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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, 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

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

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 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A&M RECORDS CANADA NATIONAL STAFF

A&M Team Meeting - The World of Music

Front: Michelle Henderson (Ontario marketing), Doug Chappell (national promotion), Gerry Lacoursiere (president), Joe Summers, Bill Ott, Gary Hubbard (VP Finance), Jim Monaco (publicity), Dan Hobbes (Calgary sales).

Middle: JP Guilbert (national promotion), Michael Godin (A&R), Joe Toews (Ontario sales), Lorna Richards-Guilbert (publicity), Ray Rosenberg (Ontario branch manager), Greg Barkley (Calgary sales), Jan (Calgary office), Tom Jones (Winnipeg promotion), Randy Wells (national promotion).

Top: David Andoff (art department), Don Rogers (Calgary promotion), Robert Lacoursiere, Dave Watt (Ontario marketing), Hank Koch (Ontario sales), Richard Lafrance (Montreal promotion), Al Harrison (Calgary branch manager), David Brian (Vancouver branch manager), Pat Ryan (Ontario promotion).

^{A&M Records Canada 1974 National Convention at the hotel The Chantecler Ste. Adele Quebec in 1974}

^{National Convention at Millcroft Inn, Alton Ontario, Canada with Herb Alpert and Gil Friesen}

A&M Canada National Staff and Promotion Staff

^{Standing: Nick Carbone (Montreal promotion), Jim Monaco (national publicity), Ken Wells, Michael Godin (Toronto),David Bryan (Vancouver promotion), Neil MacGonigill (Calgary promotion)}
^{Sitting: Daniel Morrison (Montreal promotion), Kim Sharpe (national publicity), Sue Llewellyn (nationa;l promotion), JP Guilbert (national promotion), Lee Silversides (Ontario promotion), Lorna Richards (national publicity), Doug Chappell (national promotion & artist development).}

A&M Records Canada Caribbean Cruise 1980

^{A&M Records Canada tenth anniversary Caribbean Cruise January 1980}

MONTREAL BRANCH

Jim Monaco (national publicity), Doug Chappell (promotion and artist development), Nicole Duschene (Quebec publicity), Gino Vannelli, Joe Vannelli, JP Guilbert (national promotion), Daniel Morrison (Montreal sales), Luc Martel (Montreal promotion), Bill Ott (national sales). Photo courtesy Henry J. Kahanek.

ONTARIO BRANCH

Ontario Branch hosted Chris DeBurgh to promote his Crusader album. L-R Jim Monaco (Publicity),
Bill Meehan (Ontario Branch Manager), Chris DeBurgh, and David Brian (Ontario Promotion).

Jim Monaco (Publicity), Brian Master (CHUM FM), Chris deBurgh, Bill Meehan (Ontario Branch Manager),
Davie Brian (Ontario Promotion) during the retail and media promotion of the Crusader album.

Janet Jackson promoting Rhythm Nation 1814 in Toronto. Faisel Durrani (special projects), Randy Wells (national promotion),
Joe Summers (senior VP and general manager), Janet Jackson, Bill Ott (VP sales), JP Guilbert (VP promotion),
Ray Rosenberg (Ontario branch manager), Jim Monaco (VP publicity).

Sting: Dream Of the Blue Turtles platinum award presentation Canada

The Dream Of the Blue Turtles platinum presentation. L-R: Jim Monaco (Publicity), JP Guilbert (Promotion), Gerry Lacoursiere (President), Bill Ott (sales), Sting, Pat Ryan (Ontario Promotion), Michelle Henderson (Marketing), Joe Summers (VP Sales and Marketing), and Michael Godin (A&R)

VANCOUVER BRANCH, A&M RECORDS CANADA

Pablo Cruise Vancouver, Canada 1976 CRIA Award

Pablo Cruise in Vancouver, Canada receiving platinum records for Worlds Away.

Top Row L to R: David Jenkins, Jim Monaco (A&M Publicity), Cory Lerios, Neil McGonigill (A&M Calgary Branch), Al Harrison (A&M Calgary Branch Manager), Bob Brown, band manager, Richard Broden (A&M Vancouver Sales), Rudy LeValley (A&M Sales and Promotion, West Coast).
Bottom RowL to R: Chuck Lutz, Pablo Cruise Road Manager, Doug Chappell (A&M VP Promotion & Artist Relations), Bruce Day, Steve Price. Photo courtesy Dee Lippingwell