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RRROAR

a collection of
Ralph Records

 Official Product

by

 The Notorious E.Y.E.

at www.rrroar.net - the unofficial Residents and Ralph Records Online Audio-visual Resource!

including the Residents, Snakefinger and other Ralph artists, import pressings, pre- and post-Ralph releases, and offshoot groups / solo work
(Last modified: 08/24/2008)




WHAT'S NEW:

general categories with pic updates
08/24/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/18/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/17/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/15/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/14/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/13/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/12/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/11/2008 - Rez non-Ralph LPs, Tux-related CDs
08/10/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs
08/09/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs
08/04/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs
08/03/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs
08/01/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs
07/31/2008 - Tux EPs, Tux-related CDs

INTRODUCTION:

A brief "history of Ralph" is in order. Ralph was officially born in 1972 with the release of The Residents "Santa Dog" double 7-inch. The label and The Residents continued hand-in-hand through the '70s and much of the '80s, thru periods of both huge growth & of economic hard times. In 1988, The Residents "left Ralph", abandoned the vinyl medium, embraced the CD format & released new product on the RYKO label (and later others - Enigma, Torso, ESD). Shortly thereafter, the name "Ralph" was licensed for use over a 5-year period; the releases of that period were done without the involvement of The Residents. This latter "Ralph" metamorphosized as new side labels (such as T.E.C. Tones / Elemental / PsychoAcoustic) sprouted up, but during that time they did not issue any "new" Residents product, just repressings of many of the original LPs on vinyl for a final time; in 1990, even the "Ralph" name ceased to be used. After the 5-year period ended in 1992, a reconstituted "Ralph" emerged with The Residents in control once again, and thus were born the modern entities of the label - Ralph America (1993-current) and Euro Ralph (1992-2008).

sleepy

What follows is as complete a list of the United States "Ralph Records" releases (emphasis RECORDS - or "US Ralph on vinyl") as we've been able to assemble. It includes all of the generally available discs, special colored vinyl pressings given to mail-order customers, and fabled super-rare pressings whose numbers were limited from the start. Test pressings are listed in a section unto itself which is NOT necessarily complete, though we've documented as many as we can. There's also a small section of some of the component parts used during the manufacturing process of making Ralph Records vinyl.

This part of the list covers vinyl items with *ONLY* the "Ralph Records" label on them. It does NOT include the product of the side labels during that licensing period; some of those side label items may be found in the subsequent "Non-Ralph" sections if the artist had a tie back to the original Ralph artists (ex. - Snakefinger CDs on T.E.C. Tones). But it DOES include the items from that period that came out with ONLY "Ralph Records" on them; most all of these were the repressings of Residents classics. (Why did we put our dividing line there? I know that some collectors include everything right on thru the '90s and include the side labels too, others draw the line at 1988, still others toss all that out & only collect The Residents. Long before this transition occurred, a goal was set to try to acquire "all Ralph Records" on vinyl, in the strictest sense of those words. Ralph.... Records.... And so the list initially evolved around that same goal, it's as simple as that. We own & enjoy a lot of that other material, it's just not noted here.) And it does not include the import pressings of the late '70s and '80s - these releases were done with a similar licensing agreement (ex. - "Celluloid/Ralph", etc.); these releases ARE noted elsewhere in the list, just not in the initial section.

Following that is a section for items made during that transition period to the new companies (on the "Official Product" and "Cryptic" labels), and then other sections for Ralph's reemergence as Ralph America and Euro Ralph. Though the new Ralphs focused primarily on the CD format, they did produce some vinyl during that time & it has its own section. And finally, there's a section for the audio output (vinyl and CD) from the fan clubs, produced with cooperation from the Cryptics.

For sources, many were acquired directly from the Ralphs, from the early '80s on as they were released. We've also reviewed the catalogs & mailings that have been sent out over the years for additions, and books like "Uncle Willie's Highly Opinionated Guide To The Residents", "Cryptic Guide To The Residents" and "Official W.E.I.R.D. Book Of The Residents" were especially helpful covering the older material.

Following the Ralph sections are lists of "everything else" - vinyl and CDs by the same Ralph folks that didn't come out on Ralph, shirts, posters... you name it. Then there's some sections for fan club non-vinyl/CD stuff, and for art pieces. And following all that is a list of a few things that have NO tie to Ralph, but they've got eyeballs or skulls so they're cool...

***

We here are not big on merchandise sold with the intent to deceive people. We like "official product". Though you may see some things in this list like bootleg pins or pirate CDs, we are definitely NOT encouraging anyone to acquire that stuff. It's more the opposite, someone fooled us on it & we'd like to share that knowledge with you, so you don't get stuck too. Caveat emptor!

