Denman Discs appears to have been a custom-recording organization, one of those companies which, for a fee, would record amateur or semi-pro acts and get limited numbers of singles, EPs or LPs pressed for them. It was run by Jack Denman and was based in Parliament Street, Nottingham. As well as making records the Denman group included a management agency and a supplier of publicity photographs. The Disc arm produced at least ten records in the '70s and a final one in 1981, records in all three formats sharing the same DD-100 numbering series. The first two Denman Discs were undated but they appear to have come out before 1971, as they had pre-decimal tax stamps on them; John Timmis has kindly sent an autographed scan of the third release dated August 1976, which pins the year down and indicates that there was a gap between that and the previous record. The Denman Discs label is understandably rare, if not much sought-after. Some records with Denman numbers appeared on other labels: see 'Crash' and 'Leroy (Club / Cabaret)'. One label design served throughout but it came in at least two colours: silver-on-grey-green for DDs 100 and 101 (1), and black-on-yellow for most of the rest (2). Pressing seems to have been done by a variety of manufacturers including Pye, Linguaphone and Orlake.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.