About

صوت القاهرة [Ṣawt al-Qāhira (self-identified in Latin characters as Sono Cairo)] (1962 - 1977) was an Egyptian state-owned record company. The company started in 1962 as a state audio recording and publishing project (not yet an independent company) under the auspices of the Egyptian General Organization for Cinema, Radio and Television. It was officially founded as an independent company on January 6, 1964 (Presidential Decree 180/1964).

The company produced both musical and non-musical recordings (for example Quran & radio dramas). As a state owned company it has access to recordings made by Egyptian Radio. Sono Cairo also took over the catalogues of other nationalised record companies, most notably Misrphon, and it was the all-dominant record company in Egypt until the late 1970s.

In 1977 the company was transformed into an Egyptian joint stock company (Ministerial Decree 139/1977) under the Egyptian Radio and Television Union. The name was changed to صوت القاهرة للصوتيات والمرئيات [Ṣawt al-Qāhira li-l-ṣawtiyyāt wa-l-marʿiyyāt (self-identified in Latin characters as Sono Cairo Audio & Video Co.)].

In the 1960s SonoCairo had two record pressing plants (which also pressed records for other companies).
1. In Cairo: the old Misrphon Factory (مصنع الشرق للاسطوانات - مصرفون) which was nationalised in 1962
2. In Alexandria: opened in 1963
These are usually credited as صنعت في مصانع صوت القاهرة (i.e. manufactured in the factories of Sawt al-Qahira).

The label also pressed vinyl locally abroad for in-country markets in France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia. It also pressed vinyl in Greece for exports to other countries in the Middle East.
French pressings were distributed by in France, by Platenhuis Pastor in the Netherlands and Germany.
Some counterfeit releases were pressed in Israel: for those unofficial releases, use Sono Cairo (2).

Catalog

6,066 releases
Halim
Halim
Natacha Atlas · 1997
قرأن كريم - ما تيسر من سورة المائدة
قرأن كريم - ما تيسر من سورة المائدة
الشيخ عبد الباسط عبد الصمد*
Egypt, A Holiday Souvenir
Egypt, A Holiday Souvenir
Various · 1975
Temples De Karnak (Thebes Aux Cent Portes - Son Et Lumiere)
Temples De Karnak (Thebes Aux Cent Portes - Son Et Lumiere)
Gaston Bonheur, Georges Delerue · 1972
أقبل الليل    Akbala El Leilou
أقبل الليل Akbala El Leilou
Oum Koulsoum*
مقطوعات موسيقية راقصة
مقطوعات موسيقية راقصة
حسن أبو زيد · 1975
In My Imagination / It's Easy To Say
In My Imagination / It's Easy To Say
Paul Anka
تقاسيم من مقام خزام / فرحة
تقاسيم من مقام خزام / فرحة
محمد عبده صالح
Temple Von Karnak (Das Hunderttorige Theben - Ton Und Licht)
Temple Von Karnak (Das Hunderttorige Theben - Ton Und Licht)
Gaston Bonheur, Georges Delerue · 1972
Ringo / Bonanza
Ringo / Bonanza
Lorne Greene
انت عمري
انت عمري
أم كلثوم* · 1964
فكروني - الجزء ١-٢
فكروني - الجزء ١-٢
أم كلثوم* · 1966
هجرتك
هجرتك
أم كلثوم* · 1967
الأغاني والموسيقى الشعبية المصرية = The Folk Music Of Egypt
الأغاني والموسيقى الشعبية المصرية = The Folk Music Of Egypt
Various · 1967
أناشيد = Anashid
أناشيد = Anashid
فيروز* = Fairouz* · 2000
سهرة مع متقال
سهرة مع متقال
متقال قناوي · 1975
Karnak Temples (Thebes Of The Hundred Gates - Sound And Light)
Karnak Temples (Thebes Of The Hundred Gates - Sound And Light)
Gaston Bonheur, Georges Delerue · 1972
حكم علينا الهوى
حكم علينا الهوى
أم كلثوم* · 1973
Heliopolis
Heliopolis
Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble* · 1970
الحصان
الحصان
فهد بلان · 1973
بهية \ سلم علي
بهية \ سلم علي
عطية شرارة · 1963
Rak El Habib
Rak El Habib
Om Kalsoum Om Kolthoum* · 2002
Nasheed El Amal Sound Track
Nasheed El Amal Sound Track
Oum Kalthoum · 2002
افرش منديلك
افرش منديلك
ماهر العطار
بعيد عنك = Ba'eed Annak
بعيد عنك = Ba'eed Annak
أم كلثوم* = Oum Kolthoum* · 1994
فكروني
فكروني
أم كلثوم* · 1966
حديث الروح
حديث الروح
أم كلثوم* · 1967
إسأل روحك
إسأل روحك
أم كلثوم* · 1970
خش في عبي / قدك المياس
خش في عبي / قدك المياس
إبتسام حلمي · 1967
الليل سواح  / آيا زين العاشقين
الليل سواح / آيا زين العاشقين
نادية نور · 1967

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