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
Volume 2 (Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass album) by Herb Alpert at the beginning of "The Great Manolete (La Virgen de la Macarena)". It was made available digitally for download in February 2007 at the same time as the reissues of the 1969 albums "Warm" and "The Brass Are Comin'." No CD reissue of "Volume 2" was available for years, as Alpert reportedly felt that the album was of inferior technical quality. On September 9, 2016, Volume 2, along with 23 of Herb's other albums, was reissued on CD on the Herb Alpert Presents label. As with "The Lonely Bull", the album features some songs with a very