Sony DADC, Pitman

Former Sony Music, Pitman (until approx. 2005).

CDs and DVDs pressed at this plant between 2005-2011 can be identified by Mould SID Code IFPI 72**(*). CDs mastered at this plant include Mastering SID Codes IFPI L422 (2005) and IFPI L424 (2005-2011).

Sony DADC, Pitman CD matrix pattern:
[Sony manufacturing code] [letter+number] [number+letter] [2-digit number]
(example DIDX-238957 L4 1A 01)

[Sony manufacturing code] aka "DADC" code contains a 4-letter prefix followed by a hyphen and a 6-digit sequential number. This list shows approximate sequential numbers for each prefix as of August 2005, approximately when the plant became Sony DADC:
DIDP/CTDP/TP (Sony labels) around 121000 (reissues of older CDs can have much lower numbers)
DIDX/DX (non-Sony labels) around 115000
CTDX (non-Sony labels) around 002000

[letter+number] is K4 or L4 (also rarely K2):
K indicates glass masters made between 2005-2009
L indicates glass masters made between 2009-2011
Number corresponds to the last digit of mastering SID (4=IFPI L424, 2=IFPI L422).

[number+letter] is usually 1A (first master by plant)

[2-digit number] indicates the plant master number (01=first, 02=second, 03=third, etc.)

This matrix pattern and SID codes were adopted from Sony Music, Pitman. If the matrix does not include the letter K or L, use that profile instead.

Please credit Sony DADC, Pitman with "Glass Mastered At" and Sony manufacturing code as Catalog Number in LCCN. For 2005 releases with codes K2 or K4, see above sequential numbers to credit proper plant (an example for Sony DADC, Pitman is April Sixth - Livin' A Lie). This entry may also be used for reissues of older Sony CDs (DIDP-0xxxxx with letter K), but only if it can be determined that disc was made after the Sony DADC rebranding (2006 and later releases).

Same manufacturing codes were also used by Metro Station).