Word: jem
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...interested in sampling some of this new music, write for information to; Jem Records, P.O. Box #362, 3619 Kennedy Rd., Plainfield, New Jersey 07080 or; Jem Records West, 18615 Topham St., Reseda, California...
...seems the majors have gotten to the point where they're only interested in selling millions of copies," contends Bob Say, the head of the west coast branch of Jem Records, the largest distributor of import records in America. Jem started in 1971 as a three-man operation pushing a catalogue dominated by progressive rock albums out of a house trailer in New Jersey. Their business mushroomed dramatically when the major American labels turned their backs on the punk bands emerging in England three years...
...Wave definitely gave Jem Records more prestige in the United States," Say relates. "It created a lot of news, both good and bad, and we were bringing in 80 per cent of the records at the time and we're still bringing in the majority of them...