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Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for almost fifty 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. Released on CD for the first time, this set captures the group’s earliest work – two legendary album length demo tapes and three live recordings made under the direction of their mentor, The Mysterious N. Senada, between the Springs of 1971 and 1972. Packed with non-songs, poetry, mutant cover versions, sonic experiments and ambitious suites, ‘The W***** B*** Album’ and ‘B.S.’ set the groundwork for all that was to follow in the studio, whilst the three live recordings show the group – then a large, rambling collective rather than anything resembling a band – exploring the live-show-as-performance-art space they continue to inhabit to this day. This is must-hear material for both fans of The Residents and those interested in post-hippy, pre-punk DIY avant-garde experimentalism. Remastered, expanded, and 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 2020 and beyond. Look out for forthcoming ‘American Composers’, ‘Cube-E’, ‘Freak Show’ and ‘Gingerbread Man’ sets. FEATURES: Includes ‘The W***** B*** Album’ And ‘B.S.’, Previously Only Available On Vinyl As Limited Record Store Day Releases. Also Features 1971’S ‘Boarding House Show’ And ‘Philip’S Wedding Concentrate’, And 1972’S ‘Chris’ Party’ – The Group’S Only Known Live Shows Prior To 1976. Seminal Elements Of Residents Mythology, Issued By Popular Demand! Remastered From The Original Tapes And Produced By The Residents And The Cryptic Corporation. Essay By Jim Knipfel And Sleevenotes By The Residents’ Mysterious Archivist. Long-Awaited By The Residents’ Large International Fanbase!

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Record LabelCruz, Cruz DEL Sur Music

UPC5013929369931

eBay Product ID (ePID)22046038389

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish

Run Time120 min.

Release Year2019

FormatCD

GenreRock

ArtistResidents

Release TitleA Nickle if Your Dick's this Big (1971-1972) : 2 cd Preserved Edition

Dimensions

Item Height0.37 in

Item Weight0.22 lb

Item Length5.35 in

Item Width5.25 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Number of Tracks51

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

Tracks1.1 The W* B* Album 1.2 1. Strawberry Fields Forever 1.3 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 1 1.4 Baby Skeletons and Dogs 1.5 Bop Bop Shu Bop 1.6 Stuffed Genital 1.7 Christmas Morning Roto 1.8 Every Day I Masturbate on a Merican Flag 1.9 Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True 1.10 Baby Skeletons and Dogs #2 1.11 2. Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 2 1.12 Going to Arcata Blues 1.13 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 3 1.14 Black Velvet Original 1.15 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 4 1.16 Jimi Hendrix Dildo 1.17 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 5 1.18 In the Still of the Night 1.19 Maggie's Farm 1.20 Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany Pt. 6 1.21 Snot and Feces Live at the Grunt Festival 1.22 Sweet Meat 1.23 3. Oh Yea Uhh Bop Shu Bop 1.24 Om Is Where the Art Is 1.25 Concerto in R Flat Minor 1.26 Gagagapiggaeoupe 1.27 Sold American 1.28 Love Theme from a Major Motion Picture 1.29 Prelude for Accordion, Sousaphone and French Horn 1.30 Oh God You're a Pie in the Sky 1.31 Short Circuit Comes to Town 1.32 Marching Towards a E I O U Blues 1.33 4. in the Still of the Night Again / Rumba 1.34 Fourth Crucifixion in Five Years 1.35 Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True Again 1.36 Art the White Elephant 1.37 Psychedelic and Orgasmic Finale 1.38 5. the Boarding House Show 1.39 6. Philip's Wedding Concentrate* 2.1 B.S 2.2 We Stole This Riff 2.3 Holelottadick 2.4 B.S 2.5 Deepsea Diver Song 2.6 King Kong 2.7 Cantaten to Der Dyin' Prunen 2.8 Intro Tape/Somethin' Devilish 2.9 N. Senada Tribute 2.10 The Fourth Crucifixion 2.11 James Dean's Death 2.12 Hallowed Be Thy Wean (Incorporating Pink Lemonade, Sandman, Eat Me Mother, a Selection of Untitled Instrumentals, Bumble Bee, Eloise, Snakefinger's Wedding, Kamikaze Lady, Miss Peggy Honeydew and D Is for Doorknob, a Number of Announcements, the Three Most Important Things in the Whole Wide World and More)

NotesReleased on CD for the first time, this set captures the group's earliest work - two legendary album length demo tapes and three live recordings made under the direction of their mentor, The Mysterious N. Senada, between the Springs of 1971 and 1972.