Editing Almo Sounds (section)

{{short description|Record label}}

{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        = Almo Sounds
| founded     = {{start date|1994}}
| founder     = [[Herb Alpert]], [[Jerry Moss]]
| parent      = [[Universal Music Group]]
| status      = Defunct
| distributor = {{ubl|[[Geffen Records|Geffen]] {{small|(1994-1998)}}|[[Interscope Records|Interscope]] {{small|(1998-99)}}}}
| 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 (band)|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.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=vAsEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22almo+sounds%22+%22garth+fundis%22&pg=PA61 Almo Part of Rondor's New Shoots]</ref> Headed by record producer [[Garth Fundis]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rwkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22paul+jefferson%22+%22Garth+fundis%22&pg=PA31 Almo's Strong Lead in Jefferson]</ref> it released albums by [[Paul Jefferson]], [[Billy Yates (singer)|Billy Yates]], and [[Bekka & Billy]].

The label has not released new product since 1999 and in 2000 it was sold to [[Universal Music Group]].<ref name=almo_hist>{{cite web|url=https://www.onamrecords.com/labels/almo-sounds|title=ALMO SOUNDS|publisher=onamrecords.com|accessdate=2022-12-29}}</ref> Commercially viable catalog albums remain available through [[Interscope Records]], a current sister label to A&M.