[Cover photo credit to Rocky Schenck]

Omnivore Recordings has announced a 20th anniversary reissue for Sam Phillips’ A Boot And A Shoe out on September 20, 2024 on CD and, for the first-time ever, on vinyl. The release includes new liner notes from Phillips as well as the tracks “Reflecting Light” and “If I Could Write,” which were both featured on the show Gilmore Girls.

Since the late 1980s, Sam Phillips has been a voice in the Alternative and Pop realm. She recorded a series of albums for Virgin Records, including the Grammy-nominated Martinis And Bikinis (expanded and reissued by Omnivore Recordings in 2012), all produced by T Bone Burnett.

At the turn of the century, Sam was invited by Amy Sherman-Palladino, who was a fan of her music, to score her new television series, Gilmore Girls, on a new network, The WB. Around that time, she signed a new deal with Nonesuch Records and continued to build her catalog. 

In 2004, Phillips released A Boot And A Shoe, featuring guest artists including Burnett, Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Eminem), legendary drummer Jim Keltner, and the Section Quartet.