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Sound Images has always been known for their generous support of good causes.  So it wasn’t hard to convince them to let me take on the Building a Mystery project for the foundation set up by Lauren Fernandes first for Katie Reider’s treatment for cancer, and now tragically, for her memory.  Check out the record… it’s pretty eclectic and fun listen, reminding you of the beautiful person who made all the songs (in every sense).  

In a rare display of promotional virtuosity, local powerhouse Shake It Records has scored a home run with Wussy’s 2006 sophomore release, Left for Dead.

Over the course of the fall of that year the band became the darlings of the Usual Suspects:

First, Cincinnati’s CityBeat dropped a long article for the record’s release party.

Next, Rolling Stone featured a review by Robert Christgau in the same month that Spin’s Steve Kandell issued a strong 4/5 stars.  Even alt-weeklies in other towns got in on the action without supporting tour dates, like The Boston Phoenix  piece here.

I knew this was a good record while we were working on it, but I didn’t expect all this.  Someone’s doing something right at Shake It!  Way to go!

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Sub Pop Records : Daniel Martin Moore : Stray Age LP.

We’re proud to see Sub Pop jumping on Daniel’s bandwagon, and linking the Shake It edition! Very nice, Sub Pop!

Everthing old is new again sooner or later.  The vinyl version, mastered by our own Dave Davis, is part of a trend – low-volume vinyl releases that sell for a little more to select group of fans.  Sure, the medium of vinyl is old as dirt.  Maybe that’s what makes the experience of listening to a record so special.

This is the second vinyl-tagalong we’ve done at Sound Images over the past couple years.  We used the vinyl version of Heartless Bastard’s All This Time to address sonic shortcomings of the CD!  By all accounts, that project was a win.