BACH IS DEAD
The Residents Discography

Last updated: May 2011

AUDIO (1972-1980)

SANTA DOG [more]

x 2x7″ 1972 Ralph RR1272 US

Note: This double 7″ single set with a gatefold sleeve is the first official Ralph Records release. Roughly 500 were made and many have the gatefold sleeves stuck together because they were folded and packaged before the varnish, applied to seal in the hand silk-screened cover art, had sufficiently dried. All copies are signed and intentionally misnumbered.

MEET THE RESIDENTS [more]

x LP 1974 Ralph RR0274 US
  • Original modified Beatles cover, mono unedited version, 1000 copies made
x LP 1977 Ralph RR0677 US
  • 1st pressing: Modified starfish - B&W with split "a" Ralph logo
  • 2nd pressing: Modified - B&W with black "a" Ralph logo
  • 3rd pressing: Modified - Orange b.c. - Black "a" & rearranged
x LP 1977 Ralph RR88521 US
  • 4th pressing: Original cover - black vinyl and an edition limited to 500 copies of white vinyl
x LP-PIC 1985 Ralph RZ7707 US
  • Limited edition of 3500 copies
x CD 1987 East Side Digital 80222 US
  • Original cover (all releases after this have this cover)
x CS 1987 T.E.C. Tones 88524 US
x LP 1988 Torso 40016 NL
x CD 1988 Torso CD416 NL
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22010 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81222 US
  CD 1998 EuroRalph CD 018 DE
  LP 2003 EuroRalph B392264 DE
  • Green vinyl, 500 copies with a printed/numbered inner sleeve
  • Black vinyl, not limited / not numbered / no printed inner sleeve
  CD 2005 Soyuz CD--- RU
  • Comes with an OBI, includes some Russian text on the OBI and back cover, and the back cover also states "For sale in Russia and CIS countries only."
  CD 2009 Birdsong/Hayabusa HYCA-2018 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve replica of first edition.
  CD 2011 Ralph Records / MVD Audio MVD5138A US
  LP 2011 Ralph Records / MVD Audio MVD5139LP US
  • The MVD LP comes with a postcard with a web address and code to download the album in mp3 format.

† CD-only tracks. Not on 1997 releases.
* 2009 release bonus tracks.

Note: The original version of 1000 copies of this album featured the infamous alteration of the Meet The Beatles album cover art. After this edition sold out they remastered the album and re-released it with different cover art. This re-release runs roughly 7 minutes shorter than the original. The picture disc version (made to commemorate The Residents 13th anniversary) is mastered from the original master tapes from the first edition. Cassette copies of the 1977 re-release dubbed on Maxell tapes with no accompanying artwork were also offered in the Ralph Records catalogue. All versions since 1985 are the original full version of the album.

MEET THE RESIDENTS SAMPLER

x FLEXI 1974 File Magazine EV-1774-XT US

†Only excerpts of these tracks are heard.

Note: This 8" flexi-disc was produced to promote the Meet the Residents album and was inserted inside FILE magazine. The remaining 1000 copies of these flexi-discs were stapled to a reproduction of the album cover art and sold to Ralph Records mail order customers.

NOT AVAILABLE [more]

x LP 1978 Ralph RR1174 US
  • 1st pressing: Recalled (mis-mastered) - purple label - Re1
  • 2nd pressing: Orange label - Re 3
  • 3rd pressing: Green label - 444 Grove
  • 4th pressing: Green label - 109 Minna
  • 5th pressing: Yellow label - 109 Minna
  • 6th pressing: White label
x CD 1987 East Side Digital 80192 US
x LP 1987 Torso 40014 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD414 NL
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22011 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81232 US
  LP 2005 Euro Ralph ER034 DE
  • Clear vinyl, 333 numbered copies
  • Black vinyl
  • Note: The date listed on this release says "2004", but it was not actually released until early 2005.
  CD 2005 Euro Ralph ER034 DE
  CD 2005 Soyuz ER034 RU
  • Note: The 2005 Euro Ralph version comes in a Digipak cover. The 2005 Soyuz version looks exactly like the EuroRalph reissue, except it is in a standard jewelcase, also comes with an OBI, includes some Russian text on the OBI and back cover, and the back cover also states "For sale in Russia and CIS countries only."
  CD 2010 Birdsong / Hayabusa HYCA-2022 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve. Same tracklist as early CD versions with bonus tracks from Title In Limbo.
  CD 2011 Ralph Records / MVD Audio MVD5122A US
  LP 2011 Ralph Records / MVD Audio MVD5122LP US
  • The MVD CD and LP are about 7 minutes longer than all prior versions. LP comes with a postcard with a web address and code to download the album in mp3 format.

