Editing Panart (section)

=== Nationalization and aftermath ===

After the [[Cuban Revolution]], Cuban culture, including the record industry, was to be nationalized. Most Cuban record companies either folded or quickly relocated to [[Florida]] or [[Puerto Rico]]. Panart's fate was somewhat different, on May 29, 1961, its studios and factory were seized by the government. By that time, Ramón and Julia Sabat were already in the US.<ref name="Schlicke" /> For a short period of time, until 1962, Panart's records were sold as "Panart Nacionalizada" to reflect this. Between 1962 and 1964, the Imprenta Nacional the Cuba acted as the only legal Cuban label.<ref name="Schlicke" /> In 1964, the [[EGREM]] "trumpet" logo began to be used in stickers put over the Panart logo of previously released albums, and by the time [[Areito (record label)|Areito]] was founded as EGREM's main imprint in Panart's former facilities, Panart had disappeared from Cuban record stores.<ref name="Schlicke" />

Thanks to Julia Sabat, who sent the master copies from Havana to New York, around 80% of Panart's catalogue was "saved" before the government took over the company. Julia and her daughters then left Havana shortly after the Revolution, while Ramón remained in Cuba in charge of the company. Finally, in 1961, they managed to get Ramón out of Cuba. He and his wife established themselves in Miami. Julia started working in a record factory in [[Hialeah]] with Ramón's brother, Galo.<ref>Gil, Pablo. "[http://proust.library.miami.edu/findingaids/?p=collections/findingaid&id=185 Ramón S. Sabat Panart Collection]", ''University of Miami Cuban Heritage Collection''.</ref> Together they issued 1950s recordings made in Cuba on various imprints, including Adria Records and Puchito Records, all manufactured in Hialeah.