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Formed in the early 1970s, The Residents have been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for almost fifty years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conc eptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band refuses to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once. Produced with The Cryptic Corporation using archival tapes supplied by the group themselves, this package explores and expands the classic 1990 album, which formed the basis of a move into multi-media work which characterised The Residents’ ‘90s output. ‘Freak Show’ explores a series of character studies of unfortunates and unloveables, all of whom have their origin in The Residents’ own childhood memories of travelling ‘freak shows’, such as they were. This 3CD set includes the original album and related contemporary tracks, an entire CD detailing the evolution of the album’s musical content throughout 1990 and live interpretations of all of the album’s tracks, including the legendary ‘Ty’s Freak Show’ performance. 28 unreleased recordings in all! Remastered, expanded, and preserved for future generations – this is The Residents as we’ve always wanted to hear them, and the latest in a series of archival reissues that will continue throughout 2021 and beyond. Look out for forthcoming ‘Gingerbread Man’, ‘Wormwood’ and ‘Icky Flix’ sets, as well as a number of special vinyl releases. Tracklist DISC ONE:FREAK SHOW 1. EVERYONE COMES TO THE FREAK SHOW2. HARRY THE HEAD3. HERMAN THE HUMAN MOLE4. WANDA THE WORM WOMAN5. JACK THE BONELESS BOY6. BENNY THE BOUNCING BUMP7. MICKEY THE MUMBLING MIDGET8. LILLIE9. NOBODY LAUGHS WHEN THEY LEAVEBONUS TRACKS10. THE MUTES11. BLOWOFF12. ALL THA’ FREAKS13. THE EYES SCREAM14. JELLY JACK (ICKY FLIX)15. HARRY THE HEAD (ICKY FLIX)16. JELLY JACK RMX DISC TWO:THE FREAK SHOW EVOLUTIONS 1. SPRING 1990 JAM 12. SPRING 1990 JAM 23. SPRING 1990 JAM 34. ROUGH MIX 15. ROUGH MIX 26. ROUGH MIX 47. ROUGH MIX 78. ROUGH MIX 109. ROUGH MIX 1210. ROUGH MIX 1311. ROUGH MIX 1412. ROUGH MIX 1613. ROUGH MIX 1914. ROUGH MIX 2115. PONY RINK 116. PONY RINK 317. PONY RINK 418. PONY RINK 519. PONY RINK 620. PONY RINK 921. PONY RINK 1022. PONY RINK 1123. PONY RINK 1324. PONY RINK 1725. PONY RINK 2026. PONY RINK 2327. PONY RINK 26 ALL TRACKSPREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED DISC THREE:LIVE FREAKS 1. TY’S FREAK SHOW RESTORATION(1991)*2. EVERYONE COMES TO THE FREAKSHOW (1997)3. HARRY (2014)4. HERMAN (2014)5. WANDA (1995)6. JACK (1997)7. BENNY (2001)8. MICKEY (2018)9. LILLIE (2011)10. NOBODY LAUGHS WHEN THEY LEAVE (2001) *PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Show more