Simon Géza Gábor: „Csillogó fekete lemezeken…” 100 éves a magyar hanglemezgyártás és -forgalmazás (Budapest, 2008)

factory operated at 3 Klauzál St; Dávid Dezső Sternberg held the sole trading / company rights. Numerous Austro—Hungarian and foreign companies were already dealing in the production, publication, retail and wholesale, and export-import of recordings around 1900. The true beginning of Hungarian record production however can be set 100 years ago in 1908, the date when all the Hungarian counties agreed upon the name: Első Magyar Hanglemezgyár (EMH - First Hungarian Record Company)

. Leading record businesses of the day were the company later called His Master's Voice and the Lindström companies' Hungarian branch and their sound recordings. Two Hungarian-owned companies, the Radiola and Pátria groups, increased their share of the market between the two world wars. After 1945 several smaller companies tried their hand at record production joining the afore-mentioned companies. All but one subsequently stopped trading with the advent of nationalisation on 1

st June 1951. The Hungarian Record Factory National Company (Magyar Hanglemezgyártó Nemzeti Vállalat), which experienced a number of name changes, operated right up to the change in political system. Its successor is Hungaroton Records Hanglemezkiadó [Record Publisher] Kft; Fotex Nyrt holds a majority share. Since the change in political system and market liberalisation some 3000-3500 companies have tried record production. Bencolor ^ Kft. (Bencolor), Binder Music Manuf®^^ factory (BMM), Budapest Music Center (BMC), C.A.E., (now VukánRecords), Etnofon, Fonó, Foun