Fresh Sounds Records (also known as Fresh Sounds Inc) was an independent record label from Lawrence, Kansas, run by local music promoter Bill Rich.
Acts that have been on the label include Get Smart!, the Embarrassment, the Mortal Micronotz, Start, SPK, the Homestead Grays and William S. Burroughs.
The label was founded in 1981 and its first releases were flexi discs that were issued with Rich's Talk Talk magazine.
The first four albums issued by the label were issued on cassette only before the label started issuing its releases on vinyl.
[1][2] The Fresh Sounds from Middle America series of compilation albums was organized by Bill Rich as a way to promote regional bands on a national level.