paup-ine Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Can someone lead me to a thread on this.. Why the green lable (70s onwards) on UK tamla motown. I'm being really lazy not going thru allthe searches, soz!! Many thanx P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
pikeys dog Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 UK Motowns attempt at modernising? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Dave Abbott Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 They couldn't afford yellow Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
max millward Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Can someone lead me to a thread on this.. Why the green lable (70s onwards) on UK tamla motown. I'm being really lazy not going thru allthe searches, soz!! Many thanx P PERHAPS THEY LIKED THE STATESIDE GREENS? MAX.. Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paup-ine Posted May 2, 2008 Author Share Posted May 2, 2008 Thanks. I thought it might be something like two different producers fell out , and didn't want a blue lable or some one knocked the blue ink over..? Who knows!! Thanks anyway!!P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 (edited) Can someone lead me to a thread on this.. Why the green lable (70s onwards) on UK tamla motown. I'm being really lazy not going thru allthe searches, soz!! Many thanx P I guess you're referring to the Tamla Motown green & white demos? Possibly something as simple as EMI updating and also standardizing their product, ie. they did the same with the Stateside label. Maybe someone thought green and white would stand out more from rival companies' demos - or it was a direct response to the shocking pink MGM demos! Green & white Tamla Motown demos were actually introduced in the late 60s anyway, not the 70s. Edited May 2, 2008 by mel brat Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paup-ine Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 (edited) I guess you're referring to the Tamla Motown green & white demos? Possibly something as simple as EMI updating and also standardizing their product, ie. they did the same with the Stateside label. Maybe someone thought green and white would stand out more from rival companies' demos - or it was a direct response to the shocking pink MGM demos! Green & white Tamla Motown demos were actually introduced in the late 60s anyway, not the 70s. Thanks for the info mel brat , but I was referring to the modern style lable. Any ideas on that? Derr! Ive think i'm diggin myself in a hole here. Are they the modern demo's then? although there are some blue demos aswell. Thanks P Edited May 3, 2008 by paup-ine Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 Thanks for the info mel brat , but I was referring to the modern style lable. Any ideas on that? Thanks P ...Nothing more 'sinister' here than using a pale green colour scheme for their demos that would immediately distinguish them from the regular 'pale blue'-hued stock design that started when the UK label was rebranded as just 'Motown' in 1976, and the label was redesigned accordingly. Simple as that! TONE Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paup-ine Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 ...Nothing more 'sinister' here than using a pale green colour scheme for their demos that would immediately distinguish them from the regular 'pale blue'-hued stock design that started when the UK label was rebranded as just 'Motown' in 1976, and the label was redesigned accordingly. Simple as that! TONE Thanks TONE, I thinks I'll just go back to bed. Late shift last night. P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest mel brat Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 ...Nothing more 'sinister' here than using a pale green colour scheme for their demos that would immediately distinguish them from the regular 'pale blue'-hued stock design that started when the UK label was rebranded as just 'Motown' in 1976, and the label was redesigned accordingly. Simple as that! TONE Spot on! Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Ric-tic Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 ...Nothing more 'sinister' here than using a pale green colour scheme for their demos that would immediately distinguish them from the regular 'pale blue'-hued stock design that started when the UK label was rebranded as just 'Motown' in 1976, and the label was redesigned accordingly. Simple as that! TONE hey tony rounce you are not getting away that easy tho you are probibly right but then as paup-ine says there were blue demos too, i have at least one title on a green and a blue demo cant think at the mo but tailgate comes to mind, so why would they make a green and a blue demo... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 hey tony rounce you are not getting away that easy tho you are probibly right but then as paup-ine says there were blue demos too, i have at least one title on a green and a blue demo cant think at the mo but tailgate comes to mind, so why would they make a green and a blue demo... The first few blue stocks were also blue demos - things like the Commodores' "Just To Be Close To You" and "Easy" and Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" - and, as you rightly say, "Tailgate". I don't have a full run of mid-late 70s Motown demos but I think the introduced the green demos in '78, for the reasons I previously suggested, sometime around the time of Tata Vega's "Get It Up For Love" if memory serves. Sorry I can't be more speceific, I'm considerably less interested in that end of the catalogue from a demo collecting point of view. But while we're talkiing about 'real' green and white demos, would I be right in thinking that the first one was "Reach Out, I'll Be There"? Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Pete Eccles Posted May 3, 2008 Share Posted May 3, 2008 The first few blue stocks were also blue demos - things like the Commodores' "Just To Be Close To You" and "Easy" and Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" - and, as you rightly say, "Tailgate". I don't have a full run of mid-late 70s Motown demos but I think the introduced the green demos in '78, for the reasons I previously suggested, sometime around the time of Tata Vega's "Get It Up For Love" if memory serves. Sorry I can't be more speceific, I'm considerably less interested in that end of the catalogue from a demo collecting point of view. But while we're talkiing about 'real' green and white demos, would I be right in thinking that the first one was "Reach Out, I'll Be There"? Correct Tony, on the 'reach out' Demo being the first 'real' green and white demo, Pete Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paup-ine Posted May 3, 2008 Author Share Posted May 3, 2008 The first few blue stocks were also blue demos - things like the Commodores' "Just To Be Close To You" and "Easy" and Thelma Houston's "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Sorry to bore you with this, but do you mean that the first blue stocks were demos without the printing on the lable saying 'demo'! Thanks P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
Guest TONY ROUNCE Posted May 4, 2008 Share Posted May 4, 2008 Sorry to bore you with this, but do you mean that the first blue stocks were demos without the printing on the lable saying 'demo'! Thanks P Yes, I suppose you could put it that way The blue stocks and demos were identical, apart from the obvious small 'A' and the release date and 'demo not for sale' printed on the record centre... Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
paup-ine Posted May 4, 2008 Author Share Posted May 4, 2008 Yes, I suppose you could put it that way The blue stocks and demos were identical, apart from the obvious small 'A' and the release date and 'demo not for sale' printed on the record centre... Thanks P Link to comment Social source share More sharing options...
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