New CD Release by The Shaggs

Semi-legendary girl group The Shaggs was formed here in New Hampshire in 1968. They only released one album, 1969's "Philosophy of the World". All four members were sisters, the Wiggins, from the tiny town of Fremont.

Skip ahead to 1980, when Terry Adams and Tommy Ardolino of NRBQ (bless 'em), both longtime Shaggs fans, convinced their label at the time, Rounder, to reissue the album. Rolling Stone called it the "comeback of the year". Two years later, the compilation "Shaggs Own Things" came out. The latter has just been released for the first time ever on CD, in Japan, and is now available thru the NRBQ website-click post title for details.

More on the strange history of the sisters here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs