Mahogany Wood (AKA, Dead Wood) 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'
For The Residents' 20th Anniversary album 'Our Finest Flowers', The Residents re-recorded the track as 'Dead Wood', using instrumental elements from their 1985 song 'Die-Stay-Go'
Following this, the 'Dead Wood' arrangement seemingly became the preference of The Residents, with each subsequent live version being based on the interpretation.
The track was performed in the 2005 'Way We Were' Australian tour, then again in 2013 as the encore to 'The Wonder of Weird' tour. The wonder of weird version is double the length of the original.
Another re-interpretation of the song is in the 2018 vinyl edition of I Am A Resident, a cover by Ranchstyle Chickenpants.
The most recent re-recording is from the Hardy Fox tribute album 'The Godfather Of Odd'. It was recorded by Renaldo & The Loaf in 2019, without the assistance of The Residents.
Appearances[]
- Title In Limbo (1983)[Version 1]
- Heaven? (1986)[Version 1]
- Not Available Expanded (1988)[Version 1]
- Our Finest Flowers (1992)[Version 2]
- Louisiana's Lick (1995)[Version 1]
- The Way We Were (2005)[Version 3]
- RMX (2009)[Version 4]
- The Wonder Of Weird (2014)[Version 5]
- Marching To The See: The Wonder Of Weird Tour (2014)[Version 6]
- 80 Aching Orphans (2017)[Version 1][Version 2]
- I Am A Resident! LP (2018)[Version 7]