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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A%26M_Records.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A%26M_Records.svg/150px-A%26M_Records.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="182" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A%26M_Records.svg/225px-A%26M_Records.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/A%26M_Records.svg/300px-A%26M_Records.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="622" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent company</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> (UMG)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">September 1962<span class="noprint">; 62 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1962-09</span>)</span><br />(original; as A&M Records, Inc.)<br />November 2024<span class="noprint">; 0 months ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2024-11</span>)</span><br />(reboot; as A&M Records, LLC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moss" title="Jerry Moss">Jerry Moss</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">1999<span class="noprint">; 25 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1999</span>)</span><br />(original; as A&M Records, Inc.)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Defunct (absorbed by <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a> and <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-LA_Times_AM_close_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA_Times_AM_close-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (original)<br />Active (reboot)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distributor(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Capitol_Labels_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Interscope Capitol Labels Group">Interscope Capitol Labels Group</a><br />(United States)<br /><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a><br />(United Kingdom)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category">Various</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Santa_Monica,_California" title="Santa Monica, California">Santa Monica</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Hollywood, California">Hollywood, California</a> (1966–1999)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.interscope.com/">interscope.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>A&M Records</b> is an American <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record label</a> founded as an independent company by <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moss" title="Jerry Moss">Jerry Moss</a> in late 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a> in 1989 and began distributing releases from <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Ltd.</a> from the UK. </p><p>PolyGram was acquired by <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a> and dissolved into <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> in 1998, and A&M's operations ceased in January 1999 when it was merged with <a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Record_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Record company">record company</a> <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Geffen_A%26M_Records" title="Interscope Geffen A&M Records">Interscope Geffen A&M Records</a> (a unit of Interscope Capitol Labels Group, since 2024). In 2007, Interscope Geffen A&M announced that A&M was revived as trademark and brand and was to be merged with <a href="/wiki/Octone_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Octone Records">Octone Records</a> to form <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Octone_Records" title="A&M Octone Records">A&M Octone Records</a>, which operated until 2014, when A&M Octone was folded into Interscope. Today, A&M's catalog releases are managed by <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a>, <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Enterprises" title="Universal Music Enterprises">Universal Music Enterprises</a> and Interscope. Most of Alpert's catalog on the label has been released on his own label, Herb Alpert Presents. </p><p>Despite the shutdown in 1999 and the name being phased out during the 2000s, present-day releases by artist <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a> continued to bear the A&M name & logo; his latest release under the obsolete imprint was 2021's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bridge_(Sting_album)" title="The Bridge (Sting album)">The Bridge</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is revived under an Interscope label in 2024. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Founding">Founding</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Founding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A&M Records was formed in late 1962 by <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert" title="Herb Alpert">Herb Alpert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Moss" title="Jerry Moss">Jerry Moss</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their first choice for a name was <a href="/wiki/Carnival_Records" title="Carnival Records">Carnival Records</a>, under which they released two singles before discovering that another label had already taken the Carnival name. The company was subsequently renamed A&M, after Alpert's and Moss's initials. From 1966 to 1999, the company's headquarters were on the grounds of the historic <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Charlie Chaplin Studios">Charlie Chaplin Studios</a> at 1416 North La Brea Avenue, near <a href="/wiki/Sunset_Boulevard" title="Sunset Boulevard">Sunset Boulevard</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Los_Angeles" title="Hollywood, Los Angeles">Hollywood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:@_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate,_11_Feb_1988.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg/220px-%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg/330px-%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg/440px-%40_A%26M_Studios_Main_Gate%2C_11_Feb_1988.