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Wormwood Live 1999 is a two-disc live album by The Residents, recorded in June and July 1999 on European dates of their live tour to support their 1998 concept album Wormwood: Curious Stories From The Bible.
The album was released by Ralph America in a limited edition of 1200 hand-numbered copies in December 1999. As Wormwood: Live In Europe 1999, it was later featured as the seventh and eighth discs of the 2022 pREServed box set Wormwood Box: Curious Stories From The Bible pREServed.
History[]
Nearly a decade after The Residents had retired from touring, the group found themselves flooded with requests from various promoters and venues to perform. One such venue was the legendary Fillmore auditorium, which commissioned the group to perform five shows on the week of Halloween 1997.
The Fillmore shows were very popular and successful, and so The Residents were invited back for Halloween 1998. These performances were hugely different from the previous year's, and instead were focused entirely on their Wormwood album of biblical retellings, which they had been working on in the year between performances.
The Residents and public were impressed with the Fillmore '98 shows, and as such, two tours were planned. A US tour in April 1999, and a European tour in the summer. The album was recorded on various dates throughout the European tour.
Release[]
Wormwood Live 1999 was released by The Residents' mail order label Ralph America in December 1999, in a limited, hand-numbered edition of 1200 copies..
In 2022, the album was remastered and included (under the alternate title Wormwood: Live In Europe 1999) as the seventh and eighth discs of the nine disc pREServed box set Wormwood Box: Curious Stories From The Bible pREServed.
Track listing[]
Disc One (55:52)[]
- In the Beginning (3:25)
- Welcome to Wormwood (3:06)
- Mr. Skull's Rave: 1 (3:46)
- How to Get a Head (5:30)
- Mr. Misery (2:20)
- Tent Peg in the Temple (4:46)
- Mr. Skull's Rave: 2 (3:56)
- God's Magic Finger (3:35)
- Dinah and the Unclean Skin (4:25)
- Cain and Abel (4:56)
- Mr. Skull's Rave: 3 (4:39)
- Burn Baby Burn (5:17)
- Fire Fall (6:11)
Disc Two (1:04:49)[]
- King of Kings (Rózsa) (2:10)
- Skull Prayer (3:06)
- Mr. Skull's Rave: 4 (4:52)
- Abraham (7:54)
- Abraham
- Kill Him
- Bridegroom of Blood (7:29)
- Mr. Skull's Rave: 5 (5:00)
- David (11:20)
- David's Dick
- Bathsheba Bathes
- Attitude Is Everything
- Hanging By His Hair
- Judas Saves (12:01)
- Judas Saves
- Revelation
- Jesus Loves Me (Vocal)
- King of Kings
- Old Time Religion (Epilogue) (9:25)
- Revelation
- Old Time Religion
- Jesus Loves Me / Exit Music (Instrumental) (1:32)
Credits[]
- Recorded all over Europe during June & July of 1999 by: Chris (Tader) Kellas & Tony Janssen
- Audio Assembled & Produced: The Cryptic Corporation & The Residents
- CD Produced: Dren McDonald
- Mastering: Master & Servant, Hamburg, Germany
- Cover Design & Photo Retouching: Pore Know Graphics
- Original Photography: Ken Friedman
- Package Design: Lorrieann Murray
Release history[]
| Year | Label | Format | Region | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Ralph America | CD | USA | Limited edition, 1,200 |
| 2022 | Cherry Red, MVDaudio, New Ralph Too | USA, Europe | As part of the Wormwood Box |
See also[]
Buy Or Die![]
- Wormwood Box at MVDshop (USA)
- Wormwood Box at Cherry Red Records (UK/Europe)
