A&M Records References
The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.
| Reference Title | Date Sort descending |
|---|---|
| Industry Worry Hurts Independent Promoter. Martin Merzer. Miami Herald, 22A. | 1986-3-9 |
| CBS, PolyGram, A&M Halt Use of Inside Promoters. H. Schipper. Variety, 322:151. | 1986-3-12 |
| Sly Stone to Rock Again, Now On A&M. Nelson George. Billboard, 98:63. |
1986-3-15 |
| Grammy Celebration (photo). Billboard, 86. |
1986-3-22 |
| Senate to Investigate Record Payola. Beacon Journal. | 1986-4-3 |
| A&M Ties Shortform Titles to Charts. Tony Seideman. Billboard, 98:49. |
1986-4-5 |
| Rock Me, A&M (photo). Billboard. | 1986-4-5 |
| Little Is Known Yet About Payola Probes. Miami Herald. | 1986-4-19 |
| Vox Jox: A&M Mails Promo-Only CD. Kim Freeman. Billboard, 98:12. |
1986-5-3 |
| Who Picks the Hits? A Day in the Life of a Dallas-Area Record Promoter. Dallas Morning News. | 1986-6-19 |
| Soundtrack Fastland Already Facing Congestion As Labels Strengthen Crossover Links In Marketing Chain. C. McGowan. Billboard, 98:34. | 1986-6-21 |
| Soundtrack Highlights of 1985-86. Paul Grein. Billboard, 98:S-12. |
1986-6-21 |
| U.K. '86: Luminaries From the Summit. N. Hunter. Billboard, 98:UK-3, 8. |
1986-6-28 |
| Gil Friesen: A&M Records' Hot President Plays It Cool. Bud Scoppa. Musician, 116:22. | 1986-6 |
| A&M Links With Canyon. Billboard, 98:86. |
1986-7-5 |
| A&M's Latin Division Grows From Alpert's "Roots." Enrique Fernandez. Billboard, 98:23. |
1986-7-5 |
| City of Hope Recipients. Billboard, 98:4. |
1986-7-5 |
| A&M Records Promotion Staff List. Billboard. |
1986-7-12 |
| Great Promotion (Friesen, Minor photo). Billboard, 70. |
1986-7-12 |
| A&M Will Follow Warner's Lead In Raising CD Royalty. Variety, 324:109. | 1986-8-13 |
| Capturing That Moment (photo). Billboard, 4. |
1986-8-16 |
| Serial 12-Inches Revive Hits. Brian Chin. Billboard, 98:39. |
1986-8-16 |
| RCA/Ariola Sold on Cassette 4x12s. Geoff Mayfield. Billboard, 1. |
1986-8-23 |
| Black Music Special Feature. Billboard, B-10. |
1986-9-27 |
| Polygram, A&M Cement Relationship. Billboard, 98:68. |
1986-9-27 |
| The World Of Gospel Music: Together For a Cause. Moira McCormick, H. C. Hicks et al. Billboard, 97:61. | 1986-10-19 |
| Chart Beat. Paul Grein. Billboard, 6. |
1986-10-25 |
| A&M Records Biography: Don Dixon. A&M Records. | 1986-10 |
| Labels Increasing Service of Promo-Only CDs. Steve Gett. Billboard, 12. |
1986-11-15 |
| Artist Panel Tackles Wide-Ranging Topics. Chris Morris. Billboard, 98:41-2. |
1986-12-13 |
| Stretching Pop Format Parameters. Carol Cooper. Billboard, 98:9. |
1986-12-13 |
| A&M Staffers Are In Stores Now. Chris Morris. Billboard, 98:5. |
1986-12-27 |
| A&M Close to Acquisition of Roulette Records, Big 7. Billboard, 98:70. | 1987-1-17 |
| A&M May Buy Big 7, Roulette; Pubbery Is Considered a Plum. Variety, 325:220. | 1987-1-21 |
| A&M Bows First Dance Club CD Release. Brian Chin. Billboard, 99:34. |
1987-1-31 |
| Hollywood Freeway, and Afterward, It Was Just Party, Party, Party. Los Angeles Daily News. | 1987-2-25 |
| Major Labels Step Up Promo CD Service to Radio. Steve Gett. Billboard, 86. |
1987-3-14 |
| A&M Hires 50 Inner City Youths. Los Angeles Times, VI, 1:2. | 1987-4-17 |
| A&M Backs Job Program for Inner-City Youth. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 99:5. |