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5902" data-file-height="3831" /></a><figcaption>A&M Studios Main Gate 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, A&M had such acts as <a href="/wiki/Herb_Alpert_%26_the_Tijuana_Brass" class="mw-redirect" title="Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass">Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baja_Marimba_Band" title="Baja Marimba Band">Baja Marimba Band</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burt_Bacharach" title="Burt Bacharach">Burt Bacharach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_Carlos_Jobim" title="Antônio Carlos Jobim">Antônio Carlos Jobim</a>, <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9rgio_Mendes" title="Sérgio Mendes">Sérgio Mendes</a> & Brasil ’66, Ralph Williams/The Marauders, <a href="/wiki/The_Sandpipers" title="The Sandpipers">the Sandpipers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boyce_%26_Hart" class="mw-redirect" title="Boyce & Hart">Boyce & Hart</a>, <a href="/wiki/We_Five" title="We Five">We Five</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Carpenters" title="The Carpenters">the Carpenters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Montez" title="Chris Montez">Chris Montez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Elkie_Brooks" title="Elkie Brooks">Elkie Brooks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Michaels" title="Lee Michaels">Lee Michaels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Captain_and_Tennille" class="mw-redirect" title="Captain and Tennille">Captain and Tennille</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Flying_Burrito_Brothers" title="The Flying Burrito Brothers">the Flying Burrito Brothers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Quincy_Jones" title="Quincy Jones">Quincy Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lucille_Starr" title="Lucille Starr">Lucille Starr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stealers_Wheel" title="Stealers Wheel">Stealers Wheel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hoyt_Axton" title="Hoyt Axton">Hoyt Axton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gallagher_and_Lyle" title="Gallagher and Lyle">Gallagher and Lyle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_DeVorzon" class="mw-redirect" title="Barry DeVorzon">Barry DeVorzon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Perry_Botkin,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Perry Botkin, Jr.">Perry Botkin, Jr.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Benno" title="Marc Benno">Marc Benno</a>, <a href="/wiki/Liza_Minnelli" title="Liza Minnelli">Liza Minnelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rita_Coolidge" title="Rita Coolidge">Rita Coolidge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gino_Vannelli" title="Gino Vannelli">Gino Vannelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wes_Montgomery" title="Wes Montgomery">Wes Montgomery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Desmond" title="Paul Desmond">Paul Desmond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Tench" title="Bobby Tench">Bobby Tench</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hummingbird_(the_band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hummingbird (the band)">Hummingbird</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toni_Basil" title="Toni Basil">Toni Basil</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" title="Paul Williams (songwriter)">Paul Williams</a>. Folk artists <a href="/wiki/Joan_Baez" title="Joan Baez">Joan Baez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ochs" title="Phil Ochs">Phil Ochs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gene_Clark" title="Gene Clark">Gene Clark</a> also recorded for the label during the 1970s. <a href="/wiki/Billy_Preston" title="Billy Preston">Billy Preston</a> joined the label in 1971, followed by <a href="/wiki/Andre_Popp" class="mw-redirect" title="Andre Popp">Andre Popp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Herb_Ohta" title="Herb Ohta">Herb Ohta</a> in 1973. </p><p>In the late 1960s, through direct signing and licensing agreements, A&M added several British artists to its roster, including <a href="/wiki/Cat_Stevens" title="Cat Stevens">Cat Stevens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joe_Cocker" title="Joe Cocker">Joe Cocker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Procol_Harum" title="Procol Harum">Procol Harum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humble_Pie_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="Humble Pie (band)">Humble Pie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairport_Convention" title="Fairport Convention">Fairport Convention</a>, <a href="/wiki/Free_(band)" title="Free (band)">Free</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Move" title="The Move">the Move</a>, <a href="/wiki/Strawbs" title="Strawbs">Strawbs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Spooky_Tooth" title="Spooky Tooth">Spooky Tooth</a>. In the 1970s, under its manufacturing and distribution agreement with <a href="/wiki/Ode_Records" title="Ode Records">Ode Records</a>, A&M released albums by <a href="/wiki/Carole_King" title="Carole King">Carole King</a> and the comedy duo <a href="/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" title="Cheech & Chong">Cheech & Chong</a>. Other notable acts of the time included <a href="/wiki/Nazareth_(band)" title="Nazareth (band)">Nazareth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Y%26T" title="Y&T">Y&T</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Tubes" title="The Tubes">the Tubes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Styx_(band)" title="Styx (band)">Styx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Supertramp" title="Supertramp">Supertramp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Joan_Armatrading" title="Joan Armatrading">Joan Armatrading</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bell_and_James" title="Bell and James">Bell and James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_de_Burgh" title="Chris de Burgh">Chris de Burgh</a> (who