DJM
RECORDS

 The DJM label was started by publisher Dick James in 1969, after the demise of Page One Records - his joint venture with manager / producer Larry Page.  DJM registered an early Top 3 record with Mr. Bloe's 'Grooving With Mr. Bloe' (DJS-216; 1970), but the artist who sold most records for the company was undoubtedly Elton John, who had more than a dozen hit singles on that label during the period 1971-76.  After Elton departed, to his own Rocket Records, things quietened down for DJM.  The occasional single squeezed into the charts - for example a novelty record by Jasper Carrott in 1975, a couple of Disco efforts from Johnny 'Guitar' Watson in 1976-77, and a couple more from the RAH Band in 1980-81 - but the days of million-sellers were over.  Dick James died in 1986, and the label's catalogue was bought by PolyGram.  DJM records were handled by Pye from 1969-76; during this period they appeared in a DJS-200 numbering series, which evolved into the 300s and 400s before leaping from DJS-408 to DJS-600 around August 1975.  When CBS took over from Pye, in July 1976, the catalogue numbers gained a preliminary '10' but stayed in series - DJS-682 was followed by DJS-10683.  Some popular Pye-era singles were reissued with a '10' in front of their old catalogue numbers; for example DJS-297 reappeared as DJS-10297.  At the handover point the designs of the label and the company sleeve also changed.  By 1979 the black-and-yellow colouing had been reversed.  A green label, in the same design, was used on records by Irish band Horslips.  The Pye-era label with the yellow replaced by silver is rather unusual.  Pye Group promo singles generally had labels with a yellow-and-black colour scheme; for the most part DJM went along with this but towards the end a number of black-labelled ones were mixed in among the yellows.  During the Pye years DJM had a sister-label, Jam; after the move to CBS, several singles on the Weekend label shared DJM's numbering series.Thanks to Robert Lyons and Robert Bowes for the info.

  
  
  
  
       
  
  
A FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF THE DJS 200 TO 10900 SERIES 1969-1983 CAN BE FOUND HERE
 

73

John Elton

Teacher I Need You

DJM

DJS

X1

 

79

Horslips

Loneliness

DJM

DJT

15001

72	John Elton	Rocket Man	DJM	DJX	501
73	John Elton	Saturday Night'S All Right For Fighting	DJM	DJX	502

 
REISSUED WITH 10 IN FRONT OF THE OLD CAT NUMBER

76	John Elton	Daniel	DJM	DJS	10275
76	John Elton	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DJM	DJS	10285
76	John Elton	Candle In The Wind	DJM	DJS	10297
76	John Elton	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	DJM	DJS	10340
76	Carrott Jasper	Funky Moped	DJM	DJS	10388
76	John Elton	Island Girl	DJM	DJS	10610
76	John Elton	Grow Some Funk Of Tour Own	DJM	DJS	10629
76	Inman John	Teddy Bears Picnic	DJM	DJS	10645
76	John Elton	Pinball Wizzard	DJM	DJS	10652
76	Woodward Edward	Chances Are	DJM	DJS	10676

88	John Elton	Crocodile Rock	DJM	DJS	10271
88	John Elton	Daniel	DJM	DJS	10275
88	John Elton	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	DJM	DJS	10285
88	John Elton	Step Into Christmas	DJM	DJS	10290
88	John Elton	Candle In The Wind	DJM	DJS	10297
88	John Elton	Don´T Let The Sun Go Down On Me	DJM	DJS	10302
88	John Elton	Bitch Is Back	DJM	DJS	10322
88	John Elton	Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds	DJM	DJS	10340
88	John Elton	Philadelphia Freedom	DJM	DJS	10354
88	John Elton	Someone Saved My Life Tonight	DJM	DJS	10385
88	Freeman Dave	California Freeway	DJM	DJS	10401