1987-4-25 |
| Aussie Festival Label Champions Cassette Single. Glenn A. Baker. Billboard, 68. | 1987-5-2 |
| A&M Bows Midline CD Series. Dave DiMartino. Billboard. |
1987-5-23 |
| 25 Years of A&M. Stephen Holden. New York Times, C24. | 1987-6-10 |
| A Swan Song for the Fabled 45? Record Firms Switching to Short-Play Cassettes. Philadelphia (PA) Daily News. | 1987-6-19 |
| Deal Down Under (photo). Billboard, 74. |
1987-6-20 |
| 25th Anniversary of Record Label: A&M Celebrates Independence. Steve Pond. Los Angeles Times, VI, 1:4. | 1987-6-25 |
| Alpert Gives Toot for 25 Years of A&M. Chicago Sun Times. | 1987-6-27 |
| Alpert's A&M Records Celebrates 25 Years of Recording Success. Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution. | 1987-6-27 |
| A&M Prepares for First Worldwide Meet. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 3. |
1987-6-27 |
| BET, A&M In Benefit. Billboard, 92. |
1987-6-27 |
| Once Was a Time: Sharing the 60's. Patricia Leigh Brown. New York Times. | 1987-7-11 |
| A&M Staffers Wish Label Happy 25th At Global Meet. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 99:6. |
1987-7-11 |
| A&M Cuts Prices for Fall Promo. Jim McCullaugh. Billboard, 51. |
1987-7-18 |
| A&M's 25th Annual Worldwide Meet. Billboard, 33. |
1987-7-18 |
| Twin/Tone, A&M In Pact. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 3. |
1987-7-18 |
| A&M Titles Discounted In Japan. Billboard, 62. |
1987-7-25 |
| A&M Records Biography: Ed Stasium. A&M Records. | 1987-8 |
| The Pop Life (A Very Special Christmas). Stephen Holden. New York Times. | 1987-9-30 |
| New Superstar Christmas LP Due. Fred Goodman. Rolling Stone, 16. | 1987-10-22 |
| Charity Album Becomes Mired in Controversy. Rick Wartzman. Wall Street Journal, 33-35. | 1987-10-28 |
| A&M Gets Into Country. Edward Morris. Billboard, 99:4. |
1987-11-7 |
| A&M Sued Over Charity X-mas LP. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 99:6. |
1987-11-7 |
| Big Labels Wary of Mini-CDs As A&M Plans Push. Geoff Mayfield. Billboard, 99:1. |
1987-11-21 |
| John McClain Creates Solid Gold Money-Makers. Alfred Edmond, Jr. Black Enterprise, 18:54. | 1987-11 |
| Praxis International Development Deal. Billboard, 74. |
1987-12-5 |
| All-Star Holiday Album Producers Sued. Jon Pareles. New York Times, 137:108. | 1987-12-13 |
| Gil Friesen. Steve Pond. Rolling Stone, 9 103. | 1987-12-17 |
| Christmas Releases from A&M, Indies Enjoy Very Merry Season. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 73. |
1987-12-19 |
| Promo CD Emerges As Radio Staple. Steve Gett. Billboard, 99:8. |
1987-12-26 |
| A&M At 25—Success Hasn’t Spoiled the Magic. Wm. K. Knoedelseder, Jr. Los Angeles Times, IV, 1:5. |
1988-1-4 |
| Good Sales Don't Depend On Huge Sales: Retailers Can Improve Operations. David Steffen. Billboard, 100:9. |
1988-1-23 |
| Retail Track: Lone Holdout. Earl Paige. Billboard, 51. |
1988-2-20 |
| Labels Probing 3-Inch CD Potential. Ken Terry. Billboard, 1. |
1988-3-5 |
| Major Labels Stepping Fast to Dance Beat (Vendetta Records). Bill Coleman. Billboard, 100:1. |
1988-3-19 |
| A&M to Test Six 'For-Sale' CD-3s In May, Geoff Mayfield. Billboard, 4. |
1988-3-19 |
| A&M Teams Joe Jackson Videotape With 3-Inch CD. Jim McCullaugh. Billboard,, 4. |
1988-3-19 |
| Very Special Donation. Billboard, 108. |
