I know next to nothing of uk tamla 45s,are the green tmg’s all demos? And are they a reissue of previous material? When did they start and end?

and finally…are they regarded as the runt of the litter?

Just a change of label design after a certain date/number , nothing 'runty' in my book , my "Edwin Starr - My Weakness" is staying here ...  

More info here ... 

 

So were the green and whites to meet a northern soul demand?

any of them different songs from the black or red and whites?

So is Edwin Starr my weakness is you not on a black or r&w? But some years after the USA release?

11 minutes ago, Dobber said:

So were the green and whites to meet a northern soul demand?

any of them different songs from the black or red and whites?

So is Edwin Starr my weakness is you not on a black or r&w? But some years after the USA release?

Same release date of 1968 as the Gordy release , EMI just decided to have a change in '66 for some reason it seems.

14 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

Same release date of 1968 as the Gordy release , EMI just decided to have a change in '66 for some reason it seems.

I really like the look of the g&w’s,so thanks for the info my mate before a new obsession takes over😂

From the start of the UK Tamla Motown label the demos where white with a red A. The issues where the familiar black label.

Then as Woodbutcher says, they changed the demo design to a green label with a white A in 1966. The issues remained a black label.

A UK label expert will be able to tell you what label number they where up to when they changed the demo design.

13 minutes ago, Solidsoul said:

From the start of the UK Tamla Motown label the demos where white with a red A. The issues where the familiar black label.

Then as Woodbutcher says, they changed the demo design to a green label with a white A in 1966. The issues remained a black label.

A UK label expert will be able to tell you what label number they where up to when they changed the demo design.

To my knowledge october 66 is when the green and whites started.

578 Red , 579 Green.

10 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

578 Red , 579 Green.

What’s this mate?

10 minutes ago, Woodbutcher said:

578 Red , 579 Green.

Sorry I understand now👍

27 minutes ago, Solidsoul said:

From the start of the UK Tamla Motown label the demos where white with a red A. The issues where the familiar black label.

Then as Woodbutcher says, they changed the demo design to a green label with a white A in 1966. The issues remained a black label.

A UK label expert will be able to tell you what label number they where up to when they changed the demo design.

Ok that makes sense,so simply a continuation along with a label design change

Alongside TMG, nearly all EMI label promos changed from red/white to green/white around the same time, and had nothing to do with original or reissued music content.

The identical color change happened with promotional copies on UA/Stateside/Capitol/HMV/Columbia/Parlophone and most of the rest. I've often wondered why the change happened. as it was only beneficial to those promoting it. The general public who paid their money still got black labels. If anything, it is more expensive to use green for a full background on both sides than red for the A on one side only (ie. more ink needed). I'm sure the reason for the change is documented somewhere, would love to know.

 

47 minutes ago, Mick Holdsworth said:

Alongside TMG, nearly all EMI label promos changed from red/white to green/white around the same time, and had nothing to do with original or reissued music content.

The identical color change happened with promotional copies on UA/Stateside/Capitol/HMV/Columbia/Parlophone and most of the rest. I've often wondered why the change happened. as it was only beneficial to those promoting it. The general public who paid their money still got black labels. If anything, it is more expensive to use green for a full background on both sides than red for the A on one side only (ie. more ink needed). I'm sure the reason for the change is documented somewhere, would love to know.

 

Maybe it was because red is associated with stop, but green means go!?