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The Foundation is the first major-label studio album by American country music band Zac Brown Band. It was released on November 18, 2008. Originally slated for release on the Home Grown label and Big Picture Records, the album is distributed by Atlantic Nashville in association with those two labels. The financing for the album was provided by Atlanta, GA entrepreneur Braden Copeland through his investment company Braden Copeland Ventures, LLC. On December 2, 2009, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. and also earned the band the Grammy Award for Best New Artist on January 31. The album also has been nominated for the 2010 Academy of Country Music Awards "Album of the Year" award. As of September 2015, the album has sold 3.4 million copies in the US. It is the only album to feature Joel Williams, who left the band prior to its release.
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22 releasesVinyl(7)
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic
United States“Vinyl release previously released on CD only.”
Cat#: 542963-1
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic
Europe“Gatefold sleeve. Previously released on CD only. ℗ & © 2008 No Reserve, Inc. Manufactured In The EU.”
Cat#: 7567-86728-9
The Foundation
chevron_rightFugitive Recordings / Home Grown Music (5) / UnoriginalVinyl
United States“Artist’s webstore exclusive vinyl. Limited to 400 copies. No hype sticker on front. No barcode/other sticker on back. Presale opened in August 2023, shipped in October.”
Cat#: FGV18812
The Foundation
chevron_rightFugitive Recordings / Home Grown Music, Inc. / UnoriginalVinyl
United States“Vinyl is translucent red with black marketed as "merlot". ℗ 2008 © 2023 No Reserve, Inc. Single pocket jacket with color insert. Tracks are numbered sequentially on insert, but not on jacket. Runouts are hand-etched, except 'Welcome ...”
Cat#: FGV18812
The Foundation
chevron_rightFugitive Recordings / Home Grown Music, Inc. / UnoriginalVinyl
United States“Artist's webstore exclusive hand poured vinyl. Limited to 500 copies. No barcode is printed on jacket, or on shrink. Single pocket jacket with color insert. Runouts are hand-etched, except 'Welcome to 1979', which is stamped. ℗ 2008 ...”
Cat#: FGV18812
The Foundation
chevron_rightFugitive Recordings / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“℗ 2008 © 2023 No Reserve, Inc. Single pocket jacket with color insert. Includes double-sided replica concert pass. Runouts are hand-etched, except 'Welcome to 1979', which is stamped. Printed in U.S.A.”
Cat#: FGV18812
The Foundation
chevron_rightHome Grown Music, Inc.
United States“A Newbury Comics exclusive color vinyl variant. Limited edition of 500 copies.”
Cat#: FGV18842WM
CD(15)
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United StatesCat#: 516931-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Big Picture Entertainment Group / Home Grown Music (5)
Canada“CD is in a folding cardboard sleeve.”
Cat#: 2-516931
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“Cardboard sleeve, similar to The Foundation. This variant has a text-free back [no UPC code or track list] and a different M/R.”
Cat#: 516931-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Big Picture Entertainment Group / Home Grown Music (5) / Shock (2) / Southern Ground
United States“Produced by Keith Stegall & Zac Brown Recorded & Mixed by: John Kelton Additional Recording by: John Driskell Hopkins, Matt Rovey & Terry Manning Assisted by: Oswald Bowe Recorded at: Brighter Shade Studios , Atlanta, GA, Wedgewood Soun...”
Cat#: CTX576CD
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“Corrugated cardboard packaging with alternate cover art Easel stand up die cut back cover”
Cat#: 516931-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“Die-cut cardboard sleeve with a foldout stand on the rear”
Cat#: 516931-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“Gatefold cardboard sleeve Recorded at Brighter Shade Studios, Atlant, GA; Wedgewood Sound & The Sound Station, Nashville, TN; Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas ℗© 2008 Home Grown Music, Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Rec...”
Cat#: 7567-89694-8
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
United States“Issued in a 4 panel cardboard wallet, with a cardboard picture frame sleeve that contains a plain corrugated cardboard insert for spacing. Barcode appears only on the sleeve. © 2007 Home Grown Music, Inc. ℗ 2007, 2008 Home Grown Music...”
Cat#: HGM 200801
The Foundation
chevron_rightHome Grown Music
CanadaCat#: 2-516931
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music
United StatesCat#: 516931-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5) / Music Catalogue Cracker Barrel Old Country Store
United States“Packaged in a 6 panel cardboard sleeve Made in U.S.A. Printed in U.S.A.”
Cat#: 521278-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic
United States“Cracker Barrel”
Cat#: 521278-2
The Foundation
chevron_rightAtlantic / Home Grown Music (5)
Europe“Gatefold cardboard sleeve ℗© 2008 Home Grown Music, Inc. under exclusive license to Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Internatioinal Inc. for the world outside of the United States. Manufactured in the E.U.”
Cat#: 7567-89694-8
The Foundation
chevron_rightHomegrowncamp.Com
United States“I believe this to be Zac's CD sold via his own website before getting signed”
OfficialThe Foundation
chevron_rightBig Picture Entertainment Group
United States