went on to greater mainstream success in the 1980s), <a href="/wiki/Rick_Wakeman" title="Rick Wakeman">Rick Wakeman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ozark_Mountain_Daredevils" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozark Mountain Daredevils">the Ozark Mountain Daredevils</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Mangione" title="Chuck Mangione">Chuck Mangione</a>, <a href="/wiki/Squeeze_(band)" title="Squeeze (band)">Squeeze</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Peter_Frampton" title="Peter Frampton">Peter Frampton</a>. On March 10, 1977, A&M "signed" the <a href="/wiki/Sex_Pistols" title="Sex Pistols">Sex Pistols</a> outside <a href="/wiki/Buckingham_Palace" title="Buckingham Palace">Buckingham Palace</a> in a mock signing ceremony after the band had been dropped by <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>, although the real signing had actually occurred the prior day;<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> however, A&M dropped the band within a week.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A&M sustained its success during the 1980s with a roster of noted acts that included <a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark" title="Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark">Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</a>; <a href="/wiki/Henry_Badowski" title="Henry Badowski">Henry Badowski</a>; <a href="/wiki/Janet_Jackson" title="Janet Jackson">Janet Jackson</a>; <a href="/wiki/The_Police" title="The Police">the Police</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>; <a href="/wiki/The_Brothers_Johnson" title="The Brothers Johnson">the Brothers Johnson</a>; <a href="/wiki/Falco_(musician)" title="Falco (musician)">Falco</a>; <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Starr" title="Atlantic Starr">Atlantic Starr</a>; <a href="/wiki/The_Go-Go%27s" title="The Go-Go's">the Go-Go's</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bryan_Adams" title="Bryan Adams">Bryan Adams</a>; <a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Vega" title="Suzanne Vega">Suzanne Vega</a>; <a href="/wiki/Righeira" title="Righeira">Righeira</a>; <a href="/wiki/Brenda_Russell" title="Brenda Russell">Brenda Russell</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jeffrey_Osborne" title="Jeffrey Osborne">Jeffrey Osborne</a>; <a href="/wiki/Oingo_Boingo" title="Oingo Boingo">Oingo Boingo</a>; <a href="/wiki/The_Human_League" title="The Human League">the Human League</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ozark_Mountain_Daredevils" class="mw-redirect" title="Ozark Mountain Daredevils">Ozark Mountain Daredevils</a>; <a href="/wiki/Sharon,_Lois_%26_Bram" title="Sharon, Lois & Bram">Sharon, Lois & Bram</a>; <a href="/wiki/Annabel_Lamb" title="Annabel Lamb">Annabel Lamb</a>; <a href="/wiki/Jim_Diamond_(Scottish_musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jim Diamond (Scottish musician)">Jim Diamond</a>; <a href="/wiki/Vital_Signs_(band)" title="Vital Signs (band)">Vital Signs</a>; <a href="/wiki/Joe_Jackson_(musician)" title="Joe Jackson (musician)">Joe Jackson</a>; <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Peacock" title="Charlie Peacock">Charlie Peacock</a>; and Scottish rock band <a href="/wiki/Gun_(band)" title="Gun (band)">Gun</a>. They also, through a deal with Christian music label <a href="/wiki/Myrrh_Records" title="Myrrh Records">Myrrh</a>, distributed back catalog recordings of <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a> as well as her new recordings, starting with 1985's <i><a href="/wiki/Unguarded_(Amy_Grant_album)" title="Unguarded (Amy Grant album)">Unguarded</a></i>, to the mainstream marketplace, a vital component in her subsequent breakthrough as a mainstream artist. </p><p>Within a decade of its inception, A&M became the world's largest independent record company.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A&M releases were initially issued in the United Kingdom by <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Stateside_Records" title="Stateside Records">Stateside Records</a> label, and then under its own name by <a href="/wiki/Pye_Records" title="Pye Records">Pye Records</a>, who released the first Herb Alpert records on the Pye International label before issuing the records on the A&M label until 1967. From 1969, A&M set up its own UK base appointing John Deacon (not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/John_Deacon" title="John Deacon">Queen's bass guitarist of the same name</a>) as general manager, a post he held until 1979. Several A&R men were recruited including Larry Yaskiel, Derek Green and Mike Noble and major UK acts such as the Police, Supertramp, Rick Wakeman, Squeeze, Gallagher & Lyle, Elkie Brooks, the Strawbs and Peter Frampton as well as many others were all signed to the UK label. A&M releases were also issued in Australia through <a href="/wiki/Festival_Records" title="Festival Records">Festival Records</a> until 1989. A&M Records Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was established in 1970, with distribution handled by other labels with a presence in Europe. A&M Records of Canada Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was also formed in 1970, and A&M Records of Europe in 1977. In 1979, A&M entered a distribution agreement with <a href="/wiki/RCA_Records" title="RCA Records">RCA Records</a> in the US,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">CBS Records</a> in many other countries. </p><p>Over the years, A&M added specialty imprints: Almo International<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for middle of the road; Omen Records (1964–1966)<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for soul; Horizon Records<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for jazz (1974–1978); AyM Discos<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for Latin-American; <a href="/wiki/Vendetta_Records" title="Vendetta Records">Vendetta Records</a><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> for dance music (1988–1990); and Tuff Break Records for hip-hop music (1993–1995).