Brainstorm's LOVIN' IS REALLY MY GAME released on two labels ?

[remicks]

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This is how I know it :

so I was surprised to find this in the vault :

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[Graham_Start]

Well, they have the same catalog #, so one is either a re-issue or possibly a non-USA pressing. I have a few Canadian pressings that were distributed by different labels up here, but kept the original American catalog #.

[DISCODISK]

this is american,canadian copies were r.c.a special products,in the u.k it wasnt on r.c.a and european copies were backed with wake up and be somebody

[kdavid13]

Just wondering ; was TABU distributed by RCA back in 1977 ??

I assumed that it was always distributed by CBS.

[remicks]

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Thanks for the replys !

Tabu Records was founded by Clarence Avant. Avant had founded this label after he folded Sussex when its distributor Buddha was picked up by Arista Records in 1976.

The label focused on R&B and Funk. Its flagship release 'Stormin' by Brainstorm hits the stores in 1977. Tabu had a short-lived distribution pact with RCA which lasted only a year before going over to CBS Records.

Disco music was the big thing then and Tabu really tried to venture out into different music styles. artists like Sharon Riley, Lalo Schifrin (of Mission Impossible fame). It hit paydirt with The SOS Band in 1980 with "Take Your Time (Do It Right)" and their subsequent album S.O.S.

** wikipedia **

What makes that RCA label seem Canadian??


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[Graham_Start]

Originally Posted by remicks

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Thanks for the replys !
** wikipedia **

What makes that RCA label seem Canadian??


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It doesn't seem Canadian at all (there would be a different legalese blurb at the bottom), I was merely explaining why sometimes the same record with the same catalog # appears on two different labels.

In this case, it would appear to be because Tabu switched distribution right around the time this record came out.