The price was raised by 5 cents, and an additional song was added, making Durium a pioneer in the long-play record attemps. This second song rarely lasted more than a minute, but it brought total playing time to greater than four minutes. This effort also failed, and the Durium Products company issued it's last record in 1932. As far as I can tell, there were four label types for Hit of the Week records. The third type is similar, but the label is printed in silver only.
Sound quality remains high.
After Durium raised the Hit of the Week price in 1931, they issue a set of records called Durium Juniors. It took me 15 years to find one of these, and my most heartfelt gratitude goes to Kurt Nauck, of Nauck's Vintage Records for his help in acquiring these. Durium also made other records. The record pictured here was an advertisement for Chevrolet. Durium produced at least two advertising records for Chevrolet, and at least one for Wrigley's gum.