A&M Records
A&M Records was an American record label founded as an independent company by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss in 1962. Due to the success of the discography A&M released, the label garnered interest and was acquired by PolyGram in 1989 and began distributing releases from Polydor Ltd. from the UK.
| A&M Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Founder | Herb Alpert Jerry Moss |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Status | Defunct (absorbed by Interscope and Verve Records) |
| Distributor(s) | Interscope Geffen A&M (United States) Polydor Records (United Kingdom) |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Santa Monica, California Hollywood, California (1966–1999) |
| Official website | interscope.com |
PolyGram was acquired by Seagram and dissolved into Universal Music Group in 1998, and A&M's operations were ceased in January 1999 when it was merged with Geffen Records and Interscope Records to form the record company Interscope Geffen A&M Records. In 2007, Interscope Geffen A&M announced that A&M was revived as trademark and brand and was to be merged with Octone Records to form A&M Octone Records, which operated until 2014, when A&M Octone was folded into Interscope. Today, A&M's catalog releases are managed by Verve Records, Universal Music Enterprises and Interscope.
Despite the shutdown in 1999 and the name being phased out during the 2000s, present-day Sting releases continue to bear the A&M name & logo.