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STARK FOLK BAND

VINYL PRE-ORDER

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STARK FOLK BAND

STARK FOLK BAND

STARK FOLK BAND

STARK FOLK BAND

STARK FOLK BAND

VINYL PRE-ORDER

VINYL PRE-ORDER

VINYL PRE-ORDER

VINYL PRE-ORDER

Ryan Shaffer
Ryan Shaffer
Ryan Shaffer
Ryan Shaffer
6 Campaigns |
Dayton, United States
$436 USD 12 backers
24% of $1,800 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Overview
• Pre-order our new, self-financed, album When Odysseus Wept • Crucially helping us to cover a portion of the upfront manufacturing costs • Get cool stuff!!

Six years ago Stark Folk evolved from a two-man recording project to Stark Folk Band, a live four-piece unit & this set of recordings represents the full fruits of this half-decade collaboration. 

 

THE ALBUM

• Titled: When Odysseus Wept...a nod to the classic Greek epic and coincidentally(?) an apt metaphor for the making of this album: a grand labor-of-love, a struggle, a joy, an expansion of our consciousness! 

• Composed as an album in the traditional sense.  A ten song musical journey. 

• Recorded on modest equipment, in domestic spaces, without the financial support /or dictates of any corporate overlords.

THE LOWDOWN

• 300 vinyl records, in colorful gate-fold jackets, designed by the band (see mock-up at the top of this page). 

• Total cost: about $3500.  Includes the cost of mastering (professional preparation of the songs), manufacturing, and color printing. 

• We currently do not have the support of a record label and are thus financing this ourselves, so contributions made now, in the form of pre-orders, will wonderfully assist us by providing upfront cash to put towards down-payments , etc.

• Completion date: November 2018

THE PERKS

• ALL contributors will get thanked in the album liner notes.

• ALL contributors, at any level, will immediately receive a link to digital versions of our previous two albums.  Stark Folk-Self-titled(2008) & Stark Folk Band-Well Oiled(2010)

• Those who pre-order the new vinyl record (at $25) will receive (in August) their choice of a vinyl copy of Well Oiled (2010) or our 7" single Modern Times (2014) or hard-to-find CD of For Seasons (2003) by pre-Stark Folk project A Landscape Yesterday. 

• The top perk includes an ULTRA-RARE copy of the first Stark Folk record (2008).  This was originally a pressing of 100, 25 of which were lost by American Airlines, thus only 75 exist.  Of those, we only have a few left in our possession, so it really is a rare piece of our history. 

• ALL contributors will be entered into a drawing to win a copy of the above mentioned Stark Folk album & collector test pressings of Well Oiled and Odysseus Wept!

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* JUST WANT TO MAKE A DONATION? Don't do vinyl?  Click the PINK 'BACK IT' button near the top of the page & enter any donation amount.  You will be loved!

** Click on each 'PERK' to reveal additional details.

*** Please share this campaign online or by good old fashion word-of-mouth!

**** THANK YOU!!!!!

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Additional info about Stark Folk Band & our previous albums:

RECORD REVIEWS
Self-titled LP (2008) - http://agitreader.com/perfect/stark_folk.html
Well Oiled LP (2010) - http://agitreader.com/primitivefutures/stark_fo...
Modern Times 45 (2014) - http://agitreader.com/wp2/stark-folk-band-moder...

A Landscape Yesterday CD (2003) - http://yesterscape.tripod.com/id6.html

INTERVIEW  https://robertfreemanwexler.com/2010/06/17/star...

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Choose your Perk

DIGITAL ONLY

$10 USD
A digital copy of the new record *AND* our prior two albums. You will own it all! The prior albums will be available to you immediately and the new album will be available in November 2018.
Included Items
  • Digital album (new, 2018)
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
2 claimed
NEW VINYL (2018)

NEW VINYL (2018)

$18 USD
A brand new, shiny, hot-off-the-presses, vinyl copy of our new record When Odysseus Wept (2018) plus a digital version of it AND instant digital copies of our previous two albums.
Included Items
  • Vinyl + digital (new, 2018)
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
5 out of 300 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
NEW VINYL + CHOICE OF PRIOR

NEW VINYL + CHOICE OF PRIOR

$25 USD
Vinyl copy of the new record, immediate digital version of the old ones *PLUS* your choice of physical copy, of one of our previous albums: 2010-LP or 2014-7" or 2003-CD
Included Items
  • Vinyl/Digital - New, 2018
  • Prior album choice
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
2 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
PLUS t-shirt

PLUS t-shirt

$40 USD
Same perks as the $25 level *PLUS* a Stark Folk Band t-shirt!
Included Items
  • Vinyl/Digital - New, 2018
  • T-SHIRT
  • Prior album choice
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
1 out of 10 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
ULTIMATE COLLECTOR

ULTIMATE COLLECTOR

$100 USD
This glorious individual will get all of the other perks *PLUS* an ultra-rare, vinyl copy of the first Stark Folk (self-titled, 2008) record *AND* a personal 'thank you' in the liner notes of the new record!
Included Items
  • Vinyl LP - **Self-titled, 2008
  • Vinyl/Digital - New, 2018
  • T-SHIRT
  • Prior album choice
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
Estimated Shipping
November 2018
2 out of 3 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
HOUSE SHOW

HOUSE SHOW

$500 USD
We will come to your home and perform for you and your friends! This is for residents of Ohio and other nearby locations such as Indy or St. Louis. For further locations, please contact us and we can set up a custom perk for you with extra travel expenses added in.
Included Items
  • Vinyl/Digital - New, 2018
  • Digital albums (2008 & 2010)
  • House show
0 out of 3 of claimed
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