Beschreibung
Erstmalig auf CD, remastered von den Original Mastertapes und angereichert mit Bonustracks: The Residents präsentieren ihre frühesten bekannten Machenschaften, »The W***** B*** Album« und »B. S.« »The W***** B*** Album« ist das sagenumwobene erste Album.
Aufgenommen wurde es 1970 und 1971 als Bewerbung und Eintrittskarte in das Showbusiness. The Residents schickten es im Frühjahr 1971 – wie damals üblich als Tape – an Warner Bros Records, die jedoch daran keinen Gefallen fanden und es der damals noch namenlosen Band an ihre Adresse in San Mateo zurückschickten – und als Adressaten »The Residents« angaben… Fand die Band cool und nannte sich fortan so. »B. S.« wurde 1971 eingespielt, und wieder schickten The Residents das Tape an Warner Bros Records als möglichen Vertragspartner, weil dort eines ihrer Vorbilder, Captain Beefheart, unter Vertrag war.
Warner Bros konnten jedoch erneut nichts mit diesem Meilenstein der Residents-Mythologie anfangen. Das Tape verschwand knapp 50 Jahre lang in den Archiven der Residents. Als Bonustracks fügten The Residents aus ihren Archiven »Boarding House Show« und »Philips’s Wedding Concentrate« (beide entstanden 1971) und »Chris‘ Party« (1972) hinzu – die einzigen bislang bekannten Live-Shows der Band vor 1976.
Alle Tracks wurden von den Original-Tapes remastered. Großartiges Booklet mit rarem oder bislang unbekanntem Fotomaterial.
Tracks:
| 1 | Residents, The | Medley | 00:08:17 | |||
| 1.1.1 | Strawberry fields forever | – | ||||
| 1.1.2 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 1] | – | ||||
| 1.1.3 | Baby skeletons and dogs [Part 1] | – | ||||
| 1.1.4 | Bop bop shu bop | – | ||||
| 1.1.5 | Stuffed genital | – | ||||
| 1.1.6 | Christmas morning roto | – | ||||
| 1.1.7 | Every day I masturbate on a Merican flag | – | ||||
| 1.1.8 | Oh Mummy, oh Daddy, can’t you see that it’s true | – | ||||
| 1.1.9 | Baby skeletons and dogs [Part 2] | – | ||||
| 1.2 | Residents, The | Medley | 00:10:41 | |||
| 1.2.1 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 2] | – | ||||
| 1.2.2 | Going to Arcata blues | – | ||||
| 1.2.3 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 3] | – | ||||
| 1.2.4 | Black velvet original | – | ||||
| 1.2.5 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 4] | – | ||||
| 1.2.6 | Jimi Hendrix dildo | – | ||||
| 1.2.7 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 5] | – | ||||
| 1.2.8 | In the still of the night | – | ||||
| 1.2.9 | Maggie’s farm | – | ||||
| 1.2.10 | Mad sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany [Part 6] | – | ||||
| 1.2.11 | Snot and feces (Live At The Grunt Festival) | – | ||||
| 1.2.12 | Sweet meat | – | ||||
| 1.3 | Residents, The | Medley | 00:09:35 | |||
| 1.3.1 | Oh yea uhh bop shu bop | – | ||||
| 1.3.2 | Om is where the art is | – | ||||
| 1.3.3 | Concerto in R flat minor | – | ||||
| 1.3.4 | Gagagapiggaeoupe | – | ||||
| 1.3.5 | Sold American | – | ||||
| 1.3.6 | Love theme from a major motion picture | – | ||||
| 1.3.7 | Prelude for accordion, sousaphone and French horn | – | ||||
| 1.3.8 | Oh God you’re a pie in the sky | – | ||||
| 1.3.9 | Short circuit comes to town | – | ||||
| 1.3.10 | Marching towards A E I O U blues | – | ||||
| 1.4 | Residents, The | Medley | 00:10:51 | |||
| 1.4.1 | In the still of the night again | – | ||||
| 1.4.2 | Rumba | – | ||||
| 1.4.3 | Fourth crucifixion in five years | – | ||||
| 1.4.4 | Oh Mummy, oh Daddy, can’t you see that it’s true again | – | ||||
| 1.4.5 | Art the White Elephant | – | ||||
| 1.4.6 | Psychedelic and orgasmic finale | – | ||||
| 1.5 | Residents, The | The boarding house show | 00:13:07 | |||
| 1.6 | Residents, The | Philip’s wedding concentrate | 00:07:44 | |||
| 2.1 | Residents, The | We stole this riff | 00:01:50 | |||
| 2.2 | Residents, The | Holelottadick | 00:02:20 | |||
| 2.3 | Residents, The | B.S. | 00:01:03 | |||
| 2.4 | Residents, The | Deep sea diver song | 00:04:05 | |||
| 2.5 | Residents, The | King Kong | 00:03:20 | |||
| 2.6 | Residents, The | Cantaten to der dyin‘ prunen | 00:05:50 | |||
| 2.7 | Residents, The | Intro tape / Somethin‘ devilish | 00:02:44 | |||
| 2.8 | Residents, The | N. Senada tribute | 00:01:50 | |||
| 2.9 | Residents, The | The fourth crucifixion | 00:03:18 | |||
| 2.10 | Residents, The | James Dean’s death | 00:00:21 | |||
| 2.11 | Residents, The | Hallowed be thy wean (Medley) | 00:14:25 | |||
| 2.11.1 | Pink lemonade | – | ||||
| 2.11.2 | Sandman | – | ||||
| 2.11.3 | Eat me Mother | – | ||||
| 2.11.4 | Untitled instrumentals | – | ||||
| 2.11.5 | Bumble bee | – | ||||
| 2.11.6 | Eloise | – | ||||
| 2.11.7 | Snakefinger’s wedding | – | ||||
| 2.11.8 | Kamikaze lady | – | ||||
| 2.11.9 | Miss Peggy Honeydew | – | ||||
| 2.11.10 | D is for Doorknob | – | ||||
| 2.11.11 | The three most important things in the whole wide world | – | ||||
| 2.12 | Residents, The | Chris‘ party | 00:13:25 | |||
| 2.13 | Residents, The | Keine Titelinformation (Hidden Track) | 00:03:09 |
