Shifty Disco was a British

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based in

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. The

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was started by local enthusiasts in January 1997 and their early releases were often featured by

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on his

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show. Shifty Disco has released recordings by artists such as Beulah,

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, Unbelievable Truth, and

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. One of Shifty Disco's early, defining initiatives was the Shifty Disco singles club which released a new single every month to subscribers. A compilation of all the Singles Club releases was released as a 5-CD set in 2002: ''0-60 In Five Years - The Complete Shifty Disco Singles Club Collection''.

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ShiftyDisco.co.uk
— via Archive.org *
Various : It’s A Shifty Disco Thing Volume 4
— a motley collection of Singles Club A -sides, album review on

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