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

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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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, 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mellow Madness - Quincy Jones

Stock Number

AMLH 64526

Label

A&M Records

Country

Britain

Format

vinyl album.

Released: 1975-8

Track	Track Title	Track Time
1	Is It Love That We're Missin'	00:03:43
2	Paranoid	00:02:55
3	Mellow Madness	00:03:27
4	Beautiful Black Girl	00:06:13
5	Listen (What It Is)	00:04:16
6	Just a Little Taste Of Me	00:03:27
7	My Cherie Amour	00:05:25
8	Tryin' to Find Out About You	00:03:00
9	Cry Baby	00:04:19
10	Bluesette	00:07:00

Credit	Role Sort ascending
Toots Thielemans	whistling
Wah Wah Watson	vocal
Leon Ware	vocal
Paulette McWilliams	vocal
George Johnson	vocal
Bill Lamb	trumpet
Quincy Jones	trumpet
Chuck Findley	trumpet
Tom Bahler	trumpet
Frank Rosolino	trombone
George Bohanon	trombone
Ian Underwood	synthesizer arrangement
Ernie Krivda	sax
Sahib Shihab	sax
Jerome Richardson	sax
Watts Prophets	recitation
Quincy Jones	producer
Norman Seeff	photography
Ralph MacDonald	percussion
John Golden	mastering
Jerry Peters	keyboards
Quincy Jones	keyboards
Dave Grusin	keyboards
Don Grusin	keyboards
Mike Melvoin	keyboards
Tommy Morgan	harmonica
Wah Wah Watson	guitar
Dennis Budimir	guitar
George Johnson	guitar
Toots Thielemans	guitar
Hubert Laws	flute
Phil Schier	engineer
Grady Tate	drums
Harvey Mason	drums
Chuck Beeson	design
Ralph MacDonald	congas
Max Bennett	bass
Louis Johnson	bass
Chuck Rainey	bass
Tom Bahler	background vocal
Carolyn Willis	background vocal
Quincy Jones	background vocal
Myrna Matthews	background vocal
Minnie Riperton	background vocal
Joe Greene	background vocal
Jim Gilstrap	background vocal
Jesse Kirkland	background vocal
Joan DeCola	assistant engineer
Roland Young	art direction
Tom Bahler	arranger
Quincy Jones	arranger
Paul Riser	arranger
NO CREDITS LISTED. SEE SP 4526

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