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

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 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fairport Convention

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The band members would convene at Simon Nichol's house that was named Fairport, hence Fairport Convention. It was the first British group to apply rock arrangements and instruments on traditional songs and also developing original folk-rock songs.

Signed to A&M Records in April 1969.

In Australia, Full House peaked at #16.

Richard Thompson was voted 69 in Rolling Stone's 100 Guitarists of All Time.

Fairport Chronicles New Music On A&M Records
Meet On the Ledge press release

Sources

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Official Site

http://www.fairportconvention.com.

Recording Years / Label

1969-1974 - A&M Records

Name	Member Years	Instruments
Ashley Hutchings	1968-1969	bass, vocals
Dave Mattacks	1970-1971	drums, harmonium, boran
Dave Pegg	1970-1971	vocals, bass, mandline
Dave Swarbrick	1970-1971	violin, mandolin, vocals
Ian Matthews	1968-1970	vocals, percussion
Martin Lamble	1968-1969	drums
Richard Thompson	1968-1969	guitar, vocals
Sandy Denny	1968-1969	vocals, guitar
Simon Nichol	1968-1971	guitar, vocals

Name	Birth	Death
Ashley Hutchings	1945-01-26
Dave Mattacks	1948-03-13
Dave Pegg	1947-11-02
Dave Swarbrick	1941-04-05	2016-06-03
Ian Matthews	1946-06-16
Martin Lamble	1949-08-28	1969-05-12
Richard Thompson	1949-08-03
Sandy Denny	1947-01-06	1978-04-21
Simon Nichol	1950-10-13

Name	See associated acts
Ashley Hutchings	Bunch
Dave Mattacks	Bunch
Ian Matthews	Ian Matthews
Richard Thompson	Bunch, French-Frith-Kaiser-Thompson, Richard Thompson
Sandy Denny	Bunch, Fotheringay, Sandy Denny

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