Durium Records & Hit of the Week Records

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Nick Lucas (The Crooning Troubador), “All Of Me”, Hit of the Week Record
Nick Lucas & His Troubadours

78 rpm; Hit of the Week Records was a record label based in the United States of America in the early 1930s.  Distinctively, “Hit of the Week”s were made not of shellac as was usual for gramophone record of the era, but of a patented blend of paper and resin called Durium.  A related label in the United Kingdom was called Durium Records. The label debuted in February of 1930. Unlike other records, it was sold at news-stands, not record stores. ca: 1932

Vogue picture record

It’s hard to find a 78 rpm picture disc. Here is “Tear it Down” by Clyde McCoy and his Orchestra with vocalist Billie Jean Bennett plus “Put That Ring on my Finger” with vocalist Sunny Skylar and Randy Ryan. Vogue Records R722

Silvertone Tru-Phonic Phonograph – 1927

Stop by AZIO Media’s Book and Music Shop and hear a 78 rpm record played on our original 1927 Silvertone Tru-Phonic Phonograph. There are two settings: on/off and fast/slow (as shown). Otherwise you crank the wooden handle, turn on the rotating plate and put the needle on the record. There is no volume control on this unit. The music is piped through the steel needle, into the metal record armature and through and out the baffles in the front. Volume may be controlled though the size of the needle.

See a Hand-Driven Gramophone here

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