, 3 digital stereo
i: 1-9 number of discs, 0 set of ten or more discs
History
1929 - shellac records (maybe till 1968)
1962 - vinyl records
1970 - audio cassettes (MC)
1987 - CDs
2007 - digital selling
2011 - own e-shop (DRM-free and lossless files)
source: http://www.supraphon.cz/cs/novinky/aktualne/?item=734
About history:
http://www.hudebnirozhledy.cz/www/index.php?page=clanek&cislo_id=59&id_clanku=390
http://archiv.neviditelnypes.lidovky.cz/clanky/2003/04/30075_98_0_0.html