Purchase Records

Purchase Records is a small record label started in 2000 by Joe Ferry, Jim McElwaine, and Karl Kramer, to showcase the talents of the students and faculty at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music. Despite only having released five CDs, the label has already garnered three Grammy nominations for Best Contemporary Folk Album, 2000 (Public Domain); Best Classical Vocal Performance, 2001; and Best Classical Keyboard Performance, 2002. Student work featured in the first release, Public Domain, includes "Mockingbird" by Regina Spektor and "House of the Rising Sun" by Roxy Perry, both of whom have gone on to solo careers. The Purchase facilities include a 48-track studio.