About
Passport Records (or just "Passport") was an American label, founded in 1973 and disbanded in 1988. In 1973, Jem Records, Inc., in association with Sire Records Company, launched Passport Records in order to manufacture and release records from within the United States. Larry Fast / Synergy (3) was the first artist signed to the label. The Passport label eventually grew to become the Passport Records Group which included the original flagship Passport label, Passport Jazz, The Audion Recording Company, and several other diverse labels. The parent company, Jem Records, went out of business at the end of 1988 taking Passport Records and The Audion Recording Company with it.
Sub-labels
PVC Records
A now defunct sublabel of Passport Records formed in 1978 and based in New Jersey. ** For (unofficial) releases, see label: . Along with their own releases, they also released US versio...
Passport Jazz
Launched sometime after Jem went public in 1984.
Paradox Records (5)
Jem sublabel launched October 1987.
Audion Recording Co
Label established by Larry Fast (aka Synergy (3)) in 1986 as a sub-label of Passport Records marketed by Jem Records, Inc. to get in on the then popular New-Age and New Instrumental...
Contact Label
(Contact info now obsolete) 3619 Kennedy Road South Plainfield NJ 07080 USA