When Motown did the label re-design for it's subsidiaries Tamla, Gordy, and Soul in 1966 it appears that ARP was the first pressing plant to start using the new labels and never look back. Some of the other pressing plants continued using the old style or even switched back and forth between new and old. I'm curious to know what the first records to use the new label design and the last records to use the old design are and where they were pressed.
For the new designs I've got:
Stevie Wonder "Blowin' In The Wind" Tamla 54136 [[brown bar, pressed at ARP)
Martha & The Vandellas "I'm Ready Love" Gordy 7056 [[arrow, pressed at ARP)
Frances Nero "Keep On Loving Me" Soul 35020 [[purple swirl, pressed at ARP)
For the old designs I've got:
Brenda Holloway "Just Look What You've Done" Tamla 54148 [[globes, pressed at Monarch)
The Temptations "Silent Night" Gordy 7082 [[script, unknown pressing plant)
Jr. Walker & The All Stars "Pucker Up Buttercup" Soul 35030 [[white/lilac, pressed at Monarch)
Does anyone have any earlier records that use the "new" designs or any later records that use the old designs?
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