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Windham Hill Records was originally an independent label founded in 1976 by [a=William Ackerman] and [a=Anne Robinson (2)], who were married soon thereafter. It was originally known for folk and acoustic music but became associated with new age music after the success of [a=George Winston]'s "Autumn" in 1980. Ackerman sold his half of the company to [l=BMG] in 1992 and Robinson sold her half in 1996. Since the 2004 merger between BMG and [l=Sony Music Entertainment] the label has issued no new recordings. They continue to reissue the back catalog and issue compilations as part of [l=Legacy] Recordings. Label Code: LC 9757 / LC 09757 There were at least two editions of nearly every record during the period when the label was distributed by A&M, from 1979 until 1992, a U.S. and a German and/or European release. Catalog numbers from 1976 until 1992 always had a prefix, a dash, and four numbers: XXXX The original sequence of catalog numbers for LPs released in the United States was WHS C-1xxx which was used until 1984. From 1984 until 1992 the sequence for LPs was WH-1xxx, and it included reissues of earlier Windham Hill releases. The final release in that sequence was WH-1107. There were also WHS-A-C 1xxx audiophile edition catalog numbers whcih were replaced by the WHA 1xxx catalog numbers. This sequence was discontinued in 1986. US compact discs were numbered WD-1xxx until 1992. Cassettes were numbered WT-1xxx. 12" singles were numbered WS-1xxx. German Edition, reissues sub-published by E.R.P. Musikverlag (Home of [l=Kuckuck] and other famous Labels) Format: TA-C-XXXX for LP's ? ? ? ? ? for CD's => please check out! TA-MC-XXXX for MC's Original European formats: 37XXXX-1 for LP's 37XXXX-2 for CD's 37XxXX-4 for MC's A&M versions were also released in Japan. CD releases began in December 1983 with only 5 titles (Ackerman's "Passages," "Solid Colors" by Liz Story, George Winston's "December," "Shadow Dances" by Shadowfax, and the label's 1982 sampler album); all other CDs must be from 1984 or later.