▁Krist all n acht . ▁Hed - Ar zi ▁started ▁operating ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 4 7 , ▁managed ▁by ▁E ph ra im ▁Felix ▁R zec z yn ski , ▁making ▁it ▁the ▁oldest ▁recording ▁company ▁in ▁Israel ▁( follow ed ▁by ▁Mak olit ▁in ▁J aff a , ▁T sl il ▁in ▁Tel - Av iv ▁and ▁others ). ▁ ▁Origin ally ▁the ▁company ▁produced ▁ 7 8 ▁r pm ▁gr amm oph one ▁records ▁( including ▁re - issues ▁of ▁Sem er ▁rec od ings ), ▁the ▁most ▁popular ▁among ▁which ▁were ▁Ag ala ▁V es ous sa ▁and ▁Bab ▁El - W ad ▁by ▁Y aff a ▁Y ark oni ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁Kal ani ot ▁and ▁An i ▁M itz f at ▁by ▁Sh osh ana ▁Dam ari . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 1 , ▁company ▁started ▁building ▁a ▁plant ▁in ▁Ram at - G an . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁the ▁first ▁LP ▁was ▁manufact ured ▁( 6 ▁songs ▁of ▁Sh osh ana ▁Dam ari ). ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 8 , ▁it ▁recorded ▁its ▁first ▁s tere o ▁record ▁and ▁was ▁considered ▁" the ▁biggest ▁and ▁most ▁modern ▁record ▁manufact urer ▁in ▁the ▁Near ▁East ▁with ▁steady ▁increasing ▁export ▁activities ▁to ▁nearly ▁ 3 0 ▁countries " ▁or ▁the ▁" leading ▁distrib utor ▁and ▁manufact urer ▁in ▁Israel ". ▁Until ▁ 1 9 6 0 , ▁the ▁company ▁has ▁produced ▁over ▁ 1 2 5 0 ▁titles ▁of ▁conventional ▁records