Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

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Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Get On Your Back - Backsters

Backsters

Stock Number

SP 12508

Matrix

SP 012509-A/B

Label

A&M Records

Country

United States

Format

cassette single, 12-inch.

Released: 1984

Recording Notes

Picture sleeve

Track	Track Title	Track Time
1	Backster Boogie	00:03:00
2	Handclappin'	00:03:03
3	Nervous Man Nervous	00:02:29
4	Techno Jive	00:04:03
5	Tough Tenners	00:03:55
6	The Stomp	00:03:05

Credit	Role Sort ascending
Joel Peskin	tenor sax
Mike Meros	synthesizer
Gary Griffin	synthesizer
Joseph Conlan	synthesizer
Andy Simpkins	string bass
Les Brockman	second engineer
Jeff Bennett	second engineer
Joey Wolpert	second engineer
Mike Kowalski	producer
Joel Peskin	producer
George Gaffney	piano
Mike Kowalski	piano
Mike Kowalski	percussion
Joel Peskin	percussion
Joel Peskin	mix
Mike Kowalski	mix
Frank DeLuna	mastering
John Joyce	lead vocal
Joe Pizzulo	lead vocal
Kip Lennon	lead vocal
Mike Kowalski	keyboards
Ed Carter	guitar
Howard Wolen	engineer
Mike Kowalski	drums
Joel Peskin	baritone sax
Joel Peskin	background vocal
Mike Kowalski	background vocal
Howard Wolen	background vocal
Ernie Knapp	background vocal
Mike Meros	background vocal
Stu Hoffman	background vocal
Mike Kowalski	arranger
Joel Peskin	arranger

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