The Residents – Meet The Residents
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Ralph Records – RR0677 |
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Vinyl
, LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo
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US |
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Genre: |
Electronic |
Style: |
Experimental |
Tracklist
| A1 | Boots | 0:54 | |
| A2 | Numb Erone | 1:07 | |
| A3 | Guylum Bardot | 1:19 | |
| A4 | Breath And Length | 1:44 | |
| A5 | Consuelo's Departure | 0:59 | |
| A6 | Smelly Tongues | 1:44 | |
| A7 | Rest Aria | 5:09 | |
| A8 | Skratz | 1:43 | |
| A9 | Spotted Pinto Bean | 5:27 | |
| B1 | Infant Tango | 5:28 | |
| B2 | Seasoned Greetings | 5:13 | |
| B3 | N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues) | 7:16 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Cryptic Corporation
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Cryptic Corporation
- Copyright © – Cryptic Corporation
- Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing
- Lacquer Cut At – Sonic Arts
Credits
- Composed By, Arranged By – The Residents (tracks: A2 to B3)
- Design [Cover Design] – Pore No Graphics
- Lacquer Cut By – LK*
- Liner Notes – The Cryptic Corporation
- Producer [Originally Produced By] – Residents, Uninc.*
- Reissue Producer – The Cryptic Corporation
Notes
Album originally released April 1974: Meet The Residents (Ralph Records, RR0274) with a different cover.
This is the first in a series of reissues. 12,000 copies were pressed in 1977 once the 1,000 original copies above had sold out. The front cover sleeve has a light orange lettering, the back cover is black and white, and the sentence "is a division of The Cryptic Corporation" at the bottom is on two lines (on the next reissue it is on one line). The back cover reproduce the original liner notes and the original picture sleeve of the album.
Some copies included a 28cm x 21.8cm insert inviting buyers to reply and be immortalised on the Ralph Records list of "Weirdos we have known".
All selections composed and arranged by The Residents and published by Pale Pachyderm Publishing (BMI) except Boots by Lee Hazelwood (ASCAP), Nobody But Me by Human Beinz used courtesy of Capitol Records.
Special thanks to Wool, R. Essex, J. Whitaker, Zeibak, P. Freihofner, J. Aaron, B. Tangey.
Copyright 1977, The Cryptic Corporation. Ralph Records. RR0677
© ℗ 1977 The Cryptic Corp.
Durations are not listed on the release.
[Liner notes:]
"About this pressing...
Meet The Residents was originally released in 1974, on the Ralph Records label. The tapes were monaural recordings on home equipment and suffered further fidelity loss in the mastering and pressing stages. In 1976, The Cryptic Corporation came into legal possession of The Residents recordings, and began working on how to restore these original tapes to studio quality. Using the master tape as a directive, the album was disassembled, reprocessed, and reconstructed into this stereophonic version. No re-recording was employed. The artists who appear on this recording have personally approved this as an authorized realization of the original LP.
The Cryptic Corporation"
This is the first in a series of reissues. 12,000 copies were pressed in 1977 once the 1,000 original copies above had sold out. The front cover sleeve has a light orange lettering, the back cover is black and white, and the sentence "is a division of The Cryptic Corporation" at the bottom is on two lines (on the next reissue it is on one line). The back cover reproduce the original liner notes and the original picture sleeve of the album.
Some copies included a 28cm x 21.8cm insert inviting buyers to reply and be immortalised on the Ralph Records list of "Weirdos we have known".
All selections composed and arranged by The Residents and published by Pale Pachyderm Publishing (BMI) except Boots by Lee Hazelwood (ASCAP), Nobody But Me by Human Beinz used courtesy of Capitol Records.
Special thanks to Wool, R. Essex, J. Whitaker, Zeibak, P. Freihofner, J. Aaron, B. Tangey.
Copyright 1977, The Cryptic Corporation. Ralph Records. RR0677
© ℗ 1977 The Cryptic Corp.
Durations are not listed on the release.
[Liner notes:]
"About this pressing...
Meet The Residents was originally released in 1974, on the Ralph Records label. The tapes were monaural recordings on home equipment and suffered further fidelity loss in the mastering and pressing stages. In 1976, The Cryptic Corporation came into legal possession of The Residents recordings, and began working on how to restore these original tapes to studio quality. Using the master tape as a directive, the album was disassembled, reprocessed, and reconstructed into this stereophonic version. No re-recording was employed. The artists who appear on this recording have personally approved this as an authorized realization of the original LP.
The Cryptic Corporation"
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A, hand-etched runout): RR 0677A LK [⊏◯⊐ stamp]
- Matrix / Runout (Side B, hand-etched runout): RR 0677B LK [⊏◯⊐ stamp]
- Rights Society: BMI
- Rights Society: ASCAP
Other Versions (5 of 49)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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| Meet The Residents (LP, Album, Mono) | Ralph Records | RR0274 | US | 1974 | |||
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Meet The Residents (LP, Album, Test Pressing, White Label) | Ralph Records | RR 0274 | US | 1974 | ||
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Meet The Residents (LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo) | Ralph Records | RR0677 | US | 1977 | ||
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Meet The Residents (LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing, Stereo) | Ralph Records | RR 0677 | US | 1977 | ||
| Meet The Residents (LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, Stereo) | Ralph Records | RR0677 | US | 1979 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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Absolutely life changing record for me. My first Residents record and still my favorite. Bought my copy when I was 22 years old. I’m 53 now. Completely opened my mind and changed my trajectory with music. I had mostly listened to punk and hardcore up to this point but was craving more. I think the imagery and mystique of the cover, plus what little I knew of The Residents was enough for me to take a chance on buying this. This was pre-internet of course. Buying things based on the album cover was one of the only tools available, buying things on a hunch, etc. Completely twisted my mind upon first listen. So many moods and odd turns. Definitely the most experimental thing I heard at that time. After repeated listens it grew on me like a great record does. The best things are not easily digested at first. This was stretching the boundaries of what I was used to, pushing me away from comfortable territory and making me think ‘What is this?’ It defied any category I could think of. Anyway, a lot of quirkiness but also a slight dark and melancholy sarcasm. I had gone through a terrible break up at the time and this record felt like it was almost mimicking all the different emotions I was feeling. In a way, it sorta took my pain and turned it into some surreal or comical experience. ‘Nobody but me—hah hah hah’ that was a classic line that stuck with me. Also the strangely warped ragtime piano on the opening track ‘Boots’. Also, all the songs merging into each other—making it difficult to distinguish where one song ends and another begins, which is something I love about this record. ‘Rest Aria’ is a beautiful piano piece. Too many things to comment on as far as the music itself. ‘Meet The Residents’ was a gateway record for me and prompted me to explore other Ralph Records releases like MX-80 Sound, Renaldo & The Loaf, Snakefinger, Yello, Tuxedomoon—which I was already listening to. Also many other explorations aside from the Ralph label. I would consider ‘Meet The Residents’ to be their most unique and accomplished release. It stands out above anything else they’ve done in my opinion.
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