Park Foundation Music App

Home > Labels

CBS Special Products

Profile

Special marketing and catalogue department of CBS Records, see also [l=CSP]. Sister label of [l=Columbia Special Products]. Often a manufacturer for TV advertised releases on 3rd party labels and/or mail-order catalog only releases. Was also a budget reissue and compilation label of its own. CBS Special Products was also used as the outlet for the promotional material services offered by [l=CBS Records] in the US, Canada, Britain and Continental Europe (i.e. bespoke company records, advertising picture discs, etc.). Among its duties was assembling and pressing compilation albums for telemarketing companies (i.e. [l=Time Life Music], [l=Ronco], [l=Sessions]) and various other companies for promotional use. Renamed [l=Sony Music Special Products] in 1991. Currently [l=Sony Music Commercial Music Group].