[4] The motivation for establishing the label was when co-founder Marty Scott discovered that he could only obtain the album Direct Hits, by The Who, by importing it from England.
The co-founders also imported foreign releases of records by US artists and sold them at their respective colleges.
[2][5] Another notable success was importing The Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack album.
[2] Jem Records also released in the United States the first albums by The Cure, Simple Minds, and Siouxsie and the Banshees.
At the same time, the import and distribution activities of Jem Records were negatively affected by the loss of a copyright lawsuit brought by T.B.
They sold their shares to John Matarazzo,[7] who became chairman and chief executive officer, owning 40% of the equity.
[1] The first release of the reconstituted label was announced as The Bongos' Phantom Train, recorded in 1986 and remixed in 2013 by Richard Barone.