Wiggle Diskette
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Demo by They Might Be Giants | |||||
| First released | March 30, 1985 Release details / collectors: Show | Hide |
Tracks | 2 | Last demo | 1984 Promotional Demo Tape | |
| Label | TMB Music <850647S> | Length | 4:22 | Next demo | 1985 Promotional Demo Tape | |
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The Wiggle Diskette (as the record pronounces itself), They Might Be Giants' first official release, is a one-sided 7" flexi-disc (round, not square) released on March 30, 1985, produced by Bill Krauss, engineered by Al Houghton and Alex Noyes, and with drum programming by Chris Butler. The release was limited-edition of 1000 copies. The tracks included were "Everything Right Is Wrong" and "You'll Miss Me", both of which resurfaced in drastically rearranged versions on their debut album and Lincoln, respectively. The cover artwork features a photo of a young girl at a wool machine threading wool, with a small photo of the Johns at the bottom. Above, THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS is modestly printed. Some copies were distributed by stapling or taping bagged copies to telephone poles and street signs around Manhattan,[1] as well as nailing them to trees around Tompkins Square Park.[2]
Track listing[edit]
| # | Title | Length | Lyrics | Guitar Tab |
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| 1 | Everything Right Is Wrong | 2:25 | 
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N/A |
| 2 | You'll Miss Me | 1:57 |
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N/A |
Flexi-disc[edit]
Disc
Flexis
An early copy of the disc with a bonus disc to learn Norwegian, owned by Gary Ray.
Advertisements and Reviews[edit]
Advertisement for the disc from the May, 1985 issue of The East Village Eye.
Review of the disc by William Leith for New Musical Express, Aug. 10, 1985.
Another review of the disc, circa 1986.
Show Posters[edit]
Flyer for the disc's release party at Darinka. The hand photo is from Andrew R. Kosma's book The A.B.C.'s of Motion Economy.
An alternate poster for the disc's release party, showing a different version of the cover.
Trivia[edit]
- The drum tracks were created using musician Chris Butler's Oberheim DMX, which they also used for other early demos. In an interview with Imprint from November 2nd, 1990, John Linnell explained how they got the drum machine:
I think it was in the middle of '84 that we decided we were gonna ask a friend to loan us a drum machine in order to make a record with, instead of with the real drums we had been recording with. I think the machine we used at the time was a DMX. Boy, I don't even know what's happened to those things now. It was state of the art then, and I listen to the tape now and the sound just sounds like one of those things that are attached to your parlor organ, like the rhythm, you know.
- In the same interview, John Linnell also said that the disc was made for a magazine.
- Early releases of the Wiggle Diskette came with an extra "Norwegian for Travellers" Berlitz disc.[3]
