Tono

Also appears as "Tono Hi-Fi Records". Danish label going back to the 30's as the first national and independant label with own manufacturing, A major pop/schlager label in the 50's, leading in the danish artists market. As rock and international artist grew in interest, in 1962 a teenage oriented sub-label, Teener was created for beat and rock artist releases. In 1969 Tono was acquired by Dansk Grammofonpladeforlag and Metronome (of Bent Fabricius-Bjerre). History: In 1937 Erik Ølgaard established the first Danish record label and record manufacturer TONO in Copenhagen. They only produced records with Danish artists with their own cutting and press equipment together with Fa. Plastica A/S. In the beginning, HMV pressure matrices were prepared, but in 1940 the company delivered 'Fonofilm', a complete Danish recorder with cutting head for the production of TONO-matrices and master plates. They had raw materials (from Plastica A/S) and could as sole supplier make plates throughout World War II. In 1945 TONO was taken over by the Schou Group. In 1952, the production of 78 t. shellac started to move towards 33 1/3 and 45 t. standard and the 78 shellacs disappeared more and more until the end of the 1950's.