Wassup with this "we" stuff? This is a large time-consuming effort, I've gotta work to pay the bills too (I'm not doing this while living off daddy's money), my job makes me travel sometimes, in winter I ski alot (ok, we get snowbound so sometimes we have to just to get around), and don't let me forget the occasional vacation time with the eskimos so I can stock up on blubber. Meaning: I've got a lot of cool rare things but not as much time to work on this as I'd like (or computer skillz), so I've enlisted some help with this project. That effort includes time to work on the site (text and pictures), the sharing of many items for display here, and being the "user interface" to y'all. My assistant is "Igor" (yes, like Young Frankenstein, it IS pronounced "EYE-gore"!), and he can be reached at igor@rrroar.net for questions and the like. (Edit out the extra periods before and after the ampersand in the name before hitting send.) He works with computers all day, and I sure do appreciate him spending his free nights/weekends doing even more of it, so be nice! ;)

Igor
Igor: email rules - please make it not look like spam (RRROAR or IGOR in the title would help), and no attachments unless I know ya from earlier correspondence
and though I may be working on the site, I'm not monitoring this addy constantly, so if you pass the above, please be patient, okay?
p.s. - see my page, accessible via the site's main start page (it uses a REAL font, not this tiny crap); click HERE to open a new window to that start page

If anyone can provide info on anything missing / corrections on details, ALONG WITH VALID SOURCE INFO TO CONFIRM (not just "some guy's auction listing said so"), send an email (see the link above) and we'd be eternally grateful. And if you actually have an extra copy of the item that you're willing to part with, or any others missing here, do let me know!! Mail delivery to me out in the boonies sucks, so Igor deals with all this for me too & drives boxes of goodies up to me occasionally; I'm sure if you get it to him, he'll get it to me.
Igor: ok Chief! :)

Right now we're not soliciting for pictures of missing items - though we might take one now for something fairly obscure or rare. There are SO many item images which need to be captured, and for now we want the effort to focus on addressing the items the two of us have direct access to. Someday in the future this WILL change, once the backlog is dealt with - we want this to be as complete as possible, and we're sure that other folks can help us out in that area. But all in due time... And speaking of backlog, you'll notice that this is largely bereft of pictures of LPs. For the first couple years of our existence, we only had small scanners that one could acquire at the local electronics store. Now we finally have one that can take large-sized pics, large enough to cover the size of a 12 inch. Over time, this should fill in those vinyl sections.

Not knowing what bandwidth / server space will be needed for the site when complete, we are initially posting small-size images of things; that will be reassessed once the bulk of the site is built & we see just how it is being used by folks. We DO have larger sizes of every image we're personally capturing for this - y'all be kind, and maybe we can put up the bigger ones. Trust us, we wanna see those bigger pics posted too!

Some functional design choices were made with this site. We put content over everything, with the goal to make this list as complete and accurate as possible for the Ralph sections. And we put the visual emphasis on the items themselves; we'll admit the site is not as "aesthetically pleasing" as some can be (no fancy java or shockwave), but hopefully it'll make up for that by noting AND showing you the differences between pressings, and by being a fine collection of an awful LOT of neat stuff! "You be the judge..."

DJ Skull

There's still a flurry of activity from The Residents and many of the other groups or their offshoots. Taking advantage of the dynamic nature of the internet, this list will be constantly mutating as new items come out, old ones are discovered that were missing from the list, corrections are made, etc. These revisions will not be held back for "major updates"; we will make changes / additions as they come up, and post a revised list every few days as time permits. We won't be documenting each individual change; with the volume here, it will be enough to get the change done & gather pictures (if new & in hand). The "last modified" indicator is right on the main page you see at startup, and right below that is a "What's New" list of key categories that have had pictures added to them - so between the two, you'll know how current we are & what might be worth checking out since yer last visit. Also, we try to keep fairly current on new product - as the latest RalphAm CD or whatever comes out / we get it / we ready pics of it, we may explicitly note it by name in the "What's New" section; as we often put up more pics with more details than yer typical "one front pic" for a new item, this may be able to help you make that Buy Or Die! decision.

Oh yeah, we're down with what The Moles are doing! Big up, yo!

RULES:

This site is being setup with the goal of kindly providing Resident-ial collectors information for fans, on all different kinds of items (Official Product, known promo items, posters put out by promoters to hype upcoming live shows, most anything). We're kindly paying for server services for this project out of our own pockets, and we're not subjecting you to ads. Since we're kindly doing that, we also ask you to not abuse what we're providing for you gratis. PLEASE do not put up auction-type links & point to the actual pictures (making it appear that "our items" are your items), or take them outright and imbed them into your auction listings (more of same); one selling an item should be able to provide their own snap of it. (You CAN, however, enter a text hyperlink in a listing pointing them to this site or to the specific page for an item, so they can see one that is "like yours".) And PLEASE do not do a mass-download of the entire website in one fell swoop - if everyone did that we'd quickly run out of bandwidth. Please refer to the Copyrights page sections for other things like these that are verboten. It's sad to say that things like this have happened, and we have had to react by having auction sites take down the photos (meaning they typically cancel your auction and you lose the $ they charge to list) and block the IP addresses of offenders doing unseemly things. Play nice, kiddies!

