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distribution
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RCA
distribution
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RCA
distribution
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BMG
distribution
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TMG
1053 - oct 1976
to
TMG 1238 - 1981 |
TMG
1243 - 1981
to
TMG 1372 - 1984 |
ZB
40097 - 1985
to
ZB 42687 - 1988 |
ZB
43289 - 1989
to
ZB 43781 - 1990 |
After
starting Tamla Records in January 1959, Berry Gordy founded
a second label, Motown Records, in September 1959.
Also in 1959, Gordy purchased the property that would become
Motown's Hitsville U.S.A. studio. The photography studio
located in the back of the property was modified into a
small recording studio and the Gordys moved into the second
floor living quarters. Within a few years, Motown would
occupy several neighboring houses with administrative offices,
mixing, mastering and rehearsal studios.
Despite losing Holland–Dozier–Holland, Norman Whitfield,
and a number of its other hitmakers by 1975, Motown still
had a number of successful artists during the late 1970s
and 1980s.
In Britain Tamla and Motown were combined, in the familiar
EMI-distributed Tamla
Motown label. The Tamla part was dropped in October
1976, with the release of TMG 1053, and a new label design
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RCA
reissues
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RCA
reissues
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RCA
reissuses
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TMG
1124
TMG 1165 |
TMG
989 - 1985
to
TMG 999 - 1985 |
TMG
1381 - 1985
to
TMG 1388 - 1985 |
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Back |
Details |
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1 |
TMG
1053 - oct 1976
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6 |
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Ref 41A |
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No
3 |
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TMG 1238 - 1981 |
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bottom/right |
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4 |
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1243 - 1981
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left/right |
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5 |
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to
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distribution
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No
6 |
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to
ZB 42687 - 1988 |
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distribution
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left/right |
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No
7 |
ZB
43289 - 1989
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straight/notch |
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left/right |
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No
8 |
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to
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BMG
distribution
Budweiser
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straight/notch |
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left/right |
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| Reissues |
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EMI
reissues |
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Albums
issued from
nov 1968 to 1976 |
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and distributed
by EMI RECORDS LTD |
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EMI
reissues |
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Albums
issued from
nov 1968 to 1976 |
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and distributed
by EMI RECORDS LTD |
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R
3 |
EMI
reissues
Motown Singles Collection |
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The
Motown
Singles Collection |
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Marketed
by EMI Records Limited, 20, Manchester Square.
London W1A 1ES |
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4 |
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reissues |
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Albums
issued from
nov 1973 to 1976 |
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and distributed
by RCA Ltd. |
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left/right |
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R
5 |
RCA
Reissues 1985
TMG
989 - 1985
to
TMG 999 - 1985 |
TMG
1381 - 1985
to
TMG 1388 - 1985 |
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1985 RCA Records
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