Dutch label, a subsidiary of Marlstone Studio
Please also record here the versions that state Marlstone Recordings
For copyright and other company roles, please use Marlstone Records if it is mentioned that way.
The year of release can often be determined based on the catalogue number as the year of release is mostly present in the catalogue number. Up until approx. 1992 all cat# had the following format:
MARL 09YYZZ XX
Where YY represented the year of release, ZZ was a serial number and XX represented the format.
XX could be:
S: 7" vinyl single
CD: CD release
Often the letters "MARL" were omitted, or repleaced by Marlstone.
MARL 099043 S is a 7" vinyl single from 1990.
As of approx. 1992, the following system is used. All catalogue numbers have the following structure:
XXX YYZZ
Where XXX is an indication for the format of the release, YY is an indication for the year of release and ZZ is an incremental serial number.
XXX can be:
CDS: CD-single
CDL: CD album
MCL: Cassette album
DVD: DVD
and the YYZZ part can be:
92ZZ: 1992
93ZZ: 1993
94ZZ: 1994
95ZZ: 1995
96ZZ: 1996
97ZZ: 1997
98ZZ: 1998
99ZZ: 1999
20ZZ: 2000
21ZZ: 2001
22ZZ: 2002
23ZZ: 2003
24ZZ: 2004
25ZZ: 2005
26ZZ: 2006
27ZZ: 2007
28ZZ: 2008
29ZZ: 2009
10ZZ: 2010
11ZZ: 2011
12ZZ: 2012
13ZZ: 2013
14ZZ: 2014
15ZZ: 2015
16ZZ: 2016
17ZZ: 2017
18ZZ: 2018
19ZZ: 2019
So CDL 1534 is a CD album released in the year 2015.
