New CD Package Deals With Lower Prices!{Feb 28 2013}Our CD packages are back and cheaper than before. Please go to the Pricing & Packages section on the CD portion of the website to check them out.
Currently, all CD packages are all for our specialty gatefold jacket configuration (pictured) but more will follow in the coming months. If you don't see what you're looking for, please contact us at info@samomedia.com for a quote.
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10 Years of SAMO!{Aug 27 2012}As of September 10th 2012, we'll have been doing this for exactly 10 years! To celebrate, we're having a party on September 1st (http://www.facebook.com/events/463795423643074/) where all friends and supporters of SAMO are welcome. Nothing formal or anything, just good music and booze (BYOB) from 9 or 10PM on.
Now that SAMO is a tween, allow me to get misty eyed and nostalgic for just a brief minute. I'm going to do this by way of thanking a few critical people for helping out along the way.
Jon Rishi Gerald was the founder and original owner of SAMO before I took over in 2005. I had worked for Jon at his previous company Design Infinity which focused on art design and CD manufacturing, in the east end of Toronto. When DI ended, him and I decided to work together and try again, this time bringing vinyl more into the fold. I was 22 with no knowledge or education on how to set up a business or keep it going - it was Jon that got it all up and running.
Jon and I set up shop in the corner of a friend's web design loft - Takeover Studio (http://takeoverstudio.com/), made up of Scott Willemsen, Matt Rennick, Anthony Bennett and James Hamilton. Some of those folks had run a record label called Redefine who had done some CDs with DI, and we became friends. Upon hearing that Jon and I had a new company with zero money in our bank account, they were incredibly gracious enough to offer a corner of their studio rent-free until we could get our feet off the ground. If it wasn't for them, we would never have been able to get our bearings, I'm convinced.
After a few years we moved out on our own and I took over the company when Jon retired. Since then, we've built up a great team of folks: Adam Cook, Tabi Irani, Kris Wood, Gordon Dufresne, Andy Davison and everyone in our roving packaging team, including ex-regulars Jason Cousineau and Matt Turenne.
Thanks to Jon, everyone who has been part of our team, all the Takeover people I mentioned above, and anyone who's made a record or CD with us since 2002. Come party with us on the 1st.
Paul Miller & SAMO.
Record Jacket Corp spot on Global News{Jul 29 2011}Woah, more press. Weird! But good.
Click the link below to see RJC owners Alex Durlak and (SAMO media's) Paul Miller interviewed for a piece on vinyl collecting and jacket manufacturing.
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RJC on Global News
SAMO sister company The Record Jacket Corp featured in The Toronto Star!{Jul 19 2011}The Toronto Star's Zoe McKnight came to our factory to interview us about our new record jacket manufacturing operation. Check out the story, linked below!
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Polaris Prize Long List: The SAMO edition{Jun 16 2011}The Polaris Prize long list was released today, and we were involved in quite a few of these, which is always great to see. Here's the list of SAMO manufactured records that made it:
Braids - Native Speaker
Buck 65 - 20 Odd Years
Hey Rosetta! - Seeds
Imaginary Cities - Temporary Resident
The Luyas - Too Beautiful to Work
Miracle Fortress - Was I the Wave?
PS I Love You - Meet Me at the Muster Station
Daniel Romano - Sleep Beneath the Willow
Ron Sexsmith - Long Player, Late Bloomer
Shotgun Jimmie - Transistor Sister
Fredrick Squire - March 12
Timber Timbre - Creep on Creepin' On
Women - Public Strain
Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
Damn, that's 14 of em! To see the full list, check the link at the bottom of the page.
Congrats to everybody who made it, and good luck with the short list, announced July 6th.
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POLARIS PRIZE 2011 LONG LIST
