Collection of business papers, sound recordings, music manuscripts, and memorabilia, 1959-1992.

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Collection of business papers, sound recordings, music manuscripts, and memorabilia, 1959-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58812565

The collection includes sound recordings, manuscript musical arrangements, photographs, correspondence, promotional materials, posters, gold albums, awards, books and ephemera from just prior to the company's founding in 1962 through its sale to Polygram in 1989 and a few years thereafter, while Moss and Alpert were still affiliated with the label.

62 boxes.

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7771864

University of California, Los Angeles

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Moss, Jerry

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v123tp (person)

Alpert, Herbert H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m9070d (person)

A & M Records (Firm)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bw14x1 (corporateBody)

Founded in 1962 in Los Angeles by Jerry Moss and Herb Alpert, A & M Records became America's largest independent record company. Both men were born in 1935, Alpert in Los Angeles and Moss in New York. The two met in the early 1960s, when Alpert was writing and recording songs and Moss was an independent record promoter. Their social acquaintance quickly became a partnership when in 1962 the two formed Carnival Records, based in Alpert's garage. With contributions of $100 from each man, the c...