Bellaccord Electro
Latvian label (1931-1941, 1942-1944, 1945-1950). It was founded in 1931 in Riga, Latvia, by Helmārs Rudzītis.
After the invasion of Latvia by the Soviet Union in 1940, Bellacord was nationalized in November 1940. The records issued in the years 1940-1941 are easily identified by the two letters "N.U.", which mean "nationalized enterprise" in Latvian.
Under the German administration, the factory was re-privatized on March 1, 1942, and returned to Helmārs Rudzītis. The label was active until 1944. Records of that period can be identified by the word "Sonderklasse". The labels were black, purple and blue, with additional titles in the German language.
After the return of the Soviet authorities, the factory was re-opened in April 1945 and kept using the original Bellaccord name until 1949 (from 1948 without the word 'Electro' on the labels).
In 1950, the label was renamed Рижский Завод (in Latvian: RSF or Rīgas skaņuplašu fabrika), i.e., Riga's gramophone records factory.
After the invasion of Latvia by the Soviet Union in 1940, Bellacord was nationalized in November 1940. The records issued in the years 1940-1941 are easily identified by the two letters "N.U.", which mean "nationalized enterprise" in Latvian.
Under the German administration, the factory was re-privatized on March 1, 1942, and returned to Helmārs Rudzītis. The label was active until 1944. Records of that period can be identified by the word "Sonderklasse". The labels were black, purple and blue, with additional titles in the German language.
After the return of the Soviet authorities, the factory was re-opened in April 1945 and kept using the original Bellaccord name until 1949 (from 1948 without the word 'Electro' on the labels).
In 1950, the label was renamed Рижский Завод (in Latvian: RSF or Rīgas skaņuplašu fabrika), i.e., Riga's gramophone records factory.