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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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 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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Baja Marimba Band 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 Sort descending	Date
2 Marimbas Lead Latin Jazz Sextet In Santa Monica Performance. T. Everett.	1990
A&M Asks Distrib Growth, Prize Moustaches, That Is. Cash Box, 18.	1966-10-1
A&M Moustache Contest Ends. Cash Box, 42.	1967-10-21
Along Comes Mary (862) Review. Billboard, 18.	1967-7-8
Along Comes Mary/Wall Street Rag (862) Review. Cash Box, 16.	1967-7-15
Along Comes Mary/Wall Street Rag (862) Review. Record World, 6.	1967-7-8
Arriba Baja! Cash Box, 51.	1969-3-22
Artificial Flavor' Spices Style. Dan Wyant. Eugene (OR) Register-Guard, B1.	1967-3-30
As Time Goes By (1281) Review. Billboard, 44.	1971-8-14
As Time Goes By (SP 4200) Review. Billboard, 49.	1971-6-19
As Time Goes By (SP 4200) Review.Record World, 16.	1971-6-19
Baja Band Enjoying Rumors of Identity. Mary Campbell. AP. Great Bend (KS) Daily Tribune.	1968-9-26
Baja Band Is Forced to Go on the Road. NEA. Coshocton (OH) Tribune.	1968-3-13
Baja Band, Allen & Rossi Head County Fair Billing. Appleton (WI) Post Crescent.	1968-6-5
Baja Group a Droll Outfit. Rick DuBrow. Valley Independent.	1969-3-13
Baja Group Steals Show. Alan Ward. Oakland (CA) Tribune.	1967-2-9
Baja Marimba Band (SP 4104) Review. Billboard, 21.	1964-2-29
Baja Marimba Band (SP 4104) Review. Cash Box, 30.	1964-2-29
Baja Marimba Band Basin St. Smash! Record World, 26.	1966-12-10
Baja Marimba Band Concert Review. Cash Box, 28.	1966-12-10
Baja Marimba Band Like 'Dirty Brothers' to Brass. Elyria (OH) Chronicle Telegram.	1968-9-29
Baja Marimba Band Mucho Pleasure Act. C. Hall. Billboard, 78:24.	1966-12-10
Baja Marimba Shows Top Musical, Comedy Styles. Eliot Tiegel. Billboard, 81:38.	1969-6-21
Baja Marimba to Play 'LBJ Room.' Billboard, 6.	1966-2-24
Baja Marimba to Play 'LBJ Room'. Billboard, 6.	1966-12-24
Baja Marimbas Band of Leaders. Eliot Tiegel. Billboard, 46.	1965-10-30
Baja Marimbas Coming. Edmonton Journal, 31.	1967-6-27
Baja Ska (Almo 211) Review. Billboard, 16.	1964-9-19
Baja Ska (Almo 211) Review. Cash Box, 16.	1964-9-19
Big Red (1047) Review. Billboard, 68.	1969-5-3
Big Red (1047) Review. Cash Box, 36.	1969-5-3
Brasilia/Goin' Out the Side Door (Almo 218) review. Record World, 8.	1965-4-24
Brass, Marimba to Concentrate on Disks. Billboard, 4.	1970-2-14
Can You Dig It? (Pts. 1 & 2) (1136) review. Cash Box, 22.	1969-11-22
Cheerful Musical Vehicle. Kingston (Canada) Gleaner.	1969-3-7
Comin’ In the Back Door/December’s Child (Almo 201). Cash Box, 12.	1963-11-23
Composer Julius Wechter Dies at 63. Washington Post, C6.	1999-2-7
Discussing A&M Records (photo). Billboard, 12.	1966-12-31
Do You Know the Way to San Jose (975) review. Cash Box, 22.	1968-9-7
Do You Know the Way to San Jose (SP 4150) review. Cash Box, 42.	1968-7-27
Do You Know the Way to San Jose (SP 4150) review. Record World, 12.	1968-8-10
Ed Ames, Julius Wechter, & the Baja Marimba Band. Cash Box, 32.	1968-2-24
Ervan Coleman, Composer Dead. Reno (NV) Evening Gazette.	1967-5-27
Flyin' High (1005) Review. Billboard, 92.	1968-11-30
Flyin' High (1005) Review. Cash Box, 26.	1968-12-7
Flyin' High/Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1005) Review.Record World, 8.	1968-11-30
Fowl Play (802). Cash Box, 36.	1967-12-9
Fowl Play (892) Review. Billboard, 70.	1967-12-16
Fowl Play (SP 4136) Review. Billboard.	1967-12-23
Fowl Play (SP 4136) Review. Cash Box, 47.	1967-12-16
Fresh Air (1126) review. Cash Box, 30.	1969-10-25
Fresh Air (SP 4200) review. Cash Box, 51.	1969-9-6
Front Cover. Cash Box, 7.	1968-12-28
Georgy Girl (843) Review. Billboard, 18.	1967-4-8