<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_by_PolyGram">Acquisition by PolyGram</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Acquisition by PolyGram"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A&M was bought by <a href="/wiki/PolyGram" title="PolyGram">PolyGram</a> for $500 million in 1989.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Alpert and Moss continued to manage the label until 1993. In 1998, Alpert and Moss sued PolyGram for breach of the integrity clause, eventually settling for an additional $200 million payment.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1991, A&M launched <a href="/wiki/Perspective_Records" title="Perspective Records">Perspective Records</a><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as a joint venture with producing team <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Jam_and_Terry_Lewis" title="Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis">Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis</a>. Jam and Lewis stepped down as CEOs of the imprint in 1997, but they remained on as consultants. In 1999, the label was absorbed into A&M. In the mid-1990s, A&M began distributing its PolyGram sister label <a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a> in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1990s, the company continued to release albums by <a href="/wiki/Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Extreme_(band)" title="Extreme (band)">Extreme</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amy_Grant" title="Amy Grant">Amy Grant</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Hiatt" title="John Hiatt">John Hiatt</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sting_(musician)" title="Sting (musician)">Sting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Blues_Traveler" title="Blues Traveler">Blues Traveler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_White" title="Barry White">Barry White</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Neville" title="Aaron Neville">Aaron Neville</a>, as well as material from new artists <a href="/wiki/Sheryl_Crow" title="Sheryl Crow">Sheryl Crow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Monster_Magnet" title="Monster Magnet">Monster Magnet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Therapy%3F" title="Therapy?">Therapy?</a>, <a href="/wiki/CeCe_Peniston" title="CeCe Peniston">CeCe Peniston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tragedy_Khadafi" title="Tragedy Khadafi">Intelligent Hoodlum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dred_Scott_(musician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dred Scott (musician)">Dred Scott</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ridel_High" title="Ridel High">Ridel High</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gin_Blossoms" title="Gin Blossoms">Gin Blossoms</a>. The company released the soundtracks <i><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Prince_of_Thieves" title="Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves">Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers_(1993_film)" title="The Three Musketeers (1993 film)">The Three Musketeers</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sabrina_(1995_film)" title="Sabrina (1995 film)">Sabrina</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Living_Sea" title="The Living Sea">The Living Sea</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Demolition_Man_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demolition Man (album)">Demolition Man</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Lethal_Weapon_3" title="Lethal Weapon 3">Lethal Weapon 3</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Universal_Music_Group_merging_and_Interscope_Geffen_A&M"><span id="Universal_Music_Group_merging_and_Interscope_Geffen_A.26M"></span>Universal Music Group merging and Interscope Geffen A&M</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Universal Music Group merging and Interscope Geffen A&M"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1998, PolyGram was bought by <a href="/wiki/Seagram" title="Seagram">Seagram</a> and merged into <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was formed in 1996 as the successor to MCA Music Entertainment Group, of which <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> had been the flagship. A&M was subsequently merged into Universal Music Group's then newly formed <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Geffen_A%26M_Records" title="Interscope Geffen A&M Records">Interscope Geffen A&M</a> label group. Its Canadian division was absorbed into <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Canada" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music Canada">Universal Music Canada</a> at that time, which included <a href="/wiki/Jann_Arden" title="Jann Arden">Jann Arden</a> alongside other artists from Canada. </p><p>The A&M lot on La Brea Avenue was shut down in January 1999. During the farewell celebration, the company's staff placed a black band over the A&M sign above the main entrance, indicating the death of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-Independent_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The old A&M studios and executive offices are now the home of <a href="/wiki/The_Jim_Henson_Company" title="The Jim Henson Company">the Jim Henson Company</a>, which operates <a href="/wiki/Henson_Recording_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Henson Recording Studios">Henson Recording Studios</a>. Most of the company's workforce, some of whom had been with the company for a decade or more, were let go while many of its artists were dropped. The label's more prominent acts such as Sting, Sheryl Crow, Bryan Adams and <a href="/wiki/Chris_Cornell" title="Chris Cornell">Chris Cornell</a>, however would remain on its roster. </p><p> In response to the down-sourcing, Al Cafaro stated, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>This isn't about Universal or Seagram. The record business is changing fundamentally. Don't think that there are calm seas on the other side of this threshold. If the quake that devoured A&M and Geffen is a 6.0 on the Richter scale, there is a 7.0 coming in this industry. It's a Wall Street world now. Get ready.