A&M Records
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A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK.
A&M Records, Inc. | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group (UMG) |
Founded | 1962; 62 years ago (1962) |
Founder | Herb Alpert Jerry Moss |
Defunct | 1999; 25 years ago (1999) |
Status | Defunct (absorbed by Interscope and Verve Records)[1] |
Distributor(s) | Interscope Geffen A&M (United States) Polydor Records (United Kingdom) |
Genre | Various |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Santa Monica, California Hollywood, California (1966–1999) |
Official website | interscope.com |
PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Universal Music Group in 1998, and A&M's operations were ceased in January 1999 when it was merged with Geffen Records and Interscope Records to form the record company Interscope Geffen A&M Records. In 2007, Interscope Geffen A&M announced that A&M was revived as trademark and brand and was to be merged with Octone Records to form A&M Octone Records, which operated until 2014, when A&M Octone was folded into Interscope. Today, A&M's catalog releases are managed by Verve Records, Universal Music Enterprises and Interscope. Most of Alpert's catalog on the label has been released on his own label, Herb Alpert Presents.
Despite the shutdown in 1999 and the name being phased out during the 2000s, present-day Sting releases continue to bear the A&M name & logo.