From October 1958 to July-August 1962 Sonopresse, published Sonorama. Le magazine sonore de l'actualité. Each of the 42 issues of this French news and sound journal were published with the assistance of the radio station Europe No 1, and edited by Cl. Claude-Maxe, Ithier de Roquemaurel, and Jean-Pierre Castel. The main feature of each issue was eight or more record-style thin plastic sound sheets related to the news, culture, and happenings in contemporary France and abroad. The way the magazine was formatted and bound the records were playable without removing them from the binding since the whole magazine with its hole punched through the center fit on the turntable of record players. The magazine accompanied each record with a brief printed description Illustrated profusely with photographs.
The publishers issued at least two issues of a theatrical supplement to Sonorama entitled Theatrorama, in the same format and also accompanied by recordings of theatrical performances. This I know because issues of Sonorama in my collection were accompanied by Theatrorama supplements, numbers one and two.
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