TMQ,
TMOQ or
Trademark Of Quality was a
bootleg record label that originated in the
Los Angeles, California area during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The label was responsible for many underground
records of
Bob Dylan,
Led Zeppelin,
Jefferson Airplane,
Grateful Dead,
The Beatles,
Frank Zappa,
Rolling Stones,
The Who and many other popular
rock artists of the era. The major record labels were shocked and dismayed that any anonymous person could obtain or make a
bootleg recording of one of their artists and press up records and release them for sale.
TradeMark of Quality was established in 1970 or 1971 by two bootleggers known as Dub and Ken. They were quality-conscious perfectionists who pressed all their
albums on coloured, virgin
vinyl, and perhaps the first bootleggers to start doing real, printed picture covers, and later colour picture covers (printed - not inserts under the shrink-wrap as seen on "
head shop" bootlegs).
Releases
- 71006 - Bob Dylan - While the Establishment Burns
- 71009 - Bob Dylan - Talkin Bear Mountain Massacre Picnic Blues
- 71013 - CSN&Y - Ohio Wooden Nickel
- 71015 - The Beatles - Complete Christmas Collection 1963 - 69
- 71022 - Neil Young - At The Los Angeles Music centre
- 71034 - Bob Dylan - Best Of Great White Wonder
- 71039 - The Who - Closer To Queen Mary
- 71043 - Bob Dylan - Let Me Die In My Footsteps
- 73005 - Bob Dylan - While The Establishment Burns
- 73008 - Bob Dylan - Best Of The Great White Wonder
- 73036 - Poco - Country Bump
- 7504 - The Who & Townshend - Closer To Queen Mary / Genius Of Pete Townshend
- 7505 - Rolling Stones - European Tour 1970 / Burning At The Hollywood Palladium
- 7507 - Bob Dylan - While The Establishment Burns / Isle Of Wight
- 63001 - Bob Dylan - Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
