Sam's Enchanted Evening (Original Demos)

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Sam's Enchanted Evening (Original Demos) is a series of digital releases by Randy Rose, lead singer of The Residents. The five tracks were first submitted by Rose himself to the fan Tumblr blog Diskomo between October 27th and November 23rd 2011.

The demos followed the 2010 release of a live, work-in-progress version of the show, entitled So Long Sam (1945-2006). The five tracks were the first releases to be credited solely to Rose. Three of the tracks were later uploaded by Rose to his own Tumblr blog, Maurice and Me, in February and March 2012.

Alternative mixes of these demos, said to have been recorded in March 2010, were included on the Klanggalerie album So Long Sam (1945-2006) in 2022.

History[]

On October 27th 2011, Randy Rose submitted a track to the unofficial Residents Tumblr blog Diskomo. The track, "PaintItBlackMix2", was submitted with details that the song was his original demo, and that it was a less intense arrangement compared to the version in Sam's Enchanted Evening. Notably, the metadata of the track credits Rose as a co-writer, alongside Jagger/Richards.^[1]

The following week, on November 2nd, Rose submitted a second demo to the blog, this time for "Ring of Fire". The metadata of this track features Randy Rose as the track artist, The Residents as album artist, and Jagger/Richards/Rose as the songwriter.^[2] Another week later, on the 11th, Rose submitted a demo for "Who Do You Love". This version did not feature The Residents as album artists, but did correctly credit the songwriter as Ellas McDaniel.^[3]

Two weeks later, on the 21st, Rose submitted a fourth demo, for "Ode To Billy Joe",^[4] which was followed two days later with the final Sam demo, for "Mack the Knife".^[5] Interestingly, all tracks except for "Paint it Black" were subtitled "Single Mix", despite the fact that the songs were never released as singles outside of the blog.

In February and March 2012, Rose uploaded three of the songs, "Paint It Black", "Who Do You Love" and "Ring of Fire", to his own Tumblr blog, Maurice and Me, in advance of the New York performances of the show.

Recording[]

Due to the history, of The Residents' Sam project, it is hard to dictate when these demos were actually recorded. Rose refers to the Paint It Black track as the 'Original demo,' and specifies that it is not the same arrangements as that in Sam's Enchanted Evening, which may imply that they were recorded in March of 2010 in preparation for The Residents' So Long Sam show. But alternatively, they may have been recorded between July - September 2011, in preparation for Sam's Enchanted Evening, which was being performed at The Cabaret at The Marsh in Berkeley as the demos were released. The 2011 date on the metadata, as well as the credit to Randy Rose, would also imply that context.

Alternative mixes of these demos appear on the So Long Sam album, which would imply that the demos were recorded for the 2010 So Long Sam show; although the release notes are vague.

Track listing[]

Paint It Black (Mix 2) _{(Jagger/Richards/Rose)} (3:34)
Ring of Fire (Single Mix) _{(Cash/Kilgore)} (2:29)
Who Do You Love (Single Mix) _(McDaniel) (3:08)
Ode To Billy Joe (Single Mix) _(Gentry) (5:19)
Mack The Knife (Single Mix) _{(Weill/Brecht)} (4:20)

Resources[]

"Paint It Black (Mix 2)" (MP3 file, 234 kbps, 3:33)
"Ring of Fire (Single Mix)" (MP3 file, 224 kbps, 2:28)
"Who Do You Love (Single Mix)" (MP3 file, 230 kbps, 3:04)

External links and references[]

[1] ttps://diskomo.tumblr.com/post/11996999903/randy-rose-paint-it-black-from-sams-enchanted

[2] ttps://diskomo.tumblr.com/post/12219254793/randy-rose-the-residents-ring-of-fire-demo

[3] ttps://diskomo.tumblr.com/post/12653838260/the-residents-who-do-you-love-bo-diddley

[4] ttps://diskomo.tumblr.com/post/13120421673/the-residents-ode-to-billy-joe

[5] ttps://diskomo.tumblr.com/post/13209269022/the-residents-mack-the-knife-demo

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