Carnival Records Carnival Records Carnival Records was the name given to at least three record labels. Carnival was the name of a record label by Wanamaker's department stores. Records produced for the John Wanamaker Carnival label were often 78 rpm records in the jazz genre. In 1961, Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss started a short-lived label that was the precursor to A&M Records. They released two singles. "Tell It to the Birds"/"Fallout Shelter" by Dore Alpert was distributed by Dot Records outside California. "Dore Alpert" was the name Herb Alpert used as a vocalist. The second single, "Love Is Back in Style"/"Peppermint
Murmur (record label) remaining act, released the final contractual album with Murmur. Murmur (record label) Murmur was a record label that started as an imprint of Sony Music Australia in mid-1994. Named after R.E.M.'s first album, Murmur signed a number of Australia's most successful rock bands, including Silverchair, Ammonia, Something for Kate and Jebediah. Notable alumni of Murmur include John O'Donnell, a former "Rolling Stone" journalist who became the head of EMI Australia, and John Watson, who runs a music management company and independent record label . While the label was initially operated independently, it was eventually merged with Sony's head office in