{"id":1637,"count":2,"description":"UK label originally owned by [l257099]\n<strong>Label Code: LC 6975 \/ LC 06975<\/strong>.\n\nReleases are published by [l=Magic Arts Publishing] (ASCAP).\nRecommendation: [u]PLEASE NOTE[\/u]: about black metal releases, if it says <strong>\"Century Black\"<\/strong> anywhere on the release, you must submit it to [l=Century Black]!\n\n<strong>Distribution:<\/strong>\nBefore mid-2005, a large list of international distributors appeared on the back covers from Century Media releases ([url=https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/release\/633136-Napalm-Death-The-Code-Is-Red-Long-Live-The-Code\/image\/SW1hZ2U6ODAwMDM3NA==]example[\/url]). This changed around July 2005, when [l=EMI] struck \"an exclusive multi-territory agreement to license and distribute\" Century Media releases.\n\nSome press articles also confirm that the first EMI-distributed album was [r1250054].\n\nIn addition to the distributor list disappearing from the artwork, barcodes also changed from <strong>7 277017 ******<\/strong> to <strong>5 051099 ******<\/strong>\n\nThe deal lasted until 2015, when the label was bought out by [l=Sony Music Entertainment].\n\nSo, please have in mind that all Century Media albums prior July 2005 with a barcode like <strong>5 051099 ******<\/strong>, or without the distributors list, are probably reissues. In case of doubt, please ask in the forums.","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/sello\/century-media\/","name":"Century Media","slug":"century-media","taxonomy":"sello","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sello\/1637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sello"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/sello"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?sello=1637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}