- THE SEMINAL FOURTH ALBUM, PLUS 6 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS!
- FULLY RESTORED AND REMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES
- INCLUDES UNHEARD STUDIO AND LIVE RECORDINGS, MATERIAL FROM THE INFAMOUS TROMSO 1986 SHOW, 35th ANNIVERSARY RE-
- IMAGININGS AND EVOLUTIONARY INTERPRETATIONS.
- PRODUCED WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THE CRYPTIC CORPORATION
- INCLUDES RARE AND UNSEEN IMAGERY + ESSAY AND SLEEVENOTES BY IAN SHIRLEY AND THE
- RESIDENTS’ MYSTERIOUS ARCHIVIST
- THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF DEEP, ARCHIVAL RE-ISSUES FROM THE LEGENDARY SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTIVE.
- LONG-AWAITED BY THE RESIDENTS’ LARGE INTERNATIONAL FANBASE
Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for over 45 years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band has refused to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once.
Produced with The Cryptic Corporation, and with full access to The Residents’ extensive tape archive, this package explores and expands the classic fourth album (originally two EPs) and related 1978 material, as well as the album’s evolution in the studio and on the live stage. Including long-forgotten unreleased material, live-in-the-studio tracks, rare and unreleased concert recordings and highlights from the extremely rare ‘D*ck S*ab 35th Anniversary’ CD-R only album, this is The Residents as we’ve always wanted to hear them.
Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations - this is the fourth in a series of archival Residents reissues that will continue throughout 2018 and beyond.
Track Listing:
DISC ONE
DUCK STAB / BUSTER & GLEN:
1. CONSTANTINOPLE
2. SINISTER EXAGGERATOR
3. THE BOOKER TEASE
4. BLUE ROSEBUDS
5. LAUGHING SONG
6. BACH IS DEAD
7. ELVIS AND HIS BOSS
8. LIZARD LADY
9. SEMOLINA
10.BIRTHDAY BOY
11.WEIGHT-LIFTING LULU
12.KRAFTY CHEESE
13.HELLO SKINNY
14.THE ELECTROCUTIONER
15.GUYLUM BARDOT ‘78*
16.SOULFUL SAX*
17.OW BOUTTHAT*
18.WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING*
19. UNLISTED*
20.SANTA DOG ‘78
DISC TWO
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED EPHEMERA:
1. BACH IS DEAD (1982 REHEARSAL)
2. BIRTHDAY BOY (1982 REHEARSAL)
3. CONSTANTINOPLE (1982 REHEARSAL)
4. DS/BAG SUITE (TROMSØ, INCONVENIENCED, 1986)*
5. SEMOLINA (LIVE, 1986)
6. HELLO SKINNY (ICKY FLIX VERSION)**
7. CONSTANTINOPLE (ICKY FLIX VERSION)**
8. LIZARD LADY / HELLO SKINNY (LIVE 2005)
9. SEMOLINA (LIVE 2011)
10.LIZARD LADY (LIVE 2011)
11.BLUE ROSEBUDS (LIVE 2014)
12.WEIGHTLIFTING LULU (LIVE 2014)
13.BLUE ROSEBUDS RMX
14.THE BOOKER TEASE (RE-IMAGINED)
15.WEIGHTLIFTING LULU (RE-IMAGINED)
16.CONSTANTINOPLE (ADOBE)
17.BACH IS DEAD (RE-IMAGINED)
18.LAUGHING SONG (RE-IMAGINED)
19.THE ELECTROCUTIONER (RE-IMAGINED)
20.HELLO SKINNY (RE-IMAGINED)
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
** NEVER BEFORE ON CD