The Residents
The Residents are an American art collective and art-rock band, based in San Francisco since the early 1970s, best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works. Since Meet the Residents (1974) they have released more than sixty albums, among them Eskimo, The Commercial Album and the Mole trilogy, on their own Ralph Records and elsewhere. Throughout the group's existence the members have tried to work anonymously, preferring that attention go to the art, and speculation about their identities has been part of the show.
Musicworks 60 - Plunderphonia (CD+magazine)
One of the best magazines of experimental music / sound art, founded by John Oswald and published since 1978. Includes feaurures, essays, interviews, reviews, etc., and comes with a CD with (often exclusive) music/sound in relation to the contents of…
Eskimo
Original 1980 pressing on black vinyl on Raplh Records with gatefold sleeve of possibly one of the strangest records ever made, by one of the strangest and most original bands that ever existed. With original innersleeve.
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Eskimo (picture-LP)
1983 picture-disc re-issue of The Residents' classic 1980 album, possibly one of the strangest records ever made, by one of the strangest and most original bands that ever existed.
Diskomo / Goosebump
Original 1980 EP on Ralph records with a wacky disco version of Eskimo backed with one of the band's greatest achievements, the toy-instrument extravaganza Goosebump featuring Snakefinger.
Commercial Album
Original UK edition on Pre of the eye-balled band's fantastic 1980 album of irresitible one-minute strange tunes.
Intermission (12"EP)
Original 1982 US EP on Ralph Records with the excellent "extraneous music from The Residents' Mole Show".
Mole Show (picture-LP)
1983 picture-disc version limited to 1500 copies of the 'official bootleg' on Ralph Records with recordings of the live Mole Show in 1982.
George & James (American Composer Series - Volume 1) (LP)
Original 1984 US edition on Ralph Records of the first volume of The American Composer Series with the Residents paying hommage to the music of George Gershwin and James Brown.
Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (LP)
Original 1984 edition on Ralph of the new soundtrack to the footage shot by the Residents in the 70's attempting to make 'the' definitive experimental film.
The King & Eye (LP)
Original Dutch edition on Torso of The Rez's heartfelt and bizarre hommage to Elvis Presley.
The Third Secret Of Fatima (LP + badge)
Rare 1983 unofficial Italian LP with a recording of the Mole Show live in Milano. Black vinyl edition including badge.
The Third Secret Of Fatima (LP)
Rare 1983 unofficial Italian LP with a recording of the Mole Show live in Milano. Black vinyl edition. No badge.
For Presidents (LP)
Rare 1986 unofficial German LP with a recording of the 13th Anniversary Show featuring Snakefinger live in Bochum.
Live In Vienna May 83 (LP)
Rare 1986 unofficial LP with silk-screened sleeve with a 1983 recording of the Mole Show live in Vienna.
Live In Vienna May 83 (LP)
Rare 1986 unofficial LP with silk-screened sleeve with a 1983 recording of the Mole Show live in Vienna.
It's A Residents World / 13th Anniversary Show Live In Munich '86 (LP)
Rare 1986 unofficial German LP with a recording of the 13th Anniversary Show featuring Snakefinger live in München.
This Is A Mans Mans Mans World / Jailhouse Rock (7")
1986 Australian single on AIM with studio versions of the arrangements performed during the 13th Anniversary Show tour.
Live In Vienna (7")
1986 unofficial single on Smack with live 1983 recordings of the Mole Show in Vienna.
UWEB Uncle Willie's Eyeball Buddies (T-shirt)
Ultra-rare first T-shirt produced by The Residents' UWEB fan club in 1992, in unworn condition!
Subterranean Modern (LP)
1980 repress of Ralph Records' brilliant and ground-breaking 1979 compilation featuring San Francisco's avant-garde new wave's finest: The Residents, Chrome, Tuxedomoon and MX-80 Sound. With original innersleeve.
