LaSalle

La Salle	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan. Founded by Carl Cisco in 1967 and distributed by Solid Hitbound Productions, Inc.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
LA-0069	Antiques	Go For Yourself	ZTSC-126052	1967
		Penance	ZTSC-126053
LA-0070	Lynn Terry	I Got A Good Thing Going	ZTSC-126465	1967
		Till	ZTSC-126466
LA-0071	Buena Vistas	Knock On Wood (Inst)	ZTSC-126467	1967
		Sugar (Inst)	ZTSC-126468
LA-0072	Utopias	Girls Are Against Me	ZTSC-126879	1967
		I Want To Go Back To My Dream World	ZTSC-126880
Research: Nold/Jane Lancaster 2024

 

Magic Touch

Magic Touch	1970s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, owned by Herman Griffin? Northern plays, yellow. Popcorn Wylie & Tony Hester were writers and producers. JJ Barnes got a release on UK Contempo.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
WM 1000	JJ Barnes	To An Early Grave		1970
		Cloudy Days
WM 1001	JJ Barnes	To An Early Grave		1970
		Cloudy Days
MT  007	Herman Griffin & Boys In Band	Are You For Me Or Against Me		1970
		Gettin' Better
Research: Nold 2024

 

Jack Pot

JACK POT	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, owned by Warren Quates at 18459 Ryan Road, Detroit 34, Michigan.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
100	Jimmie Hammond	One Room Country Shack		196?
		I've Got To Keep On Going
S-2053/4	Lt. Thomas Cannaday	Hello	S-2053	1962
		Sloopy Twist	S-2054
800	Clara Hardy	Your Too Jealous		196?
		A Touch Of Love
X-3800	Melvin Davis	I Don't Want You		1963
		About Love
Research: Nold 2024

 

Dynamics

DYNAMICS	The label was based at 5603, 16th Street, Detroit and ran from around 1968 to 1970. The owners Butler Lee Abney and Armond Abney had seen how successful Golden World was copying Motown. The brothers and business partners, like so many other tiny indie label founders in Detroit in the 1960s, thought they could make some money producing and selling records, writing and publishing songs, and managing singing acts. Johnny Adams 45 also released on Gone (1964) and Roulette. Superlatives not same group who recorded on Uptite. Yellow=Northern plays
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
D-1101	Johnny Adams	I'm Grateful		1965
		Going To The City		1965
B-1011	Superlatives	Do What You Wanna Do	A 95 Nashville	1967
		Forget About Tomorrow	B 95 Nashville	1967
D-1012	Superlatives	Won't You Please (Be My Baby)		1968
		Don't Ever Leave Me		1968
D-1016	Superlatives	Don't Know How To Say I Love U		1967
		Lonely In A Crowd		1967
D-1017	Superlatives	Don't Let True Love Die		1970
		She's My Wonder Woman		1970
Jane Lancaster/Nold

TCB

TCB	Founded by Dave Hamilton & Rony Darrell at 1587 Highland, Detroit, Michigan. Northern Soul plays marked with yellow. Deacons was a big 2-Step instrumental.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
778	Sue Ann Jones	Missing You		1968
		I'll Give You My Love		1968
x-100	Barrino Bros	Just Made A Mistake		1969
		I'll Take My Flowers Right Now		1969
50	Dave Hamilton	The Deacons		1970
		Pisces Place		1970
51	Dave Hamilton	The Deacons		1970
		Pisces Place		1970
Demo Issue
6039	Glemie Derrell	Four O'clock Blues
		My Mother Didn't Lie
1450	Danny Kirkland	Get Off Your But And Boogie
		Beloved
ALBUMS: The Union Grace Missionary Baptist Church Of God - God's Going To Close The Book Of Life
Research: Mickey Nold/Discogs

Village

Village	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, owned by Ed Kaplan. One single, arranged by Mike Terry,  produced by Tom Moers. Yellow: Popular plays.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
VR1000	Sea Shells	Quiet Home	ZTSC126033	1967
		Another Tear Must Fall	ZTSC127034	1967
Research: Mickey Nold/Jane Lancashire

 

Brute

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BRUTE	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, owned by Tony Clarke.  Clarke was given the money to fund his own label as part of his deal with Chess records. Drew  Shultz and Tony Clarke's son Gino revived the label in 2018 for two remake releases on Yvonne Vernee (yellow Northern plays)
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
BR-001	Tokays	Baby, Baby, Bay (Your My Hearts Desire)	ZTSC126037	1967
		Hey Senorita (I Want Your Love)	ZTSC126038
BR-002	Buddy Smith	When You Lose The One You Love	ZTSC126039	1967
		You Get What You Deserve	ZTSC126040
BR-003	Yvonne Renee	My First Love		2018
		You Can Do It
BR-004	Yvonne Renee	Just Like You Did Me (remake)		2018
		Instrumental (remake)
Research: JoeJaggs2000