1988-3-19 |
| 3-Inch CD Gets Big Play As Majors Start Ball Rolling. Dave DiMartino, Geoff Magfield, Billboard, 1. |
1988-3-26 |
| $5 Million to Special Olympics (photo). Billboard, 62. |
1988-3-26 |
| Global Take Is Adding to A&M's Very Special X-mas. Edward Morris. Billboard, 100:4. |
1988-4-2 |
| A&M Latest to End Isgrow Antitrust Suit. Variety, 330:64. | 1988-4-6 |
| RCA Nashville to Promote A&M's Sole Country Act. Edward Morris. Billboard, 100:6. | 1988-4-10 |
| More Labels Join A&M In Saying Y.E.S. To Jobs. Billboard, 100:5. |
1988-6-4 |
| Hail From the Chiefs. Billboard, 84. |
1988-7-2 |
| A&M Looks “Mahvelous” At L.A. Meetings June 15-18 (photos). Billboard, 62. |
1988-7-9 |
| Bigwigs (photo). Cash Box, 10. |
1988-7-16 |
| A&M Readying All-Star Album of Disney Tunes. B. Coleman. Billboard, 100:4. |
1988-7-23 |
| Minor a Major Poe Force. Y. Olson. Billboard, 100:12. | 1988-7-26 |
| The Pop Life (Stay Awake). Stephen Holden. New York Times. | 1988-8-10 |
| Glossy Book Salutes A&M's First 25 Years. Chris Morris. Billboard, 76. |
1988-8-20 |
| Inside Track. Billboard, 76. | 1988-8-20 |
| Front-line CD Prices Cut At A&M: Discount Permanent for 150-plus Titles. Geoff Mayfield. Billboard, 100:78. |
1988-9-10 |
| A&M Returns to Jazz Roots With New Heritage Line. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 100:6. |
1988-9-24 |
| Crossing Racial Boundaries, Rap Gains Ground. Neil Strauss. New York Times. | 1988-10-15 |
| Record Executive Turns Tour Guide. San Jose (CA) Mercury News. | 1988-10-20 |
| Soviet Composers Exchange Reflects Spirit of Glasnost. Los Angeles Daily News. | 1988-10-20 |
| A Radically Rethought Magical Kingdom. Stephen Holden. New York Times. | 1988-10-23 |
| Waiting for the Next Elvis. Peter Newcomb. Forbes, 142:122. | 1988-10-31 |
| A&M Laurels (Inside Track). Billboard, 100:74. |
1988-12-3 |
| PolyGram's A&M Deal No Surprise. N. Y. Times News Service. |
1989-1-1 |
| New Names in Rock's Pantheon. Jon Pareles. New York Times. | 1989-1-19 |
| A&M Records Biography: Ric Wake. A&M Records. | 1989-1 |
| Revamped A&M Is L.A.'s Hot Studio. M. Goldberg. Rolling Stone, 545:29. | 1989-2-9 |
| One To One: Steve Ralbovsky Talks About Some Of the New Acts Signed In A&M's A&R Push. Chris Morris. Billboard, 101:30. |
1989-2-25 |
| Cut CD prices. Billboard, 74. |
1989-3-18 |
| From the Board Room: Why the Nevilles Are Back With A&M. L. Jeske. Cash Box, 52:11. | 1989-4-1 |
| A&M Drops 1-Way 45s List. Geoff Mayfield. Billboard, 101:61. |
1989-4-8 |
| The Buzz: UK. C. Iley. Cash Box, 52:7. | 1989-4-8 |
| Inside Track. Billboard, 84. |
1989-4-8 |
| A&M Records Brings Out Classic Jazz in Series of Reissues. Austin (TX) American-Statesman. | 1989-5-12 |
| Keeping Score: Delos Label Is Reactivated With Help From A&M Pact. I. Horowitz. Billboard, 101:69. |
1989-5-13 |
| New Jazz Albums Reflects on Artist's Work. Baton Rouge (LA) Advocate. | 1989-5-24 |
| New A&M Series Spotlights American Music Forms. Dave DiMartino. Billboard, 101:90. |
1989-7-1 |
| For Sale Signs At A&M Records? Paul Grein. LA Times/Calendar, 76. |
1989-7-9 |
| A&M Records Opens Arms to New Americana Series. Steve Hochman. LA Times, IV,3. |
1989-7-12 |
| Keeping Score: the Deal Between A&M and Denon Had Been Anticipated. I. Horowitz. Billboard, 101:40. |
1989-8-12 |
