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Marcus Österdahl, born 27 January 1943 in Stockholm, Sweden, is a Swedish musical director and entrepreneur. In 1963, Österdahl was one of the founder members of The Telstars,〔The_Telstars〕 a pop-jazz group consisting of some of the most sought after session musicians in Sweden. They were the "house-band" in the monthly TV-Show Drop-In backing most artists in the show and were also the support act for The Beatles〔beatlesbible.com/1963/10/30/television-drop-in-Stockholm-Sweden/〕 on their first tour of Sweden in 1963. Marcus Österdahl left the group in 1966 and in the following years mainly devoted his talent and time to working as an independent arranger/producer for the major record companies. An array of well-known Swedish acts were accompanied by Marcus Österdahl’s Choir & Orchestra, with about 30 tracks reaching number one on the charts.〔Gurrell, Lars (1996). Svensktoppen i våra hjärtan. Stockholm: Premium Förlag. ISBN 91-972712-1-7〕 Among Österdahl’s hits as an arranger〔The Invisible Artist: Arrangers In Popular Music (1950-2000)〕. is “Du är den ende”, the title track from singer Lill Lindfors’ 1967 gold album; five decades later, it is still frequently played at weddings and funerals. That same year Marcus Österdahl 〔Melodifestivalen-1967/Melodifestivalen-1968/Meldodifestivalen-1972〕 composed, together with producer Curt Pettersson and lyricist Patrice Hellberg, the Swedish entry; Som en dröm for the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna.〔Thorsson, Leif; Verhage, Martin (2006). Melodifestivalen genom tiderna. Ny, utökad och reviderad utgåva (2:a uppl). Stockholm: Premium förlag. ISBN 91-89136-29-2〕 Due to the constant demand for time in recording studios, Österdahl developed an interest in the business operation of these highly technical facilities and opened his first commercial recording studio in 1973. The independent studio, which was named Marcus Music, was equipped with the first 24-track tape recorder in Sweden and a few years later, the first computerised mixing desk in Scandinavia. ABBA were one of the many acts using the studio, recording most of ABBA – The Album at Marcus Music.〔ABBA - The Album - pushing boundaries. ABBA The Official Site. Retrieved 20 November 2015〕 Further associated business developments included an audio music cassette plant, a record label for new talent and publishing interests. By 1977 the Polygram Group made advances to acquire the company, provided that Marcus Österdahl would accept a position as Head of A&R〔musiccareers.net/industry-terms 〕 for the Nordic market. The approach was ultimately avoided because of Österdahl’s plans for the expansion of Marcus Music and the desire to remain independent. The Swedish company established a UK subsidiary in 1978 and acquired the lease on the legendary CTS Studios〔musicbehindthescreen.blogspot.co.uk〕 off Westbourne Grove. It was a landmark home to most Star Wars & James Bond film scores, and Frank Sinatra recorded his 1962 album Sinatra Sings Great Songs from Great Britain〔Ol' Blue Eyes of Bayswater, Radio Two, January 2011, presented by Paul Sexton〕 in this studio. Following a substantial refurbishment of the premises, Marcus Recording Studios installed state-of-the-art equipment and the spacious Studio One featured the first 48-track facility in London.〔The Swede Sound of Success. Billboard, 20 September 1980〕 Ten years later the Virgin Group was expanding and Richard Branson invited Marcus Österdahl for lunch on his houseboat in Little Venice to discuss the acquisition of Österdahl’s business interests. Once again the approach was gently avoided thanks to the freehold acquisition of a development property for a new studio complex in Fulham, West London. The purpose built facility provided four very different studios under the same roof and established the first residential London studio with a small hotel and licensed bar & restaurant for musicians, artists and their friends.〔Swedish Formula. Studio, July 1988〕 Marcus Recording Studios were used by artists such as Take That, Robert Plant, Europe, Jamiroquai, Spice Girls, Meat Loaf, Bob Geldof, Holly Johnson, Dave Stewart, East 17, Ocean Colour Scene, Radiohead, Brand New Heavies, Boyzone, All Saints, Peter Andre and many others. The Swedish company was sold in 1981 to Soundtrade and is currently trading as SAE Institute, providing education and housing a commercial studio.〔SAE Institute ()〕 In 1999 the Fulham studios were sold to Worldsport.com a start-up by Alan Callan, the former head of Led Zeppelin’s Swan Song record label as well as Jimmy Page’s business manager.〔Swan Song - Alan Callan〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcus Österdahl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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