WMOT
RECORDS

Independent American Philadelphia label: WMOT Records initials stood for 'We Men Of Talent' - was run by Steve Bernstein.  It scored in the States with the likes of Blue Magic, Margie Joseph, and Fat Larry's Band, but only the latter got it into the Singles Chart over here, with, 'Zoom' (VS-546; 1982).  WMOT came on to the scene in Britain in 1977, about a year later than it did in its home country; previous to that date its records were issued on the Atlantic label over here.  It was part of the Fantasy group in the USA; in this country it came under the WEA umbrella initially, its - few - singles sharing a K-10000 numerical series with those of Atlantic.  From 1978-79 the WMOT label as such seems to have hibernated; such of the company's material as was issued in the U.K. came out on other Fantasy-associated labels, such as Stax and Fantasy itself.  Around 1980 the label woke from its apparent slumber and found a new lease of life; PRT was now responsible for its manufacture and distribution, and its singles were numbered in a new WMOT-100 series.  A move to Virgin followed, in 1982, at which point the singles started sharing Virgin's VS-100 catalogue numbers.  The company is reported to have hit legal troubles in 1984; the apparent absence of WMOT records from catalogues after that date suggests that those troubles may well have been terminal. Thanks to Robert Lyons For The Info.

  

77	Blue Magic	Three Ring Circus	WMOT	K	10910
77	Fat Larry'S Band	Center City	WMOT	K	10951
77	Fat Larry's Band	Fascination	WMOT	K	11002

80	Philly Cream	Cowboys To Girls	WMOT	WMT	101
80	Smith Frankie	Double Dutch Bus	WMOT	WMT	102
81	Mason Barbara	On And Off	WMOT	WMT	103
81	Frankie Smith	Double Dutch Bus	WMOT	WMT	104

81	Brandi Wells	Watch Out	WMOT	VS	479
81	Frankie Smith	Double Dutch Bus	WMOT	VS	485
81	Fat Larry's Band	Act Like You Know	WMOT	VS	491
81	Brandi Wells	What Goes Around Comes Around	WMOT	VS	492
82	Fat Larry's Band	Golden Moment ?	WMOT	VS	514
82	Wells Brandi	Fantasy	WMOT	VS	515
82	Fat Larry's Band	Zoom	WMOT	VS	546
83	Fat Larry's Band	Stubborn Kind Of Fellow	WMOT	VS	589
83	Fat Larry'S Band	Don'T Let It Go To Your Head	WMOT	VS	632