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag needs to be fact-checked with the cited source(s). (July 2020)">verification needed</span></a></i>]</sup><sup id="cite_ref-Independent_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Independent-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>A&M catalog albums that did not fit the current pop music format (which also includes rock, rap and R&B) of their new parent division were transferred to other Universal divisions for management - for example, <a href="/wiki/Verve_Records" title="Verve Records">Verve Records</a> now manages A&M's jazz catalog, not including Herb Alpert's recorded output which Alpert acquired in the settlement with Universal Music (however, Verve does manage the Horizon Records catalog).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the shutdown, the A&M name continued to be used on albums from artists such as <a href="/wiki/Snow_Patrol" title="Snow Patrol">Snow Patrol</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Black_Eyed_Peas" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Eyed Peas">the Black Eyed Peas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keyshia_Cole" title="Keyshia Cole">Keyshia Cole</a>—a result of Alpert and Moss's 1998 lawsuit—until February 2007, when <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Geffen_A%26M_Records" title="Interscope Geffen A&M Records">Interscope-Geffen-A&M</a> partnered with Octone Records to relaunch the A&M label fully. Now headed by <a href="/wiki/James_Diener" title="James Diener">James Diener</a> and called <a href="/wiki/A%26M_Octone_Records" title="A&M Octone Records">A&M/Octone Records</a> with worldwide distribution handled by parent Universal Music Group, the existing Octone roster was transferred to the A&M/Octone label and all newer artist signings were made under the A&M/Octone joint venture.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Acts that were already signed to the label before the merger with Octone, however, would remain on the main A&M label. </p><p>After six successful years of operation, in September 2013, Octone initiated its buy/sell rights in the joint venture, resulting in Interscope-Geffen-A&M (now Interscope Capitol Labels Group, as of 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> purchasing Octone Records' 50% interest in A&M/Octone, absorbing and restructuring the artist roster into Interscope operations in 2014 as announced.<sup id="cite_ref-billboard.com_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-billboard.com-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Continued_releases_by_Sting_and_possible_reboot">Continued releases by Sting and possible reboot</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Continued releases by Sting and possible reboot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Since the label's second dissolution, label artist Sting continued to license the A&M name and logo for his future album releases, starting with 2013's <a href="/wiki/The_Last_Ship_(album)" title="The Last Ship (album)"><i>The Last Ship</i></a> and continuing lately with 2021's <a href="/wiki/The_Bridge_(Sting_album)" title="The Bridge (Sting album)"><i>The Bridge</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2024, it is revived by Interscope as a subsidiary (currently under legal name: <b>A&M Records, LLC</b>) and has a new roster, including <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">The Rolling Stones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rene%C3%A9_Rapp" title="Reneé Rapp">Reneé Rapp</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tame_Impala" title="Tame Impala">Tame Impala</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Modular_Recordings" title="Modular Recordings">Modular Recordings</a>), <a href="/wiki/Benny_Blanco" title="Benny Blanco">Benny Blanco</a> (from his own labels, Mad Love Records and Friends Keep Secrets) and <a href="/wiki/OneRepublic" title="OneRepublic">OneRepublic</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Mosley_Music_Group" title="Mosley Music Group">Mosley Music Group</a>). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Subsidiary_and_associated_labels">Subsidiary and associated labels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Subsidiary and associated labels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former">Former</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Former"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col"> <ul><li>1500 Records (1998–2001)</li> <li>A&M Films (1983–1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antra_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Antra Records">Antra Records</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/AM_PM_Records" title="AM PM Records">AM:PM</a> (1990–1999, UK imprint for R&B, hip-hop and dance music)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Almo_Sounds" title="Almo Sounds">Almo Sounds</a> (1994–1999)</li> <li>Breakout Records (1987–1990, UK imprint for R&B and hip-hop music)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CTI_Records" title="CTI Records">CTI Records</a> (1967–1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cypress_Records" title="Cypress Records">Cypress Records</a> (1988–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Records" title="Dark Horse Records">Dark Horse Records</a> (1974–1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delos_Productions" title="Delos Productions">Delos International</a> (1988–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denon" title="Denon">Denon</a> (1988–1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Wake" title="Ric Wake">DV8 Records</a> (1995–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flip_Records_(1994)" title="Flip Records (1994)">Flip Records</a> (1996–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gold_Mountain_Records" title="Gold Mountain Records">Gold Mountain Records</a> (1983–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ice_Cube" title="Ice Cube">Heavyweight