NAVIGATION / VIEWING:

This whole page is driven by & requires Frames.
* Click on a link in the far left frame, it will offset the large list in the upper right frame.
The left frame is just a series of index points; it works kinda like an Adobe PDF, moving you to different "chapters" in a book.
* Click on a link in the upper right frame, it will open a picture / page in the lower right frame.
Most of those picture links are accessible via a thumbnail pic under the Have column, tho there are others scattered around.
(Older unconverted links may be found in a hyperlink under the Item Type column.)
* You can adjust the size up or down for the pair of frames on the right, see more of the pics or more of the list.
But if you have Netscape, don't adjust too far up, or your browser may reorient the top half BACK to the top of the list & you'll lose your place. (IE doesn't do this, just Netscape.) If you do that accidentally, you will see "Loading..." again, but it's ok to just click on a link on the left to get back into the list.

Anyway, with that structure in place, the links on the left can get you around pretty quickly. Another tip - if you wanna see the end of the regular Residents non-Ralph CDs section, click on the left link immediately AFTER that section & scroll backwards.

Viewing is best with 1024 x 768 resolution or higher; there's a lotta text to cram on the screen as it is, so going smaller doesn't help...

LIST NOTES:

This page serves as a Ralph Records "master checklist" for me and Igor (see the far left column):
* Items we HAVE are marked with an "X" and have background coloring like the rest of the line item
* Items we NEED are marked "need" and have white background coloring (this acts as an "eye"-catcher!)
Beyond "Ralph Records", subsequent lists are NOT necessarily complete.
The other lists are a composite of things that we have "access to" (me or Igor), plus some we know for sure we're missing.
In some cases we've reviewed the Ralph catalogs to build something approximating a complete list of what was "generally available".
(Shirts, pins and catalogs themselves fit this category.)
These sections may well be missing promo material and/or the one-off sweatshirt made for Ralph employee's kids!
Over time we hope to build up all of the subsequent lists so that they are also more thorough & complete.

Ralph Records are listed in order of release, regardless of type, "as best as we can".
Some items were modified/rereleased but the catalog # / year on the cover wasn't updated to match (ex. - Not Available LP)
* we've noted those with the most recent year shown
On some items the cover address was changed to "109 Minna St." but the year wasn't updated (ex. - The Tunes Of Two Cities LP)
* we lumped these rereleases together under 1983 when that address was first used

Non-Ralph Records sections have the types grouped together: first LPs, then 12" EPs, then 7"s.
CDs are listed in a similar manner: first full-length CDs, then CD EPs, then 3" CDs.
(Some groups' vinyl and CD sections are so large, that these sections are actually broken apart for easier searching.)
Sections other than vinyl, cassettes and CDs have ALL artists' items grouped together in a single large list.
All videos are NTSC format unless indicated.
All dates listed are in the US format of MM/DD/YY or MM/YY.
W.E.I.R.D. & UWEB fan club items are in two areas: an audio section at the top near the rest of the Ralph items (as they were released with the direct cooperation of the Cryptics), and some generalized fan club sections near the end of the list.
The latter sections each have a newsletter part followed by "paper" and "non-paper" items lumped together and not broken out further.
Fan club slicks and special artwork pieces are still listed within the regular non-fan club categories.
Boot and pirate crap is typically relegated to a spot at the end of a particular section.

Most of the old rare obscure vinyl & art stuff is mine, and Igor drools when he gets near it...
Igor: go ahead, rub it in :/ see how fast I type for you
...though he's got some beautiful collections of CDs & paper things, plus some art, and it will blend together nicely in this list.
Igor: that's better
Since this is "2 guys' stuff together", you frequently see indications of multiple copies on things; in most cases this is "one of mine" and "one of Igor's" (esp. on the numbered items), so 2 copies doesn't mean we have extras for trade, ya know? In other cases, such as with stock Ralph stuff, for brevity's sake we didn't bother to note that each of us have a copy, but we do. But if it says "need", neither of us have it. This may all sound confusing, but we both know what's what...

