Just to keep the Shaggs discussions going..... >>for immediate release >> >>THE SHAGGS >>PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD >>legendary album slated for re-release on RCA Victor >> >>Reissue produced by Irwin Chusid and Terry Adams >>February 23, 1999 scheduled release >> >> >>PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD was one of Frank Zappa's favorite albums. >>Rolling Stone's 1996 'Alt-Rock-A-Rama' book ranked it among "The 100 >>Most Influential Alternative Releases of All Time," "The Greatest Garage >>Recordings of the 20th Century," and "The 50 Most Significant Indie >>Records." >> >>The Shaggs -- sisters Dorothy, Helen, and Betty Wiggin -- hailed from >>the culturally disconnected backwater of Fremont, NH. Having never seen >>a live rock band, but having heard their favorite songs on the radio, >>these hothouse siblings formed a trio playing two guitars and drums. In >>1969 they recorded PHILOSOPHY..., now recognized as a monument of >>"aboriginal rock." >> >>The Shaggs are a touchstone of unpretentiousness. Their music is >>earnest, authentic, and refreshingly guileless. Hacked-at chords, missed >>downbeats, out-of-socket transitions, blown accents, and accidental >>convergences abound. And yet -- it all works! The Shaggs' lost-chord >>wonderland has an internal logic that transcends the conventional >>relationship between ability, technique, and originality. PHILOSOPHY... >>crowns the Wiggin sisters as the legendary, if unwitting, Queens of >>Outsider Music. >> >>1999 marks the 30th anniversary of the rarely-seen original release. A >>1980 vinyl LP reissue on Rounder/Red Rooster is long out-of-print. In >>1988, PHILOSOPHY... was issued on CD by Rounder, but the songs were >>remixed, the tracks resequenced, later (and far more proficient, i.e., >>less interesting) tracks were included, and the original album cover art >>was omitted. >> >>The RCA Victor package represents the first authentic reissue of the >>original PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD, as conceived by the Shaggs' proud >>papa, Austin Wiggin, Jr. In addition to the original sequence, cover >>art, and liner notes (and NO extra tracks), this package includes new >>biographical notes by Irwin Chusid, and the first-ever publication of a >>rare photo of Austin and Annie Wiggin, subjects of the Shaggs' classic >>song, "Who Are Parents?" >> >>The Shaggs >>Philosophy of the World >>RCA Victor 09026-63371-2 >> >>press inquiries: >>IRWIN CHUSID <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>fax: 201-653-0209
