Shimmy-Disc
Shimmy Disc is a New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, artists like Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Low, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, The Semibeings, and Uncle Wiggly recorded on the label. Label founder, Kramer, also has production credits on records by Half Japanese, White Zombie, Yo La Tengo, John Zorn, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, memorable parts of the Pulp Fiction soundtrack, the Butthole Surfers and many others (some of whom he toured with or otherwise performed alongside). The label also released compilation albums such as Rutles Highway Revisited (A Tribute To The Rutles), 1990, which featured various artists from the label, and also introduced new artists like Paleface.
In 2020, Kramer revived the Shimmy-Disc label in partnership with Joyful Noise Recordings in conjunction with their artist-in-residence series.[1][2] Since then the label has released a slew of new recordes by Paul Leary (of Butthole Surfers), J.D. Pinkus (of Butthole Surfers & Melvins), Hunter S. Thompson, remastered and unreleased material from Daniel Johnston, Bruce Haack, Allen Ginsberg, Edgar Allan Poe (feat. Thurston Moore, Lydia Lunch et. al), Laraaji and others.[3]
Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1
[edit]| Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1 | ||||
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| Video by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1986–88 | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 120 min | |||
| Label | Shimmy Disc | |||
| Producer | Kramer | |||
| Gwar, Bongwater, King Missile, Paleface, others chronology | ||||
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Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1 was the first official video release to feature Gwar, this compilation included several other bands on the Shimmy Disc label.
Track listing
[edit]- Lesbians of Russia (Bongwater)
- Jimmy (Bongwater)
- The Box (King Missile)
- Take Stuff from Work (King Missile)
- Dominique (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water)
- This Guy's in Love (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water)
- Bird (B.A.L.L.)
- Out of the Blue (B.A.L.L.)
- Tugboat (Galaxie 500)
- Hymn (Tuli Kupferberg)
- Maybe (Spongehead)
- Hot Dog (Michael Cudahy)
- Shaft (Velvet Monkeys)
- Rock Party (Velvet Monkeys)
- Sex Gorilla (Dogbowl)
- Daytime (Dogbowl)
- What Makes Donna Twirl? (Midget Planets)
- Ain't No Crime to be Stupid (Mr. Elk and Mr. Seal)
- Life's a Gas (Shockabilly)
- Pile Up All Architecture (Shockabilly)
- Gwar Theme (Gwar)
- Time For Death (Gwar)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Kramer | 2020 Artist In Residence | Joyful Noise Recordings | Joyful Noise Recordings". www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
- ^ "Let It Come Down: Songs We Sang in Our Dreams". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
- ^ "Shimmy-Disc". Shimmy-Disc. Retrieved 2025-01-31.
