Limp Records was an independent record label

Independent record label

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 based out of Rockville

Rockville, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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 that operated from 1978

1978 in music

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 until 1982

1982 in music

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. 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

Punk rock

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 scene. The label's more notable output includes the first Bad Brains

Bad Brains

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 release (a song on The Best of Limp (…Rest of Limp)), the second Minor Threat

Minor Threat

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 record (a split release with Dischord

Dischord Records

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), and the first record by Black Market Baby

Black Market Baby

-History:Formed by Boyd Farrell and Paul Cleary of Snitch , with Keith Campbell of D. Ceats and Tommy Carr from the Penetrators....

. The label's first release was the Slickee Boys

The Slickee Boys

The Slickee Boys were a Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band whose most-remembered lineup consisted of guitarist Marshall Keith, guitarist Kim Kane, singer Mark Noone, and drummer Dan Palenski. The band has become a legend in the D.C. punk community...

 second EP.

Much like Stiff Records

Stiff Records

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 had Devo

Devo

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's "Be Stiff," a song entitled "Stay Limp" by the Raisinets was included on Limp's :30 Over DC compilation.

Slogans

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 groove:

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

catalog #	artist	title/format	year	notes
EP1001	The Slickee Boys The Slickee Boys The Slickee Boys were a Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band whose most-remembered lineup consisted of guitarist Marshall Keith, guitarist Kim Kane, singer Mark Noone, and drummer Dan Palenski. The band has become a legend in the D.C. punk community...	Mersey, Mersey Me 7" EP	1978
002	Tina Peel	More Than Just Good Looks 7" EP	1978	split release with Dacoit
003	Shirkers	"Drunk and Disorderly" 7"	1978	released with two different sleeves
005	The Slickee Boys	3rd EP 7"	1979
007	D. Ceats	Monumental 7" EP	1979	blue vinyl
011	The Nurses The Nurses The Nurses is a soap opera that aired on ABC from September 27, 1965 to March 31, 1967. The show was a continuation of a serialized primetime drama which aired on CBS originally called The Nurses when it premiered in 1962, later called The Doctors and the Nurses.The setting was Alden General...	"Running Around" 7"	1981
013	The Reind Dears	"Xmas (Is Going to Bring Me…)" 7"	1978	red vinyl
029	Nightman	"Don't You Know" 7"	1979
030	(The) Razz	Airtime 7" EP	1979	split release with O'Rourke
031	(The) Razz	"You Can Run (But You Can't Hide)" 7"	1979	split release with O'Rourke
032	Killer Bees	Buzz'n the Town 7"	1979
033	The Dark	The Dark 7" EP	1981
034	The Nurses	"Hearts" 7"	1981	planned reissue that wasn't released
035	Black Market Baby Black Market Baby -History:Formed by Boyd Farrell and Paul Cleary of Snitch , with Keith Campbell of D. Ceats and Tommy Carr from the Penetrators....	"Potential Suicide" 7"	1981
041	Minor Threat Minor Threat Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band formed in Washington, D.C. in 1980 and disbanded in 1983. The band was relatively short-lived, but had a strong influence on the hardcore punk music scene, both stylistically and in establishing a "do it yourself" ethic for music distribution and...	"In My Eyes" 7"	1981	red vinyl, black vinyl; split release with Dischord Dischord Records Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent record label specializing in the independent punk music of the D.C.-area music scene. The label is co-owned by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, who founded Dischord in 1980 to release Minor Disturbance by The Teen Idles...
INT01	Stiff All-Stars	"You Tell Me Lies" 7"	1981	sole release on Limp International
1001	various	:30 Over DC LP	1978	red vinyl, gold vinyl, black vinyl
1002	The Korps	Hello World LP	1979	blue vinyl
1003	The Slickee Boys	Separated Vegetables Separated Vegetables Separated Vegetables is the first full-length release from Washington, D.C.'s Slickee Boys. Self-released on guitarist Kim Kane's Dacoit label , it was pressed in an edition of 100 copies. As well as songs written by the band, it includes cover versions of songs originally by Overkill Separated... LP	1980	reissue of a 1977 release
1004	various	The Best of Limp (…Rest of Limp) LP	1980
1005	various	Connected LP	1981	two different-colored covers
1006	Nightman	No Escape LP	1981

External links

• :30 Under DC — Annotated discography with comments from label owner Skip Groff.