The first Tamla label was white with black printing. Above the center hole is a world globe with a record overlapping the lower half and offset to the right. Around the globe is "TAMLA", the oceans on the globe, and the center of the record, are an indigo (dark bluish purple) color. At the bottom of the label on the early issues is the address "2648 W. Grand Boulevard, Detroit 8, Michigan". This label was used to from 220 to 231. The second label was transitional; the design was the same as the white label but the white was replaced with yellow and the purple was replaced with brown, this label was used on a few issues from about 229 to 233. The third label was yellow with black printing, above the center hole is a brown record on the left side and a world globe with "TAMLA" in the center on the right side. This label was used until approximately December 1968 or Tamla TS-291. The forth Tamla label was yellow with black printing, the top fourth of the label was brown with the Tamla logo above the center hole. "TAMLA" in yellow in a square box with a globe above. This label was used through the 1980s. A short-lived variation on this label in the late 1960s had the record number and stereo designation in large, dark print.

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