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"Jingle Bell" (alternatively "Jingle Bells") is an instrumental track recorded by The Residents in 1985, during sessions for their album The Big Bubble. The piece was overdubbed and used during the group's 13th Anniversary tour as part of a suite of pre-recorded music played during the show's intermission; in 1987, it was released as Part 3 of the limited edition instrumental EP For Elsie.
In 1997 the original version of the song was released as "Jingle Bells" on the Our Poor, Our Tired, Our Huddled Masses box set, where it appeared on the third disc, "Jefferson", focused on singles. The original mix (as "Jingle Bells") was included on the digital compilation Documentation - Tunes in Danger of Becoming Lost in 2009; the release notes refer to there being "no record of it ever having been a single," despite the song's prior inclusion on "Jefferson". In 2007 the overdubbed version was reissued (as part of For Elsie) on the compilation Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three.
In 2019, The Residents' Mysterious Archivist re-discovered the song (titled "Jingle Bell") on a tape labeled A Sorded Residents. The Residents had apparently forgotten that the song had been released, but recalled a never realized Big Bubble Christmas single that the song may have been connected to. It was remastered and included on the third disc of the pREServed box set Mole Box, where it is the first bonus track accompanying The Big Bubble.
List of releases[]
- For Elsie EP (1987) [Version 1]
- Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses 4 CD edition (1997) [Version 2]
- Best Left Unspoken... Volume Three: For Elsie and Other Selections (2007) [Version 1]
- Documentation - Tunes in Danger of Becoming Lost (2009) [Version 2]
- Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed (2019) [Version 3]
List of versions[]
See also[]
- The Big Bubble (album)
- The Big Bubble (band)
- For Elsie
- A Sorded Residents
- Christmas
External links and references[]
- Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses at Discogs
- Mole Box: The Complete Mole Trilogy pREServed at Discogs
