The Complete Hit of the week Recordings - volume 1

[Durium]

The Complete Hit of the week Recordings - volume 1 (1930);

Announcement Archeophone Records:

Release date: November 30, 2004

They sold on newsstands during the Great Depression for 15 cents and quickly became the best-selling records of the early 1930s: the laminated flexible cardboard records known as "Hit of the Week." Featuring the top songs of the day, performed by some of the most noted jazz and dance musicians (often under pseudonyms), Hit of the Week records provided just that--one hit, once a week--to an American public with hardly a dime to spare but hungry for great music by great artists. Today, you'll find a number of these records all curled up and unplayable at garage sales down the street, but for the first time ever, Archeophone is presenting the complete output of the Durium Company, makers of Hit of the Week records, during its short lifespan.

In collaboration with producer and engineer Doug Benson, and with a great helping hand from the world's top Hit of the Week scholar, Hans Koert, Archeophone's Volume 1 of the Complete Hit of the Week Recordings issues 46 songs on two CDs from that magical year of pop music, 1930. In addition to the regular weekly issues by Hit of the Week from February through October of 1930, this collection presents several extremely rare non-standard-issue advertising and promotional records from the Durium company. So collectors take note! You may have some of these records, but you probably don't have all of them in the pristine shape found here along with the excruciatingly uncommon issues such as "Back in Your Own Back Yard" or "Get Happy" or even "Mysterious Mose." They're all here!

Those of you who like the classic dance songs of the early electric era with some of America's most memorable lyrics will want to take note too, because you'll find here songs such as "Tip-Toe Through The Tulips," "Little White Lies," "Dancing With Tears In My Eyes," and much, much more. And, with detailed liner notes and attractive illustrations, the 24-page accompanying booklet is worth the price of admission alone. This is the CD you'll be taking to all your Christmas and New Year's parties.

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Keep swinging,

Hans Koert

author of "Hit of the week Discography" 6+-edition (1994-2004)

online Hit of the week Discography

[couw]

will this be widely distributed?

[jazzbo]

I have a Swingtime cd of Hit of the Week material. . . highlights. There's some good stuff on there and some items that only the mother of a novelty item could love. . . .

[Durium]

Archeophone Records are distributed by internet. I guess they are to order at specialised recordshops too.

Hans Koert

Durium