IMAGE NOTES:

The images here are also largely a composite of things that we have "access to" (me or Igor).
Pictures we did not personally gather ourselves are marked "borrowed pic"; in the future, if we do accept a pic from someone besides us, we will credit them on the page.
We try to scan items whenever we can, but of course size dictates that we photograph some things.
Sometimes scanners have "issues" with certain colors showing up improperly on the resultant scanned image; in some cases we opted for a photo instead - a lower quality image, but at least it "looks" right.
I store a piece of cardboard inside some of my flimsy 7" vinyl picture sleeves, to prevent creasing by adding strength / thickness; you may see this cardboard in some of the pics, know that it did not come with the original item.
Igor had a white-haired cat that shed like nobody's business, so you may see hairs pop up in a pic or three (at least when we get to posting the higher resolution images); he does his best to keep it out of the pics, but oh well what can you do?
Scanned images are done to BMP's and then converted to JPG's; this adds some fuzziness that is more noticeable on the small-size pics but is not so bad on the bigger ones. Again, this is a matter of server space; as long as that turns out to not be an issue, the size & quality of the images will be improved.
Taking photos sucks! (So sayz Igor.) If the item isn't glossy, we usually get a fine enough snap with the flash on... but when it IS glossy, ugh! It's so hard to get good lighting, the best angle so it comes out close to "square" / proper proportions, and in focus, all at once. We are but humans, doing our best with what we have. And we don't have a photo studio. An attempt was made to get the best pic having the best qualities in all these areas, but sometimes it's a little off in one of them - a hair fuzzy, inordinately wider on one end than the other, or a bit dark. Such is life. If we hit some technical breakthrough along the way, we'll definitely consider redoing the more flawed images...

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:

First and foremost, the obvious...
* thanks to the Residents for creating the music, art & performance that a bunch of us enjoy
* and thanks to the Cryptic Corporation for managing Ralph & keeping the house in order
* kudos to the various permutations of Official Product distributors over the years - Ralph Records, Euro Ralph, Ralph America
* and a big up to the other musicians who had releases on the Ralph label & the artists who helped do cover art

This list had some humble beginnings, starting off in the mid-'80s as a simple Ralph Records list handwritten (!) on paper.
* a shout out to those early catalogs & books, which first documented the esoteric stuff & sparked the collecting fire
In the early '90s it changed to a computer text file, and in May 1999 it was converted to HTML but it was still just a list.
* Stefan Spang's great online collection page was the main inspiration for the leap to the Web.
Tom Timony's "Vintage Video" & its display of many Ralph rarities in the video format prompted further thought to find "another way" to integrate visual information along with the list. Seeing what some other Rez sites had done with images provided further inspiration.
* the original Rez fan site www.rzweb.net was amazing (sadly, no longer available)
All the influences (list / web / images) were combined to create this beastie in late 2000, and it's been quietly growing since then.
Most of the latter merging was done with Igor's help - first with suggestions, and later through his outright joining with me to team on this project / combining item lists where appropriate / doing most of the computer-based work.
The initial setup work was done offline on my & Igor's computers, and the site finally went live on the internet on Halloween 2003.
Igor: I also thank Rich Shupe for an article in Interactivity about CD-ROM file organization, tips in there helped a lot here!

Last but not least, thanks to the many collectors and fans we've encountered along the way. Whether it was providing an item
we've been looking for, or offering encouragement to make this happen, or just talking Rez & collecting, it was all appreciated!
* cryptic-informal here (in loose chronological order): special thanx to TR, T, DB, S, CB, K, G, P, PC, W and many others

Ok, enough psycho-babble, that's not why you're here, so on to the goodies... Enjoy!

