American, out of New York, owned by Stephen Metz. Bareback came and went in 1977; its products seem to have been aimed at the disco market, as a general rule, though thanks to the label owner being interested in racehorses an LP by jockey Steve Cauthen also appeared. In April the company signed a licensing agreement with Ember covering the UK and Europe ('Music Week', 30th April), and one of its singles, 'Who's Watching The Baby' b/w 'The Gods Watch It All' by R.B. Greaves, subsequently came out on the Ember label (EMBS-352; 4/77). It made a delayed - and brief - appearance as a label in its own right in November 1977, with the issue of a couple of singles by Sophisticated Ladies and Limmie & Family Cookin'. They were given catalogue numbers from Ember's main EMBS-300 series. Manufacture and distribution were by Pye, as they were for Ember's own records at that time, and promo copies were marked in the Pye fashion with a large black 'A' (2). A fourth single, Sweet Cream's 'I Don't Know What I'd Do' b/w 'Disco Dance And Party' (EMBS-364; 10/78) reverted to the Ember label, and a fifth, 'Hurt' b/w 'What I Did For Love' by the Inner City Jam Band, was scheduled for release on Ember as EMBS-355 in 1978 but appears to have been cancelled. Both had come out in 1977 in the States.
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