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German label established 1936 in Berlin; sometimes also credited "Tempo Schallplatten". Label Code: LC 0468 / LC 00468 Label of "Tempo Schallplatten GmbH", a company founded by Otto Stahmann sr. It succeeded the labels [l=Grohag], [l=Brillant (2)], and [l=Brillant-Special]. Initially located in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, the label moved to Munich in 1948 and in 1960 to Großhesselohe/Pullach near Munich. Since 1950 under the management of Oskar Meißner and later Kurt Meißner. The label had a roster of talented musicians that often used a pseudonym and became more famous later on. Label activities stopped around 1976. Since 1948 the records were manufactured by the company owned [l=Special-Record GmbH] pressing plant in Munich and Grosshesselohe. [b]Vinyl catalogue number system (1956 - 1976)[/b] 7" singles: 501 - 1031 (1956 - 1976) 7" EPs: 4001 - 4359 (1958 - 1970) 10": 3001 (1964) LPs: 5001 - 5018 (1972) 7001 - 7126 (1961 - 1976) 9001 - 9070 (1974 - 1976) Note for reissues: The switch from BIEM to GEMA on the center labels happened in 1961 (between cat# 814 / 815 and cat# 4079 / 4080). [b]10" 78 rpm shellac catalogue number system (1937 - 1944)[/b] 1 - 799 (1937 - 1941): red/brown center labels. 4001 - 4300 (1940 - 1943): Tempo Elite series 5001 - 5150 (1940 - 1944): 5001-5005 with blue labels, since 5006 with purple labels. [b]10" 78 rpm shellac catalogue number system (1946 - 1957)[/b] 3001 - 3901 (1948 - 1957) 4017 - 4113 (1946 - 1947) The 4xxx series shellacs are Tempo Elite repressings, made in the outsourced Tempo plant in Ehrenfriedersdorf/Saxony. Records carry the statement "Hergestellt unter der Zulassung Nr. B-511 der Nachrichtenkontrolle der Militärregierung" (manufactured under the permit B-511 of the Information Control of the Military Government"). In 1947 the plant and all its assets were handed over by the Soviet military government to Ernst Busch's "Lied Der Zeit" (later [l=Amiga]). Note: Since 1961 the Tempo label also used the 4xxx series for their 7" EPs and the 3xxx series for vinyl 10"s. Munich pressed shellacs (3xxx series) carry the statement "LIC. 91 APO 407" (Licence 91 from the US Army Office of Military Government for Bavaria, Munich) between 1948 and 1954.