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS on vinyl

Part 1: 1972-1977

"Ralph" is just a name applied to Residents releases

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
X 1972 The Residents Santa Dog 2 7"s Ralph RR 1272 US With Lacquered Gatefold Sleeve; Most Sleeves Are Stuck Together Inside Or Are Damaged From Being Opened (LIMITED EDITION OF 500, 400 WITH COVER & MANY COVERS ARE DAMAGED, COVERS RANDOMLY NUMBERED)
Above 2x7" includes: Fire; Explosion; Lightning; Aircraft Damage
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: With Lacquered Gatefold Sleeve; Inside NOT Stuck Together & Only A Trace Of Damage (#88 OF 88!)
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Coverless Cracked Disc Set, With Box Adorned With Santa Dog Art Handmade By SCHWUMP
X 1974 The Residents Meet The Residents LP Ralph RR 0274 US Original Pressing With Original Cover (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete ***1 CORNER DINGED***
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: SEALED
X
 1974 The Residents Excerpts From Meet The Residents 7" FLEXI Ralph/Evatone EV-1774XT US Original 1974 Edition That Came Free With File Magazine (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
Above 7" includes: EXCERPTS OF: Numb Erone; Guylum Bardot; Smelly Tongues; Rest Aria; N-ER-GEE (A Crisis Bluesuite); Seasoned Greetings
X 1975 The Residents The Third Reich ‘N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US First Pressing With Hand-Colored Orange And Green Carrot And Marked "First Pressing - 1000" On Front Cover And Large, Single Red And Black Swastika On Back Cover And Matrix "SWA"/"VEG"; With Insert "Why Do The Residents Hate The Beatles?" (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete ***ALL 4 CORNERS DINGED***
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: SEALED
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: Missing Insert, 1" Seam Split On Bottom
COPY 4 OF ABOVE: Rare Copy *WITHOUT* Hand-Colored Orange And Green Carrot; With No Insert ***SOME SEAM SPLITS, ALL 4 CORNERS DINGED***
X 1976 Schwump Aphids In The Hall / You're A Martian/Home 7" Ralph RRX 0776 US With Hand-Screened And Inked Picture Sleeve / Registration Card / Sticker; Sleeve Signed "Ralph Record 7/31/76" By The Residents (LIMITED EDITION OF 200)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete (#67 OF 200, Incl. Note That Came With Disc Signed "The Residents")
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Missing Registration Card & Sticker (#77 OF 200)
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: Complete (#121 OF 200)
COPY 4 OF ABOVE: Complete (#122 OF 200)
X 1976 The Residents Satisfaction / Loser = Weed 7" Ralph RR 0776 US With Hand-Screened And Inked Picture Sleeve / Registration Card / Sticker; Sleeve Signed "Bye Bye Residents Uninc 7/31/76" (LIMITED EDITION OF 200)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete (#128 OF 200)
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Complete (#190 OF 200)
X 1976 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 1276 US First Pressing With Dark Brown Cover, No Design Around Back Border, With "First Pressing December 1976 Of One-Thousand Discs" Phrase On Back And Labels In Old "Meet The Rez" Style; Disc With Matrix "RR 1276A/B"; With "Ralph's Friends" Insert (Address Info NOT In Writing, 2B Returned To "Ralph's Friends") (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Missing "Ralph's Friends" Insert
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: SEALED
X 1977 The Residents The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles 7" Ralph RR 0577 US With Hand-Screened 3-Color Sleeve, And Registration Card ***3 COPIES*** (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
Above 7" includes: Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life; Flying
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete (#13 OF 500)
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: SEALED (#55 OF 500)
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: Missing Registration Card (#468 OF 500)
X
 1977 The Residents Meet The Residents (New Cover / Remastered) LP Ralph RR 0677 US First Pressing With Orange Front Cover Logo, Split Black And White "a" In Ralph Logo On Back Cover, Smaller Back Logo, And Black And White Back Cover; Disc With Matrix "RR0677A/B"; With "Ralph's Friends" Insert (Address Info In Writing, 2B Returned To "Weirdos We Have Known, C/O Ralph's Friends") (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,000)
X
 1977 The Residents Meet The Residents (New Cover / Remastered) LP Ralph RR 0677 US Second Pressing With Orange Front Cover Logo, Blackened-In "a" In Ralph Logo On Back Cover, Larger Back Logo, And Black And White Back Cover; Disc With Matrix "RR0677A/B"; With "Ralph's Friends" Insert (Address Info In Writing, 2B Returned To "Weirdos We Have Known, C/O Ralph's Friends") (LIMITED EDITION OF 5,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH INSERT/1 WITHOUT***
X
 1977 The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Second 1977 Pressing (First Reissue) With No Color In Carrot On Front Cover And Small Swastikas Which Repeat Around Back Cover, With Red Background In Center, And With Matrix "RR 1075 Re 77" (LIMITED EDITION OF 5000 - 10,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED / 1 WITH PRINTING FLAW ON SLEEVE BACK***
X 1977 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 1276 US Second Pressing (1977) With Light Sienna Cover, No Design Around Back Border And Without "First Pressing" Phrase And With White Regular Ralph Labels; Disc With Matrix "RR 1276A/B Re77"; With "Ralph's Friends" Insert (Address Info In Writing, 2B Returned To "Weirdo") (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Missing "Ralph's Friends" Insert
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Complete
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: SEALED
COPY 4 OF ABOVE: Missing "Ralph's Friends" Insert ***COPY WITH SLEEVE SIGNED "YEP THAT'S ME FOLKS" BY SNAKEFINGER, WITH ARROW DRAWN TO BACK PHOTO HE'S IN***
X
 1977 The Residents Duck Stab EP 7" Ralph RR 1177 US First Pressing With Pink Labels, With Inferior Sound Quality, With Matrix "RR1177B" On Side Two, And With NO Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500, MOST DESTROYED) ***LABELS ON BOTH SIDES ARE PARTLY UNSTUCK***
Above EP includes: Laughing Song; Blue Rosebuds; Constantinople; The Booker Tease; Sinister Exaggerator; Bach Is Dead; Elvis And His Boss
Labels coming unstuck / peeling is common on this Pink Label pressing
click here for some special pics: pink-red comparison, labels under labels on this copy What's weird is - on this copy of above, under Side 1 label you can see ANOTHER label for a group called "The Dyshions"; under Side 2 label you can see ANOTHER blank white label (ala on a test pressing)
a picture sleeve does not accompany this pressing - in fact, the disc is slightly LARGER than the later pressings, and it will NOT even fit into the standard DS sleeve pouch
X 1977 The Residents Duck Stab EP 7" Ralph RR 1177 US With Picture Sleeve; Second Pressing With Red Labels (Lighter Than Later Runs But Still Red), With Cellophane Sticker, With Matrix "RR1177B" On Side Two (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,500)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Complete But With Sticker Stuck Directly Onto Cover (To Be Issued Like That, It's Likely A Promo Copy)
X 1977 The Residents Duck Stab EP 7" Ralph RR 1177 US With Picture Sleeve; Second Pressing With Red Labels, With Cellophane Sticker, With Matrix "RR1177 B Re1" On Side Two (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,500)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: SEALED
both of these second pressings are typically treated as "the same" by collectors, this is a variation we just observed; you can tell them apart by looking at the label area, it's obvious the vinyl underneath is different in the center, and that sync's with whether it is a "Re1" or not; the "Re1"s typically have some white dusty crap on the labels too (cleaned off in the pics here)
X
 1977 The Residents Excerpts From Meet The Residents 7" FLEXI Ralph/Evatone EV-1774XT US 1977 Version With 1974 Flexi In 9 1/4" Cardboard Cover
we're unsure just how many of the original "1000 flexis" (per writing in the File magazine) were used for the above cover / disc combos

