Shaggs' Own Thing

Shaggs' Own Thing is a 1982 compilation album by The Shaggs, containing tracks from a 1975 recording session that had gone unreleased due to the death of Austin Wiggin (the band members' father and manager) and the band's subsequent disbanding.[1] In addition to the three Wiggin sisters (Dot, Helen and Betty), this album includes contributions from their father Austin Jr., their younger sister Rachel, and their brother Robert.[2]

Shaggs' Own Thing
Compilation album by
The Shaggs
Released1982
Recorded1975
GenreOutsider music, pop rock
Length30:34
LabelRounder; Light in the Attic
The Shaggs chronology
Philosophy of the World
(1969)		 Shaggs' Own Thing
(1982)		 The Shaggs
(1988)

History

Shaggs' Own Thing was compiled by Terry Adams and released in 1982 on vinyl on NRBQ's Red Rooster Records, distributed by Rounder Records. It includes several covers of popular songs of the early 1970s, in addition to new original songs and a re-recording of "My Pal Foot Foot" from Philosophy of the World. The album was noted for greater stylistic variety[2] and a higher level of musicianship compared to the band's previous album.[3]

Track listing
Side One
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're Somethin' Special to Me"Dorothy Wiggin2:03
2."Wheels" (The String-A-Longs cover)
  • Jimmy Torres
  • Richard Stephens
1:18
3."Paper Roses" (Anita Bryant/Marie Osmond cover)
3:48
4."Shaggs' Own Thing (Musical Version)"
  • Dorothy Wiggin
2:05
5."Painful Memories"Betty Wiggin3:54
6."Gimme Dat Ding" (The Pipkins cover; recorded live at Fremont Town Hall, Fremont, N.H.)
1:18
Side Two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7."My Cutie"Dorothy Wiggin2:14
8."Yesterday Once More" (The Carpenters cover)
3:23
9."My Pal Foot Foot"Dorothy Wiggin3:04
10."I Love" (Tom T. Hall cover)
  • Tom T. Hall
2:18
11."Shaggs' Own Thing (Vocal Version)"
  • Dorothy Wiggin
  • Austin Wiggin, Jr.
3:54
Light in the Attic 2020 reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Love at First Sight" (Bonus track from the 1988 CD The Shaggs, which combined both albums)
  • Dorothy Wiggin
3:35
13."Sweet Maria" (Bert Kaempfert and His Orchestra cover)
2:21
14."Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)" (The Victor Military Band cover)
2:58
15."Wipe Out" (The Surfaris cover; previously unreleased 1973 recording)
  • Bob Berryhill
  • Pat Connolly
  • Jim Fuller
  • Ron Wilson
2:06

12 appears on both the LP and CD reissues; 13-15 are CD only. 13 and 14 are also recordings made circa 1973, and were previously released in 2016 by Light in the Attic as a numbered edition of 3000 7" singles for Record Store Day.

References
  1. "The Shaggs | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  2. "The Shaggs: The Shaggs". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  3. "The Shaggs - Shaggs' Own Thing". Light In The Attic Records. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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