NEMS
RECORDS

NEMS Enterprises was Brian Epstein's Management company; Sometimes listed as NEMS Records & Tapes or Nems Records Ltd, the initials deriving from the Epstein family's 'North End Music Stores' in Liverpool.  NEMS issued records in the late '60s, and had a couple of hits with 'Yesterday Has Gone', and 'My World' by Cupid's Inspiration, in 1968, before taking a breather.  The label was revived in 1975; it seems to have tried a brief flirtation with Phonogram, issuing one single in the standard Phonogram injection-moulded format before moving on to CBS.  Other moves followed, later on in the decade: to RCA (March 1977) and then to Pye (September 1977).  The biggest name on NEMS was that of Black Sabbath; the band's albums up to that point were all reissued on the label.  '60s hitmaker Marianne Faithful had another couple of stabs at the Chart with singles on NEMS, neither of which registered; and Punk group The Boys released three highly-regarded singles for the company without quite cracking the Top 75.  NEMS had access to the catalogue of the respected 1960s company Immediate Records, it revived Immediate in the '70s and engaged in an enthusiastic reissue programme on that label.  It also had a short-lived Reggae offshoot, Opal.  As far as the NEMS label proper is concerned, the '60s version was handled by CBS; singles had a 56 prefix and shared their numbering with the other CBS group singles.  Moving on to the '70s, Phonogram-era singles would have appeared in a 6165-300 series, had there been more than one of them; CBS-distributed singles were numbered in a NES-000 series; while RCA ones used an NES-100 one, which Pye continued.  1981 saw the company turning to Stage One for distribution; singles from the early '80s seem to have been numbered in the NES-300s. Thanks to Robert Lyons for the info. NEMS was one of the top grossing record stores in the NorthWest and Epstein utilized his London based record company contacts established thru NEMS to setup auditions for the Beatles in early 1961 with Decca and later with EMI. The Epstein family's NEMS store was located less than a block away from the landmark Mathew Street Cavern Club where Brian Epstein heard the Beatles play for the very first time on November 9, 1961. NEMS played a critical role for Brian who used the upstairs offices to meet privately with the Beatles to discuss managing them and later formed NEMS Management as Brian spent more and more of his time managing performing artists, starting with the Beatles and then signing Gerry and the Pacemakers, followed by other artists such as Billy J. Kramer and the Dakotas, and Cilla Black.

 

68	Kramer Billy J	1941	NEMS	56	3396
68	Cupid'S Inspiration	Yesterday Has Gone	NEMS	56	3500
68	Mighty Sparrow	Mr. Walker	NEMS	56	3558
68	Kramer Billy J	World Without Love	NEMS	56	3635
68	Wolfe Charles	Dance Dance Dance	NEMS	56	3675
68	Tapestry	Like The Sun	NEMS	56	3679
68	Cupid'S Inspiration	My World	NEMS	56	3702
68	Lincoln Philamore	Running By The River	NEMS	56	3711
68	Lewis Vic Orchestra	Sunshine Superman	NEMS	56	3712
68	Roger James	If I Didn'T Have You	NEMS	56	3719
68	Marsden Gerry	In The Year Of April	NEMS	56	3831
68	Davy Clinton	Can I Bring Back Yesterday	NEMS	56	3855
68	Watkins George	Barrer Boy Blues	NEMS	56	3861
68	Tapestry	Heart And Soul	NEMS	56	3964
69	Roger James	Faces And Places	NEMS	56	3972
69	Tony Mason	Some Girls Do	NEMS	56	4018
68	Playground	I Could Be So Good	NEMS	56	4019
69	Vera Marie	Martha My Dear	NEMS	56	4043
69	Vic Lewis, His Orchestra And Singers	Blackbird	NEMS	56	4057
68	Kydds	The Sun Is A Laughing Child	NEMS	56	4095
68	Now	Marcia	NEMS	56	4125
68	Promise	Just For You	NEMS	56	4129
69	Brooks Elkie	Come September	NEMS	56	4136
69	Orlando	Am I The Same Guy	NEMS	56	4159
69	White Rabbit	Ain'T That Something	NEMS	56	4165
69	Jennifer Krall With Ken Thorne And His Orchestra	The Men In My Life	NEMS	56	4200
69	Davy Clinton	Walk Away	NEMS	56	4211
69	Marsden Gerry	Every Little Minute	NEMS	56	4229
69	Zayne Adams	Can'T You See Me	NEMS	56	4473
69	Hayden Wood	The Lady Wants More	NEMS	56	4499
69	Adamszayne	Today	NEMS	56	4697
69	Lewis Vic Orchestra	Come And Get It	NEMS	56	4700
70	Hayden Wood	Sixty Years On	NEMS	56	4803

