I Killed the Monster: 21 Artists Performing the Songs of Daniel Johnston

Various Artists (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: October 10, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Second Shimmy
• ASIN: B000I2JTE8
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #287,246 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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"One of the few thriving, truly independent small lables devoted to the preservation of non-mainstream rock, Shimmy-Disc... has set a standard for underground survival and idosyncratic musical vision in a pop age of cookie-cutter video stars, copycat heavy metal, and billion-dollar record company mergers. Kramer is a force of nature, and one of the few true icons of the American Undergound." -David Fricke, ROLLING STONE

I Killed the Monster marks the triumphant return of Shimmy-Disc, reborn for the twenty-first century as Second-Shimmy. After a five-year hiatus, Kramer returns with a brilliant twenty-one-song compilation of tunes written by his good friend Daniel Johnston, whose classic LPs 1990 and Artistic Vice Kramer produced in the late eighties. Each track features standout performances by some of indie music's brightest stars, and many feature Kramer's unmistakable prowess as one his generation's most celebrated producers/arrangers. Few artists have been where Kramer has been, or worked with the variety of artists he has, and this debut release on his new Second-Shimmy label marks the birth of a new era of great music to come.