A year after the company was founded, it was purchased by investor Nelson Jacobsen and relaunched in Rockville, Maryland.

By the time of the dot-com crash, Altavoz continued to provide stock to thousands of independent and big box stores and was receiving 1.2 million hits a day on the official website.

[4] The compilation, Music That Changes the World, features 34 songs from Alanis Morissette, Tom Waits, Amanda Palmer, Ben Folds, Iggy Pop, Maroon 5, Neon Trees and more.

[5] The four LP box set also includes a 42-page custom-made color book by "Imprint Indie Printing" of N. Venice, Florida.

[4] "Songs of Phillip Carter" was released exclusively to an estimated 120,000 Public Libraries in the USA[6] before being made available to digital and physical outlets.