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Early Tamla, Motown & Gordy 'DR' handwriting on label


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Does anybody knows what's that 'DR' (direct release ?) handwriting that frequently appears on some 1961 up to 1963 smaller acts on Tamla, Motown and Gordy 45's releases from the Terre Haute pressing plant ? RobbK and other's help is welcome to shed some light on this long unsolved to me yet mystery... 😉

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12 minutes ago, Nick Soule said:

“Don’t Return”

They would give leftover stock of older Motown records away at Motortown Revue shows, and would mark them so that they couldn’t be returned to distributors/Motown. 

Fantastic ! Cheers for that. Any luck on your quest for a stocker of LaBrenda Ben on Motown ? BTW my Gordy WDJ copy has the same matrix as your Discogs entry edit.

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3 hours ago, Modernsoulsucks said:

I don't know really but didn't it mean don't return to distributor/One Stop for credit ?

Yes!  Absolutely that.  But, doesn't that also mean "Not available or eligible for resale", which legally would apply to ANYONE trying to sell it?

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