Announcing the Aunt Bettys Kickstarter! The Aunt Bettys was a brief glimpse of what could have been for Michael Knott. Knott formed the Aunt Bettys in the mid-’90s with ambitions for stardom. He quickly recruited long-time collaborators Brian Doidge and Chuck Cummings, and newcomer guitarist Andrew Carter, and after a handful of LA shows and a whirlwind demo, they had major labels like Island and Elektra fighting to sign them.
The band continued their rapid rise while simultaneously dissolving from inner turmoil. They delivered an album, were released from contract, and label EastWest provided only minimal publicity for the release. While the band was over as quickly as it began, they left behind some of Knott’s strongest tunes, recorded at the height of his creative output, and with a budget to match. The Aunt Bettys self-titled debut has become celebrated as as favorite amongst fans, achieving almost legendary status.
We’ve had the pleasure of working on two of Knott’s recent reissues, and are excited to be taking on our most ambitious project yet: a deluxe reissue of Aunt Bettys. We have launched a Kickstarter to reissue the album on vinyl in two stunning color variants, as well as on CD and cassette. We are also producing a limited run of t-shirts and posters.
Here are some of the highlights of our plans:
- Heavy-weight 180 gram vinyl in gatefold jacket with inserts.
- Glass-mastered CDs in Digipak with booklet.
- Cassettes with large J Card foldout.
- Brand new artwork, inspired by the original, by celebrated painter Stephen Cefalo
- Remastered by Christopher Colbert, hopefully from the original master tapes (pending a search of the Warner Bros. vaults)
- Never-before-seen photos and memorabilia included in the packaging