GIRMAC Recording Studio commenced trading in 1934 and was wound up in 1938. Established by two Glasgow-based entrepreneurs, Andrew McElhinney and Eugene Girot, the studio had a reputation for working with UK-based dance bands and touring gospel singers from the USA. The studio also had its own label imprint that released a small number of 78rpm records. This presentation will relate the history of GIRMAC and contextualise it within the cultural life of a city better known as an industrial powerhouse of the 1930’s. Though present day Glasgow is rightly lauded for its vibrant music scene I will examine the premise that an equivalent scene existed in the 1930’s, albeit one that was restricted and defined by strict social divisions and sectarian tensions. The commercial and artistic trajectory of GIRMAC will be deployed as a framework to explore the structure of a music industry and culture that existed beyond the traditional London base and parallels will be drawn with the current paradigm of a separate, self-financed Glasgow music industry, as evinced by the activities of studio Chem19 and its associated label Chemikal Underground. The presentation will conclude with a brief listening session of GIRMAC’s output as sourced from archival record labels and private collectors.