East African Records Ltd.
Настоящее имя: East African Records Ltd.
Kenyan record company, located in Nairobi.
Originally founded as East African Sound Studios Ltd. in 1947. The company operated its own recording studio and shellac/vinyl pressing plant, pressing for many independent East African labels. When the Africa Ground Cotton Company (Afcot Ltd.) bought the company and its Jambo label in 1951, it changed the company name to East African Records Ltd. The name was later abbreviated to E. A. Records.
Brief history:
1947: Founded by Dr. Guy Johnson as East African Sound Studios Ltd., also operating a recording studio in Nairobi; label name: Jambo.
1951: Company is taken over by Africa Ground Cotton Company (Afcot Ltd.).
1952: East African Records Ltd., now led by Otto Larsen, opens a shellac pressing plant in Nairobi.
1955: New recording studio opened.
1963: The label and recording studio are transferred to label Equator Sound, while E. A. Records, now a vinyl pressing plant only, is sold to Phonogram (PolyGram).
East African Records Ltd.
Kingston Road, Industrial Area
P.O. Box 30256, Nairobi
Kenya
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