In 1969, they signed with Hot Wax Records, (the label founded by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr.), after the band had recorded for a number of smaller Detroit-area labels since 1965.
This passage describes the band's transition from working with smaller labels to signing with Hot Wax Records, a major label founded by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr., in 1969.