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PLANTETONE & SWAY RECORDS

Difficulty in obtaining music from Jamaica led Sonny Roberts to open his own recording studio.

In 1961 he established the 1st Black owned recording studio in Britain., Planetone Studios at 108 Cambridge Road, Kilburn, London NW6  

Sonny pictured in his Planetone Recording Studio in 1961, (standing in the recording 
booth) at 108 Cambridge Road, Kilburn, London NW6

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Notable artists who recorded and did sessions at Planetone Recording Studios
 

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