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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

Tropico - Gato Barbieri

Gato Barbieri

Stock Number

75021 3323

Matrix

7502133232

Label

A&M Records

Country

United States

Format

CD album, cassette album.

Released: 1990

Recording Notes

Reissue of SP 4710. CD deleted 04/23/2002

Track Sort descending	Track Title	Track Time
1	Bolero	00:07:26
2	Evil Eyes	00:04:15
3	Latin Lady	00:08:25
4	Poinciana (Song Of the Tree)	00:07:48
5	Odara	00:07:30
6	Where Is the Love	00:04:53
7	She Is Michelle	00:06:13

Credit Sort descending	Role
Armando Peraza	percussion
Bill King	photography
Bill Summers	percussion
Carlos Santana	guitar
Cheryl Ward	assistant engineer
Chris Minto	assistant engineer
Chuck Beeson	design
Dale O. Warren	conductor
Dale O. Warren	orchestration
David Rubinson	arranger
David Rubinson	engineer
David Rubinson	producer
Eddie Martinez	brass arrangement
Eddie Martinez	keyboards
Eddie Watkins, Jr.	bass
Fred Catero	engineer
Gato Barbieri	arranger
Gato Barbieri	sax
Greg Poree	guitar
John Barnes	keyboards
Jose Areas	percussion
Julia Tillman	background vocal
Lani Hall	lead vocal
Leon Ndugu Chancler	drums
Luther Waters	background vocal
Maxine Willard	background vocal
Melvin Watson	guitar
Michelle Barbieri	associate producer
Michelle Barbieri	design
Oren Waters	background vocal
Phil Brown	mastering
Roland Young	art direction

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