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For our four hundredth release (!), we decided to do something very much out of the ordinary. For the 1997 PopKomm music convention, we had planned on printing up a small, full color booklet with info on our new releases and signings. We could not believe our eyes when we got the price quote back from our printer, and realized that printing this little booklet would be more expensive than pressing up a CD. The light bulbs started lighting above our heads, as one idea led to another, and soon we had the concept for one of the coolest samplers, the worlds first, true, empty sampler. What could be more fun than eMpTy Records putting out an empty sampler; a release with no music at all on it! No kidding! The CD has twenty minutes of silence. You might think that our label has money to burn, but remember, it was still cheaper than printing up a full color booklet. And since it was given away free, who could be mad at us? In place of music, we made the booklet of the CD packed full of info on each of our bands, photos, and discographies. The pefect companion to our first cheapolation, the CD without a cover! And how did it go over at the PopKomm? We had a lot of fun giving them away. Some caught on to the joke right away, with several people complementing us on having the best idea of the PopKomm. The best response we got though was from a woman who insisted on trading her label sampler with ours. She came back to us the next day raving about how great our bands were, and which of the tracks was her favorite. No kidding, we all stood around agreeing with her and laughing, and once the convention was over and she got home and actually tried to play the CD did she probably figure out what we were all laughing about. 500 pressed.
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