Hed Arzi Music

Hed Arzi Music (Hebrew: הד ארצי‎, meaning: The Echo of My Country / My Country's Echo; also spelled Hed Artzi or Hed Artsi), is an Israeli record label founded by Zvi Levin in 1946. Hed Arzi is involved with producing music, importing albums from abroad, and distributing Israeli and international music. Hed Arzi is one of the largest and most veteran companies in Israel, and many major artists work with it.

Besides its involvement in music, the company also imports and distributes multimedia products, such as computer games and videos.

History

The company was founded in Tel Aviv in 1946 as a partnership of Zvi Levin (also known as Hirsch Lewin) with Josef Grossman, Alexander Borowitz and Ephraim Ruttenberg. Mr. Levin was an emigrant from Berlin where he owned until the early 1930s a bookshop and recording label Semer. Started operating in September 1947, managed by Ephraim Felix Rzeczynski. Hed-Arzi was the oldest recording company in Israel (followed by Makolit in Jaffa, Tslil in Tel-Aviv and others).