Trade Mark of Quality discography

Trade Mark Of Quality (abbreviated TMOQ or TMQ) was a bootleg record label based in Los Angeles, California,and was established in 1970 by "Dub" Taylor and Ken Douglas. In the summer of 1969 they released Bob Dylan "GWW" Great White Wonder with a white fold out cover and white labels. Another 9 titles followed before they in 1970 created the "farm pig" logo and the TMQ label was a fact and they began fastening round fluorescent stickers on the outside of their rubber stamped jackets which read 'Trade Mark Of Quality,' and bore the profile of a farm pig. The Frank Zappa - 200 Motels release was the first to bear such a sticker. Over time, custom pig labels were added along with xerox insert covers.

In late 1971 the two split up the partnership and started a "friendly competition". In the beginning, Ken's releases were ( nearly ) exact copies of Dub's. They were made with the same stamping plates, similar labels, stickers and inserts. During 1973, Dub went to deluxe covers to differentiate between his and Ken's records. Ken, at the time, had no way to duplicate the deluxe covers. Also during 1973, Ken began using the smoking pig logo on his labels instead of the farm pig. Dub went until 1974 and brielfly returned in 1976 and 1977 with a small series of deluxe covered titles before dropping out entirely.

Ken continued with his "Smoking pig" label until 1976. This article list the records released by the label and is diverted into two sections.

TMOQ (I) = Dub&Ken era (II) = Ken "smoking pig" era

TMOQ (I) single LPs :

TMOQ (I) double LPs :

TMOQ (I) double LPs budget series:

  • 7501 Bob Dylan BBC Broadcast
  • 7502 Jimi Hendrix Broadcasts / Maui Hawaii
  • 7503 Jethro Tull My God / Nothing Is Easy
  • 7504 The Who & Townshend Closer To Queen Mary / Genius Of Pete Townshend
  • 7505 Rolling Stones European Tour 1970 / Burning At The Hollywood Palladium
  • 7506 Frank Zappa 200 Motels / At The Lympic
  • 7507 Bob Dylan While The Establishment Burns / Isle Of Wight
  • 7508 The Beatles Outtakes 1 / Outtakes 2
  • 7509 Jimi Hendrix Hendrix Alive ( Released with "Stout die-cut cover" and on MCV )
  • 7510 David Crosby & Graham Nash A Very Stoney Evening

TMOQ (I) 7" single series :

TMOQ (I) single LP deluxe series :

TMOQ (I) double LP deluxe series :

  • 62001 The Who Who's Zoo
  • 62002 The Who Tales Of The Who

TMOQ (I) triple LP deluxe series :

  • 63001 Bob Dylan Saint Valentine's Day Massacre

TMOQ (I) single LP deluxe series :

TMOQ (I) double LP deluxe series :

TMOQ (II) single LPs :

TMOQ (II) double LPs :

TMOQ Laserdisc :

  • TMQ-LD-0628 The Beatles The Ultimate Tour Live Collection - Tour Years 1964-1966

See also

  • List of record labels

References

Clinton Heylin (1996). Bootleg: The Secret History of the Other Recording Industry. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-14289-7.

Hot Wacks Press (1996). Hot Wacks Book XV : The last Wacks. Canada: The Hot Wacks Press. ISBN 0-9698080-3-8.

John C. Winn (2011). Beatlegmania: Volume Four. New York : Multiplus Books. ISBN 978-0-9728362-6-5.

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