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS on vinyl

Part 2: 1978-1982

The golden years, with Cryptic Corporation involvement, signing new acts

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
X
 1978 The Residents Duck Stab / Buster & Glen LP Ralph RR 0278 US First Pressing With Green Boxes On Back Cover (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED***
X
 1978 The Residents Duck Stab / Buster & Glen LP Ralph RR 0278 US Second Pressing With Yellow Boxes On Back Cover (OVER 40,000 COPIES PRESSED)
X
 1978 The Residents Duck Stab EP EP Ralph RR 0278 US One-Sided 12" Copy on Clear Vinyl, With Other Side Blank; Disc With Matrix "RR-0278-S/F-RE-1"; Really A "Test Pressing" For An Unrealized Special Edition; Includes Red Duck Stab Label Card With Official Seal (LIMITED EDITION OF 6); With Prototype Clear Sleeve With Small Embossed Duck Stab Logo (LIMITED EDITION OF 4)
X
 1978 The Residents Satisfaction / Loser = Weed 7" Ralph RR 7803 US 1978 Pressing; With Picture Sleeve; TRANSPARENT YELLOW VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 30,000)
X
 1978 The Residents Satisfaction / Loser = Weed 7" Ralph RR 7803 US 1978 Pressing; With Picture Sleeve; Promo Copy With Orange "I Can't Git No- Hey, Hey, Hey" Insert; TRANSPARENT YELLOW VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 30,000)
X
 1978 Snakefinger The Spot / Smelly Tongues 7" Ralph RR 7805 US With Picture Sleeve; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 35,000)
X
 1978 Snakefinger The Spot / Smelly Tongues 7" Ralph RR 7805 US With Picture Sleeve; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 35,000) ***COPY WITH SLEEVE SIGNED "ALL MY LOVE TO JEFF" BY SNAKEFINGER***
X
 1978 Snakefinger The Spot / Smelly Tongues 7" Ralph RR 7805 US With Picture Sleeve; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 35,000) ***COPY WITH SLEEVE SIGNED "ALL YOURS" BY SNAKEFINGER***
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 1978 Snakefinger The Spot / Smelly Tongues 7" Ralph RR 7805 US With Picture Sleeve; Promo Copy With Blue "The Spot" Insert; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 35,000)
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 1978 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US First Pressing With Purple Labels And Audible Blemish (Most Destroyed), Matrix 'RR 1174 A Re1 K' On Side One, And Matrix ‘RR 1174 B Re 1 K’ On Side Two; With W.E.I.R.D. Insert (LIMITED EDITION OF 5000) ***2 COPIES, BOTH WITH INSERT***
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 1978 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US Second Pressing With Orange Labels, Matrix 'RR 1174 A Re1 K' On Side One, And Matrix ‘RR 1174 B Re 3 K’ On Side Two; With W.E.I.R.D. Insert (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH INSERT/1 WITHOUT***
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 1978 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US Third Pressing With Green Labels, Matrix 'RR 1174 A Re1 K' On Side One, And Matrix ‘RR 1174 B Re 3 K’ On Side Two
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 1978 The Residents Santa Dog ’78 / Santa Dog 7" Ralph RR 7812 US Given Away Free To Ralph Customers And With Large Mail Order Purchases; With Heavy Cardboard Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 2,700) ***3 COPIES, 1 WITH SMALL CRACK IN DISC***
**** W.E.I.R.D. Join Or Die Insert - 1978 ** **** ** "Ignorance Of Your Culture Is Not Considered Cool!"; a Residents fan club sprouted up in 1978, and Ralph put inserts about the club in LPs of that time
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 1979 The Residents Babyfingers EP 7" Ralph RR 0377 US First Pressing Meant For Unfinished Fingerprince Box Set, Which In 1979 Were Hand-Decorated In 8 Colors With Felt-Tip Pens, Packaged In Modified SANTA DOG 78 Covers And Sent To People Waiting For Both The Third Reich 'N Roll Box / Now-Cancelled Fingerprince Box (LIMITED EDITION OF 10?) (With Accompanying Cancellation Letter Signed By Jay Clem)
Above EP includes: (Monstrous Intro); Death In Barstow; Mellon Collie Lassie; Flight Of The Bumble Roach; Walter Westinghouse
each of the 10 have different things written on the back
X 1979 The Residents Babyfingers EP 7" Ralph RR 0377 US First Pressing Meant For Unfinished Fingerprince Box Set With No Accompanying Artwork Or Graphics (LIMITED EDITION OF 25-30?)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: With Standard Blank Labels
