Metronome

Swedish multinational record label founded in 1949 by the brothers Börje Ekberg to release jazz. The name was taken from the American music magazine Metronome Magazine.

Label Code: LC 0270 / LC 00270.

In 1950, Mats Bjerke, together with Metronome Records GmbH.

German Metronome also distributed many other labels in the 1970s, including the Ohr group of labels: Motor Musik GmbH. German Metronome ceased oprations in late 1996.

Of the Scandinavian versions of Metronome, the Swedish 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 Metronome Studio, Copenhagen.

Swedish releases often mention LC 4281 / LC 04281 due to the fact the Swedish Metronome company was acquired by WEA International Inc. (now Warner Music) in 1979.