Almo Sounds

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Almo Sounds
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded1994 (1994)
Founder Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss
StatusDefunct
Distributor(s)
GenreVarious

Almo Sounds was a record label which was started in 1994 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss after they sold A&M Records to PolyGram. The intent for the label was to recreate the initial concept of A&M Records as a small, "boutique" label.

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The label signed artists Gillian Welch, Imogen Heap, Ozomatli and Garbage and several other artists. Psychic TV did demos that were rejected for the label. Herb Alpert himself released his "Second Wind", "Passion Dance", and "Colours" albums on the label.

A Nashville division was launched in 1995. [1] Headed by record producer Garth Fundis, [2] it released albums by Paul Jefferson, Billy Yates, and Bekka & Billy.

The label has not released new product since 1999 and in 2000 it was sold to Universal Music Group. [3] Commercially viable catalog albums remain available through Interscope Records, a current sister label to A&M.

Discography

Albums

YearArtistReleaseCatalogue
1995 Angel Corpus Christi White Courtesy PhoneAMSD-80000
The Rake's ProgressAltitudeAMSD-80001
Tim WheaterTim WheaterAMSD-80003
Garbage Garbage AMSD-80004
1996 Herb Alpert Second WindAMSD-80005
Gillian Welch Revival AMSD-80006
Paul Jefferson Paul JeffersonAMSD-80007
Gus GusAMSD-80008
Victor DeLorenzo Pancake DayAMSD-80009
1997 Lazlo Bane 11 Transistor AMSD-80010
Pulsars PulsarsAMSD-80011
Bekka & Billy Bekka & BillyAMSD-80012
ManBREAKCome and SeeAMSD-80013
Herb AlpertPassion DanceAMDS-80014
Billy Yates Billy YatesAMDS-80015
1998 Imogen Heap iMegaphone AMSD-80017
Garbage Version 2.0 AMSD-80018
The PrissteensScandal, Controversy & RomanceAMSD-80019
Ozomatli Ozomatli AMSD-80020
Gillian Welch Hell Among the Yearlings AMSD-80021
1999 Bijou Phillips I'd Rather Eat Glass AMSD-80022
Gus Word of Mouth ParadeAMSD-80023
Various Artists Return of the Grievous Angel AMSD-80024
Herb AlpertColorsAMSD-80025

EPs

YearArtistReleaseCatalogue
1996 Pulsars Submission to the MasterAMSDM-88002
Lazlo Bane Short Style AMSDM-88003

See also

References

  1. ↑ Almo Part of Rondor's New Shoots
  2. ↑ Almo's Strong Lead in Jefferson
  3. ↑ "ALMO SOUNDS". onamrecords.com. Retrieved 2022-12-29.
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