Record Label
Swedish multinational record label founded in 1949 by the brothers [[artist:2393735]] and [[artist:Anders Burman]] together with their friend [[artist:2785953]] to release jazz. The name was taken from the American music magazine Metronome Magazine. In 1950, Mats Bjerke, together with [[artist:Bent Fabricius-Bjerre]], opened an office in Denmark, [[label:Metronome Records A/S]]. In 1954 Bjerke and Fabricious-Bjerre expanded to West Germany, founding [[label:145463]]. German Metronome also distributed many other labels in the 1970s, including the Ohr group of labels: [[label:Ohr]], [[label:Die Kosmischen Kuriere]] and [[label:Kosmische Musik]], and also took over distribution of the [[label:MPS]] label in late 1976 after BASF folded. In 1983 [[label:95013]] had become part of the [[label:8742]] group of companies which in turn became the German division of [[label:Universal]], with release duties handed over to [[label:312624]]. German Metronome ceased oprations in late 1996. Of the Scandinavian versions of Metronome, the Swedish [[label:121060]] was sold to [[label:WEA International Inc.]] in 1979, later known as [[label:Warner Music Sweden AB]]. The Danish company seems to have had little output since the early 1980s and became Metronome Entertainment A/S in 1992. See also [[label:297483]] and [[label:373636]].