Wingate

WINGATE	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, founded by Eddie Wingate. Address: Golden World Records, Inc. Contact Info: 4039 Buena Vista, Detroit. Mich. (Contact info now obsolete)  Early issues had the label name spelled as 'WingGate' (with two G's), but this later changed to just 'WinGate'. The label design shared the 'g' and 'W' from the Golden World label design. Wingate was a subsidiary of Golden World, and was in operation from early 1965 until early 1967. The label was purchased by Berry Gordy 1968. Yellow =  Northern plays. *WG-018 some copies wrongly named Dynamics. Jimmy Randazzo - Hungry For Love WG-009  was not released.  also 5, 16 & 19.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
WG-001	Ronnie Savoy	Memories Linger	ZTSC104213	1965
		Loving You	ZTSC104214	1965
VG-002	Sam Bowie/Blue Feelings	(Think Of )The The Times We Had..	ZTSC104279	1965
		Swoop, Swoop	ZTSC104280	1965
VG-003	Dick Glass	Golden Touch	ZTSC104300	1965
		Love Is Like A Baseball Game	ZTSC104301	1965
VG-004	Al Kent	Country Boy	ZTSC104325	1965
		I know I Love You	ZTSC104326	1965
VG-006	Sonny Stitt	The Double-O-Soul Of (pt.1)	ZTSC104495	1965
		The Double-O-Soul Of (Pt.2)	ZTSC104496	1965
WG-007	The Pack	The Tears Come Rolling	ZTSC104497	1965
		The Color Of Love	ZTSC104498	1965
WG-008	Juanita Williams	Some Things You Never Get Used Too	ZTSC107276	1965
		You Knew What You Were Getting	ZTSC107277	1965
WG-010	Sonny Stitt	Concert For Jazz Lovers	ZTSC107325	1965
		The Dust	ZTSC107326	1965
WG-011	Sonny Stitt/Hank Marr	Stitt's Groove	ZTSC107473	1966
		Marr's Groove	ZTSC107474	1966
WG-012	Hank Marr	Willie's House Party	ZTSC107470	1966
		The 'Out' Crowd	ZTSC107471	1966
WG-014	Andre Williams/Orch	Loose Juice	ZTSC107513	1966
		Sweet Little Pussycat	ZTSC107514	1966
WG-015	Mark III Trio	G'wan (Go On) [also on IN label]	ZTSC107619	1966
		Good Grease	ZTSC107520	1966
WG-018	Dynamics/Dramatics*	Bingo!	ZTSC107684	1966
		Somewhere	ZTSC107685	1966
WG-020	The Royal Jokers	Love Game (From A-Z)	ZTSC121018	1966
		Love Games	ZTSC121019	1966
WG-021	Andre Willlams/Orch	Do It (Pt.1)	ZTSC121105	1966
		Do It (Pt.2)	ZTSC121106	1966
WG-022	Dramatics	Inky Dinky, Wang Dang Doo	ZTSC121117	1966
		Need You	ZTSC121118	1966
Wingate Albums:  WG 701 The Rev. Columbus Mann/Pentecostal Choir - He Satisfies Me -1966 Tracks:  A1 Family Prayer 4:53 A2 Love, The Father Has For Me 4:43 A3 He Satisfies Me 4:47 A4 I Can't Sit Down 4:17 B1 Amen, Amen 2:36 B2 Just Believe (Salvation Is Free) 4:27 B3 Oh, Joshua 3:23 B4 It's Worth It All 4:12 B5 Joy Bells Notes:
Discogs

Topper

TOPPER	1960s soul label from Detroit, Michigan, owned by Dave Hamilton.  (Masters are now owned by Ace Records Ltd.) Contact Info: 1010 Cadillac Tower Detroit, Michigan (Contact info now obsolete) Yellow;- Northern Soul plays.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
1010	Priscilla Page	I'm Pretending		1965
		Throw Poor Dog A Bone
1011	Toby Lark	Happiness Is Here		1966
		Talking About My Love
1012	Priscilla Page + Roni Darrel	You Did	T-108	1966
		Shoo Be Doo Be Do (now yr gone)	T-109
1013	Decisions	Tears, Tears	T-114	1966
		Don't you know it's love?	T-115
ISSUE
1014	Dottie & Millie	Nothing In This World	T-106	1966
		Talking About My Baby	T-107
1015	Tobi Lark	Challenge My Love	T-105	1966
		Beloved	T-118
ALBUMS:
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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