Name: Meet The Residents
Brand: The Residents

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

5139

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Rough Trade Exclusive

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2012-11-20

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

760137513919

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Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The Residents

Genre US

New Wave / Post Punk

Label US

<p>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."</p>

Recorded as a break from their film project Vileness Fats, the album was home produced and recorded throughout 1973 with help from fellow musician Snakefinger and based around N. Senada's "Theory of Phonetic Organization". Its album cover brought the band to prominence, being a parody of Meet the Beatles!, The Beatles' second US album release. EMI and Capitol were angry with the cover and threatened to sue (though it is rumored that George Harrison or Ringo Starr loved the cover and bought a copy). Due to the labels' complaints a 1977 reissue had a different cover, still parodying The Beatles but this time featuring "John Crawfish, George Crawfish, Paul McCrawfish, and Ringo Starfish", with illustrations of the applicable sea creatures wearing Beatles suits.

Meet The Residents

Music US

Discover Meet The Residents by The Residents on LP. A groundbreaking album with a controversial cover parodying The Beatles. Limited edition music from Rough Trade.