†CD only tracks from "Title In Limbo". Not on 1997 releases.

Note: Although this album was recorded in 1974 and was The Residents' second full length recording, they decided to put it in storage and not release it until they forgot it existed in 1978.

THE THIRD REICH 'N' ROLL [more]

x LP 1976 Ralph RR1075 US
  • 1st pressing: 1000 copies - liner notes - orange carrot
  • 2nd pressing: Grey carrot - repeat image, liner notes black on red
  • 3rd pressing: Orange carrot - repeat image, liner notes black on white
  • 4th pressing: Grey carrot - repeat image, liner notes black on white
x CS 1976 Ralph RZ10754 US
x CD 1987 East Side Digital rESiDe 1 US
  • 1st pressing: rESiDe 1 Small swastica design on disk
  • 2nd pressing: ESD 80032 Large swastica design on disk
x LP 1987 Torso 40005 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD405 NL
  CD 1993 EuroRalph CD003 DE
  • 1st pressing: Different cover art - 3000 copies
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22012 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81242 US
  CD 2005 Mute STUMM 253 UK
  • Hardback book cover. Mute copies were made in the UK and distributed worldwide, so copies sold in the US (for example) are the UK-made copies, usually with a new bar-code sticker applied.
  CD 2009 Birdsong / Hayabusa HYCA-2019 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve replica of first edition with "Why Do The Residents Hate The Beatles?" insert. Same tracklist, with bonus tracks (as earlier CD versions).

†CD only tracks. Not on 1997 releases.

Note: In 1980 a Third Reich 'N' Roll Collectors Box was produced in a limited edition of 30 copies of which 25 were released. These came with a hand pressed red marbled vinyl edition of the record with silk screened sleeve and labels, in a velvet-lined black wooden box with a sliding panel featuring hand-screened version of the cover art. Also enclosed are two signed and numbered lithographs by Irene Dogmatic. The entire box was enclosed in a drawstring bag made from a piece of Christo's work "Running Fence". A censored version of the cover art was created for 2500 copies for export into Germany were Nazi symbolism is illegal. The EuroRalph CD comes with no bonus tracks and was offered through mail-order with a double floppy disk set of the "Third Reich 'N' Roll" multimedia program.

SATISFACTION [more]

x 7″ 1976 Ralph RR0776 US
x 7″ 1978 Ralph RR7803 US

Note: The 1976 release was a run of only 200 copies with hand screened covers with 3 colours and then hand inked with 3 more colours. The 1978 re-release was an edition of 30,000 copies pressed on transparent yellow vinyl and in a slightly redesigned 2 colour sleeve.

FINGERPRINCE [more]

x LP 1977 Ralph RR1276 US
  • 1st pressing: 1000 copies - brown cover, "first pressing December 1976 of one-thousand discs" written on the back.
  • 2nd pressing: brown cover.
  • 3rd pressing: repackaged in colour (front and back).
x CD 1987 East Side Digital reside 4 US
  • 1st pressing: rESiDe 4 Light green ink on silver disk
  • 2nd pressing: ESD 80062 Dark green and black ink on disk
x LP 1987 Torso LP 40007 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD 407 NL
x LP 1988 Ralph RR82761 US
  • 4th pressing: Black vinyl and a limited edition of 500 copies on purple vinyl
x CD/CD3 1995 EuroRalph CD011 DE
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22022 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81252 US
  CD 2010 Birdsong / Hayabusa HYCA-2020 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve replica of first edition. Same "Tourniquet of Roses" tracklist as earlier CD editions.

