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Planetone

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Label and basement studio set up by Sonny Roberts at 108 Cambridge Road, Kilburn in 1961 — credited as England's first Black-owned record label and studio — sharing premises with Island Records for distribution and issuing ska sides by players such as Rico Rodriguez.

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Sonny Roberts, Jamaican producer who opened Britain's first Black-owned recording studio, honoured with blue plaque

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DJ Mag report on Sonny Roberts and Planetone.

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