AMS 700 - 1967 to AMS 840 - 1971	AMS 843  - 1971 to AMS 899 - 1972	AMS 7001 - 1972 to AMS 7099 - 1973
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.  In the UK, A&M came on the scene in 1967.

Phil Spector logo	Phil Spector logo	Ode logo	Sussex logo
AMS 748 - 1969 AMS 752 - 1969	AMS 752 - 1969 AMS 769 - 1969	AMS 802 AMS 849 AMS 867 AMS 882 AMS 887	AMS 875 AMS 890 AMS 7004 AMS 7010 AMS 7019

AMS 7100 - 1974 to AMS 8171 - 1981	AMS 7100 - 1977	AMS 8164 - 1981 to AM 261 - 1985	AM 272 - 1985 to 1992

AMS 7348 - 1978	AMS 7426 - 1979	AMS 7444 - 1979	AMS 7466 - 1979	AMS 7474 - 1979	AMS 7495 - 1979	AMS 7504 - 1979
A selection of coloured labels/vinyl used 1978-1979.

Range	Front	Back
No 1 AMS 700 - 1967 to  .
. Ref 1A	Wavy top	Glued left/right
No 2 . to .
	.Wavy top	Inside glued
No 3 . to AMS 899 - 1972
	Cut notch	Inside glued
No 4 AMS 7001 - 1972 to  AMS 7099 - 1973
	Cut notch	Glued left/right
No 5 AMS 7100 - 1974 to .
	Cut notch	Glued bottom/right
No 6 . to 1977
	Cut notch	Glued bottom/right
No 7 1976			Stiff card
	Cut notch	Inside glued
No 8 1977 to AMS 8171 - 1981
. Ref 1	Cut notch	Glued bottom/right
No 9 AMS 8164 - 1981 to 1983
Later issues in picture sleeves	Cut straight	Glued left/right