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: PRESENTED AS A GIFT TO W.E.I.R.D. With Disc Hand-Decorated In 8 Colors With Felt-Tip Pens + Extra "Six Fingers" Drawn In And W.E.I.R.D. Notation, Just No Cardboard Sleeve
there are copies of the above which DO have some writing on the disc labels, but they are NOT one of the 'decorated' 10 discs unless they also have the companion modified SD78 sleeve
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 1979 The Residents Please Do Not Steal It! LP Ralph DJ 7901 US Promotional Sampler Album (LIMITED EDITION OF 975) ***3 COPIES, 2 STONE MINT / NEVER SENT TO RADIO STATIONS***
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 1979 Art Bears Rats & Monkeys / Collapse 7" Ralph RR 7904 US With Picture Sleeve
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 1979 Art Bears Winter Songs LP Ralph RR 7905 US With Lyric Sheet Insert And Cellophane Sticker
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 1979 The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Third 1979 Pressing With Orange And Green Carrot On Front Cover And Small Swastikas Which Repeat Around Back Cover, With White Background In Center, And With Matrix "RR 1075 Re 77" (LIMITED EDITION OF 5000 - 10,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED / 1 WITH BENT CORNER***
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 1979 The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Fourth 1979 Pressing With No Color In Carrot On Front Cover And Small Swastikas Which Repeat Around Back Cover, With White Background In Center, And With Matrix "RR 1075 Re 1"
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 1979 The Residents Meet The Residents (New Cover / Remastered) LP Ralph RR 0677 US Third Pressing (1979) With Red Front Cover Logo And Color Back Cover; Disc With Matrix "RZ0677 A/B Re4" ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED***
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 1979 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 1276 US Third Pressing (1979) With Black Background And Pink Figure On Front Cover, Repeating Finger Design Around Back Border, Without "First Pressing" Phrase And With Pink Regular Ralph Labels; Disc With Matrix "RR 1276A/B Re1" (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000)
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 1979 The Residents The Third Reich ‘N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Marbled White Vinyl Version Made In 1979 When ESKIMO Was First Pressed (This Copy Is Really Splattered White/Black Mix Ala 3R&R Box Set Discs, Tho Most Are Truly All-White); Disc With Matrix "RR 1075A Re 77 / RR 1075B Re 77" And With 1977 Edition Labels; Includes Red Third Reich ‘N Roll Label Mini-Slick With Official Seal (LIMITED EDITION OF 10)
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 1979 The Residents Eskimo LP Ralph ESK 7906 US First Pressing With Gatefold Cover And Phrase "First Pressing 1979" On Inside Of Cover And Inner Sleeve With "Eskimo Information"; With Cover Sticker; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED / 1 WITH CORNER DING***
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 1979 The Residents Eskimo LP Ralph ESK 7906 US Second Pressing With Gatefold Cover And No Phrase On Inside Of Cover, Inner Sleeve With "Eskimo Information" And On Black Vinyl (LIMITED EDITION OF 45,000) ***CORNER DING, 1" SEAM SPLIT ON SLEEVE TOP & INSIDE STUCK SLEEVE TEAR***
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 1979 Snakefinger What Wilbur? / Kill The Great Raven 7" Ralph RRWIL 7907 US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000)
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 1979 Ralph Records Subterranean Modern LP Ralph SM 7908 US First Pressing With No Box On Cover And Original Colors (LIMITED EDITION OF 25,000) ***3 COPIES, 1 SEALED WITH NO COVER STICKER / 1 WITH COVER STICKER, 1 WITH WRITING ON COVER/LABEL***
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 1979 Snakefinger Chewing Hides The Sound LP Ralph SNK 7909 US Earlier? Pressing With Orange And Green Labels (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000)
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 1979 Snakefinger Chewing Hides The Sound LP Ralph SNK 7909 US Later? Pressing With Green And Purple Labels (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000)
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 1979 Snakefinger Chewing Hides The Sound LP Ralph SNK 7909 US Later? Pressing With Green And Purple Labels (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000) ***COPY WITH COVER SIGNED "ALL THE VERY BEST" BY SNAKEFINGER***
