Recommended Records Sampler is a sampler double album by Recommended Records, who distributed Ralph Records LP's in the 1970s and 80s.
Background[]
The album features Walter Westinghouse on the second disc, from the Babyfingers EP, recently at the time re-released by the WEIRD fan club. It is given the recording date of November 1976 - January 1977, but was likely recorded entirely in November, as it is an outtake from Fingerprince, which wrapped up recording that month.
Residents collaborator Fred Frith is featured on three of the albums tracks, All Hail, Slice & Viva Pa Ubu. Chris Cutler edited the album, designed the cover, and appears on the same tracks as Frith. Faust, who The Residents would later remix, also appear.
Track Listing[]
Disc One
- Vogel - Flaschenzug
- Faust - Extract 5 From Faust Party Three : "The Voice Of The Pumpkin."
- Art Bears - All Hail
- Stormy Six - Reparto Novità
- The Homosexuals - Walk Before Imitate
- Joseph Racaille & Patrick Portella - On Ne Plus Compter Sur Ses Doigts
- Feliu Gasul - *
- The Black Sheep - Strangelove
- Univers Zero Influences
- Aksak Maboul / The Honeymoon Killers - Boss De Crosses Dans Le Doulos
- The Work - Houdini
- Henry Cow - Slice
- Henry Cow - Viva Pa Ubu
- Decibel - Radio Extract
Disc Two
- Art Zoyd - Simulacres
- The Muffins - Two Extracts From Chronometers
- Heiner Goebbels Berlin - Kudamm 12 April 1981
- Amos - Steer Clear Of England
- Conventum - Commerce Nostalgique
- Hector Zazou - Vera C
- This Heat - Pool
- The Residents - Walter Westinghouse
- R. Stevie Moore - Pedestrian Hop & Copy Me
- Ron Pate - I Talk To My Haircut
- Picchio Dal Pozzo - Uccelin Del Bosco
- Robert Wyatt - The Internationale
Credits[]
- Cover Design: Chris Cutler & E.M. Thomas
- General Editing: Chris Cutler
- Production Mastering: Jon Jacobs
- 'Walter Westinghouse' Written by: The Residents
Release History[]
| Year | Label | Region | Format | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Recommended Records | UK | LP | |
| 2008 | ReR Megacorp | Japan | CD | Expanded |
| 2009 | UK |