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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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, 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

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

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

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 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

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 Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, 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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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'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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Brasil '86 - Sergio Mendes

Sergio Mendes: Brasil ‘86 Britain vinyl album

Stock Number

AMA 5135

Label

A&M Records

Country

Britain

Format

vinyl album.

Released: 1986-8 -14

Recording Notes

Deleted July 1988.

Track Sort descending	Track Title	Track Time
1	Daylight	00:04:30
2	Take This Love	00:04:20
3	What Do We Mean to Each Other	00:04:35
4	Your Smile	00:03:30
5	The River (O Rio)	00:02:35
6	Nonstop	00:03:23
7	It Hurts a Whole Lot More	00:04:13
8	Flower Of Bahia (Flor de Bahia)	00:04:19
9	No Place to Hide	00:02:49
10	Here Where I Belong	00:02:07

Credit Sort descending	Role
Alphonso Johnson	bass
Bernie Grundman	mastering
Brian Malouf	engineer
Bruce Swedien	engineer
Chuck Beeson	art direction
Dan Garcia	assistant engineer
Dan Huff	guitar
David Bowman	assistant engineer
Dori Caymmi	acoustic guitar
Dori Caymmi	arranger
Dori Caymmi	lead vocal
Ernie Watts	sax
Gracinha Leporace	lead vocal
Jeff Porcaro	drums
Jeff Porcaro	percussion
Joe Pizzulo	arranger
Joe Pizzulo	background vocal
Joe Pizzulo	lead vocal
John Pisano	acoustic guitar
Julia Waters	background vocal
Kate Markowitz	background vocal
Lani Hall	lead vocal
Lisa Bevill	arranger
Lisa Bevill	background vocal
Maxine Waters	background vocal
Michael Bowman	assistant engineer
Michael McDonald	background vocal
Nathan East	bass
Paul Ericksen	engineer
Paulinho da Costa	percussion
Peter Wolf	arranger
Peter Wolf	keyboards
Peter Wolf	producer
Peter Wolf	synclavier
Phil Perry	background vocal
Philip Ingram	background vocal
Robin Beck	background vocal
Sergio Mendes	arranger
Sergio Mendes	keyboards
Sergio Mendes	producer
Sergio Mendes	synclavier
Siedah Garrett	background vocal
Siedah Garrett	lead vocal
Thom Perry	engineer
Tom Nordstrom	illustration

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