Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

I'm always amazed every time I spend time on the site and imagine the enormous amount of work and time it has taken you to build this. It's a smorgasboard of history... -- Frann Altman

Keep up the great work on the site. -- Don Rodgers, Promotion Manager, Mid-Western Region, Canada

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks for all your amazing work with keeping us all connected. -- Doria Leong

Thanks so much for all you do for all of us!!!! -- Monique Augusta

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

I'm so delighted to see it! Many of us have incredible memories and ongoing great comraderie from those years on The Lot....and I am so glad to see this happen now! -- Cheryl McEnaney, National Artist Development Manager

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Pretty cool site. Nice to see that the history of the label - which was its greatest asset - has not been forgotten. -- Brandon Costas, Sales Coordinator

I have enjoyed the A&M website you created and visit it often. -- Chuck Beeson, Art Director

This is great to see all the names of all of the friends of such a very special place. Thank you! -- Leigh Jackson, Artist Development

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Great site....brings back a lot of memories. -- Aaron Jacoves, Director of A&R

Congratulations on a great web site. Thanks for all your efforts in making this site. -- Bill Morgan, Director, Technical Engineering, A&M Studios

I came across the site by co-incidence - congratulations! A great initiative and nicely done. -- Russ Curry, VP European Operations

I have nothing but positive things to say about you and what you have done to help keep alive the spirit of A&M. -- Al Marks (Promotion, Artist Development)

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Kudos to you for recognizing possibly the ultimate artist/people friendly label. -- Ed Rivadavia, Northern Midwest Promotion Manager

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

It's good to see someone reminding us of the special organization A&M was -- John Hawkins (Edenstreet)

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

You sure have a buzz going. I've had 3 emails from A&Mers today alone. Good luck! -- Andy French, Director, Artist Relations & Artist Development

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

A friend forwarded the link to your site, it's amazing! -- Monique McGuffin, Graphics Coordinator

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

It's a pretty interesting looking site and I'll check it out further. -- Robin Kirby, Western Regional Sales/Marketing Director

Just a brief note to say thanks for ALL you do in keeping us A&M-ers consistently in the know. My years there were so wonderful and filled with fond memories. Thanks for keeping that alive. -- Miriam Heiman

Going through this site reminded me of what I loved about working for A&M. -- Colin Sowa

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I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

This is a great web site on A&M. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks for doing such epic work on the site. Salut! -- Max Hutchinson

What a fabulous site! It certainly brings back a lot of memories… -- David Browde, College Promotions

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

What a great site, lots of memories. -- Paul McKenna

I just saw the A&M website, very impressive. -- Larry Weintraub, Vice President of A&R

Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records. -- Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios

Thanks Les, I've spoken with more old friends from A&M in the last week than in the last decabe. All because of your site -- Alan Oken

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

Your website is absolutely ACE ACE ACE!!! It is great to see real top work and dedication towards a label that meant so much to many. -- Jay Schatz / Chris Skane, A&R / A&M Associated Labels

Your site is being passed around and mentioned to all ex A&M employees. Your site is great and I'd love to be a part. Thanks for your time and good luck. -- Joe James, Technical Manager, A&M Studios

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thank you Leslie. -- Al Cafaro, CEO, A&M Records

...very fun to see this....Many thanks for your efforts....Best -- Juliea 'Jools' Clarke

Thanks for making the site and I'll be checking in to see what's happenin'. -- Richard Cottrell

Thank you for sharing with us and for your dedication to A&M Records. It's so wonderful to have a connection to my past. -- Sherry Jones Levy, A&M NYC

Congratulations on your internet site. I would like to be included on your staff list as I worked for A&M in Toronto and London. -- France Tetreault-Thomson, Assistant A&R

Wow, what an incredible site you've created! I can't believe you have not only the names of the Carpenters, but of even the real carpenters like the La Prell twins, etc. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Thank you so much!! I love the A&M site. -- Toni Tennille

Glad to know that you have set up this site. What a neat way to stay in touch. Great job! -- Xander Smith (Other Star People)

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

Thanks for this ambitious and remarkable site. Just bouncing around inside the site the other day brought back so many really wonderful memories of the time and place and people when magic was possible and all lights were green. -- Corb Donohue, National Director of Public Relations

Thanks the site is awesome! -- David Abrahams, Audio Librarian

It is great to have a site for the A&M family. -- Mary (Sukkestad) Mack, Executive Secretary, International Dept.

