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The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History 
Summary
The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History was Shellac's first release ("Shellac Record #1"), a 3 song 7" on Touch and Go Records. It was released in 1993 on vinyl format only. The brown smear on the cover was originally rumored to be real shellac, but is actually root beer concentrate.
| "The Rude Gesture: A Pictorial History" | |
|---|---|
| Single by Shellac | |
| Released | October 10, 1993 |
| Genre | Post-hardcore |
| Label | Touch and Go Records TG123 |
| Producer(s) | Shellac |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
The 7" comes in a hand-printed and folded sleeve with a sheet of liner notes which list the microphones used for recording, like "Lomo: 19a-19, 19a-13, 19a-9 (original Soviet tubes, for the prole sound)".
Track listing edit
Side A edit
- "The Guy Who Invented Fire"
- "Rambler Song"
Side B edit
- "Billiard Player Song"
Personnel edit
- Steve Albini - vocals, guitar,[2]recording engineer
- Bob Weston - bass guitar,[2] recording engineer (on "The Guy Who Invented Fire" and "Billiard Player Song")
- Todd Trainer - drums[2]
- Camilo Gonzalez (formerly of Naked Raygun) - bass guitar on "Rambler Song"
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