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

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)

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This is a great web site on A&M. -- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Persuasions Discography

There are 26 recordings for Persuasions. Click the links for the worldwide releases by recording title then click the stock number for the detailed discography including tracks, credits, format and release information.

Darlin’/One Thing On My Mind

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
1698	United States	A&M Records	7-inch	1975

Gonna Keep On Tryin’ Till I Win Your Love/Occapella

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AMS 7123	Britain	A&M Records	7-inch	1974-7-19

I Just Want to Sing With My Friends

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AM 1658	Canada	A&M Records	7-inch	1974
SP 3656	Canada	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974
875 044	France	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974
AML 230	Japan	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974
AMLS 63656	South Africa	A&M Records	vinyl album	1975
602508 200113	United States	A&M Records	eAlbum	2019-10-4
SP 3656	United States	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974
LPS 88.414	Venezuela	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974

I Just Want to Sing With My Friends/Somewhere to Lay My Head

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
1658	United States	A&M Records	7-inch	1975

I Just Want to Sing With My Friends/With This Ring

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AM 238	Japan	A&M Records	7-inch	1974

I Really Got It Bad For You/Lookin’ For a Love

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AM 1531	Canada	A&M Records	7-inch	1974

I Really Got It Bad For You/We’re All Goin’ Home

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
1531	United States	A&M Records	7-inch	1974

Island/A Lonesome Love Song

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
16 172 A	Spain	A&M Records	7-inch	1974

More Than Before

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AMLS 63635	Britain	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974-7
D32Y 3527	Japan	A&M Records	CD album	1987-7-5
SP 3635	United States	A&M Records	vinyl album	1974-5
602508 199967	United States	A&M Records	eAlbum	2020-2-21

One Thing On My Mind/Darlin’

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AM 1698	Canada	A&M Records	7-inch	1975
AM 269	Japan	A&M Records	7-inch	1975

Our Day Will Come/Darlin’

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
1746	United States	A&M Records	7-inch	1975

Somewhere to Lay My Head/Touch the Hem Of His Garment

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
AM 247	Japan	A&M Records	7-inch	1975

Somewhere to Lay My Head/With This Ring

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
1631	United States	A&M Records	7-inch	1974

The Persuasions

Stock	Country	Label	Format	Released
GP 291	Japan	A&M Records	vinyl album	1976

We’re All Goin’ Home/I Really Got It Bad For You