Authority control databases
| Almo Sounds | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Universal Music Group |
| Founded | 1994 |
| Founder | Herb Alpert, Jerry Moss |
| Status | Defunct |
| Distributor(s) |
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| Genre | Various |
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.
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 is was sold to Universal Music Group.[3] Commercially viable catalog albums remain available through Interscope Records, a current sister label to A&M.
Albums
| Year | Artist | Release | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Angel Corpus Christi | White Courtesy Phone | AMSD-80000 |
| The Rake's Progress | Altitude | AMSD-80001 | |
| Tim Wheater | Tim Wheater | AMSD-80003 | |
| Garbage | Garbage | AMSD-80004 | |
| 1996 | Herb Alpert | Second Wind | AMSD-80005 |
| Gillian Welch | Revival | AMSD-80006 | |
| Paul Jefferson | Paul Jefferson | AMSD-80007 | |
| Gus | Gus | AMSD-80008 | |
| Victor DeLorenzo | Pancake Day | AMSD-80009 | |
| 1997 | Lazlo Bane | 11 Transistor | AMSD-80010 |
| Pulsars | Pulsars | AMSD-80011 | |
| Bekka & Billy | Bekka & Billy | AMSD-80012 | |
| ManBREAK | Come and See | AMSD-80013 | |
| Herb Alpert | Passion Dance | AMDS-80014 | |
| Billy Yates | Billy Yates | AMDS-80015 | |
| 1998 | Imogen Heap | iMegaphone | AMSD-80017 |
| Garbage | Version 2.0 | AMSD-80018 | |
| The Prissteens | Scandal, Controversy & Romance | AMSD-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 Parade | AMSD-80023 | |
| Various Artists | Return of the Grievous Angel | AMSD-80024 | |
| Herb Alpert | Colors | AMSD-80025 |
EPs
| Year | Artist | Release | Catalogue |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Pulsars | Submission to the Master | AMSDM-88002 |
| Lazlo Bane | Short Style | AMSDM-88003 |
