Philosophy Of The World (RCA) (CD)

Depending on whom you ask, the Shaggs are either the greatest band of all time or the worst band imaginable. Poster children for the Outsider Music movement, the trio of sisters from New Hampshire were an unintentionally twisted, bargain-basement version of a '60s pop band. Every aspect of the girls' career was overseen by their father, and though their two recordings sold absolutely nothing at the time, it seems the old man may have been on to something. Decades after the Shaggs called it quits, they quietly became one of the most beloved cult bands ever. By turns endearingly naive and unsettlingly odd, horribly out of tune and inspiringly unprofessional, the Shaggs are one of pop music's greatest campfire tales. They must be heard to be fully understood.

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• Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Label: RCA Victor Records (USA)
• UPC: 090266337125
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106403190
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #29821 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
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PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD is reissued here for the first time in its original packaging.

The Shaggs: Dorothy Wiggin, Betty Wiggin (vocals, guitar); Helen Wiggin (drums).

Additional personnel: Rachel Wiggin (bass).

Producer: Austin Wiggin, Jr.

Reissue producers: Irwin Chusid, Terry Adams.

Recorded at Fleetwood Studios, Revere, Massachussetts on March 9, 1969.

Includes liner notes by Irwin Chusid.

Remixed by by Chris Anderson (Nevassa Production, Woodstock, New York).

The Shaggs were three sisters from New Hampshire--Dorothy, Helen and Betty Wiggin. With exuberance and naive confidence, and the further commitment of their father, Austin, who provided financial assistance, the girls were brought to a studio near Boston to record this album. The results sound absolutely like nothing else in our popular culture. Where the girls' intent to sound like some of their favorite bands missed its mark, their desire to sing songs with lyrics extolling simple virtues and pleasures is fully realized. The compelling force of PHILOSOPHY OF THE WORLD comes from the paeans sung to family and community, all delivered with a mix of confidence and humility.

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