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Founded as state label Hungarian record company [l=Magyar Hanglemezgyártó Vállalat (M.H.V.)] in 1951. Label Code: LC 1181 / LC 01181 The records were originally released under the label [l57574] up to the mid-sixties when the new brand name Hungaroton was created. [l57574] then furtherly existed as sublabel for folk music only, while Hungaroton became the template for pop, literature and mainly classical releases. Fotexnet bought the record company but keep the label live with huge and success Hungarian pop & classical catalog. Alias: [l442874] or just [l=MHV]. Early name in socialism era only as [l402131], [l217499]