Residents, The - Duck Stab! Alive! '2021

Tracks list

Tracklist:

1. Lizard Lady (2:18)
2. Blue Rosebuds (3:55)
3. Laughing Song / Bach Is Dead (2:49)
4. Sinister Exaggerator (3:33)
5. Weightlifting Lulu (2:44)
6. Krafty Cheese (2:00)
7. Elvis and His Boss / Birthday Boy (3:01)
8. Semolina (4:08)
9. Hello Skinny (2:38)
10. The Electrocutioner / Constantinople (4:18)

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 & 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 the USA cable channel,
aired Residents? video, including the Hello Skinny music video based on a song
from the DUCK STAB! / Buster & 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! ALIVE! music over three days from May
19-21,2021 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.

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