Collection: Impact (2)​

French label and distributor.
Issued 7"s ca.1966-69, then compilations of mostly French singers big hits on LPs and cassettes from ca. 1971-1972 to 1985.
Those compilations were sold at budget price and material had been originally issued on labels of Phonogram / Polygram group: Philips, Polydor, Fontana, Mercury, ...

[l46354 released many different LP versions of most compilations.
Impact LPs with cat# 6886 ### and 6371 ### 1 / 6371 ### 2 on labels are reissues of releases originally issued with cat# 6371 ###.

[url=https://img.discogs.com/TG8AxZXA8N6LRljcLxHxWpCiLvQ=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5613347-1581181665-9245.jpeg.jpgYellow labels with red stroboscope rim[/url came first and were replaced by [url=https://img.discogs.com/wIaZEQjqvrqV4bY5fXUe-ao7maM=/fit-in/600x601/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-5155882-1449741991-4379.jpeg.jpgred labels with silver stroboscope rim[/url late 1976 or early 1977.

Earlier Impact LPs have 'Mono/Stereo' at top left of front cover and that was replaced by 'Gravure Universelle' in 1977.
[url=https://www.discogs.com/David-Bowie-David-Bowie/release/3158007Releases with multicolored vertical strips above 'Gravure Universelle' at top left of front cover[/url were issued from 1980 to 1983.

[l1156650 branding appears in 1976, earlier versions have not that branding.
Impact LPs with circled [l648731 branding were issued ca. 1977-1979
Impact LPs with rectangular [l648617 branding were issued ca. 1979-1982
Impact LPs with [l1172435 branding have all a Boulevard Ney address.

Notes:
1) IM ## codes on releases distributed by Impact are price codes, NOT catalogue numbers, and should not be entered in the catalog# field
2) Dates on [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/433125-Biblioth%C3%A8que-Nationale-De-FranceBNF database[/url are often not reliable for release date especially for 70s LPs. There are contradictions with undisputable price code dates or other data. Likely because Impact notified lately BNF about those compilations (of musical material yet protected by original legal deposit).