Herb Alpert a vocalist at Dot Records under the name of Dore Alpert. "Tell It to the Birds" was recorded as the first release on the Alpert & Moss label Carnival Records. When Alpert and Moss found that there was prior usage of the Carnival name, they renamed the label A&M Records. Alpert set up a small recording studio in his garage and had been overdubbing a tune called "Twinkle Star", written by Sol Lake, who would eventually write many of the Brass's original tunes. During a visit to Tijuana, Mexico, Alpert happened to hear a mariachi band while attending a bullfight.
Korova (record label) label also put out a few UK releases from The Residents catalogue, as well as American artist Jeff Finlin's "Angel in Disguise", with the single "American Dream #109." The label was reactivated by Warner Music Group in 2003 to issue the 25th anniversary remastered editions of Echo and the Bunnymen's first six LPs and has become home to bands such Cosmic Rough Riders, The Storys and The Sounds. The company became defunct by 2007. Korova (record label) Korova is a record label, named after the fictitious Korova Milk Bar that was featured in the film "A Clockwork Orange", 'korova' also