Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for almost fifty years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band refuses to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once.
Released on CD for the first time, this set captures the group’s earliest work – two legendary album length demo tapes and three live recordings made under the direction of their mentor, The Mysterious N. Senada, between the Springs of 1971 and 1972. Packed with non-songs, poetry, mutant cover versions, sonic experiments and ambitious suites, ‘The W***** B*** Album’ and ‘B.S.’ set the groundwork for all that was to follow in the studio, whilst the three live recordings show the group – then a large, rambling collective rather than anything resembling a band – exploring the live-show-as-performance-art space they continue to inhabit to this day. This is must-hear material for both fans of The Residents and those interested in post-hippy, pre-punk DIY avant-garde experimentalism.
Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations – this is The Residents as we’ve always wanted to hear them, and the latest in a series of archival reissues that will continue throughout 2020 and beyond. Look out for forthcoming ‘American Composers’, ‘Cube-E’, ‘Freak Show’ and ‘Gingerbread Man’ sets.
FEATURES:
Includes ‘The W***** B*** Album’ And ‘B.S.’, Previously Only Available On Vinyl As Limited Record Store Day Releases.
Also Features 1971’S ‘Boarding House Show’ And ‘Philip’S Wedding Concentrate’, And 1972’S ‘Chris’ Party’ – The Group’S Only Known Live Shows Prior To 1976.
Seminal Elements Of Residents Mythology, Issued By Popular Demand!
Remastered From The Original Tapes And Produced By The Residents And The Cryptic Corporation.
Essay By Jim Knipfel And Sleevenotes By The Residents’ Mysterious Archivist.
Long-Awaited By The Residents’ Large International Fanbase!
9 Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True
10 Baby Skeletons and Dogs #2
11 2. Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 2
12 Going to Arcata Blues
13 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 3
14 Black Velvet Original
15 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 4
16 Jimi Hendrix Dildo
17 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 5
18 In the Still of the Night
19 Maggie's Farm
20 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 6
21 Snot and Feces Live at the Grunt Festival
22 Sweet Meat
23 3. Oh Yea Uhh Bop Shu Bop
24 Om Is Where the Art Is
25 Concerto in R Flat Minor
26 Gagagapiggaeoupe
27 Sold American
28 Love Theme from a Major Motion Picture
29 Prelude for Accordion, Sousaphone and French Horn
30 Oh God You're a Pie in the Sky
31 Short Circuit Comes to Town
32 Marching Towards a E I O U Blues
33 4. in the Still of the Night Again / Rumba
34 Fourth Crucifixion in Five Years
35 Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True Again
36 Art the White Elephant
37 Psychedelic and Orgasmic Finale
38 5. the Boarding House Show
39 6. Philip's Wedding Concentrate*
- Disc 2 -
1 B.S
2 We Stole This Riff
3 Holelottadick
4 B.S
5 Deepsea Diver Song
6 King Kong
7 Cantaten to Der Dyin' Prunen
8 Intro Tape/Somethin' Devilish
9 N. Senada Tribute
10 The Fourth Crucifixion
11 James Dean's Death
12 Hallowed Be Thy Wean (Incorporating Pink Lemonade, Sandman, Eat Me Mother, a Selection of Untitled Instrumentals, Bumble Bee, Eloise, Snakefinger's Wedding, Kamikaze Lady, Miss Peggy Honeydew and D Is for Doorknob, a Number of Announcements, the Three Most Important Things in the Whole Wide World and More)
Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for almost fifty years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band refuses to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once.
Released on CD for the first time, this set captures the group’s earliest work – two legendary album length demo tapes and three live recordings made under the direction of their mentor, The Mysterious N. Senada, between the Springs of 1971 and 1972. Packed with non-songs, poetry, mutant cover versions, sonic experiments and ambitious suites, ‘The W***** B*** Album’ and ‘B.S.’ set the groundwork for all that was to follow in the studio, whilst the three live recordings show the group – then a large, rambling collective rather than anything resembling a band – exploring the live-show-as-performance-art space they continue to inhabit to this day. This is must-hear material for both fans of The Residents and those interested in post-hippy, pre-punk DIY avant-garde experimentalism.
Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations – this is The Residents as we’ve always wanted to hear them, and the latest in a series of archival reissues that will continue throughout 2020 and beyond. Look out for forthcoming ‘American Composers’, ‘Cube-E’, ‘Freak Show’ and ‘Gingerbread Man’ sets.
FEATURES:
Includes ‘The W***** B*** Album’ And ‘B.S.’, Previously Only Available On Vinyl As Limited Record Store Day Releases.
Also Features 1971’S ‘Boarding House Show’ And ‘Philip’S Wedding Concentrate’, And 1972’S ‘Chris’ Party’ – The Group’S Only Known Live Shows Prior To 1976.
Seminal Elements Of Residents Mythology, Issued By Popular Demand!
Remastered From The Original Tapes And Produced By The Residents And The Cryptic Corporation.
Essay By Jim Knipfel And Sleevenotes By The Residents’ Mysterious Archivist.
Long-Awaited By The Residents’ Large International Fanbase!
