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Biography - Tempo 
Germany
German budget label founded by Otto Stahmann in Berlin-Babelsberg. From 1936, records were sold in discount stores (later also in regular shops) for RM 1.-.The label recorded a number of well-known artists and actors; in addition, it used matrices of the Brilliant brand. After 1947, the East German Amiga label continued to release old Tempo matrices; Stahmann himself resettled to Munich and resumed record production there.
Tempo catalog number system:
1 - 750 (1937 - 1941) red/brown center labels.
4001 - 4300 (1942 - 1943) Tempo Elite series
5001 - 5165 (1940 - 1944) 5001-5005 with blue labels, since 5006 with purple labels.
3001 - 3901 (1948 - 1957) Munich pressings (Lic. 91 APO 407)
4017 - 4113 (1946 - 1947) Ehrenfriedersdorf pressings ("Hergestellt unter der Zulassung Nr. B-511 der Nachrichtenkontrolle der Militärregierung.")
The later 4000-series were Tempo Elite pressings produced in Ehrenfriedersdorf (Saxony); in 1947, the state-owned "Lied der Zeit" took over the plant and all its assets.
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GermanyGerman budget label founded by Otto Stahmann in Berlin-Babelsberg. From 1936, records were sold in discount stores (later also in regular shops) for RM 1.-.The label recorded a number of well-known artists and actors; in addition, it used matrices of the Brilliant brand. After 1947, the East German Amiga label continued to release old Tempo matrices; Stahmann himself resettled to Munich and resumed record production there.
Tempo catalog number system:
1 - 750 (1937 - 1941) red/brown center labels.
4001 - 4300 (1942 - 1943) Tempo Elite series
5001 - 5165 (1940 - 1944) 5001-5005 with blue labels, since 5006 with purple labels.
3001 - 3901 (1948 - 1957) Munich pressings (Lic. 91 APO 407)
4017 - 4113 (1946 - 1947) Ehrenfriedersdorf pressings ("Hergestellt unter der Zulassung Nr. B-511 der Nachrichtenkontrolle der Militärregierung.")
The later 4000-series were Tempo Elite pressings produced in Ehrenfriedersdorf (Saxony); in 1947, the state-owned "Lied der Zeit" took over the plant and all its assets.
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