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The Residents: A Sight For Sore Eyes, Vol. 1 is a limited edition coffee table book by Aaron Tanner, focusing on the work of The Residents from The Warner Bros. Album in 1970 to The Uncle Sam Mole Show in 1983. The book, the first in an anticipated series of three books focusing on the art and history of the group, was released on January 7th 2022 by Indiana publishing house Melodic Virtue.
The book is being sold in two editions; the standard edition includes a 7" single featuring a previously unreleased Not Available-era outtake, "Nobody's Nos" (in a limited run of 1500 copies), and the deluxe edition features a 7" x 7" Duck Stab!Buster & Glen Notebook, containing lyrics and notes kept by The Residents during throughout late 1977-1978, and "Nobody's Nos" on a 7" picture disc (limited to 500 copies).
A small number of copies of the standard edition were distributed in Europe by Psychofon Records.
Chapters
- Introduction by Les Claypool (Pages 8 - 11)
- The Warner Bros. Album / Baby Sex, Sep 1970 - Oct 1972 (Page 12 - 51)
- Vileness Fats / Santa Dog, Nov 1972 - Sep 1984 (Page 52 - 96)
- Meet The Residents / Not Available, Jan 1973 - Sep 1974, Oct - Nov 1978 (Page 97 - 123)
- The Third Reich 'n Roll / Satisfaction, Oct 1974 - May 1978 (Page 124 - 157)
- Fingerprince / The Beatles Play The Residents and The Residents Play The Beatles / Babyfingers, Mar 1976 - 1979, Sep 1981 (Page 158 - 181)
- Duck Stab / Buster & Glenn Oct 1977 - Nov 1978 (Page 182 - 217)
- Eskimo / Diskomo / Goosebump (Page 218 - 261)
- Commercial Album / One Minute Movies (Page 262 - 287)
- Mark of the Mole / The Tunes of Two Cities / Intermission / The Mole Show (Page 288 - 353)
Credits
- All photography & artwork by Homer Flynn of Poor? NO! Graphics except for...
- Graeme Whifler (Vileness Fats, Not Available, Swastika Head, Duck Stab photos, Hello Skinny photos & collage, One Minute Movies stills, 56-58, 60, 62, 69-71 74-76, 78, 118-119, 136-137, 184-187, 202-204, 206-207, 278-279, 286)
- Hardy Fox (Vileness Fats poster, Not Available prototype artwork, WEIRD membership card, Eskimo Authenticity card, Goosebumps artwork, Commercial Album artwork / porotypes, , 55, 119, 237, 259, 264-266, 268)
- Randy Bachman (Mole Show photos, 327 - 335)
- Denise Byroads (Not Available photos, 116 - 118, 120-121)
- Ron Davis (Eskimo Opera Proposal artwork, 254-255)
- Greg Easter & Mimi Nyden (Mark of The Mole game graphics, 296-297)
- Savage Pencil (Santa Dog poster, 91)
- Gary Panter (WEIRD Guide to The Residents cover, 238)
- Norbert Bauer (Eskimo test pressing, 347)
- Jad Fair (Goosebumps artwork, 259)
See also
- "Nobody's Nos"
- Duck Stab!Buster & Glen Notebook
- A Sight For Sore Eyes
- Melodic Virtue
- Aaron Tanner
