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Revised 7/7/13

A&M
US Labels and Company Sleeves 1962-1995

Labels
701 - 1962
and
702 - 1962
703  - 1962
to
704 - 1962
705  - 1963
to
716 - 1963
A&M Records was formed in 1962 by Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss. Their first choice for a name was “Carnival Records”, under which they released two singles before discovering another label had taken the Carnival name first.
The company was subsequently renamed A&M, after Alpert's and Moss's initials. Within a decade of its inception, A&M became the world's largest independent record company.
Small logo
No ®
Large logo
No ®
Large logo
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Phil Spector 1969-1970
720 - 1963
to
826 - 1966
834 - 1966
to
914 - 1968
915 -  1968
to
1394 - 1972
1039
1118
1040
1127
1053
1170
1395 - 1972
to
1480 - 1973
1483 - 1973
to
2275 - 1980
2275 - 1980
to
2855 - 1986
1982
Occasionally
1986
to
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1986
to
1989
1988
to
1989
1990
to
1995
1996
to
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Forget me nots
Forget med nots
Memories
Reissues
1971 - 1973
Reissues
1973 - 1981
Reissues
1981 -
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Sleeves
Range
Front
Back
  
No 1
AM 705 - 1963
to 
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 Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 2
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to
1969
 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 3
AM 1100 - 1969
to
AM 1394 - 1972
 
  .Cut straight/notch  Inside glued  
No 4
.
to
AM 1394 - 1972
 
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 5 a
AM 1400 - 1972
to
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© 1972
  .Cut straight   Inside glued   
No 5 b
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to
AM 1480 - 1973
© 1972
  .Cut straight   Inside glued  
No 6 a
AM 1483 - 1973
to 
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 6 b
.
to 
.
 Cut straight  Inside glued
No 7
.
to
.
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 8
.
to
AM 2280 - 1980
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
No 9
AM 2281 - 1980
to
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© 1980
   Cut straight  Glued left/right  
No 10
.
to
1985
© 1980
   Curved top  Inside glued  
No 11
1985
to
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© 1985
   Cut straight  Glued left/right  
No 12
.
to
1995

© 1985
Further issues in picture sleeves
  Cut straight  Glued left/right  
Special sleeves
In the late 1970s through late 1980s, A&M issued a number of large hole picture sleeves, most common being the Police.  All sleeves gave song titles and catalog numbers and thus are specific to individual releases.  This one appears to be a generic Atlantic Starr sleeve, used with multiple records.
S 1
1982
to
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© 1982
   Curved top  Inside glued  
Export sleeve ?
E 1
AM 2151
Canada 1979
Printed in U.S.A.
   Curved top  Glued left/right  
Reissues
R 1 a
Reissues
1973 - 1981
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
R 1 b
Reissues
1973 - 1981
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
R 2
Reissues
1981 -
   Curved top  Inside glued  
R 3
Reissues
1981 -
Heavy glossy paper
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
Speceial sleeve for DJ records.
The sleeve was also used for store copies.
D 1
AM 1230 - 1988
to
AM 1435 - 1989
© 1988 A&M Records
   Cut straight  Inside glued  
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