The Residents: American Composer’s Series, 3CD pREServed Edition

• THE CLASSIC 1980s ALBUMS REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES, PLUS PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN SONGS, DEMOS, REMIXES, LIVE RECORDINGS, NON-ALBUM TRACKS AND LATER EVOLUTIONS.

• 13 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACKS!

• PRODUCED BY THE RESIDENTS AND THE CRYPTIC CORPORATION.

• ESSAY BY JIM KNIPFEL AND SLEEVENOTES BY THE RESIDENTS’ MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVIST.

Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have now been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for a slightly ridiculous fifty-three 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. But you already knew that.

Produced with The Cryptic Corporation, and digging deep into the band’s archive, this set dives into the classic mid-1980s ‘American Composers Series’, featuring material originally recorded by James Brown, George Gershwin, Hank Williams, John Philip Sousa and Ray Charles, as well as previously unreleased Residential interpretations of songs by Sun Ra, Lou Christie, Buddy Holly and…… The Residents themselves?

Of special interest to hardcore fans and collectors will be three Sun Ra cover versions originally intended for Volume 3 of the abandoned series, alongside previously unknown versions of Lou Christie’s ‘Lightning Strikes’ and a lost Residents original, ‘Burning With Desire’.

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 2025 and beyond. Look out for forthcoming ‘Animal Lover’ and ‘Tweedles!’ sets, and a rumoured ‘Randy, Chuck & Bob - In The Studio?’ release.

Word is The Residents will be touring their ‘Eskimo’ masterpiece in late 2025 – watch residents.com for details!

TRACK LISTING

DISC ONE

GEORGE & JAMES

1  Rhapsody In Blue

2  I Got Rhythm

3  Summertime

4 Apollo Intro

5  I'll Go Crazy

6  Try Me

7  Think

8  I Don't Mind

9  Lost Someone

10  Please, Please, Please

11  Night Train

BONUS TRACKS

12 JB@45

13  This Is A Man's Man's Man's World

14  Man's World (Australian Version)

15  I Got Rhythm (13th Anniversary Tokyo)

16  Mans World (Fillmore)

17  Man's World (Icky Flix)

DISC TWO

STARS & HANK FOREVER!

1  Hey Good Lookin'

2  Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)

3  Kaw-Liga

4  Ramblin' Man

5  Jambalaya

6  Nobles Of The Mystic Shrine

7  The Stars And Stripes Forever

8  The Thunderer

9  The Liberty Bell

10  Semper Fidelis

11  The Washington Post

BONUS TRACKS

12  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

13  Pictures Of Life's Other Side

14  Dear Brother

15  I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Take One)*

16  Six More Miles (Accapella)*

17  Ramblin' Man (Vocal Reference Mix)*

18  Kaw-Liga (Single Mix)

19  Kaw-Liga (Horror Mix)

20  Jambalaya (Warfield)*

21  Kaw-LIVE-GA (Warfield)*

22  Stars N Stripes (Icky)

DISC THREE

DE-COMPOSED/RE- COMPOSED

1  Jailhouse Rock

2  The Stars And Stripes (Single Mix)

3  Space Is The Place*

4  Satelites Are Spinning*

5  Rocket #9*

6  Daydream In Space

7  That'll Be The Day (Demo)*

8  Lightning Strikes*

9  Burning With Desire*

10  Kaw-Liga (Prarie Mix)

11  Jailhouse Rock (Australia)

12  Hit The Road Jack (7" Version)

13  Hit The Road Jack (Special Almost Dance Mix)

14  Poor Kaw-Liga’s Pain

15  Jambalaya (Dog Stab/ Larvik)*

16  Jambalaya 4*

17  Be Kind To U-Web Footed Friends

(* previously unreleased)