75	Briscoe Jimmy & Beaver	I Only Feel This Way When I´M With You	NEMS	NES	001
75	Birch Mo	Dance On	NEMS	NES	002
75	Merriboys	Rock ´N´Roll Love Song	NEMS	NES	003
75	Faithfull Marianne	Dreamin' My Dreams	NEMS	NES	004
75	Westlake Clive	It´S Just A Matter Of Time	NEMS	NES	005
76	Saunders & English	Nobody Knows But Me	NEMS	NES	006
76	Cynthia	Love Forever	NEMS	NES	007
76	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	008
76	Jones Doris	He´S So Irreplaceable	NEMS	NES	009
76	Gold Connection	Darling I Like It	NEMS	NES	010
76	Hammersmith Billy	When I'M Dead & Gone	NEMS	NES	011
76	Winston Jimmy	Sun In The Morning	NEMS	NES	012
76	Faithfull Marianne	All I Wanna Do In Life	NEMS	NES	013
77	Faithfull Marianne	Wrong Road Again	NEMS	NES	014
76	Jones Doris	Stranded In The Wilderness	NEMS	NES	015
76	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	016
76	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	017
76	Fury Billy	Halfway To Paradise	NEMS	NES	018
76	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	019
76	Westlake Clive	Family	NEMS	NES	020
76	Kelly Chris	Just As Long As You´Re Mine	NEMS	NES	021

76

Black Sabbath

Am I Going Insane

NEMS

6165

300

77	Philips Jeff	Somebody Stolen My Thunder	NEMS	NES	101
77	Boys [ Uk ]	I Dont Care	NEMS	NES	102
77	Cane Ray	Losing Game	NEMS	NES	103
77	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	104
77	Memories	All The King'S Horses	NEMS	NES	105
77	Philips Jeff	Hear You Come Again	NEMS	NES	106
77	Cynthia & Harold Butler	Love Forever	NEMS	NES	107
77	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	108
77	Jones Doris	He'S So Irreplaceable	NEMS	NES	109
77	Gold Connection	Darling I Like It	NEMS	NES	110
77	Boys [ Uk ]	First Time	NEMS	NES	111
77	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	NEMS	NES	112
77	Ivory	When You´Re Not Around	NEMS	NES	113
77	Yobs	Run Rundolph Run	NEMS	NES	114
77	Wasps	Can´T Wait Till 78	NEMS	NES	115
77	Boys [ Uk ]	Brickfield Night	NEMS	NES	116
78	Faithfull Marianne	The Way You Want Me To Be	NEMS	NES	117
78	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	118
78	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	119
78	Not Traced		NEMS	NES	120
78	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	NEMS	NES	121

80	Black Sabbath	Paranoid	NEMS	BSS	101
80	Not Traced		NEMS	BSS	102
80	Soft Touch	It'S My Life	NEMS	BSS	103

80	Not Traced		NEMS	SV	101
80	Not Traced		NEMS	SV	102
80	Not Traced		NEMS	SV	103
80	Amen Corner	(If Paradise Is) Half As Nice	NEMS	SV	104

80

Nazareth

Hearts Grown Cold

NEMS

BSD

001

81	Nazareth	Dressed To Kill	NEMS	NES	301
81	Nazareth	Morning Dew	NEMS	NES	302
81	Ravenscroft Raf	Lifeline	NEMS	NES	303
81	U.K. Subs	Countdown	NEMS	NES	304

81

Damned

Friday The 13Th [ Ep ]

NEMS

TRY

001

82	Black Sabbath	Paranoid (Ep)	NEMS	NEP	1
83	Nazareth	Love Herts (Ep)	NEMS	NEP	2