I worked for Slow River Records at the time (label #3) and still remember when word came down that we'd be reissuing Bloomed. I was only 21yo, but I'd bummed a promo CD of Since from the Rykodisc offices, which somehow mysteriously never made it back. It's still one of my favorite albums. Bloomed finally came out around the time I was leaving (...just before the industry-swallowing you refer to). Don't think I stuck around long enough to even get a copy. Those were good times and I was happy we did it, although it's sad so many great SRR releases (including yours) vanished into the ether after the acquisition.
I was waiting for some punchline of the shirts still being stuffed in that organ all these years later…
I worked for Slow River Records at the time (label #3) and still remember when word came down that we'd be reissuing Bloomed. I was only 21yo, but I'd bummed a promo CD of Since from the Rykodisc offices, which somehow mysteriously never made it back. It's still one of my favorite albums. Bloomed finally came out around the time I was leaving (...just before the industry-swallowing you refer to). Don't think I stuck around long enough to even get a copy. Those were good times and I was happy we did it, although it's sad so many great SRR releases (including yours) vanished into the ether after the acquisition.
I think I have one of those shirts . . .