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KeithS SUBS 16th Sep 2018		Review Great shame that this is only available in Swedish at present because the rise and fall of record companies is always interesting reading. Sonet began because of a burning musical interest in Jazz..at that time the youth music of the after war years in Sweden. Enthusiastic young men contacted US record firms through the Swedish Embassy's commercial registers and got an answer back from Savoy and were able to import discs and sell to a market hungry for product. Visiting Jazz musicians on European tours were recorded and a network of contacts was soon built up. By 1958 it was obvious that Jazz was on the wane and similar overtures were made to US companies like Chancellor, Roulette and Canadian American offering Scandinavian representation where that was not already covered by Decca and EMI in the UK. Sonet kept its small label values and many interviews with Artists contracted to the label all tell of a distinct family feel ..all were welcomed and nurtured. Interesting also is the views of other label bosses working with Sonet ..Chess, Alligator, Island, Mute. Monetary rewards were only for re investing in another music project. Nobody starved at Sonet but Music making was by far the more important to them. This book and the one about Metronome Records deserves translation as 45Cat has shown that there is an interest in other that UK and US companies 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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