A somewhat short-lived label devoted to modern Jazz. Chiltern Sound was based in Marlow, and was an offshoot of the record shop of the same name, owned by Michael Eagleton. It seems to have issued only a handful of records; most of them, including singles by Barbara Thompson and by Lol Coxhill, were in 12" format, but there was at one 7" single, 'Las Bicicletas' b/w 'Frog Dance' by The Johnny Rondo Trio, which was given a RONDO-1 catalogue number and is surprisingly melodic. The label's dates of operation were from c.1977-c.80; as for what year the single came out, opinions on the net are divided between 1977 and 1978. Distribution of Chiltern Sound records was by JSU and Lugton.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.