Direct-mailing distributor of major label releases for many music labels. Usually keeps the original label's cat# and adds the "C" prefix to it. Catalogue #'s of both the original label and Columbia House usually appear on the CDs. To add Columbia House pressings to the database, please use TWO label and cat# fields; the first pair should be the original label and catalogue number (assuming it's actually on the release), while the second pair should be Columbia House and its corresponding number. If only one number is present, enter it for both labels.

Note: CDs with DIDY codes (not any other DID_ codes, though) were manufactured by the US division of DADC for Columbia House. Such codes should be mentioned in the Notes field only; they're not Columbia House catalog numbers. Forum thread about this topic: http://www.discogs.com/help/forums/topic/171820.

The US division of Columbia House is no longer active, but they are still maintaining operations in Canada (current as of June 2006).