I've just discovered your web site. Holy smoke!!!!! -- Geoffrey B. Schulman, Director of A&R Administration, Los Angeles

Thanks, this is a great site. -- Barbara West, Sr. Director of Business / Legal Affairs

I am genuinely so happy to see this site--my daughter's picture is on the cover of one of those catalogs -- Rob Gold, Executive Director of Advertising and Merchandising, A&M Records

This is a great site! Thanks for keeping the memories alive.... -- Jerimaya Grabher

Thanks, Les! It's so wonderful that you are so involved with the website. I have such fantastic memories of my time spent at A&M. It was definitely a magical place. -- Stacie Surabian, A&M Sales

This is totally great. Brings back great memories of my years in Canada. -- Charly Prevost

Thanks for this site--best of luck with it! -- David Bradstreet

What a great site - Thank you for organizing it. You have continued the family spirit that Herb and Jerry worked so hard to create - and that is so hard to find otherwise. -- Sharon Steeley, Music Video Promotion

Thank you so much for all of your help. It is a great site. Thank you for helping to keep these bands relevant. -- Andrea Bricklin (Bricklin)

Thanks for all your hard work in gathering this fantastic web resource of one of the greatest companies that ever existed. -- Jim McCrary, Photographer

Great site...thanks Leslie. -- J. B. Brenner

Great site I just stumbled across, would appreciate my 'all access pass'. -- Jimmy Zisson, General Manager of A&M Records, New York

This site is AMAZING! THANK YOU! As a fan...and as someone humbled and honored to be ON this list. Outstanding. -- Monte Warden

You're right about the specialness of A&M. It's so hard to explain, but it really was unique. A Camelot, if you will. Thanks for your efforts -- Richard Pachter, Promotions

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Thanks for all the work you do for the website. -- Gary Mannon, A&M Studios

Thanks so much Les. It's really an amazing site. -- Janette Rogers Sarabia, Director of Artist Relations

Congratulations Leslie on all the good work you do for the A&M community. -- Al Cafaro, President and CEO, A&M Records

Clyde Kaplan, Engineer, A&M Studios -- Thanks for putting together this great website about A&M Records.

Your knowledge and research is both amazing, and from what I viewed, about 98% accurate. -- Randy Alpert (Capt. Badazz)

I had such a good time at A&M, so it's nice to still feel part of it. Keep up the good work with the website. -- Alex Hutchinson, A&M Records, Ltd., Art Department

A&M Records was home to me in the '70s. Chuck, Brenda, Gil, Marsha, Rita Ross and family gave me my first intro to the music business and put me on the right track to my own family and an historic artistic career. Love to all. -- Ron Artis, Almo/Irving Music

I love the website! -- Jewell Kumjian, A&M Studios Concierge

The website is Great! It really took me back down memory lane. Keep up the good work and thank you! -- Janice Hague, International Promotions Manager, A&M Records GB

Thanks Leslie for doing this. It's great to have this resource. You're awesome for keeping it going. -- Carmen DeVida

I was just talking to Derek Alpert today...and we had a blast pawing around on this website together. I think it's so cool that you did this! -- Doreen Ringer-Ross

Fantastic Site! Great Work! -- Jean Pierre Guilbert, V.P. Promotion & Artist Development (A&M Canada)

Thanks so much for keeping in touch and keeping so many of us in the loop! I couldn't agree more that A&M's biggest 'hit' is the legacy of warm comraderie and real friendship that our collective years there engendered. -- Cheryl McEnaney

You have made me feel like I have come home safely to family, exactly what the A&M spirit was all about. -- Babs Stock

I love that you're keeping our history alive. -- Mary Ann Johnson, Artist Relations

Wow Leslie!! Lots of great work here... Love what you did! -- Randy Alpert (Captain Badazz)

Joan Armatrading References

The reference sources are from major music trade publications and newspapers worldwide. You can sort the list by the article title or the publication date.