†CD only tracks from "Babyfingers".

Note: Cassette copies of this release dubbed on Maxell tapes with no accompanying artwork were also offered in the Ralph Records catalogue. On the CD release "You Yesyesyes Again" is put after "Six Things To A Cycle". The original "Babyfingers" tracks including "Monstrous Intro" are included on an extra CD3 with the EuroRalph version.

BABYFINGERS [more]

x EP 1979 Ralph RR0377 US
x EP 1981 W.E.I.R.D. WEIRD 1 US
x EP 1985 Ralph RR0377 US

Note: The 1979 edition was 35-40 copies with no artwork. About 10 of these were later hand decorated in 8 colours with felt tip pens, packaged in modified Santa Dog '78 sleeves and sent to people who had been waiting more than 2 years for their Third Reich 'N' Roll Collectors Box. The 1981 edition released the The Residents Fan Club WEIRD (We Endorse Immediate Residents Deification) was a limited run of 1500 copies in black and pink cardboard covers. The 1985 Ralph Records re-release was a limited edition of 250 copies on Pink vinyl and clear plastic sleeves.

THE BEATLES PLAY THE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS PLAY THE BEATLES [more]

x 7″ 1977 Ralph RR0577 US

Note: This was a limited run of 500 numbered copies with hand screened 3 colour jackets.

THE RESIDENTS RADIO SPECIAL / EAT EXUDING OINKS [more]

x CS 1977 Ralph 173 US
x CD 2002 Ralph America RA12 US

Note: 300 copies of this 1 hour show were sent to radio stations. No artwork was included. Only printed sheets which contained track listings. In 1983 Ralph Record began to sell copies to the public. The first 100 copies came the same as the original. The second pressing of 700-800 copies listed the contents on a white card in the cassette box. The final edition of 1000 copies has a blue card listing the contents.
The album was given another limited release of 1003 hand-numbered copies under the title Eat Exuding Oinks - Ralph Records' 1977 Radio Special in 2002. The CD was mastered from one of the old cassettes an therefore has a "vintage feeling" but the music is mastered from the original recordings.

DUCK STAB [more]

x EP 1978 Ralph RR1177 US
  • 1st pressing: Pink label, rejected (bad pressing)
  • 2nd pressing: Red matte label, 2500 copies
  • 3rd pressing: Red glossy label, 25,000 copies

Note: The second pressing was also sold as a combo pack with a poster and T-shirt (750 copies).

DUCK STAB / BUSTER AND GLEN [more]

x LP 1978 Ralph RR0278 US
  • 1st pressing: Green titles box on back
  • 2nd pressing: Yellow titles box on back
x LP 1978 Ralph RR87521 US
  • 3rd pressing: black vinyl and red vinyl - "109 Minna"
x CS 1978 Ralph RZ87524 US
x CD 1987 East Side Digital reside 3 US
x LP 1987 Torso 40006 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD406 NL
  2xCD3 1995 EuroRalph CD007/008 DE
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22023 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81262 US
  LP 2005 Euro Ralph ER035 DE
  • Red vinyl, 333 numbered copies
  • Black vinyl
  CD 2010 Birdsong / Hayabusa HYCA-2021 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve replica of first edition. Same tracklist as earlier CD editions (includes "Goosebumps").

†CD only tracks from "Goosebump". Not on 1997 releases.

Note: All releases from 1987 onward are titled only as "Duck Stab" except the 1995 Euro Ralph edition which uses both titles and covers as in the original LP edition.

SANTA DOG '78

x 7″ 1978 Ralph RR7812 US
  • Edition of 2700 copies

Note: Side two is the same recording as the original Santa Dog but is mastered at 40 RPM (not 45) which makes the playback a little faster. This was given away to mail order customers.

