Editing Shimmy-Disc

{{Short description|American record label}}
'''Shimmy-Disc''' is a [[New York City]]–based [[independent record label]] founded in [[1987 in music|1987]] by [[Mark Kramer]]. Before it was sold to the [[Knitting Factory]], artists like [[Bongwater (band)|Bongwater]], [[Daniel Johnston]], [[Low (band)|Low]], [[Fly Ashtray]], [[Galaxie 500]], [[King Missile]], [[Boredoms (band)|Boredoms]], [[Ruins (Japanese band)|Ruins]], [[Ween]], [[Gwar]], [[Semibeings|The Semibeings]], and [[Uncle Wiggly (band)|Uncle Wiggly]] recorded on the label. Label founder, [[Kramer (musician)|Kramer]], also has production credits on records by [[Half Japanese]], [[White Zombie (band)|White Zombie]], [[Yo La Tengo]], [[John Zorn]], [[Jon Spencer Blues Explosion]], memorable parts of the [[Pulp Fiction (soundtrack)|''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 (musician)|Paleface]]. 

In 2020, Kramer revived the Shimmy-Disc label in partnership with [[Joyful Noise Recordings]] in conjunction with their artist-in-residence series.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kramer {{!}} 2020 Artist In Residence {{!}} Joyful Noise Recordings {{!}} Joyful Noise Recordings |url=https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/products/2020-artist-in-residence?srsltid=AfmBOoq-i89PTaXsvnv8ipcIgxBX9jIEKp1hiQvoiZg0-8PrdEubsSxo |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Let It Come Down: Songs We Sang in Our Dreams|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/let-it-come-down-songs-we-sang-in-our-dreams/|access-date=2020-06-25|website=Pitchfork|language=en}}</ref> Since then the label has released a slew of new records by [[Paul Leary]] (of [[Butthole Surfers]]), [[Jeff Pinkus|J.D. Pinkus]] (of Butthole Surfers and [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shimmy-Disc |url=https://shimmy-disc.com/ |access-date=2025-01-31 |website=Shimmy-Disc |language=en}}</ref>

==Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1==
{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name         = Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V.1
| type         = video
| artist       = [[Gwar]], [[Bongwater (band)|Bongwater]], [[King Missile]], [[Paleface (musician)|Paleface]], others
| cover        = Shimmy Disc Video Compilation V1.png
| alt          = 
| released     = 1988
| recorded     = 1986–88
| venue        = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = [[Punk rock]]
| length       = 120 min
| label        = [https://shimmy-disc.net  Shimmy Disc]
| producer     = Kramer
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = Rawgwar
| next_year    = 1990
}}

''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 (band)|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==
* [[Shimmy Disc discography]]
* [[List of record labels]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://shimmy-disc.net/ Official site]
* [https://archive.org/details/ShimmyDisc Video Compilation from VHS on the Internet Archive]
* [http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=kramer Trouser Press article on Kramer, the Shimmy Disc founder]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20151014114741/http://citypaper.net/articles/051498/ice.shtml Interview with Kramer about Shimmy Disc]

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