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Revised 17/3/12

MAJOR MINOR
UK Labels and Company Sleeves 1967-1970

Labels
MM 501 - 1967
to 
MM 720 - 1970
Label discontinued
MMEP 100 - 1967
Major Minor Records was started in 1966 by Phil Solomon, who was manager of Them and director of the pirate radiostation Radio Caroline.
In August 1967 Major Minor's big chart moment came in 1969, when the label picked up a 'dropped' record and took it to No. 1 in the charts. The track, "Je t'aime... moi non plus" by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg, was originally released on Fontana who deleted it,  allegedly because the wife of Fontana's boss was appalled at her husband's company releasing such a song. Major Minor acquired the licensing rights, and got their best selling single.
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
Details
No 1 a
MM 501 - 1967
to 
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Front: Printed in England
Back: 45
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 1 b
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to 
1968
Front: Printed in England
Back: 45
. Ref 36  Curved top  Inside glued  
No 2
1968
to 
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Front: Printed in England
Back: 45
 
 Wavy top  Type 1
 Inside glued  
No 3
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to 
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Front: 45
Back: Printed in England
 
 Wavy top  Type 1
 Inside glued  
No 4
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to 
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Front: Printed in England
Back: 45
 
 Wavy top  Type 2
 Inside glued  
No 5
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to 
MM 720 - 1970
Front: Made in England
Back: 45 removed
 Wavy top  Type 1
 Glued left/right  
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Contact for corrections
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Thanks to Pete Nash, Essex, England for scans and info in this section
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Thanks to Bill Williams, England for scans in this section
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Thanks to Tony Dowsett, England for scans in this section
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Repro sleeves available from Big Boppa Records
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