Shimmy Disc


Shimmy Disc was an influential New York City-based independent record label founded in 1987 by Mark Kramer. Before it was sold to the Knitting Factory, it was responsible for providing a mass audience for acts including Bongwater, Daniel Johnston, Fly Ashtray, Galaxie 500, King Missile, Boredoms, Ruins, Ween, Gwar, The Semibeings, When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water and Uncle Wiggly. The label also released compilations albums such as "Rutles Highway Revisited ", 1990, which featured various artists from the label, and also introduced new artists like Paleface.
In 2020, Kramer revived the Shimm-Disc label in partnership with Joyful Noise Recordings 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

  1. Lesbians of Russia
  2. Jimmy
  3. The Box
  4. Take Stuff from Work
  5. Dominique
  6. This Guy's in Love
  7. Bird
  8. Out of the Blue
  9. Tugboat
  10. Hymn
  11. Maybe
  12. Hot Dog
  13. Shaft
  14. Rock Party
  15. Sex Gorilla
  16. Daytime
  17. What Makes Donna Twirl?
  18. Ain't No Crime to be Stupid
  19. Life's a Gas
  20. Pile Up All Architecture
  21. Gwar Theme
  22. Time For Death