Reference Title	Date Sort descending
I’m Lucky (AMS 8163) review. Music Week, 30.	1981-9-5
Armatrading Excellence. Music Week.	1981-9-12
Walk Under Ladders (AMLH 64876) review. Music Week, 27.	1981-9-12
Joan, Eating To the Beat. I. Pye. Melody Maker, 56:9-10.	1981-10-10
Walk Under Ladders (SP 4876) Review. Billboard.	1981-10-10
Walk Under Ladders (SP 4876) Review. Record World, 18.	1981-10-24
Walk Under Ladders (record reviews). David Livingstone. Macleans, 94:76.	1981-10-26
The Weakness In Me (2381) review. Record World, 12.	1981-11-7
Records: Walk Under Ladders. Rolling Stone, 357:73.	1981-11-26
When I Get It Right/The Weakness In Me (video review). Record World, 17.	1981-11-28
Concert Reviews. Variety, 306:104.	1982-2-10
Talent In Action. Sam Sutherland Billboard, 94:56.	1982-2-20
Walk Under Ladders (record reviews). Joel Vance. Stereo Review, 47:73.	1982-2
Walk Under Ladders (record reviews). Vogue, 172:46.	1982-2
Joan Armatrading Livens Up Her Act. M. Brown. Rolling Stone, 365:58.	1982-3-18
A&M Counters Armatrading Airplay Woes. Sam Sutherland. Billboard, 4.	1982-4-3
Joan Armatrading, Angel Of Intrigue. C. Cooper. Mus P&L, 42:24.	1982-4
Records: Walk Under Ladders. Creem, 13:55.	1982-4
A&M Expands 'Radio-Free' Drive, Label Says Armatrading Campaign Showed the Way. Sam Sutherland. Billboard, 94:6.	1982-5-15
Walk Under Ladders (record reviews). Patricia Jones. Essence, 13:21.	1982-5
Australian Armatrading (photo). Billboard.	1982-6-5
Joan Armatrading. Carol Cooper. Mother Jones, 75:30.	1982-6
Joan Armatrading: Front Door Woman. Richard Cook. NME.	1983-4-9
It's Alive. Melody Maker, 58:14.	1983-4-16
The Key. Billboard.	1983-4-16
Talent In Action. Billboard, 95:48.	1983-5-7
The Key (record reviews). Don Shewey. Rolling Stone, 397:58.	1983-6-9
The Key (record reviews). People Weekly, 19:20.	1983-6-20
Joan Armatrading Accepts "Blame" For New Success. Ethlie Ann Vare. Billboard, 95:39.	1983-7-16
Riffs: In the Thick Of Joan Armatrading. G. Christgau. Village Voice, 28:70-71.	1983-8-16
Joan At the Pier (photo). Billboard, 31.	1983-8-27
Interview. U. Schmitt. Hi Fi Stereophonie, 22:814-15.	1983-8
The Key (record reviews). Michael Tearson. Audio, 67:44.	1983-8
News Briefs. Stereo Review, 48:96.	1983-9
Reviews: The Key. Trouser Press, 10:47.	1983-9
Massive Spend For A&M Armatrading Compilation. Music Week, 2.	1983-10-28
Hot Spots. Trouser Press, 10:58.	1983-10
Not Serious Sez Joan A. L. Fissinger. Creem, 15:26.	1983-11
Heaven (AM 162) review. Music Week, 30.	1983-12-3
Track Records (SP 4987) review. Cash Box, 7.	1983-12-10
Albums: Track Record. Melody Maker, 58:23.	1983-12-17
Armatrading Cuts LP with a New Producer. Eliot Tiegel and Linda Mineri. USA Today,	1983
Track Record (record reviews). Sam Sutherland. High Fidelity, 34:78.	1984-3
Albums: Secret Secrets. Melody Maker, 60:24.	1985-3-2
Reviews: Secret Secrets (SP 5040). Billboard, 74.	1985-3-2
Reviews: Temptation (2712). Billboard, 75.	1985-3-2
Secret Secrets (record reviews). David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 23:28.	1985-4-1
Record Reviews: Secret Secrets. J, Guterman. Musician, 78:85.	1985-4
Concert Reviews. Variety, 319:172.	1985-5-8
Talent In Action. Jeff Tamarkin. Billboard, 97:45.	1985-5-11
Joan Armatrading: Anonymous Pop Star. Single Is a Success Abroad. Dallas Morning News.	1985-5-14
Secret Secrets (record reviews). Bill Flanagan. Rolling Stone, 448:59.	1985-5-23
