Name: Duck Stab! Alive!
Brand: The Residents

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

GC003

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

2 x 10"+ DVD in Box

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2021-12-10

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Shellshock

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

4016368900032

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Total Cap

10" / 2 / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Residents

Genre GB

New Wave / Post Punk

Label GB

Grand Chess

The Residents are a US avant-garde group based in San Francisco. They officially started with the release of "Meet The Residents" in 1974, although they had been collaborating since 1969 or earlier. Known for their concept albums, multimedia projects, and enigmatic nature, the band has worked with numerous guest stars and maintains a highly secretive identity. Their name was inspired by a rejection letter from Warner Bros. Records that simply addressed them as "Residents."

The Residents released Duck Stab! as a seven inch, 33 1/3 rpm EP in 1978. For the group, the relatively lighthearted EP represented a break from the much more experimental Eskimo recordings which consumed the majority of a four-year period from 1975-79... For Ralph Records it was a much-needed revenue source at a time when the band was not producing much product.

To everyone’s surprise, the EP was a hit, selling 50,000 copies in a few months. The demand was so high that Ralph insisted the band record a second EP, Buster &amp; Glen, which they paired with Duck Stab! to make an LP, which was also quite successful.

Several years later, Night Flight, a program featuring alternative programming on US cable TV, aired Residents’ video, including the Hello Skinny music video based on a song from the Duck Stab! / Buster &amp; Glen album. The program aired from 1981-88 often highlighting The Residents to the extent that many of the group’s fans cited Night Flight as their initial introduction to the band. Fast forwarding to 2016 when Night Flight resurrected itself as a streaming video service, Night Flight Plus.

In recognition of their long-standing connection, Night Flight invited The Residents to create a program in celebration of the service’s 40th Anniversary on June 5, 2021. Since the band was already rehearsing Duck Stab! as part of their upcoming 50th Anniversary Tour, the forty-year-old EP/LP seemed like a perfect choice for Night Flight.

With a professional camera crew, led by director John Sanborn and director of photography Frazer Bradshaw, The Residents performed the reworked Duck Stab! Aive! music over three days from May 9-21, 2021 at the 25th Street Studio in Oakland, CA.

The results, as you can hear and see on the discs of this limited boxed set, are spectacular.

Duck Stab! Alive!

Music GB

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