Records</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horizon_Records" title="Horizon Records">Horizon Records</a> (1974–1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Records" title="Hollywood Records">Hollywood Records</a> (1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perspective_Records" title="Perspective Records">Perspective Records</a> (1991–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I.R.S._Records" title="I.R.S. Records">I.R.S. Records</a> (1979–1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nimbus_Records" title="Nimbus Records">Nimbus Records</a> (1987–1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ode_Records" title="Ode Records">Ode Records</a> (1970–1975)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polydor_Records" title="Polydor Records">Polydor Records</a> (1995–1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rap-A-Lot_Records" title="Rap-A-Lot Records">Rap-A-Lot Records</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelter_Records" title="Shelter Records">Shelter Records</a> (In Great Britain, early 1970s)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabu_Records" title="Tabu Records">Tabu Records</a> (1991–1993)</li> <li>Tuff Break Records (1993–1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TwinTone" class="mw-redirect" title="TwinTone">TwinTone</a> (1987–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shaquille_O%27Neal" title="Shaquille O'Neal">T.W.Is.M</a> (1996–1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vendetta_Records" title="Vendetta Records">Vendetta Records</a> (1988–1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windham_Hill_Records" title="Windham Hill Records">Windham Hill Records</a> (and its subsidiary labels) (1982–1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_Records" title="Word Records">Word Records</a> (and its subsidiary labels: Exit, Myrrh, Live Oak) (1985–1990)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Theatrical_film_release">Theatrical film release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Theatrical film release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Birdy_(film)" title="Birdy (film)">Birdy</a></i> (1984 co-production with <a href="/wiki/Tri-Star_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Tri-Star Pictures">Tri-Star Pictures</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Better_Off_Dead_(film)" title="Better Off Dead (film)">Better Off Dead</a></i> (1985, co-production with <a href="/wiki/CBS_Theatrical_Films" title="CBS Theatrical Films">CBS Theatrical Films</a>, distributed by <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Breakfast_Club" title="The Breakfast Club">The Breakfast Club</a></i> (1985, co-production with <a href="/wiki/Universal_Pictures" title="Universal Pictures">Universal Pictures</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Hughes_(filmmaker)" title="John Hughes (filmmaker)">Hughes Entertainment</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bring_On_the_Night_(film)" title="Bring On the Night (film)">Bring On the Night</a></i> (1985)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Crazy_Summer" title="One Crazy Summer">One Crazy Summer</a></i> (1986, co-production with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures" title="Warner Bros. Pictures">Warner Bros. Pictures</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Beast_(1988_film)" title="The Beast (1988 film)">The Beast</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blaze_(1989_film)" title="Blaze (1989 film)">Blaze</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Quinn_(film)" title="The Mighty Quinn (film)">The Mighty Quinn</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Worth_Winning" title="Worth Winning">Worth Winning</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Crooked_Hearts" title="Crooked Hearts">Crooked Hearts</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Midnight_Clear" title="A Midnight Clear">A Midnight Clear</a></i> (1992)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Home_of_Our_Own" title="A Home of Our Own">A Home of Our Own</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/House_of_Cards_(1993_film)" title="House of Cards (1993 film)">House of Cards</a></i> (1993)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/S.F.W." title="S.F.W.">S.F.W.</a></i> (1994)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Winterbourne" title="Mrs. Winterbourne">Mrs. Winterbourne</a></i> (1996)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gil_Friesen" title="Gil Friesen">Gil Friesen</a>, former President of A&M Records</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Octone_Records" title="A&M Octone Records">A&M Octone Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc." title="A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.">A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_record_labels" class="mw-redirect" title="List of record labels">List of record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Henson_Company_Lot" title="Jim Henson Company Lot">Jim Henson Company Lot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_A%26M_Records_artists" title="List of A&M Records artists">List of A&M Records artists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Records" title="Republic Records">Republic Records</a>, a similar record label based in New York City <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Records_(1995%E2%88%922006)" title="Universal Records (1995−2006)">Universal Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Motown_Records" title="Universal Motown Records">Universal Motown Records</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=A%26M_Records&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-LA_Times_AM_close-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-LA_Times_AM_close_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFChuckHilburn1999" class="citation news cs1">Chuck, Phillips; Hilburn, Robert (January 22, 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jan-22-mn-524-story.html">"A&M Records Closes; Geffen Lays of"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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