An independent Punk / New Wave label from Manchester, run by Tony Davidson. TJM's main claim to fame is that it released the first records by Simply Red's Mick Hucknall. Hucknall's band, the Frantic Elevators, made two singles for TJM: 'Voice In The Sky' (TJM-5), and 'Hunch Back Of Notre Dame' (TJS-6) - though the latter seems not have made it past the demo stage. Other notables to have records out on TJM were Skrewdriver and Slaughter & the Dogs. The label operated in 1979-80 and issued about a dozen singles, though several were 12" only; distribution of the last of them was by Rough Trade. The SMP-000 number which appears above the TJM one in the first example shown above was part of a series belonging to custom recording concern MPA (q.v.). The second, injection moulded, single has a 'made in France' look to it: several small labels had recourse to French pressing facilities around that time - see 'Absurd' for another example. Thanks to Robert Bowes for the scans.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.