Durium Records (UK)

For the Italian label of the same name, see Durium Records.

Durium was a short-lived record label in the United Kingdom run by Durium Products (GB) Ltd in the 1930s.

Label of a Durium record pressed for the Swedish market

Its presses were located in Slough, near London. Its products and marketing were derived from the American record company Durium Products, Inc., producer of the Hit of the Week record label. Durium Products sold its single-sided paper gramophone records from around 1930 to 1933 whereas the UK firm operated only from 1932 to 1933. Their records were also exported to other European countries, including Sweden and Denmark (see illustration).

Using the fast-setting new material Durium, the label's production costs were much lower than for the shellac discs of the time. Hit of the Week discs sold for just one shilling and enjoyed great popularity.

Bibliography

• Russell, Tony. (2004). Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-513989-5, (Durium entry, page 31)

See also

• Hit of the Week Records
• List of record labels
• Durium Records