# Kramer discography

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This article presents the complete oeuvre of American musician, composer and record producer [Kramer](/source/Kramer_(musician)), including his work as a band member and collaborating artist.[1]

## As a solo artist

### Studio albums

Title Album details The Guilt Trip Released: 1992 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP The Secret of Comedy Released: August 5, 1994 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD Let Me Explain Something to You About Art Released: January 20, 1998 (US) Label: Tzadik Formats: CD Songs from the Pink Death Released: February 17, 1998 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD The Greenberg Variations Released: March 25, 2003 (US) Label: Tzadik Formats: CD The Brill Building Released: September 25, 2012 (US) Label: Tzadik Formats: CD The Brill Building, Book Two, Featuring Bill Frisell Released: December 5, 2017 (US) Label: Tzadik (Spectrum Series) Formats: CD

### Collaborative albums

Year Title Notes 1987 Happiness Finally Came to Them With Ralph Carney and Daved Hild 1988 Roll Out the Barrel With Jad Fair 1991 Real Men With John S. Hall 1992 Who's Afraid? With Daevid Allen 1993 Egomaniacs With Kim Fahy and Jamie Harley 1994 Hot Day in Waco With Dogbowl A Remark Hugh Made With Hugh Hopper Black Power With Ralph Carney and Daved Hild 1996 Gunsmoke With Dogbowl Tattoo of Blood With Penn Jillette Hit Men With Daevid Allen 1997 Rubber Hair With Daved Hild Huge With Hugh Hopper 1998 Money Feeds My Music Machine With Penn Jillette Reasons in the Sun With Tammy Lang 1999 The Sound of Music With Jad Fair 2025 Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea With Pan American 2026 They Came Like Swallows – Seven Requiems for the Children of Gaza With Thurston Moore

### Live albums

Title Album details Still Alive in '95 Released: February 1, 1996 (JP) Label: Creativeman Disc. Formats: CD

### Compilation albums

Title Album details Music for Crying Released: 1995 (JP) Label: Creativeman Disc. Formats: CD

## Shockabilly

### Studio albums

Title Album details Earth vs. Shockabilly Released: 1983 (UK) Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP Colosseum Released: 1984 (UK) Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP Vietnam Released: 1984 (UK) Label: Fundamental Formats: LP Heaven Released: 1985 (UK) Label: Fundamental Formats: LP

### Extended plays

Title Album details The Dawn of Shockabilly Released: 1982 (UK) Label: Rough Trade Formats: LP Greatest Hits Released: 1983 (NL) Label: Red Music Formats: LP

### Singles

Year Title Album 1983 19th Nervous Breakdown / City of Corruption Earth vs. Shockabilly

### Live albums

Title Album details Live: ...Just Beautiful Released: 1989 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP

### Compilation albums

Title Album details The Ghost of Shockabilly Released: 1989 (UK) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD Vietnam/Heaven Released: January 1990 (NL) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS

## Bongwater

### Studio albums

Title Album details Double Bummer Released: 1988 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP Too Much Sleep Released: 1989 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP The Power of Pussy Released: 1990 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP The Big Sell-Out Released: March 1992 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, LP

### Extended plays

Title Album details Breaking No New Ground! Released: 1987 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: LP The Peel Session Released: 1992 (NL) Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD

### Singles

Year Title Album 1988 You Don't Love Me Yet / The Porpoise Song Non-album singles

### Compilation albums

Title Album details Box of Bongwater Released: 1998 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD

## B.A.L.L.

### Studio albums

Title Album details Period Released: 1987 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: LP Bird Released: 1989 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: LP Trouble Doll Released: 1989 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP B.A.L.L. Four: Hardball Released: 1990 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS, LP

### Compilation albums

Title Album details Bird/Period Released: 1989 (US) Label: Shimmy Disc Formats: CD, CS