Subterranean Modern (LP)
1983 re-issue of Ralph Records' brilliant and ground-breaking 1979 compilation featuring San Francisco's avant-garde new wave's finest: The Residents, Chrome, Tuxedomoon and MX-80 Sound.
The Third Reich 'N Roll
The classic 1976 album remastered from the original tapes plus 11 unreleased recordings! 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 curiosities…
Shadowland: Live In Fribourg, Switzerland
Tip! Limited edition of 225 hand-numbered copies on Milky Clear with Neon Pink Splatter. Issued in a gatefold sleeve. The Residents deliver a live performance that's as eccentric as their decades-long career. Recorded in Fribourg, this show blends th…
Are Faceless!
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of over forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD ROM projects and ten DVDs. Working as a…
Triple Trouble (The Original Soundtrack Recording)
"The soundtrack to the Residents' long awaited new feature film Triple Trouble. Seven collaged suites of brand-new Residents music, film dialogue and one or two familiar themes. Triple Trouble the movie will be appearing at film festivals and art hou…
Sam's Enchanted Evening
Sam's Enchanted Evening is a Residential version of a one man show in cabaret format. It stars Randy Rose as Sam, who shares stories and songs from his life that have the most meaning to him.
The first public performance was a shorter experimental pr…
Eskimo
Tip! In 1979 "punk" music was all the rage. The Residents had gone though the punk stage three years earlier with the release of "Satisfaction" and were ready for anything that was not punk. They decided it was a good time to make the jump into world…
Not Available
Tip! This is one of the strangest and most interesting recordings in rock history, which speaks volumes coming from one of the strangest and more interesting bands in rock history. Not Available used what was referred to as "the theory of obscurity" …
Meet The Residents
3 LP set with the 1974 original mono mix (record 1), the 1977 stereo mix (record 2), and outtakes / ephemera (record 3) Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have now been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for half a century. T…
Triple Trouble (The Original Soundtrack Recording)
In 2016, an announcement video was released in the autumn of 2016, describing a film entitled Double Trouble, that would tell the story of Randy's son, Junior, discovering that his life has run parallel to the plot of the abandoned Vileness Fats proj…
So Long Sam (1945 - 2006)
So Long Sam (1945-2006) is a two disc compilation by The Residents, containing a live recording and a collection of demos from their 2010 one-off live show of the same name (itself an early version of the one-man show Sam's Enchanted Evening, later p…
Blorp Esette Volume One
Los Angeles Free Music Society (LAFMS) formed in the mid-1970s as a loose-knit experimental music collective and multimedia publishing vehicle. Founded by teenage Le Forte Four members Chip Chapman, Joe Potts and Rick Potts and soon joined by Tom Rec…
Beautiful Eyes
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of over forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD projects and ten DVDs. Working as an an…
Cube-E Box: The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces
"In the late 1980s The Residents embarked on what many fans still consider their greatest live project. Cube-E: The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces spanned almost four years and proposed to do nothing less than its title suggested, telling …
I Am A Resident!
Produced with The Cryptic Corporation, and with full access to The Residents' extensive tape archive, teaming up with PledgeMusic, The Residents is releasing not just a new album but a completely new concept: I Am A Resident! After inviting their fan…
Eyeful
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of over forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD ROM projects and ten DVDs. Working as a…
Refused
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of more than forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs. Working…
PAL TV LP
The Residents are an American art collective best known for their over 60 studio albums that were recorded over a period of more than forty years. They also created some outstanding multimedia works, mainly three CD-ROM projects and ten DVDs. Working…
RMX
**2019 stock** The Residents are fiddlers. Not fiddle players, just fiddlers. They like to play around and see different ways their songs could sound. They call this RMX. Some say RMX stands for "remix" but with The Residents, who knows? While the RM…
I Murdered Mommy!
**2019 stock** The Residents' soundtrack to a never completed CD ROM game. The 1990s saw The Residents release a series of groundbreaking CD-ROMs. Freak Show was followed up by the interactive album Gingerbread Man and then the role playing game Bad …