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| 20th Apr 2013, 7:13 PM | #1 REPORT | |
 | TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | Regarding the UK releases, until 1976 the label was Tamla Motown, with the black "45" labels. After 1976, it was just Motown, with the blue labels. Although all the 12-inch singles came out after 1976, a few of them - 10 or 12 perhaps - were on the old Tamla Motown label. The catalogue numbers just slotted into the ongoing Motown sequence. A few have Motown labels on the A side and old songs with Tamla Motown labels on the B side. What to do in terms of the discography? I've just loaded up one Tamla Motown 12-inch (Temptations, "My Girl"), which is the first and only one at the moment. It shoud sit with the rest of the Motown releases, shouldn't it? Or should it stay separate? Now comes a more complex issue - where the A side is on the blue Motown label, and the B side is on the black Tamla Motown label - how do we list them? You can only select one label when adding a record, and these really are two different labels... Edited by TopPopper on 20th Apr 2013, 9:03 PM |
| 20th Apr 2013, 10:55 PM | #2 REPORT | |
 | TheJudge In-house specialist in drive-by moddings. Member since Dec 2012 3716 Points Moderator | On your last point, I'd say that if Motown was the later incarnation (and the usual one at the time of issue), then they should be listed under 'Motown', with the info about the B-side label included in the Notes. |
| 21st Apr 2013, 4:03 PM | #3 REPORT | |
| TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | I'm happy to do it that way when I load them up. There are about six with both labels. I'll add them in due course. |
| 19th May 2013, 3:42 PM | #4 REPORT | |
 | carryonsidney ● a happy disposition is an omnious sign.... Member since Feb 2010 1707 Points Moderator | It looks to me that the simple reason for this is that Tamla Motown label was used to reissue old tracks on [12's] and Motown was all new releases. |
| 19th May 2013, 6:32 PM | #5 REPORT | |
| TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | That's pretty much right. The new single, by say, Smokey Robinson, would have A and B sides together on side 1 of the 12-inch, with the modern blue label, and on side 2, you'd get reissues of oldies with the black Tamla Motown label on that side. |
| 23rd May 2013, 8:19 AM | #6 REPORT | |
 | Dr Doom SUBS I wanna eat an artichoke once in a while Member since Feb 2008 25286 Points Administrator | We could merge The Tamla Motown and Motown listings. Good idea? For the split ones I'd choose the label on the A-side as the primary and hit make correction and ask a moderator to add Tamla Motown or Motown as a secondary label. |
| 24th May 2013, 11:02 PM | #7 REPORT | |
| TopPopper Member since Mar 2013 2612 Points | Not keen on the idea of a merge. It makes much less sense in the context of the 7-inch site, and maybe we should keep both working on parallel principles? In truth there aren't many TM 12-inches, but the label itself was very carafeul to select the TM label as appropriate for old recordings, underlining the perceived distinction between the two. From a personal point of vew, I don't like the idea of 1960s Holland-Dozier-Holland recordings being thrown into the pot with De Barge, Lionel Richie, The Dazz Band and whatever else - but that's my personal prejudice. |
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