NEMPEROR
RECORDS
Independent American label: Nemperor Records was owned by
Nat Weiss. Weiss and Brian Epstein of NEMS formed Nemperor Artists as a
management agency in 1966. The record label ran from 1974 to 1985 in the
USA, initially through Atlantic and then through CBS, and found success with
records by such people as Steve Forbert and Tommy Bolin. In addition to
Forbert, Bolin and singer-songwriter Andy Pratt, the label's roster featured
jazz-rockers Stanley Clarke and Jan Hammer. Nemperor had a much
shorter life in the U.K. as an actual label. Early releases came out on
Atlantic in Britain, the Nemperor label itself first appearing over here in
1976, via WEA. Its few British singles shared a K-10000 numerical series
with those of Atlantic. None of them entered the Chart. Following
the move to CBS, which took place in in October 1977, Nemperor material began to
appear on Epic in Britain, with Nemperor featuring merely as an additional logo
on the standard Epic label. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The
Info.
76
Tommy Bolin
Grind
NEMPEROR
K
10730
76
Andy Pratt
If You Could See Yourself
NEMPEROR
K
10813
77
Stanley Clarke
Hot Fun
NEMPEROR
K
10889