A&M Desert Island Discs

[mr J.]

What are your A&M Desert Island Discs? If you were stranded on a desert Island,and could have only 10 A&M titles-which would they be?


Gato Barbieri 20th Century Masters
Antonio Carlos Jobim Wave
Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 Greatest Hits
Carpenters Christmas Collection
Carpenters Lovelines
Carpenters 40/40
Rita Coolidge The Lady's Not For Sale
Rita Coolidge Greatest Hits
Walter Wanderely Moondreams
Quincy Jones Walking In Space

 

[Steven J. Gross]

Herb Alpert and the TJB- Warm
Baja Marimba Band- Foursider
Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66- Foursider
The Police- Greatest Hits
Cat Stevens- Greatest Hits
Herb Alpert and the TJB- Foursider
Baja Marimba Band-As Time Goes By
Wes Montgomery- Greatest Hits
A&M 50th Anniversary set
Herb Alpert and the TJB- You Smile- The Song Begins

 

[Harry]

Good choices, Steven. Mine might be similar.

Harry

 

[nightcat]

WE AND THE SEA Tamba 4
DOWN HERE ON THE GROUND Wes Montgomery
GLORY OF LOVE Herbie Mann
EQUINOX Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
FOOL ON THE HILL Sergio Mendes & Brasil 66
SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL 66 (first lp)
SRO Herb Alpert & TJB
SOUNDS LIKE Herb Alpert & TJB
BAJA MARIMBA BAND (first lp)
SMALL CIRCLE OF FRIENDS Roger Nichols

 

[Rudy]

Hard to pick, since the majority of my favorites are non-A&M these days.

I'd probably take Fandango and maybe Whipped Cream. The Roger Nichols for sure. We and The Sea would do me for CTi. Synchronicity, Rhythm Nation 1812, Look Sharp...probably three others from the 80s or 90s to round things out.

 

[Acapulco 1922]

TJB: WHIPPED CREAM, S.R.O., NINTH, WARM; B.M.B. THOSE WERE THE DAYS; CAT STEVENS: TEASER & THE FIRECAT; SERGIO/BRASIL '66: STILLNESS; BOYCE & HART: TEST PATTERNS; PHIL OCHS: REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT; SANDPIPERS: SOFTLY.

 

[Bobberman]

Everything mentioned here are all Great Choices my list would include a some of them but i would also include.
WES MONTGOMERY CLASSICS VOLUME 22
LUCILLE STARR THE FRENCH SONG
CHUCK MANGIONE MAIN SQUEEZE & FEELS SO GOOD
LANI HALL COLLECTIBLES & HELLO IT'S ME
HERB ALPERT/TJB WHIPPED CREAM and as far as HERB (solo) RISE and FANDANGO.
of course this is just a partial list on my part.

 

[rbisherw]

Carpenters - Offering
Herb Alpert - TJB - Warm + Going Places +Christmas Album + SRO
J and Kai - Betwixt and between
J and Kai - Isreal
BMB - Fresh Air
Brazil 66 - Crystal Illusion
Herb Alpert - Fandango
Dillard and Clarke - Fabulous expedition.

 

[Another Son]

On a desert island, I would need a couple of chilled Herb Alpert discs to sooth any marauding beasts. Someone a bit scary like Hazel O'connor could be used to frighten the more persistent animals away. Some A&M discs would be used purely to fry eggs or to flash SOS signals at passing planes. Some artists who spent time with A&M actually did their best work on other labels, (including some I am mentioning as favourites, below).
As usual, I'd cart a huge trunk of CDs onto the desert island, instead of just ten. Here are some I might take:-


Joe Cocker - Joe Cocker.
Joe Cocker - Mad Dogs & Englishmen.
Joe Cocker - Stingray.
Billy Preston - Music Is My Life.
Billy Preston - Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music.
Tim Finn - Anything A&M has by this fun, arty, inventive New Zealander.
Jeffrey Osborne
John Cale - 'Fear' is my favourite, but it's not on A&M.
Carpenters - 'Close to You', 'Carpenters' & a hits collection.
Maybe Elkie Brooks.
Toni Childs - Union.
Hoodoo Gurus - fun Aussie band. Not sure what was released on A&M.
Mental As Anything - Brilliant, fun N.Z. / Aussie band. Whatever was released on A&M, I'll take it - as long as it wasn't the later hits that Greedy Smith sang!
Iggy Pop - blah blah blah.
Queen - anything on A&M.
Simple Minds - Once Upon a Time.
Simple Minds - Street Fighting Years (?)
Squeeze - Cool for Cats.
Squeeze - Argybargy.
The Stranglers - had some good albums. Not sure what was on A&M.
Bill Withers - What was released on A&M?

 

[Rudy]

Bill Withers - What was released on A&M?

It was a distribution deal between A&M UK and Sussex Records.



It would be hard to pick only one to take, although I could get by with Still Bill and Menagerie.

 

[Another Son]

It was a distribution deal between A&M UK and Sussex Records.



It would be hard to pick only one to take, although I could get by with Still Bill and Menagerie.

Thanks for the info, Rudy. 'Still Bill' it is!