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- A&M releases were initially issued in the United Kingdom by EMI 's Stateside Records label, and then under its own name by Pye Records, who released the first Herb Alpert records on the Pye International label before issuing the records on the A&M label until 1967.
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A&M releases were initially issued in the United Kingdom by EMI's Stateside Records label, and then under its own name by Pye Records, who released the first Herb Alpert records on the Pye International label before issuing the records on the A&M label until 1967.
In Britain, Pye Records began to release A&M products with the A&M label. The first single in England to carry the A&M logo was "Casino Royale" by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass. In France, Pathe-Marconi began distributing A&M Records.
A&M Records was started in 1962 by partners Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss, hence the A&M (Alpert & Moss). Their first release (following two singles released under the label name Carnival Records (4) ) was "The Lonely Bull" by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass , which sold around 700,000 copies.
Apr 8, 2022 · Using the initials of their surnames to name their label A&M Records, they released “The Lonely Bull” in August 1962, which climbed to Number 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold around 700,000 copies. A complete album of the same name followed, released in December 1962, and A&M was off and running.
Nov 14, 2012 · Among the first releases on the label was a song Alpert recorded in 1962 with his band, The Tijuana Brass, inspired by the bullfights he and Moss used to go to in Mexico. "I was intrigued by the...
- Mandalit Del Barco
A&M Records was established in the United States in 1962. The company licensed its first recordings in Britain to Stateside Records in 1963 and 1964. It created a licensing agreement with Pye Records from 1965 until March 1974.
Jul 29, 2022 · In 1989, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss sold A&M Records, the largest independent record label ever, to PolyGram. While Alpert and Moss had some contractual agreements in place, it did not take long for the relationship to sour, and the former owners sued PolyGram for breach of contract.
