Black Tape For A Blue Girl: The Rope (40th anniversary)

A project in Portland, OR by Sam Rosenthal
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Ethereal, gothic, ambient. 2LP, 2CD, & MD. LP1: remastered 1986 mix / LP2: brand-new 2026 mix.
Indie Rock
Backers: 149
Average Daily Pledges: $402
Average Pledge Per Backer: $59

Funding: $8,833 of $12,000
Dates: Apr 21st -> May 20th (30 days)
Project By: Sam Rosenthal
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Latest News

Exclusive Memorabilia ✧ Listening Party

May 7th - via: kickstarter.com
$7695 • 66% funded • 131 backersThere's exclusive one-of-a-kind The Rope memorabilia on this page, with instructions for how to claim your item and add the total to your pledge. This is an early heads up on the Saturday May 16th listening party... (Read More)

Projects We Love • New Belts • Bonus Tracks

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
$7,327 • 61% • 121 backers Kickstarter selected The Rope as a "Project We Love ... Which is our way of highlighting brilliant examples of creativity." Cool! This will hopefully expose some new people to the campaign via Kickstarter search and... (Read More)

Get The Balance Right

April 27th - via: kickstarter.com
$6,079 • 50% funded • 94 backers Six days into the Kickstarter we're 50% to the goal. Thanks for your pledge to make The Rope exist in the real world! I'm working behind the scenes promoting the campaign, as well as preparing all the files for... (Read More)

Great start! ... Allan Kraut, and an 1986 article

April 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
$5059 • 42% • 69 backers • 27 daysThings are off to a great start! Two and a half days in and already 42% to the goal. I see that many of you have backed some of my past campaigns; thanks for joining another one of these adventures.  I've been... (Read More)

Backstory: BlackTape and The Rope

April 21st - via: kickstarter.com
From Sam... To keep the main campaign page tidy, I've put info on the band, the album's backstory, and the 2026 mix in this update. GOOGLE: Black Tape for a Blue Girl is a pioneering American darkwave/ethereal band formed in 1986 by Sam Rosenthal.... (Read More)

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