Indian soul 45's??

[Silverfox]

Anyone know what soul 45's got issued in India? Seen lots of pop stuff on London, Parlophone, EMI etc.

I am off there soon and fancy doing some digging around inbetween cricket matches.

Not seen a topic on here before, any info would be appreciated.

Adey P

[Kevin Jones]

Adey,

I have a Tamla Motown 45s released in India.

Regards

Kev

[Mick Holdsworth]

I have about three (or Four) of Major Lance 45's on Indian Columbia

[Silverfox]

Thanks for the info Mick. Are they the regular black colour Columbia labels, like the UK releases?

 

Kev, regular looking UK label design TMG's? 

[Girdwoodinc]

never saw any when I lived in Bangalore - where about are you going (take it you'll be taking in the IPL when you're over?)

[Guest johnny hart]

Hi, Foxy, I Have one Tamla  Motown Made in India ETM 12. Jnr Walker " Brainwasher\ Good Rock in" year 1968 (so later issue) black,like UK but larger font, If this is no 12, assume there are previous and later Motown? Asked dealer for more ,sent me list of UK TMGs Stevies and Lady Di,s ! Lol Johnny.

 

 

[Mick Holdsworth]

15 minutes ago, SILVERFOX said:

Thanks for the info Mick. Are they the regular black colour Columbia labels, like the UK releases?

 

Kev, regular looking UK label design TMG's? 

Yes, they look like UK Columbia - Just dug them out, I have three.

Hey Little Girl  45-DB-7168
Um,Um,Um,Um,Um,Um  45-DB-7205
Matador  45-DB-7271

They look exactly the same as UK releases, but 'Made in India' at the bottom

I've also got a few Tamla Motown with TMJ list numbers (I don't know if these are Indian, as there is no country printed)

Cheers
Mick

[Mot]

Hi Adey, might be worth looking for some Stateside label stuff, may not be strictly soul but there may be related stuff.

I've got a Chris Farlow - Don't Just Look At Me on Indian Stateside - looks quite nice with a centre - looks like a UK stateside issue at first glance.

The label is black with silver text and very similar to the UK one.

All the best

Mark

[Guest johnny hart]

Mick H your TMJ prefix denotes South Africa . There is no logic to Emi,s international/foreign issue Motown,, Australia= TMO, New Zealand = TMM! Etc and no guide available? Lol ,Johnny

[Alan Bonthrone1]

ETM for India.

[Mick Holdsworth]

56 minutes ago, conchitta said:

Mick H your TMJ prefix denotes South Africa . There is no logic to Emi,s international/foreign issue Motown,, Australia= TMO, New Zealand = TMM! Etc and no guide available? Lol ,Johnny

Cheers Johnny, was never sure, so SA it is for TMJ - thanks again

[Mick Holdsworth]

Just found some more Motown  - these are Indian (both printed on labels) - TMG 555 (Isleys - but 1968) and ETM. 8 (Jr Walker, also 1968)

It does indeed look like the numbering system depended on who was in the office that day

[Alan Bonthrone1]

[Roburt]

I have some (a couple I think) Indian pressed 45's from the 70's ... can't recall what they are though (memory shot due to old age).

ALSO ... India was one of the countries that EMI used to ship it's old equipment to. Hence, you can find 78 releases there that run through to around the mid 60's (so some early soul tracks there will have been made available in 78 rpm format).

In fact it seems that 78's were still being made in India up to 1970 .... see here ...........

https://www.mustrad.org.uk/reviews/indrecbk.htm

 

 

Edited March 3, 2016 by Roburt

[Roburt]

Another Paul Anka released Indian 78 (this one dates from 1958/59 I believe) ....

 

Edited March 3, 2016 by Roburt

[45cellar]

I have seen a few Chubby Checker titles and bought this one. The others were the usual "Dance Craze" titles.

It would be nice to think that there may be other northern Cameo or Parkway stuff by him or other artists.

[Dunc]

When you get out there get talking to the locals and put an advert in the paper in the local lingo and get the locals to answer the ads.

A friend of mine dealt with a Polish company and he got them to translate Poland ebay scooter ads into english for him and he bought a TV175 series 2, TV series 3 and a Russian made Vespa VBB copy.

He imported em to here, sold the two Lamys to peoples here and the Vespa to someone in France.

Dunc

 

[Chris L]

23 hours ago, SILVERFOX said:

Anyone know what soul 45's got issued in India? Seen lots of pop stuff on London, Parlophone, EMI etc.

I am off there soon and fancy doing some digging around inbetween cricket matches.

Not seen a topic on here before, any info would be appreciated.

Adey P

Isley Brothers - Tell me it's just a rumour

[Roburt]

1000's of records (45s, EPs, LPs) for sale on Indian Ebay, only trouble is most just seem to be music from Hindi movies !!!

 

Edited March 4, 2016 by Roburt

[Stateside]

23 hours ago, MOT said:

Hi Adey, might be worth looking for some Stateside label stuff, may not be strictly soul but there may be related stuff.

I've got a Chris Farlow - Don't Just Look At Me on Indian Stateside - looks quite nice with a centre - looks like a UK stateside issue at first glance.

The label is black with silver text and very similar to the UK one.

All the best

Mark

The Stateside label was also in Singapore during the sixties, but they had Made in India around the bottom of the label, otherwise the same. So I presume the Indian pressing plant(s) extended much wider.

Kev

[Roburt]

EMI label 45s would be pressed in one country but sold in a number of others on a regular basis back in the day.

I seem to recall visiting Amsterdam, Rotterdam & Brussels back in the day (late 60's / early 70's) and finding UK pressed 45s for sale there.

ALSO did the same on the Algarve a few years later (finding a Motown 45 by the Undisputed Truth in a locally printed picture sleeve when the 7" inside it was a UK pressing).

[Roburt]

An Indian Stateside label (EMI) 78rpm from 1964 (sourced from A & M) ...........