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Refrigerator reissue first cassette only release on September 8th
The earliest Refrigerator recordings surfaced in 1991 on the Shrimper cassette “Lonesome Surprize”. Lovingly remastered from the original sequenced tape by Steve Folta, this limited edition cassette reissue features brand new liner notes by Allen & Dennis Callaci recalling the origin of these songs. The hand painted covers offer an upgrade to the first edition, …
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New Falcon Eddy en route
Numerology, it is one of the lesser arts in these Wiccan times as even when algebra or calculus is dressed up with a hardcore edge, it is still a hard sell. Falcon Eddy is out to change that with “Minute Ten”, the fantastic new song of theirs that doubles with a video for the days …
First Shrimper Cassette celebrates 30th anniversary
The first Shrimper cassette was not on Shrimper, it was on a label called PSST. Right, Psst, as in quietly trying to get your attention or as in PISSED, Two things at the forefront of mind being a twenty year old in 1990. The name of the only proper release on PSST was a compilation …
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John Davis Pure Night Plus Kicks of series of reissues & vault titles out this fall
John Davis’ earliest recordings on Shrimper are being reissued on September 21st on Shrimper in conjunction with John’s Inundation label (which issued his incredible instrumental record “Gnawing On The Bone” last year). The double CD will include his Shrimper cassette, “Stars & Songs”, his debut 7″ and LP on Shrimper as well as other 7″ …
Jeff Fuccillo & Allen Callaci are calling you from home
Jeff Fuccillo, a seasoned Shrimper vet who played in the band Irivng Klaw Trio before going solo and running his Union Pole label has been collaborating with Refrigerator’s Allen Callaci on a series of songs written in the eighties by neither of them. What would Allen Callaci, who has collaborated with Adam Lipman and Buckethead …
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Shrimper catalog available via Grapefruit Distribution
Shrimper continues to be distributed by Revolver USA where you can download titles as well as pick up physical copies of in print Shrimper CD’s, LP’s and cassettes. Grapefruit distribution is now carrying a wide swath of Shrimper LP’s, Cassettes, 7″ singles and CD’s, including some rare & out of print excess runs on titles …
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Dennis Callaci CD & Book
Dennis Callaci’s book “100 Cassettes” arrived via Pelekinesis in February. The book includes a forward by Jonathan Lethem and an afterword by Allen Callaci. You can buy it direct from Pelekinesis where you will get an additional chap book featuring full color reproductions of all one hundred cassettes written about in the book that were …