Sondor

Sondor is a Uruguayan record label. Its official site describes it as the oldest record label in South America and states that it continues to record, with an archive containing the sound of a country. The label was founded in 1938 as Son d'Or by Enrique Abal Salvo, and its studios opened at Río Branco 1530 in Montevideo in 1947. The site lists a catalog of 13,047 recordings by 487 artists across 88 years and five genres, and states that the catalog was fully digitized by 2026.

Sondor is a Uruguayan record label. According to its official site, it was founded in 1938 as Son d'Or by Enrique Abal Salvo. In 1941 it produced Uruguay's first vinyl pressing, and in 1947 its studios opened at Río Branco 1530 in Montevideo. In 1954 it produced South America's first 45 RPM record. The label's catalog includes recordings such as Ruben Rada's "Las Manzanas" (1969), El Kinto's "Circa 1968" (1977), Alfredo Zitarrosa's "La canción quiere" (1984), and Karibe con K's "Polvo de Estrellas" (1994). The official site states that the catalog was fully digitized by 2026, comprising 13,047 tracks.

1. 1Sondor — El Archivo Vivosondor.com
2. 2Sondorwikidata.org