| A&M Plans Satellite Feed to Debut New Janet Jackson Track at Radio. Thom Duffy. Billboard, 101:6. |
1989-8-19 |
| Reissues. Cadence, 15:26-8. | 1989-8 |
| Philip's PolyGram Is Close to Acquiring A&M Records Industry Executives Say. R. Turner. Wall Street Journal, A3. | 1989-9-1 |
| Unit of Philips Close to Buying A&M Records. Richard Turner. Wall Street Journal, A3. |
1989-9-1 |
| Co-Founders of A&M Records Considering Sale of Company. Jube Shiver Jr., Paul Grein. Los Angeles Times, 1. |
1989-9-2 |
| PolyGram Expected to Buy A&M Records. Geraldine Fabrikant. New York Times, Business Page 1. |
1989-9-2 |
| PolyGram Plans to Buy A&M. Daily News of Los Angeles. | 1989-9-2 |
| PolyGram to Buy A&M. San Jose Mercury News. | 1989-9-2 |
| Business Digest: Saturday, September 3, 1989. New York Times. | 1989-9-3 |
| Reports Say PolyGram Will Buy A&M Records. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. | 1989-9-3 |
| PolyGram Said Near to Buying A&M; Label's Owners Confirm Negotiations. Jean Rosenbluth. Variety, 336:3. |
1989-9-6 |
| BMG Creates Field Marketing Presence. G. Mayfield. Billboard, 101:1. |
1989-9-9 |
| PolyGram Reportedly Near Deal to Buy A&M Records. J. Jolson-Colburn. Billboard, 101:5. |
1989-9-9 |
| A&M Sales Talk: BMG Responds. J. Rosenbluth. Variety, 336:81. | 1989-9-13 |
| P'Gram Appears Close to A&M Purchase. Chris Morris & Ken Terry. Billboard, 101:5. |
1989-9-16 |
| PolyGram Purchases A&M Records. San Francisco Chronicle. | 1989-9-16 |
| A&M Records Sales Talks. Wall Street Journal, A5. | 1989-9-22 |
| Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss Issued Written Statement. | 1989-9-22 |
| As PolyGram, A&M Talk, Rumors Rise Of Disney Bid. Chris Morris. Billboard, 101:5. |
1989-9-23 |
| A&M Records Confirms Sale to PolyGram. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. | 1989-9-25 |
| A&M Records Confirms Sale. New York Times, 139:C5. |
1989-9-25 |
| A&M Confirms Sale to PolyGram Near. Variety, 336:80. |
1989-9-27 |
| Rumblings At A&M (Inside Track). Billboard, 101:90. |
1989-9-30 |
| Philip's PolyGram to Announce Pact to Acquire A&M. Kevin Goldman. Wall Street Journal, B12, B5. | 1989-10-11 |
| A&M Records to Be Sold to Dutch Music Company. Wichita Eagle. | 1989-10-12 |
| Another U. S. Record Company Falls Under Foreign Ownership. |
1989-10-12 |
| Herb Alpert Record Firm Being Sold. Philadelphia Inquirer. | 1989-10-12 |
| Noted...Acquisition: N. V. Philips Polygram Records Bought A&M Records. Wall Street Journal, B6. | 1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Acquires A&M For Estimated $500 Million. AP. Long Beach Press-Telegram. |
1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Acquires A&M. Todd Everett. Los Angeles Herald Examiner. |
1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Acquiring A&M Records. Buffalo News. | 1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Buyout of A&M Records Is Now Complete. Cyndia Zwahlen. Orange County Reporter, |
1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Buys A&M Deal Could Push Label Into No. 2 Spot. Miami Herald. | 1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Buys A&M Records. Cyndia Zwahlen. Record-Journal, Meriden, CT, 33. |
1989-10-12 |
| PolyGram Buys A&M Records. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. | 1989-10-12 |
