Thelma

THELMA	The Thelma label is thought to have been originally names after Berry Gordy's sister of the same name. The label's first address is 8040 Daxter, Detroit. Later the label moved to 6519 Grand River, a busy highway and a haven at this time for record companies. (Correc-Tone etc.,) Non of the first five releases bear a label address on them, or a number, they simply show label's telephone number (Ty4-2282). All 45's prior 101 are pale green with black lettering, 101 & 102 are pale yellow, 104 to 106 are red with silver details, 107 to 112 are a black background with silver lettering. 113 was issued on a pale blue label. Northern Soul plays in yellow.
Cat. Number	Artist	A-Side/B-Side	Mattrix	Date
	Alberta Adams	I Got Walking	ZTSC82363
		Without Your Love	ZTSC82364
	Roger Wade	Little Girl	ZTSC84946
		I Can Only Hurt You	ZTSC84947
	Magnificent Seven	The Groove	ZTSC90786
		The Leap Frog	ZTSC90787
	Will Hatcher	This And That	ZTSC90796
		It Takes Two	ZTSC90797
	Emanuel Laskey	I Need Somebody	ZTSC94494
		Tomorrow	ZTSC94495
T-501	Jimmy Gilford	Nobody Love Me Like My Baby	ZTSC96790	1962
		Too Late To Cry	ZTSC96791	1962
T-601	Robert Ward & Ohio Untouchables	Your Love Is Real	ZTSC96913	1962
		Nobody Does Something For Nothing	ZTSC96912	1962
T-602	Robert Ward & Ohio Untouchables	Your Love Is Real	ZTSC96913	1962
		I'm Gonna Cry A River	ZTSC96914	1962
T-603	Robert Ward	She's My Heart's Desire
		What To Do
T-100	Emanuel Laskey	The Monkey	ZTSC90808	1963
		Wehfare Cheese	ZTSC90809	1963
T-101	Emanuel Laskey	Crazy	ZTSC97579
		Welfare Cheese	ZTSC97809
T-102	Rose Batiste	I Can't Leave You	ZTSC97689	1964
		Somebody	ZTSC97690	1964
T-103	(Pat Smith Cancelled)
T-104	Joe Matthews	She's My Beauty Queen	ZTSC97693
		It Is Worth It All	ZTSC97694
T-105	Eddie Hill	You Got The Best Of Me	ZTSC97695
		Baby I Cried	ZTSC97696
T-106	Emanuel Laskey	Don't Lead Me On Baby	ZTSC97699
		What Did I Do Wrong	ZTSC97700
T-107	Joe Matthews	Sorry Ain't Good Enough For Me	ZTSC97697	1967
		You Better Mend Your Ways	ZTSC97698	1967
T-108	Emanuel Laskey	I'm A Peace Loving Man	HJC 701
		Sweet Lies	HJC 702
T-109	Billy Kennedy	Sweet Things	HJC 703
		This Is a Groovy Generation	HJC 704
T-110	Emanuel Laskey	(I've Got To) Run For My Life	HJC 705
		You Better Be Sure	HJC 706
T-111	Martha Starr	No Part Time Love For Me	HJC 707
		It's Too Bad Baby	HJC 708
T-112	Martha Starr	Love Is The Only Solution	HJC 709
		I'm Lonely	HJC 710
T-113	Martha Starr	Sweet Louie	HJC 711
		I Wanna Be Your Girl	HJC 712
Emanuel Laskey (or Lasky in some cases, notably his early releases) is a well known name, his "I Need Somebody"/"Tomorrow" was issued on NPC 1003, a Pittsburgh label. T-103 was also issued on Wild Duce 1003. Some of the Thelma backing tracks were also used on different labels. The backing track of "She's My Beauty Queen" was issued on James Riley's Diamond Jim logo for The Tempo's "I'll Never Forget"  (Diamond Jim 8792). Martha Starr's "Love Is The Only Solution" backing track was also used for "Carlena" The Just Brothers (Garrison 3003). Thema also had a subsidiary, Ge Ge Records. Emanuel Lasky's Sweet Lies has the same backing as Martha Star I'm Lonely.
Research: Rod Dearlove