Crowdfunding for Vinyl: Sam Records Reissues Three LPs with Help from indiegogo.com
So far Sam Records has released six titles, with two more appearing in a few months, each of which Fred Thomas funded himself. For its next reissues, however, Thomas has decided to use crowdfunding site indiegogo.com to help him raise the money needed to release a trio of rare titles: Donald Byrd's Byrd in Paris and Parisian Thoroughfare on Brunswick, and the John Lewis/Sacha Distel set Afternoon in Paris on the Versailles label. Support levels range from $5 to $2500, with each bringing different premiums, including Sam Records releases and printed matter. One special premium is a four-song Chet Baker EP that initially appeared on the Barclay label. To see the details of Sam Records' indiegogo.com campaign
and contribute, visit the page here. The campaign has a goal of $29,400 and will run through May
27th, with all funds going to Sam Records to help with the reissue of LPs, even if the
goal is not reached. All contributor premiums will be honored. |
rench reissue label Sam Records is
the labor of love of Fred Thomas, a photographer with such a great interest in classic
jazz that he decided to reissue some of his favorite LPs. But he doesn't do this in just
any way. He re-creates the original records, right down to the flat-profile pressings and
their glossy European-style fold-over covers. This attention to detail led to Sam Records 