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Africa Tree is a song by The Residents & Renaldo & The Loaf. It was recorded entirely in 1983 in the overdub sessions for Title In Limbo.
Background[]
The track was recorded by The Residents & Brian Poole at Groove Street Studios in October 1983. Dave Janssen, who had co-written the song with the Poole & The Residents, could not attend the recording sessions in the US, so recorded tape loops in his home studio to be used.
The track was released November 15th 1983 on the album 'Title In Limbo'
In 2017 Klanggalerie finally released the long awaited 4 daze tape. On this tape is 45 minutes of demos that would become "title in limbo". The motif of this song can be heard on "Possible". After these tapes were revisited in 1983 Snakefinger was invited to add violin to the song.
Surprisingly this song there's actually quite a bit of history. For being a relatively deep cut for the band it was picked up for their "In Between Dreams" show where it was played for the entirety of the tour. This does mean that there is live footage for this song as well as multiple live recordings. The most unique piece of history for this song is a extremely rare photo taken of Hardy Fox and Snakefinger actively recording the song in studio.
Appearances[]
- Title In Limbo (1983)[Version 1]
- Title In Limbo + 4 Daze (2017) [Version 1] [Version 2]
- In Between Dreams Live (2018) [Version 3]
Versions[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1983 Studio Version (2:59)
- ↑ "Possible" 4 Daze Demo (2:05)
- ↑ In Between Dreams live (2:25)