Shimmy Disc is a

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founded in

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. Before it was sold to the

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, artists like Bongwater,

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, The Semibeings, and Uncle Wiggly recorded on the label. The label also released compilations 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

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with their first release ''Songs We Sang In Our Dreams,'' the debut album of Kramer's project with Xan Tyler, Let It Come Down.

Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1

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

#Lesbians of Russia ( Bongwater) #Jimmy (Bongwater) #The Box (

) # Take Stuff from Work (King Missile) #Dominique (

When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water was an American experimental music, experimental psychedelic rock, psychedelic rock music, rock band from New York City active from 1986 to 1996. Their three albums and several EPs consist of exper ...

) #This Guy's in Love (When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water) #Bird (

B.A.L.L. B.A.L.L. (pronounced "ball") were an American alternative rock band from New York City, formed in 1987. The band was formed by Don Fleming, Kramer, David Licht and Jay Spiegel. After releasing 4 LP's (all Produced & Engineered by Kramer for ...

) #Out of the Blue (

) #Tugboat (

) #Hymn (

Tuli Kupferberg Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg (September 28, 1923 – July 12, 2010) was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, cartoonist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs. Biography Naphtali Kupferberg was born into a Jewish, Yi ...

) #Maybe (

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) #Hot Dog (Michael Cudahy) #Shaft (

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) #Rock Party (Velvet Monkeys) #Sex Gorilla (

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) #Daytime (Dogbowl) #What Makes Donna Twirl? (Midget Planets) #Ain't No Crime to be Stupid (Mr. Elk and Mr. Seal) #Life's a Gas (

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) #Pile Up All Architecture (Shockabilly) #Gwar Theme (

) #Time For Death (Gwar)

References

External links

Official site

Video Compilation from VHS on the Internet Archive

Trouser Press article on Kramer, the Shimmy Disc founder

Interview with Kramer about Shimmy Disc
{{Authority control Record labels established in 1987 Defunct record labels of the United States American independent record labels Knitting Factory Records

Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1

Track listing

See also

References

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