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Euro Ralph was the European subsidiary of Ralph Records, founded in 1992 and operated by Guido Randzio in Hamburg, Germany.[1]

Officially sanctioned by The Cryptic Corporation, Euro Ralph distributed Residents releases in Europe between 1992 and 2002, and in Europe and America until 2005.

Euro Ralph began to wind down operations in 2007, ultimately closing in June 2008.[2] Randzio later co-founded Grand Chess Records in 2019, specializing in limited edition products (including The Residents' Duck Stab! Alive! box set).

History[]

Euro Ralph was the first reincarnation of Ralph Records since the label's initial abandonment in 1989.

Originally the label would distribute all the new Residents releases in Europe, whilst ESD would release that same material in America, but after ESD and The Residents' partnership closed in 2002, Euro Ralph releases were distributed in America by Forced Exposure until 2005.[1]

In 1995 Residents collaborators Už Jsme Doma signed with the label to release their album Fairy-Tales From Needland.

Roster[]

Unlike Ralph Records, Euro Ralph only briefly dabbled in distributing the work of other artists.

List of Residents releases[]

Credited roles[]

Euro Ralph is credited with writing the liner notes for the 1993 reissue of The Third Reich 'n Roll:

"The Residents' third album was released in 1976, the love/hate relationship the eyeball-ones have with pop music has, perhaps, never been better stated than in this scathingly satirical look at '60's bubble-gum rock somehow twisted into shocking '70's bubble-gum avant-guarde. With a swift kick in the balls, The Residents leave Rock 'n' Roll as fodder for tomorrow's dough brains."

They were later credited as producers of Roadworms and the Eskimo DVD.

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