PLEASE DO NOT STEAL IT!

x LP 1979 Ralph DJ7901 US
  • Edition of 975 copies

Note: This was a promotional album sent to radio stations.

NIBBLES

x LP 1979 Missing Link RTC RPH001 AU
x LP 1979 Ariola Hr.200598 NL
x LP 1979 Virgin VR3 UK

Note: Please Do Not Steal It! was made available in Europe and Australia with a different cover and title. The track listing is the same.

ESKIMO [more]

x LP 1979 Ralph ESK7906 US
  • 1st pressing: White vinyl, gatefold cover
  • 2nd pressing: Black vinyl, gatefold cover
  • 3rd pressing: Black vinyl, no gatefold
x LP-PIC 1983 Ralph RZ7906 US
  • Edition of 2500 copies
x CS 1983 Ralph RZ79064 US
x LP 1983 Virgin VG 50295 GR
x CD 1987 East Side Digital reside 2 US
x LP 1987 Torso 40004 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD404 NL
  CD 1996 EuroRalph CD016 DE
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22040 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81272 US
  CD 2010 Birdsong / Hayabusa HYCA-2023 JP
  • Mini-LP gatefold sleeve replica of first edition, with "inner sleeve" insert.

† CD-only tracks from "The Replacement". Not on 1997 release.
* 2010 release. Diskomo Live is from the Reflex magazine flexidisk (13th Anniversary Tour).

Note: The first pressing of 10,000 copies came on white vinyl and says "FIRST PRESSING - 1979" on the inside of the gatefold cover. The following 45,000 copies were on black vinyl. In 1980 the gatefold cover was eliminated for a standard record jacket and the Eskimo stories which were on the inside were moved onto the record sleeve. 100 pairs of 1 sided discs on white vinyl were also pressed to be used in an Eskimo Boxed Set.

DISKOMO [more]

x 12″ 1980 Ralph RZ8006-D US
  • Black vinyl and green vinyl
x 12″ 1980 Wishbone WB1212 DE
x 12″ 1990 Torso 40021 NL
x CD 1990 Torso CD421 NL
  CD 1998 Bomba BOM 810 JP

†Tracks only on the Torso releases.

Note: "Goosebump" is not on the Torso releases.

COMMERCIAL ALBUM [more]

x LP 1980 Celluloid 2-6559 FR
x CS 1980 Celluloid 529807 FR
x LP 1980 Missing Link LINK9 AU
x CS 1980 Missing Link LINC9 AU
x LP 1980 Phonogram 6302-081 DE
x CS 1980 Phonogram 7144-081 DE
x LP 1980 Pre PRE X2 UK
x LP 1980 Ralph RZ8052-L US
  • 1st pressing: 15,000 copies, wrong song order, purple Ralph logo
  • 2nd pressing: Corrected song order, green Ralph logo
  • 3rd pressing: Black vinyl and green label
x LP 1980 RTC RPH002 NZ
x CS 1980 TEC Tones 80524 US
x LP 1987 Torso 40013 NL
x CD 1987 Torso CD413 NL
x LP 1988 Ralph RR80521 US
  • Green vinyl, UWEB? inside O on back cover.
x CD 1988 East Side Digital 80202 US
  CD 1995 EuroRalph CD10 DE
  CD 1997 Bomba BOM 22041 JP
x CD 1997 East Side Digital 81282 US
  CD 2004 Mute CDSTUMM243 UK
  • made in the UK but distributed worldwide (except Japan), meaning US stores will have UK copies at domestic prices
  CD 2010 BirdSong/Hayabusa HYCA-2024 JP
  • Mini-LP sleeve replica of first edition. Same tracklisting as 50-track version.

†CD only tracks. Not on 1997 release.

COMMERCIAL SINGLE [more]

x 7″ 1980 Pre PRE 9 UK

†Tracks not listed on sleeve or label.

SHUT UP SHUT UP

x 7″ 1980 Celluloid 1-6213 FR

Note: This release was not sold separately, but was packaged in the French edition of the album.

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