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manufactured in the USA

manufactured in Slough (GB)

DURIUM GE - 5000 series durium GE - 5000 series
A series of commercial records made for export  for the European (German) market

 

5000-series

matrices 5005 - 5006

AThe 5000 series was produced in the USA beside the 1000-series and used for export, records for the Latin-American and Spanish market and advertisement and custom records.

 

5000-series

DURIUM / durium GE - 4  and GE- 5

These recordings were exclusively made for the Durium Products (Great Britain) Limited licensed Jul. 13th 1931, but mind  that there are American (New York) (for export) and European (Slough, UK) versions. 

Chick Bullock ( 1908-19810, the famous American crooner,  who had an exclusive contract for ARC  (= AMERICAN RECORD COMPANY) recorded illegally six titles with Phil Spitalny with the provision that they should never be issued in the USA.

 

US version

European version

The purpose of these recordings, recorded in the US and shipped to Europe (the most common type was "printed" in the new durium factory  in Slough) was to make a start with the new weekly (Friday) regular GE-series,

 

Matrices

Titel

Band name

Rec. date: 

Records

5005  B

Geh nicht an mir vorbei, Liebling ! SLOW-FOX (Marc Roland Brandt) - vo

GEH NICHT AN MIR VORBEI, LIEBLING ! SLOW-FOX (Marc Roland Brandt) - vo

...........

Signorina aus Brioni TANGO (Kaper, Rotter) - vo      

SIGNORINA AUS BRIONI  TANGO (Kaper, Rotter)  - vo

Geh'nicht an mir vorbei, Liebling, slowfox. Signorina aus Brioni, tango

 

JACK NORMAN'S ORCHESTRA  

Phil Spitalny  dir.

 

DURIUM ORCHESTRA 

 

 DURIUM DANCE ORCHESTRA 

New York City, Jul-Aug 1931

released in Europe ca. Apr.-May 1932

released in Sweden ca 19 May 1932

John Little collection

  DURIUM GE-4

Stewart Marsh collection

durium GE-4

Veckans SKIVA nr. 5

.......

  DURIUM GE-4 /durium GE-4/

5006 A

Ich hab Dich einmal geküsst!. TANGO (JOE HAJOS, SCHWARZ) - vo

 

ICH HAB DICH EINMALL GEKÜSST TANGO (JOE  HAJOS.  SCHWARZ) - vo

............

Schön war es ! PASO DOBLE  (JOE ALEX. GILBERT U. BRÜLL) - vo

SCHÖN WAR ES !  PASO DOBLE  (JOE ALEX. GILBERT U. BRÜLL) - vo

Ich hab dich einmal gekusst, tango. Schön war es, paso doble - två av sommarens största schlager

PHIL  SPITALNY'S MUSIC  (durium GE-5) Phil Spitalny dir.

 

 DURIUM TANGO ENSEMBLE

 

DURIUM DANCE ORCHESTRA 

New York City, Jul-Aug 1931

released in Europe ca. Apr.-May 1932

released in Sweden ca 2 Jun 1932

 

John Little collection

DURIUM GE-5

Stewart Marsh collection

durium GE-5

Veckans SKIVA nr. 7

............

DURIUM GE-5 / durium GE-5 / Veckans SKIVA nr. 7

Records from the collections of Lyle Boehland (Unites States) - Hans Koert (The Netherlands)  - John Little (USA) - Dimitri Marheineke (The Netherlands), - Stewart Marsh (USA) . Thank you Per Ahlin (Sweden) Doug Benson (USA) and Julian Vein (England)  for your support 

Source: Durium Advertisement and Custom Records Discography 6+-edition (p.o.d.) (1994-2006) Hans Koert

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