Hungaroton is the oldest record and music publisher company in Hungary .
4-570: Qualiton is a frequently used record-label name in different countries. There have been and there still are several labels known as Qualiton, in particular the Hungarian state-owned corporation during the post-World War II years in Europe. The company changed its name to Hungaroton in the mid-1960s, but the Qualiton label remained for gypsy music and operetta repertoire. Other records labels bought
8-537: The Qualiton license from Hungaroton and eventually became their own labels. Discos Qualiton and Qualiton South Wales are examples of the latter. Qualiton Records was a small record label which produced shellac and vinyl records in the 1950s until at least 1963 at Pontardawe , in the Swansea Valley in South Wales . It was subsequently purchased by Decca and renamed Qualiton Records (1968) Ltd, and
12-616: The losses associated with the company used by Decca for tax reasons. Discos Qualiton was an independent record label own by Fonema S.A. in Buenos Aires , Argentina . This article about a United Kingdom record label is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hungaroton Hungaroton was founded in 1951 , when its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like Melodiya , Supraphon and Eterna [ de ] from other socialist countries. Previously called Qualiton , its name
16-472: Was changed to Hungaroton in the mid-1960s, though the Qualiton brand remained as a label for operetta and gypsy music releases. Also new popular music, rock and jazz labels (Pepita, Bravó, and Krém) were founded. In the early 1990s the massive import of foreign records caused a serious decrease in Hungaroton's sales. Although the original company went into liquidation, new and smaller companies arose on
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