Residue(1983)OverviewTracksLiner Notes
Residue is a collection of songs by The Residents which never made it onto any albums. It was compiled by Ralph Records from "mop tapes", tapes used to soak up extra material that's left lying around after an album is put together.
The Sleeper
Whoopy Snorp
Kamakazi Lady
Boy in Love
Shut Up! Shut Up!
Anvil Forest
Diskomo
Jailhouse Rock
Ups & Downs
Walter Westinghouse
Saint Nix
Open Up
The Sleeper
Written in 1979, this song was inspired by the rhythmic patterns in Ennio Morriconi's Magic and Ecstasy.
Whoopy Snorp
From Blorp Essette, a 1977 collection of songs from a free music society in Los Angeles. On the album the song's title was misspelled as "Whoopy Snort".
Kamakazi Lady
From Baby Sex, an unreleased tape album recorded in 1971.
Boy in Love
Written around the time of The Mark of the Mole.
Shut Up! Shut Up!
An extra track not included in The Commercial Album because it sounded too trendy. Instead it was released on the Commercial Single.
Anvil Forest
Cut from The Tunes of Two Cities due to lack of space. It was restored on the CD release.
Diskomo
A remix of the original single.
Jailhouse Rock
Recorded in 1982 while taking a break from rehearsing The Mole Show. It also appears on the Bonus Babies tracks on the Classic Series re-issue of The Commercial Album
Ups & Downs
This is the original 3:04 version which was later cut down to one minute for The Commercial Album. It features vocals by Snakefinger.
Walter Westinghouse
A remix of the version from Fingerprince.
Saint Nix
Recorded after Richard Nixon resigned. The original mop tape was not very clear, so the version here is a re-working of the song for the collection.
Open Up
Also cut from The Tunes of Two Cities (and restored on the CD).
