Hello again.
Progress in knowledge is difficult, slow, and sometimes painful.
I started this topic on the 13th and a day later (the 14th), Thom asked me:
Would all problems about Metronome be solved if we just merged the two labels? What do you think?
I didn't say: Yes -- I answered him with another question:
... what would you say is the difference between the two labels?
https://secondhandsongs.com/error-report/35595
In that question is the key: if they are two different labels... what is the difference?
That difference should be clearly set out in the heading of the respective pages of those labels.
That difference is the one I started researching on the 17th.
Now, I'll explain how best I can what my opinion is on this matter:
Metronome Records was a unique label until 1977. Why?
Founded in Sweden in 1949, it expanded (becoming multinational) to Denmark (in 1950) and Germany (in 1954).
Since its creation the logo shows a guitar and a saxophone and the words "Metronome Records", in all the releases, in all the countries.
In 1961, the owner company decided to change the logo that now appears with the word "Metronome" and something like "MO", in all the releases and in all the countries.
This could be regarded as proof that at that time the label was a single entity.
By 1977 there was a critical fact (for me, this is the difference): on records produced in Germany, the name "Metronome Records" disappears and instead we see: "Metronome Musik".
It is from this moment (from 1977), when synchronous releases edited by different companies (Metronome Records versus Metronome Musik) begin to appear...
and it is from that moment (from 1977) that we could assign releases to two different labels, which for historical reasons share the same name (short: Metronome) and the same logo.
Last edit: 2020-01-20 15:45:31 UTC
by dany