Exhibit 1 JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D (including amendments...

                                                        Exhibit 1

                    JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

          In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree
to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on
Schedule 13D (including amendments thereto) with respect to the
beneficial onwership of shares of common stock of Wherehouse
Entertainment, Inc., and further agree that this Joint Filing
Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint filings.  In
evidence thereof, the undersigned, being duly authorized, have
executed this Joint Filing Agreement this 10th day of September,
1997.


                              A&M INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES #3, LLC
                              
                              By:  /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx            

                                   Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                              Title: Manager


                              A&M INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES #4, LLC
                              
                              By:  /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx            

                                   Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                              Title: Manager


                              XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX, XX

                              By:  /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, XX     

                                   Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, XX
                              
                                                                 
                              XXXXX X. XXXXXX

                              By:  /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx            

                                   Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
                              


             [Joint Filing Agreement for Schedule 13D
         with respect to Wherehouse Entertainment, Inc.]