Buy or Die! Ralph Records 1972-1982

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Buy or Die! Ralph Records 1972-1982
Artist	Various
Released	November 22nd 2024
Recorded	1972-1982
Label	Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio, New Ralph Too

The Residents Present Buy or Die! Ralph Records 1972-1982 is an upcoming three CD retrospective of Ralph Records, announced for release on November 22nd 2024 by Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio and New Ralph Too.

The first in-depth retrospective of the label, the CD set collects "singles, album cuts, rarities and five previously unreleased tracks" from Ralph's classic stable of artists, including The Residents, Snakefinger, Schwump, Yello, Renaldo & The Loaf, Art Bears, Fred Frith, MX-80 Sound, Tuxedomoon, Gary Panter and Chrome.

Track listing

^(*) indicates tracks which are previously unreleased.

Disc One

1. Ivory and the Brain Eaters - Fire
2. The Residents - Smelly Tongues
3. The Residents - Satisfaction
4. Schwump - Aphids in the Hall
5. Schwump - You're a Martian / Home
6. Schwump - 'maginary Dreams (Demo) ^(*)
7. The Residents - Beyond the Valley of a Day in the Life
8. The Residents - Tourniquet of Roses
9. The Residents - Constantinople
10. Snakefinger - The Spot
11. Snakefinger - Smelly Tongues
12. The Residents - Hello Skinny
13. The Residents - Not Available (A Brief Introduction)
14. The Residents - Santa Dog '78
15. Art Bears - Rats & Monkeys
16. Art Bears - Collapse
17. Art Bears - The Winter Wheel
18. Snakefinger - What Wilbur?
19. Snakefinger - Kill The Great Raven
20. Chrome - Meet You in the Subway

Disc Two

1. Chrome - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
2. MX-80 Sound - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
3. The Residents - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
4. Tuxedomoon - I Left My Heart in San Francisco
5. Snakefinger - Picnic in the Jungle
6. MX-80 Sound - Someday You'll Be King
7. MX-80 Sound - White Night
8. Tuxedomoon - What Use?
9. Tuxedomoon - 7 Years
10. MX-80 Sound - It's Not My Fault
11. Snakefinger - The Model
12. The Residents - Diskomo
13. Snakefinger - The Man in the Dark Sedan
14. The Residents - Amber
15. The Residents - Shut Up, Shut Up RDX
16. Gary Panter - Tornader to the Tater
17. Gary Panter - Italian Sunglasses Movie
18. Gary Panter - Rozz Tox ^(*)
19. Snakefinger - Golden Goat
20. MX-80 Sound - O Type
21. MX-80 Sound - Old Too Fast ^(*)

Disc Three

1. Fred Frith - Dancing in the Street
2. Fred Frith - What a Dilemma
3. Yello - Bimbo
4. Yello - I.T. Splash
5. Yello - Night Flanger
6. Yello - Bostich
7. Yello - Rock Stop
8. MX-80 Sound - Why Are We Here?
9. Tuxedomoon - Jinx
10. Tuxedomoon - Incubus (Blue Suit)
11. Fred Frith - A Spit in the Ocean
12. Fred Frith - Saving Grace
13. Renaldo & The Loaf - A Medical Man
14. Renaldo & The Loaf - Honest Joe's Indian Gets The Goat On The Way To The Cowboys' Conga
15. Renaldo & The Loaf - Ted's Reverie
16. Renaldo & The Loaf - Melvyn's Repose
17. Snakefinger - Breakfast in Baltimore (1981 EP Demo) ^(*)
18. Snakefinger - Life Isn't Easy (1981 EP Demo) ^(*)
19. Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
20. Yello - Homer Hossa
21. Snakefinger - Eva's Warning
22. The Residents - Would We Be Alive?

See also

• Ralph Records
• Subterranean Modern
• Buy Or Die!

External links and references

• The Residents Present Buy or Die! Ralph Records 1972-1982 at Cherry Red Records