RECORDS
Independent label: TJM Records was from Manchester, run by Tony Davidson. who also ran the recording and rehearsal studio TJ Davidson's Rehearsal Studio. 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 was part of a series belonging to custom recording concern MPA. 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. Distributed By Rough Trade Records. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.
| 78 | V2 | Man In The Box (12") | TJM | TJM | 1 |
| 78 | Distractions | You'Re Not Going Out Like That (12") | TJM | TJM | 2 |
| 79 | Slaughter & Dogs | It'S Alright (12") | TJM | TJM | 3 |
| 79 | Skrewdriver | Built Up Knocked Down | TJM | TJM | 4 |
| 79 | Frantic Elevators | Voice In The Dark | TJM | TJM | 5 |
| 79 | V2 | Is Anybody Out There | TJM | TJM | 6 |
| 79 | Frantic Elevators | Hunchback Of Notre Dame SMP 087 | TJM | TJM | 7 |
| 79 | Private Sector | Just Just Wanna Stay Free | TJM | TJM | 8 |
| 79 | Teardrops | Seeing Double SMP 095 | TJM | TJM | 9 |
| 79 | Miss Kate | Ebony Eyes SMP 089 | TJM | TJM | 10 |
| 79 | Various Artists | Idenitiy [ Lp ] | TJM | TJM | 11 |
| 79 | Pathetix | The Pathetix [ Ep ] | TJM | TJM | 12 |
| 79 | Victim | The Victim [ Ep ] | TJM | TJM | 13 |
| 79 | Victim | Why Are Fire Engines Red | TJM | TJM | 14 |
| 79 | Victim | The Teen Age | TJM | TJM | 15 |
| 79 | Mooney Eddie & Grave | I Bought 3 Eggs | TJM | TJM | 16 |
