- Limp Records
Infobox record label
name = Limp Records
image_bg = white
parent =
founded = 1978
founder = Skip Groff
defunct = 1982
distributor =
genre = Various
country =United States
location = Rockville,Maryland
url =Limp Records was an
independent record label based out of Rockville,Maryland that operated from 1978 until 1982. Run by Skip Groff out of his Yesterday and Today Records store, Limp was one of the first labels releasing music from the nascent D.C. punk scene. The label's more notable output includes the firstBad Brains release (a song on "The Best of Limp (…Rest of Limp) "), the secondMinor Threat record (a split release with Dischord), and the first record byBlack Market Baby . The label's first release wasthe Slickee Boys second EP.Much like
Stiff Records hadDevo 's "Be Stiff," a song entitled "Stay Limp" by the Raisinets was included on Limp's "" compilation.logans
On the ":30 Over DC" album, there are slogans next to the logos on each side of the record. Next to the square logo it says "Limp Records—our business is fitting squares onto round holes." Next to the round logo it says "Limp Records hang a round ["sic"] on spindles all day."
Run-out groove messages
The following records have messages etched into the run-out grooveː LIMP 005 a-side: "Slickee delic." b-side: "We try to play it you try to like it" LIMP 007 both sides: "It shoulda been mono" LIMP 011 a-side: "Read Discords" b-side: "Still only 10¢" LIMP 030 a-side: "This side's for Rusty" b-side: "This side's for Skip" LIMP 035 a-side: "Remember Snitch" b-side: "Who's Snitch?" LIMP 041 a-side: "Hi Henry. Hi Lyle. Never forget" b-side: "There's no place like home" LIMP 1005 a-side: "You can't always get what you want, so send money!" b-side: "Six on one, half dozen on the other, plus two to go" INT01 a-side: "Limp Records 'Idealogically sound'" b-side: "Limp Records 'Idea logically sound'"
Discography
Logos
Limp releases sported a variety of hand-drawn logos. Here are some of them:
External links
* [http://www.30underdc.com/discogs/index.html#limp :30 Under DC] — Annotated discography with comments from label owner Skip Groff.
See also
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List of record labels
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