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

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in the mid-1960s, but the Qualiton label remained for gypsy music and operetta repertoire. Other records labels bought the Qualiton license from Hungaroton and eventually became their own labels.

Discos Qualiton Discos Qualiton was a record label, published by the recording studio Fonema S.A. A garage experiment in Rosario, Santa Fe, Rosario, Argentina in 1961, Qualiton would later become a major independent record label influencing a generation of artist ...

and Qualiton South Wales are examples of the latter.

Qualiton, South Wales

Qualiton Records was a small

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which produced

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and

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records in the 1950s until at least 1963 at

Pontardawe Pontardawe () is a town and a community (Wales), community in the lower Swansea Valley (). it had a population of approximately 7,172 in the 2021 Census for Pontardawe Parish, and forms part of the county borough of Neath Port Talbot. On the opp ...

, in the Swansea Valley in

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. It was subsequently purchased by Decca and renamed Qualiton Records (1968) Ltd, and the losses associated with the company used by Decca for tax reasons.

Discos Qualiton, Argentina

was an independent

own by Fonema S.A. in

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Qualiton, South Wales

Discos Qualiton, Argentina

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