Memorial Hits

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Memorial Hits
Artist	The Residents
Released	October 21st 1985
Recorded	June 1976 - September 1984
Length	44:01
Label	Wave Records
Producer	The Cryptic Corporation
Residents release chronology
Previous	The Big Bubble (1985)
Next	"Theme For An American TV Show" on Ritual: Magnetic North (1985)

Memorial Hits is a compilation album by The Residents, issued in 1985 in Japan by Wave Records.

Background

In 1985, Japanese label Wave Records came to a licensing agreement with The Cryptic Corporation, gaining permission to release The Residents' latest album at the time, The Big Bubble. This was the first official release of the band in the country, and would end up becoming somewhat popular in the Japanese underground scene.

Seeing the success of the record, Wave did not wait to cash in on this popularity. They funded a four date mini-tour of The Residents in Japan, titled The Eyeball Show. And in order to familiarize the country with the groups back catalog, the label released Memorial Hits, a compilation of material from 1976 to 1984.

The album art was made by cartoonist Mark Beyer, who had previously created artwork for two Snakefinger projects; the "Man In The Dark Sedan" single and the Manual of Errors LP. Memorial Hits came with an inner sleeve, containing information about the band's history, as well as a mostly accurate lyrics sheet.

Track listing

All tracks composed by The Residents unless otherwise noted.

Side A

1. Festival of Death (Excerpt) (3:27)
2. It's A Man's Man's Man's World (3:45) _(Brown)
3. Elvis And His Boss (2:32)
4. Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (4:10)
5. Satisfaction (3:34) _{(Jagger/Richards)}
6. Serenade For Missy (3:12)

Side B

1. Diskomo (Residue edit) (4:32)
2. Six Things To A Cycle (17:49)

Credits

• All songs written by: The Residents
  • Except:
    • Man's World by: James Brown
    • Satisfaction by: Jagger/Richards
• Cover Art: Mark Beyer
• Designed: Overart, Tokyo
• A Cryptic Corporation Production
• For more information on The Residents, write: Residents info, Ralph Records, 109 Minna St #391, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
• The Residents are managed by Bill Gerber: Gerber-Rodkin Co., 8600 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA 90069, U.S.A.

External links and references

• Memorial Hits at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
• Memorial Hits at Discogs