Leftovers Again?! (alternatively Leftovers Again?!?) is a compilation album by The Residents, released by Cherry Red Records, MVD Audio and New Ralph Too on June 12th 2021, as a limited edition Record Store Day vinyl release, and part of the group's ongoing pREServed series of remastered and expanded reissues. In early 2022, it was uploaded to online music streaming platforms including Spotify.
It contains previously unreleased "multi-track explorations", as well as rarities, alternate versions of songs such as "Satisfaction", and "historical artifacts" such as a seven-and-a-half minute "concentrate" of the group's unreleased 1970 demo tape Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor.
A follow-up collection, Leftovers Again?! AGAIN?!, has been announced for release on Record Store Day in April 2024.[1]
Contents[]
The album's contents range entirely within the 1970s, and contains one of The Residents' earliest recordings, "Rusty Concentrate", dating from the summer of 1970. The album also features alternate mixes of released songs derived from outtakes found on the original master tapes, subtitled "RDX".
A representative of Cherry Red Records has indicated that there are a number of "clues" hidden in the album artwork.[2]
Track listing[]
All songs composed by The Residents except where noted.
Side A[]
- Rusty Concentrate (7:39)
- Whoopy Snorp RDX (4:26)
- What? (1:04)
- The Idiot Bastard Son of 'What?' (1:13)
- Primal Satisfaction (4:05) (Jagger/Richards)
- A Visit From Barry (2:53)
Side B[]
- Loser ≅ Weed RDX (1:45)
- Satisfaction RDX (2:36) (Jagger/Richards)
- Ow Bout That (Vocal) (1:28)
- Mourning Glories RDX (2:49)
- Eight Thumbs To Hold You (2:35)
- Crumbling Mountain Sketch (4:39)
- We're A Happy Family RDX (1:05) (D.Ramone/J.Ramone/T.Ramone/J.Ramone)
- Piano Fragment 3 (1:16)
- Shut Up RDX (1:10)
- Cosmetics For Reality (Vocal) (1:08)
Credits[]
- Produced by: The Residents
- Tape Transfers, Restoration & Mastering by Scott Colburn
- Sleeve Notes courtesy of: Cherry Red Records & The Cryptic Corporation
- Original Artworks by: Poor? No! Graphyx!
- Acapella on 'A Visit From Barry': Barry Schwam, aka Schwump
Recording dates[]
- Rusty Concentrate: "As the sixties mutated into the seventies..."
- Whoopy Snorp RDX: "The tape tracking sheets show an August 1975 recording date, with later additions in December of 1976"
- What?: "...Dates from the 1975-1976 'Fingerprince' tapes..."
- The Idiot Bastard Son of 'What?': "...From a series of October 1976 recordings..."
- Primal Satisfaction: "Recorded during the summer of 1976"
- A Visit From Barry: "Recorded in June '76"
- Loser ≅ Weed RDX: "We can safely date the recording to early January 1976"
- Satisfaction RDX: "Recordings made between June and October 1976"
- Ow Bout That (vocal): "Recorded in the Fall of 1975 (November 1st to be precise)."
- Mourning Glories RDX: "Created by the group for their own enjoyment whilst re-visiting the 'Not Available' tapes"
- Eight Thumbs To Hold You: "Mutated into many other fascinations with percussive and indigenous instruments, which, in turn, led them towards the 'Eskimo' project."
- Crumbling Mountain Sketch" "Made on September 11th, 1975"
- We're A Happy Family RDX" "Sitting either side of this recording on the tapes, 'Birds In The Trees' and 'Margaret Freeman,' are dated October 17th and 18th 1979 respectively, so presumably, 'We're A Happy Family' was also laid down on one of those dates.
- Piano Fragment 3: "Nobody remembers who played it or why, or when and where it was recorded"
- Shut Up RDX: "Originally issued on the 1980 'Commercial Single in France."
- Cosmetics For Reality (Vocal): "Recorded on November 7th, 1979."
See also[]
- Record Store Day
- Leftovers Again?! AGAIN?!
- pREServed
- "RDX Sampler"
- "(The Residents Spend Six Minutes) Searching For Satisfaction"
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Listen online[]
External links and references[]
- ↑ "Greetings Eyeballers!", Cherry Red Residents mailing list newsletter, December 1st 2023
- ↑ "I always wonder if anybody ever noticed all of the 'clues' buried in that cover." Richard Anderson, comment in The Residents unofficial Facebook group, April 5th 2022
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Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor (1970) Side A |