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TSG was set up as a subsidiary
of the legitimate LPG (Lloyd Price Group) label. Like most tax scam
labels TSG only seems to have been in existence during the 1976 - 1978
timeframe. The company's The TSG business plan seems to have followed the standard tax loss approach with an album by the Brooklyn-based trio Spice (originally known as The Spice of Life) serving as a textbook example of how the process worked. Led by Richard Brown, the group was signed by Don King Productions who got them signed to Lloyd Pride Records. Without bothering to inform the group, LPG subsequently released an album of Spice material on the TSG label (1976's "Let There Be Spice"). There's an online chat board where Brown seemed surprised to discover his material had seen the light of day - in fact he was wondering where he could score a copy of the LP. I guess it makes perfect economic sense that given the rarity, demand for, and high prices associated with TSG albums, someone has begun to reissued them. In this case a Japanese outfit (THINK!) has released at least a handful of TSG albums on vinyl and CD. That was followed by the Japanese P-Vine label reissuing numerous TSG projects.
- Eric Dunbar "Freedom" - Ricardo Marrero & the Group "A Taste" - The Topics "Giving Up" - Spice "Let There Be Spice" - The Ultimates "You're My Lady"
Updates and changes - 17 January, 2016 added photo of Billy Joe Spears LP - 30 June, 2026 added photo for The Corner Gang "Stone Out of Your Mind" LP - 15 July, 2026 added a review of Eric Dunbar's "Freeway" LP - 18 July, 2026 added a review of The Topics' "Giving Up" LP
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| LP cover | Artist | LP Title | Label | catalog | Year | Genre |
Price |
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Lloyd Price | Music - Music | TSG | TSG-800 | 1976 | soul |
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1619 Bad Ass Band, The | The 1619 Bad Ass Band | TSG | TSG-801 | 1976 | soul |
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Lloyd Price | Golden Dozen | TSG | TSG-802 | 1976 | soul |
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Conway Twitty | Conway Twitty | TSG | TSG-803 | 1976 | country |
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Spice | Let There Be Spice | TSG | TSG-804 | 1976 | soul |
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Ricardo Marrero & the Group | A Taste | TSG | TSG-805 | 1976 | Latin jazz |
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Billy Joe Spears | The Golden Dozen | TSG | TSG-806 | 1976 | country |
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Turner, Ike and Tina | Too Hot To Hold | TSG | TSG-807 | 1976 | soul |
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Cynthia Schloss | Golden Dozen | TSG | TSG-808 | 1976 | reggae | $200.00 |
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Ultimates, The | You're My Lady | TSG | TSG-809 | 1976 | soul |
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Topics, The | Giving Up | TSG | TSG-810 | 1976 | soul | est. $2,000 - $4,000 |
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Price, Lloyd | Stagger Lee | TSG | TSG-811 | 1976 | soul |
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Haselden, Tony | Country Is All I Know | TSG | TSG-812 | 1976 | country ??? |
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Holly, Ronnie | Wheel | TSG | TSG-813 | 1976 | unknown |
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Eric Dunbar | Freeway | TSG | TGS-814 | 1976 | soul | est. $1,500 - $2,000 |
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The Corner Gang | Stone Out of Your Mind | TGS | TGS-815 | 1976 | soul |
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Reality | Disco Party | TSG | TSG-816 | 1976 | disco |
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Lloyd Price | Golden Dozen | TSG | TGS- | 1976 | soul |
catalog was quite small - 15 LP releases (though 5 of those releases are
unknown) and a couple of 45s. At least one of the albums (Price's own
"Music - Music" had previously been released by
LPG. The musical focus seems to have been on soul and dance
releases, but the catalog includes a couple of country releases by
Conway Twitty and Billy Joe Shears. I'd be willing to bet both
artists would be surprised to learn about these albums. Very few
copies of any of these LPs were pressed, making some of the soul releases
(Eric Dunbar's "Freeway") highly collectable and
expensive, routinely selling for over $1,200.