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{{short description|American record label}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = LossLess Records Records
| image = [[Image:lossless logo.jpg|250px]]
| image_bg =
| parent =
| founded = 2006
| founder = Bill Bauman
| defunct =
| genre = pop, singer-songwriter
| country = United States
| location = [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania
| url = {{URL|www.losslessrecords.com}}
}}
'''LossLess Records''' is an American record label founded by Bill Bauman in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania in 2006. LossLess Records' founding artist was [[Summer XO|Summer]] and they later signed [[Jeremy Gloff]] in 2008. LossLess Records tagline is "The Open Source Label," as it is known for being a label whose business philosophy parallels that of the [[open source community]].

==History==
===Formation===
Bill Bauman met [[Summer XO|Summer]] and [[Jeremy Gloff]] at the Three Friends coffee shop in [[Portland, OR]] in 2004. Summer and Golf were songwriter friends from the East Coast who each had an act in the coffeeshop's lineup.<ref>{{cite web|last=Clarke |first=Cary |url=http://www.portlandmercury.com/music/live_music_listings/Content?oid=32717 |title=Portland Mercury | Live Music Listings | Live Music Listings |publisher=Portlandmercury.com |date= |accessdate=November 29, 2008}}</ref> The three kept in touch throughout Summer and Jeremy's West Coast tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jeremygloff.com/westcoast04.html |title=2004 Gloff Tour |publisher=Jeremygloff.com |date= |accessdate=November 29, 2008 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106004219/http://www.jeremygloff.com/westcoast04.html |archivedate=January 6, 2009 |df= }}</ref>

When Summer went to music school in Chicago in 2006, she wrote some new material that she shared with Bauman. Bauman decided to start a label to put out her first full-length album based on this material. The album was called ''Timing and Lighting'' and was released in late 2008. Summer also released a 300-piece series of poster-size paintings to accompany the album, a collection she named ''The Girls''. LossLess Records owns the rights to the painting series and, in a surprising move, Summer and LossLess Records chose to give away (via license) the entire series to fans along with a CD purchase.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atasteoftriplea.com/liners50-disc1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303192620/http://www.atasteoftriplea.com/liners50-disc1.htm |url-status = dead|archive-date=March 3, 2016 |title=Summer's Painting Series Bullet Point |publisher=atasteoftriplea.com |date= |accessdate=April 15, 2009}}</ref> This is the first recorded attempt to license a tangible piece of art.{{citation needed|date=November 2018}}

In 2008, LossLess Records signed Jeremy Gloff and put out his fifteenth album, ''1987''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tatangelo |first=Wade |url=http://blog.listen.com/sections/topics/new-releases/review-jeremy-gloff-1987/ |title=Creative Loafing Magazine, Tampa, FL |publisher=listen.com |date= |accessdate=September 24, 2008 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929043230/http://blog.listen.com/sections/topics/new-releases/review-jeremy-gloff-1987/ |archivedate=September 29, 2008 |df= }}</ref>

===Philosophy===
Much like the [[open source community]], LossLess Records supports technology, innovation, [[open standards]], and evolved licensing practices, drawing on Bauman's technology background. LossLess Records’ website states, "LossLess Records does not sell music. We sell licenses to it. We maintain ownership of any distribution that we produce. This will be true for any product of the arts that LossLess Records creates or provides. This does not mean we are going to take your CD's away from you at some point, it just means that we reserve the right to their license and usage".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.losslessrecords.com/whatslossless.html |title=LossLess Mission |publisher=losslessrecords.com |date= |accessdate=October 29, 2008 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929102431/http://losslessrecords.com/whatslossless.html |archivedate=September 29, 2008 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.losslessrecords.com/ Official LossLess Records site]
* [http://www.timingandlighting.com/ LossLess Artist Summer’s site]
* [http://www.jeremygloff.com/ LossLess Artist Jeremy Gloff’s site]

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[[Category:American record labels]]
[[Category:Pop record labels]]

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