MAP
RECORDS

Independent label: Map Records appears to have been the label of TMC Studios, of Tooting, which explains the catalogue number prefix.  It seems to have been a custom recording concern.  The first single it made had a 'TMC' prefix, the others 'TMC SP'; the only EP. Numbers were generally in the 000s; the highest number I have been able to trace was TMC SP-010, 'Live Today, Die Tomorrow', by the Heavenly Hopes.  LPs had a separate TMC LP-000 series.  The first two singles had blue labels with a grey map); by the time of TMC SP-10 the colours had changed to two shades of pink. Musical content was varied, and included some Club / Cabaret fare.  TMC-001, 'How Long Will You Win' by the Western Echos, is a Country record, while 'Honey In The Rock' b/w 'At The Cross' by W. Barnet Cumberpatch (TMC SP-002) was a Gospel record, as was the Heavenly Hopes single shown. The first two were issued in 1971, while the Heavenly Hopes one is undated.  There was another Map label in 1980-81; despite the fact that the label design was basically the same the two companies don't appear to have been connected - the '80s label seems to have been the product of a company called Magnum Artists Productions. Distributed By Map Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

71	Western Echos	How Long Will You Win (Before You Lose)	MAP	TMC	001
71	W. Barnet Cumberbatch	At The Cross	MAP	TMC SP	002
72	Heavenly Hopes	Deep Down	MAP	TMC SP	003
73	Not Traced		MAP	TMC	004
73	Not Traced		MAP	TMC	005
74	Carousel	Silence Is Golden	MAP	TMC EP	006
74	Not Traced		MAP	TMC	007
74	Not Traced		MAP	TMC	008
74	Not Traced		MAP	TMC	009
75	The Heavenly Hopes	Live Today, Die Tomorrow	MAP	TMC SP	010
75	Ray 'N' Marc	Do You Know The Reason Why?	MAP	TMC SP	011

72	Not Traced		MAP	TMC SP	1001
72	The Ringmer County Secondary School Choir	The Holly And The Ivy	MAP	TMC SP	1002
72	Bill, Roy And The Western Echos	Letter From Home	MAP	TMC SP	1003