Surprising Secrets: Forget Folk, Forget Feminism, Forget All the Myths About Joan Armatrading. R. Tannenbaum. Musician, 80:40-44.	1985-6
Secret Secrets (record reviews). Eric Coppage. Essence, 16:42.	1985-7
Secret Secrets (record reviews). Phyl Garland. Stereo Review, 50:62.	1985-7
Reviews: Kind Words (And a Real Good Heart) (2837). Billboard, 87.	1986-6-7
Sleight of Hand (SP5130). Billboard, 98:76.	1986-6-28
Sleight Of Hand (SP 5130) review. RPM, 8.	1986-6-28
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). Rob Tannenbaum. Rolling Stone, 477:59.	1986-7-3
Track Record video. Billboard, 56.	1986-7-12
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 22.	1986-7-14
Pop/Rock: the Songs of Joan Armatrading. Ken Tucker. Philadelphia Inquirer, D6.	1986-7-24
Pop: Joan Armatrading and Graham Nash. Stephen Holden. New York Times.	1986-7-28
A Mixed Bag of Old and New Voices Armatrading, Nash Adapt to '80's Sound. Dave Hoekstra. Chicago Sun-Times, 39.	1986-8-2
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). Bill Barol. Newsweek, 108:64.	1986-8-4
Joan Armatrading and Graham Nash (Pier 84, New York). Variety, 324:76.	1986-8-6
Music: Kiss and Makeover. L. Jones. Village Voice, 31:68.	1986-8-12
Garbois Missing. L. Fissinger. Record, 4:12-14.	1986-8
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). Hector G. LaTorre. Audio, 70:360.	1986-10
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). Phyl Garland. Stereo Review, 51:153.	1986-12
Sleight Of Hand (video recording reviews). Louis Meredith. Stereo Review, 51:183.	1986-12
Video Video--Clips. Creem, 18:65.	1986-12
Armatrading and A&M in Court. Billboard.	1987-1-8
Sleight Of Hand (record reviews). Bruce Pollock. Wilson Library Journal, 62:68.	1987-1
Albums: The Shouting Stage. Melody Maker, 64:41.	1988-7-23
The Shouting Stage (SP 5211) review. Billboard, 82.	1988-8-13
The Shouting Stage (SP 5211) review. Cash Box, 13.	1988-8-13
The Shouting Stage (SP 5211) review. RPM, 10.	1988-8-13
Armatrading's Romantic Truth. Ron Givens. Newsweek, 112:72.	1988-9-12
The Shouting Stage (record reviews). David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 30:25.	1988-9-18
Armatrading, On Her Own. Steve Gett. Billboard, 100:23.	1988-10-1
Critic's Choice. People, 30:26.	1988-10-3
Rock Short Takes: The Shouting Stage. J. D. Consadine. Musician, 120:100.	1988-10
Spin Offs: The Shouting Stage. Spin, 4:98.	1988-11
The Shouting Stage (record reviews). David Kissinger. Rolling Stone, 540:90.	1988-12-1
The Shouting Stage (record reviews). Hector G. LaTorre. Audio, 73:152.	1989-1
Hearts and Flowers. David Hiltbrand. People Weekly, 34:13.	1990-7-23
Hearts and Flowers. Phil Sutcliffe. Q.	1990-7
Armatrading Fans Send Love. David Kendrick. Hartford Courant.	1990-8-10
Joan Armatrading (Beacon Theatre, New York). Stephen Holden. New York Times, B4.	1990-8-20
Joan Armatrading. Sean Mayes. Q.	1990-10
Reviews: Hearts and Flowers. Tierney Smith. Goldmine, 54.	1990-11-2
Pop & Jazz: The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading. Stereoplay, 7:180.	1991-7
....Point To a Line...: Words. J. Gomez. Hot Wire, 7:12-13.	1991
The Double Bill (Women Artists Select the Women's Music Culture Act). Hot Wire, 7:40-43.	1991
Reviews: Square the Circle (75021 5388). Billboard, 49.	1992-7-4
Square the Circle. Deborah Frost. Newsday.	1992-7-12
Square the Circle. William Ruhlmann. Goldmine, 132.	1992-10-30