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Talking Light Live Santa Cruz is a digital-only live album by The Residents, featuring the debut performance of their Talking Light tour at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, California on January 23rd 2010.

The album was released digitally in 2010 via the group's Robot Selling Device online store as part of the Talking Light (Live) series of releases. It is the first of the 60 released live recordings of Talking Light.

Background[]

The first public performance of Talking Light, this recording shows the show in a very developmental stage, lacking the Mirror People monologues of later shows. It was recorded on January 23rd, 2010, and released through The Residents' Robot Selling Device website the next day.

Talking Light Live Santa Cruz is the introduction of the characters of Randy Rose, Charles Bobuck, and Lionel Bob, as well as the first release of The Residents song, "Pudding in Disguise." A studio recording would be featured in the soundtrack to Randy's Ghost Stories, the instrumental from which is featured in Chuck's Ghost Music.

Differences from other Talking Light Downloads[]

  • Talking Light is 11 minutes long
  • Six More Miles is 7 minutes long
  • The Unseen Sister is 9 minutes long
  • Only 1 of the show's usual 5 monologues are performed
  • The Old Woman is 7 minutes

Track listing[]

  1. TLSC 1 (32:09)
    1. Black Scars (Excerpt) / I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Excerpt) (1:53)
    2. Demons Dance Alone (4:22)
    3. The Sleepwalker (3:10)
    4. [Monologue 1] (1:02)
    5. Talking Light (11:02)
    6. Six More Miles (7:21)
    7. They Are The Meat (3:14)
  2. TLSC 2 (31:05)
    1. Pudding In Disguise (10:28)
    2. Semolina (3:42)
    3. My Window (4:17)
    4. Death In Barstow (3:46)
    5. The Unseen Sister (8:47)
  3. TLSC 3 (27:27)
    1. The Old Woman (7:14)
    2. Lillie (6:15)
    3. Applause (1:34)
    4. Bury Me Not (6:58)
    5. Die-Stay-Go (4:16)
    6. I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (Instrumental Excerpt) (1:04)

Monologues[]

Intro to Talking Light

  1. ↑ "Hi! It's me - uh - Randy, singer for The Residents? This is uh - Chuck over here on keyboards, and Bob on guitar. I'm sure that most of our long-time fans remember that there was always four of us. Well, I'm sorry to say but Carlos has retired. He got tired of show business, and Carlos went back to Mexico, and now he's taking care of his mom. Ok so, we wanted to invite you into our living room here so we could tell you... a few stories and some of them get kinda spooky. The first one, now, is the Talking Light."

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13thann-sml-transparent The Residents live albums

Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! (1976)
Oh Mummy Oh Daddy Can't You See That It's True What The Beatles Did To Me I Love Lucy Did To You (2010)

The Mole Show (1982 - 1983)
Mole Show (Live At The Roxy) (1983) · Mole Show: Live In Holland (1989)

The 13th Anniversary Show with Snakefinger (1985-1987)
The 13th Anniversary Show - Live In Japan (1986) · Live In The USA! 13th Anniversary Tour (1986)
13th Anniversary Show - Live In Holland (1987) · 13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (2010)
The 13th Anniversary Show - Cleveland (2014)

The Snakey Wake (1987)
Live At The Snakey Wake (2010)

Cube-E (The History of American Music in 3 E-Z Pieces) (1988 - 1990)
Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry (1989) · Cube-E - Live In Holland (1990)
Cube-E Dynasone 3EZ (2011)

Disfigured Night (1997)
Live At The Fillmore (1998) · Adobe Disfigured Night (2009)
The Marlboro Eyeball Experience (2009) · The Fillmore Dress Rehearsal (Act One) (2009)

Wormwood Live (1998 - 1999)
Wormwood Live 1999 (1999)

Icky Flix Live (2001)
Brava (2010)

Demons Dance Alone (2003)
Demonic! Demons Dance Alone Live In Oslo (2012)

The Way We Were (2005)
The Way We Were (2005)

The Bunny Boy (2008)
Bunny Boy Live In Frankfurt (2021)

The Randy, Chuck & Bob Trilogy (2010 - 2016)
Talking Light (Live) series (2010 - 2011) · Talking Light Live In Rehearsal, Santa Cruz, California (2010)
Talking Light Bimbo's (2011) · The Wonder of Weird (2014) · Shadowland (2015) · Sam's Enchanted Evening (2023) · Shadowland: Live in Fribourg, Switzerland (2024)

In Between Dreams (2017 - 2019)
In Between Dreams Live (2019)

God In 3 Persons - Live! (2019 - 2022)
God In 3 Persons (2020)

Dog Stab! / Faceless Forever (2021 - 2023)
Secret Show Live in San Francisco (2024) · The Residents are Faceless! (2024)

Live in the studio
Assorted Secrets (1984) · Roadworms: The Berlin Sessions (2000) · Mole Dance 82 (2021)

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