## Credits

### Performance credits

Year Artist Release Role(s) Song(s) 1979 Eugene Chadbourne 2000 Statues and the English Channel organ, trombone — 1980 New York Gong About Time organ "Hours Gone" 1981 John Zorn Archery organ, synthesizer, tape — 1982 The Waitresses Wasn't Tomorrow Wonderful? tape "Jimmy Tomorrow" Daevid Allen The Death of Rock & Other Entrances piano "Poet for Sale" Gilli Smyth Live in Usa 79 keyboards, synthesizer, trombone — Daevid Allen Alien in New York (12") trombone "Bananareggae" The Fugs Baskets of Love bass guitar, keyboards — 1985 The Fugs Refuse to Be Burnt-Out bass guitar — 1987 Eugene Chadbourne LSDC&W – The History of the Chadbournes in America organ, tape "The Beatles Medley", "In a Sentimental Mood (The Duke) (Pt. 1)", "In a Sentimental Mood (Pt. 2)", "W Va Spec (Zorn Tribute)" Rebby Sharp Against No Wall vocals "Just in Time" trombone "Some Men", "(Into) Hesitation Blues" The Shaved Pigs Breakfast Is Served electric guitar "She's Pop" Tenko Slope banjo "The Time Drawers" Half Japanese U.S. Teens Are Spoiled Bums (7") organ — Half Japanese Music to Strip By banjo "Ancient Life" Bongos, Bass & Bob Never Mind The Sex Pistols, Here's Bongos, Bass, and Bob (What on Earth Were They Thinking???) accordion "Walkin' in the Park" horns "Die Tryin' to Escape" percussion "Rent Control (Our Life Together)" slide guitar "Clearly Unhealthy" strings "Mr. Lemke" whistle "Clothes of the Dead", "Li'l Bluebird" 1989 Dogbowl Tit! An Opera bass guitar, guitar, percussion, backing vocals — organ "Starving for Love" The Tinklers Casserole slide guitar, keyboards — When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water Bobby bass guitar, slide guitar — Galaxie 500 On Fire organ, backing vocals "Isn't It a Pity" Half Japanese The Band That Would Be King bass guitar, organ — King Missile They slide guitar, keyboards — Rebby Sharp In One Mouth and Out the Other vocals, bass guitar, alto trombone, percussion — Daniel Johnston 1990 vocals, tape "Some Things Last a Long Time" 1991 Dogbowl Cyclops Nuclear Submarine Captain organ, backing vocals — Krackhouse Drink. It's Legal grand piano — Lida Husik Bozo slide guitar "Billboard" Paleface Paleface bass guitar "She Was Talking to Me (Down on Ave. B)", "Trouble in the Country", "Burn and Rob" keyboards "There's Something About a Truck (What It Is)" 1992 Daevid Allen & New York Gong Live in the USA keyboards, trombone — Trains and Boats and Planes Engulfed flute — Damon and Naomi More Sad Hits vocals, instruments — King Missile Happy Hour Mellotron "Take Me Home" bass guitar "Heaven" Luna Lunapark piano "I Want Everything" Hammond organ "We're Both Confused" 1993 Lida Husik The Return of Red Emma bass guitar "Highgate", "AZT NO", "Bustop" Hammond organ "Highgate", "Bustop" Workdogs Roberta piano "Rob K's Money Crazy Boogie" Raymond Listen Licorice Root Orchestra bass guitar "Coronation Day" When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water Bill Kennedy's Showtime bass guitar — 1994 Blueberrie Spy Sing Sing guitar — Helen Shields The 7 Inch Pig E.P. (7") piano "Pig" 1995 Damon and Naomi The Wondrous World of Damon & Naomi bass guitar, electric guitar, synthesizer, Mellotron, tape, clarinet, backing vocals — Low Long Division Mellotron "Swingin'" 1996 Ancestors The Wondrous World of Damon & Naomi bass guitar, synthesizer — The Furthurs From The Wells Of Disappointment backing vocals "Future Perfect", "The Red Sun" grand piano "Best Wishes" Mellotron "Stay With Yourself" synthesizer "The Red Sun" 1998 Drazy Hoops Straight to Black keyboards, piano, organ, vocals — 1999 Milksop Holly Time to Come In bass guitar, guitars, backing vocals — 2000 Adult Rodeo Texxxas voice "Beliablo" organ "Celebrity Bingo" 2002 Linda Draper Patchwork instruments — 2003 John Zorn Voices in the Wilderness vocals, instruments "Khebar" R. Stevie Moore Nevertheless Optimistic bass guitar, percussion "Hug Me" 2007 Dot Allison Exaltation of Larks bass guitar, keyboards, sampler "Allelujah", "In Deep Water", "You Dropped Your Soul", "M'Aidez Call", "Tall Flowers", "Quicksand", "Shivering", "The Latitude and Longitude of Mystery" acoustic guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, sampler "Sunset" electric guitar "The Latitude and Longitude of Mystery" Little Aida Mad Country Mellotron "Like It Was Before", "Ten Walls" The Mabuses Mabused! bass guitar "Russian Roulette" Rope, Inc Songs of Love & War electric guitar — Caucus 空と時間軸 E.P. Hammond organ — 2008 22-Pistepirkko Texxxas backing vocals "Crazy Meat", "The Others" keyboards "Aquarius Zero" Bingo Quixote/Media Circus Extravaganza! Blue Highway/End of an Error organ, vocals — Jacques Duvall Le Cowboy et La Call-Girl Hammond organ, Mellotron — Flavor Crystals Ambergris piano "Snobrite" Hilde Marie Kjersem A Killer for That Ache organ "Midwest Country" The Orange Beach Fuzz You!!! vibraphone "Barbon" 2014 Jad Fair & Danielson Solid Gold Heart bass guitar —

## References

1. "Kramer > Credits". Allmusic. Retrieved March 4, 2016.

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