Georgy Girl (843). Cash Box, 30.	1967-4-15
Ghost Riders in the Sky (824) Review. Billboard, 18.	1966-11-12
Ghost Riders in the Sky (824) Review. Cash Box, 22.	1966-11-12
Ghost Riders in the Sky (824) Review. Record World, 6.	1966-11-12
Greatest Hits (SP 4248) review. Cash Box, 52.	1970-3-21
Greatest Hits (SP 4248) review. Record World, 12.	1970-3-28
Heads Up (SP 4123) Review. Billboard.	1967-5-13
Heads Up (SP 4123) Review. Cash Box, 12.	1967-5-6
Heads Up (SP 4123) Review. Record World, 10.	1967-5-13
Herb Alpert & TJB, Baja Marimba Band, Brasil 66. Cash Box, 46.	1967-10-14
Herb Alpert Sideman Dies of Lung Cancer. St. Petersburg (FL) Times.	1999-2-5
How About Julius Wechter? Bucks County (PA) Courier Times.	1969-3-13
How Fares Baja Marimba? Haywood (CA) Daily Review.	1969-3-14
I Don't Want to Walk Without You (1078) review. Cash Box, 26.	1969-6-28
International, Las Vegas. Variety, 256:60.	1969-11-5
Jerry Lewis Show Premiere Highlights Comedy, Baja Band. Lima (OH) News.	1967-8-31
Julius Wechter & Baja Marimba Band (concert review). Cash Box, 10.	1969-6-14
Julius Wechter and Allan Stanton (photo). Billboard, 18.	1968-6-15
Julius Wechter, Baja Marimba Band Strike Up Impressive Tunes. Lima (OH) News.	1969-3-14
Julius Wechter, Tijuana Brass Marimba Player. Indiana Post-Tribune.	1999-2-5
Julius Wechter. L. D. Kaptain. Percussive Notes, 39:53-6.
Marimba Band Steals the Show. Winnipeg (Canada) Free Press.	1967-6-28
Member of Baja Marimba Band Tells How It Began. Janet Brammer. Van Nuys Valley News.	1969-3-23
Moonglow/Picnic Theme (Almo 203) Review. Cash Box, 30.	1964-3-14
Moonglow/Picnic Theme (Almo 203) Review. Cash Box, 8.	1964-3-14
New Acts. Variety, 245:61.	1966-12-7
Obituaries: Julius Wechter; Led Baja Marimba Band. Los Angeles Times,21.	1999-2-4
Obituaries. Variety, 373:12:91.	1999-2-8
Picasso Summer/Samba Nuevo (1186) review. Record World, 8.	1970-5-9
Portuguese Washerwoman (816) Review. Billboard, 16.	1966-9-17
Portuguese Washerwoman (816) Review. Record World, 8.	1966-9-17
Puff (the Magic Dragon)/How Much Is That Doggie In the Window (Almo 231) review. Record World, 6.	1966-1-29
Recent Deaths, Guitarist Coleman. Pacific Stars and Stripes.	1967-5-29
Reporter Really Turned On by the Baja Marimba Band. Rick Du Brow. Bend (OR) Bulletin, 18.	1969-3-13
Rides Again (review. Audio, 85.	1968-12
Sounds of Silence/Fowl Play (892) review. Record World, 8.	1968-4-13
Stretch (photo). Cash Box, 45.	1966-8-6
Sunday Mornin' (913) Review. Billboard, 66.	1968-2-24
Sunday Mornin' (913) Review. Cash Box, 28.	1968-2-24
Sunday Mornin/Fiddler On the Roof' (913) Review. Record World, 10.	1968-2-24
The Baja Purchase Again (photo). Cash Box, 14.	1967-6-24
The Cry of the Wild Goose (833). Billboard, 16.	1967-1-28
The Cry of the Wild Goose (833). Cash Box, 30.	1967-1-28
The Cry of the Wild Goose (833). Record World, 1.	1967-1-28
The Mariachi Sound. Dona Lance. Valley Independent.	1969-5-13
The Portuguese Washerwoman (816) review. Cash Box, 14.	1968-9-17
The Woody Woodpecker Song (Almo 207) review. Cash Box, 12.	1964-5-30
Those Were the Days (SP 4167) review. Cash Box, 32.	1969-2-1
Unusual Name Makes the Contest Grade. Cash Box, 28.	1964-6-13
Video Debute (photo). Cash Box, 44.	1966-1-15
Watch Out! (SP 4118) Review. Audio, 65.	1967-3
Watch Out! (SP 4118) Review. Billboard.	1966-11-5
Watch Out! (SP 4118) review. Cash Box, 13.	1966-10-28
Watch Out! (SP 4118) review. Record World, 8.	1966-10-29
Watch Out! Review. Melody Maker, 13.	1967-3-25
Wechter Re-Signs. Record World, 35.	1967-7-1
Wincle Lamoyan Coan (Almo 206) review. Cash Box, 16.	1964-6-20
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (938) Review. Billboard, 65.	1968-5-25
Yes Sir, That's My Baby/Brasilia (938) Review. Cash Box, 20.	1968-5-25
Yes Sir, That's My Baby/Brasilia (938) Review. Record World, 8.	1968-5-25