To promote the release of Meet The Residents in 1974, The Residents released a flexi-disc sampler included in copies of the February issue of File Magazine, featuring a seven minute montage of excerpts from the album. The single notably features an un-used segment from "Rest Aria."
Presaging the group's later "concentrate" edits of their most popular albums, this unique edit of Meet The Residents has only been reissued once, in January 2023, as a single-sided 7" vinyl single included with early copies of the vinyl pREServed edition of Meet The Residents.
Track listing[]
All tracks composed by The Residents.
- Excerpts from Ralph's LP "Meet The Residents" (6:50)
- Numb Erone / Guylum Bardot / Smelly Tongues (1:51)
- Rest Aria (1:43)
- N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues) / Seasoned Greetings (2:47)
Advertisement in "Friday", May 17th 1974[]
File Magazine, February 1974
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