Herb Alpert frustrations with PolyGram's constant pressure to force the label to fit into its corporate culture. In 1998, Alpert and Moss sued PolyGram for breach of the integrity clause, eventually settling for an additional $200 million payment. Alpert and Moss then expanded their Almo Sounds music publishing company to produce records as well, primarily as a vehicle for Alpert's music. Almo Sounds imitates the former company culture embraced by Alpert and Moss when they first started A&M. In 2000, Alpert acquired the rights to his music from Universal Music (current owners of A&M Records) in a legal settlement and began remastering
Toast Hawaii (record label) but since there has been no news about the status of this band, the label is now close to ceasing activities. Toast Hawaii (record label) Toast Hawaii is an English record label founded by Depeche Mode's Andy Fletcher and named after his reported fondness for the sandwich. The label is independent, but its North American releases are distributed by Mute Records. The first signed artist on this label was Client. Client however left the label in October 2006. Although there were many factors, the most accepted one was that Andy Fletcher was touring for the better part of 2005 and