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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bell & James - Bell & James

Bell & James self-titled US ad

Bell & James self-titled US ad

Bell & James self-titled US ad

Bell & James self-titled US vinyl album

Bell & James self-titled US vinyl album

Stock Number

SP 4728

Matrix

SP 04728-A/B

Label

A&M Records

Country

United States

Format

vinyl album, cassette album, 8-track.

Released: 1978

Recording Notes

Sticker, custom liner. Recorded June-August 1978.

Track Sort descending	Track Title	Track Time
1	Livin' It Up (Friday Night)	00:03:21
2	Three Way Love Affair	00:04:55
3	Just Can't Get Enough Of Your Love	00:04:40
4	Ask Billie (They Tell Me)	00:03:31
5	You Never Know What You've Got	00:03:37
6	I Need You (Beside Me)	00:03:57
7	Don't Let the Man Get You	00:03:56
8	I Love the Music	00:05:52

Chart	Peak	Date
Billboard R&B Albums	17	1979-1-6
Billboard Top 200 Albums	31	1979-2-3

Credit Sort descending	Role
Carla Benson	background vocal
Casey James	bass
Casey James	keyboards
Casey James	lead vocal
Casey James	percussion
Casey James	producer
Casey James	synthesizer
Don Murray	engineer
Don Murray	remix engineer
Don Renaldo	strings
Harriet Tharpe	background vocal
Junie Osaki	design
LeRoy Bell	drums
LeRoy Bell	guitar
LeRoy Bell	lead vocal
LeRoy Bell	percussion
LeRoy Bell	producer
Mark Hanauer	photography
Mark Waldrep	assistant engineer
MFSB	strings
Rick Keefer	rhythm engineer
Roland Young	art direction
Thom Bell	executive producer
Thom Bell	string and horn arrangement
Tom Cummings	assistant engineer
Tony Bell	string and horn arrangement
Wally Traugott	mastering
Yvette Benton	background vocal

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