Tamla Motown

Multinational label; for all unofficial / bootleg releases of this label please use Tamla Motown (2).
Label Code: LC 0363 / LC 00363

Tamla Motown was a label created by UK Tamla-Motown Appreciation Society head Dave Godin after a trip to Detroit at the end of 1964 where Berry Gordy agreed that the UK would have a label presence under that name, distributed by E.M.I. Records Limited. The first releases were in March 1965 in the UK.

Thereafter the label was used by EMI companies worldwide until replaced by the Motown blue label in October 1976, although it was still used for reissues. RCA took over distribution of the label in the United Kingdom in 1981 and it is now owned by Universal Music Group.

The label's name and variations on the UK EMI designed logo were also used by non-EMI companies, as Motown owned the brand, most notably in Canada. Any Tamla Motown branded release is 1965 or later.