**** Ralph Records Buy Or Die Inner Sleeve - 1979 ** **** ** only a few Ralph LPs have custom inner sleeves (most are generic white), but during this period they made "Ralph inner sleeves" for use with the LPs of that time
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 1980 MX-80 Sound Someday You’ll Be King / White Night 7" Ralph MX 8001-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 MX-80 Sound Out Of The Tunnel LP Ralph MX 8002-L US ***BENT CORNER ON SLEEVE, SKIP ON ONE TRACK***
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 1980 Tuxedomoon What Use? / Crash 7" Ralph TX 8003-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 Tuxedomoon Half-Mute LP Ralph TX 8004-L US Copy With Greenish Tint On Front Cover / Reddish Tint On Back
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 1980 Tuxedomoon Half-Mute LP Ralph TX 8004-L US Copy With Reddish Tint On Front Cover / Greenish Tint On Back
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 1980 Snakefinger The Model / Talkin' In The Town 7" Ralph SN 8005-S US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 8,000)
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 1980 The Residents Diskomo EP EP Ralph RZ 8006-D US With Picture Sleeve; With Matrix "RZ-8006-D Side A" / "RZ-8006-D Side B Re5" (LIMITED EDITION OF 15,000) ***2 CORNER DINGS ON SLEEVE, BENT CORNER****
Above EP includes: Diskomo (Theme From The Walrus Hunt / Bladder Music / Crossing The Tundra / Spirit Battle / Sunrise/Reprise Theme From The Walrus Hunt); Goosebump (Disaster / Plants / Farmers / Twinkle)
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 1980 Ralph Records Buy Or Die 1980 EP 7" Ralph RR 8007-E US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,000 - 15,000)
Above EP includes: MX-80 Sound - Don't Blame It On Me; Snakefinger - Here Comes The Bums; Tuxedomoon - 7 Years; The Residents - The Festival Of Death (Excerpt)
X 1980 The Residents The Third Reich ‘N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Released In 1980; Collectors Box With Marbled Red Vinyl, Silk-Screened Sleeve And Labels, In A Velvet-Lined Black Wooden Box With Sliding Panel Featuring Cover Art, 2 Irene Dogmatic Lithographs, Christo Fence Postcard, 2-Page Computer Printout On Making Of Box, All Enclosed In a Christo ‘Fence’ Drawstring Bag (LIMITED EDITION OF 30, 25 Numbered / 5 Unnumbered Artist Proofs)
COPY 1 OF ABOVE: Complete (#3 OF 25, Incl. Top Half Of Numbered Address Verification Letter; PRESENTED AS A GIFT TO W.E.I.R.D. With Additional Magic Marker "Thank You" Scrawl On Back Of 3R&R Ad)
COPY 2 OF ABOVE: Complete (#8 OF 25)
COPY 3 OF ABOVE: Missing Christo Fence Postcard And 2-Page Computer Printout, BUT Includes Original Shipping Box (#20 OF 25)
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 1980 The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US Released In 1980; Marbled Red Vinyl Disc From Box Set, Rejected For "Cosmetic Reasons", And Without Labels (LIMITED EDITION OF 20) ***2 COPIES***
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 1980 Ralph Records Buy Or Die 1980 ½ EP 7" Ralph RR 8050-E US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,000 - 15,000)
Above EP includes: The Residents - Easter Woman / The End Of Home / Amber; Snakefinger - Trashing All The Loves Of History; Yello - Rock Stop; Fred Frith - Come Across
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 1980 Snakefinger The Man In The Dark Sedan / Womb To Worm 7" Ralph SN 8051-S US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000)
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 1980 The Residents The Residents Commercial Album LP Ralph RZ 8052-L US First Pressing With Titles For Songs #8-14 In Wrong Order And Purple Ralph Logo On Sleeve Back (LIMITED EDITION OF 15,000) ***2 COPIES***
easy way to spot if the track listing is incorrect: three R's - track 8 (first incorrect), "(R)ed (R)ider is w(R)ong"
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 1980 The Residents The Residents Commercial Album LP Ralph RZ 8052-L US Second Pressing With Titles Corrected And Green Ralph Logo On Sleeve Back (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000) ***2 CORNER DINGS***
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 1980 Snakefinger Greener Postures LP Ralph SN 8053-L US (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000)
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 1980 Snakefinger Greener Postures LP Ralph SN 8053-L US (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000) ***COPY WITH COVER SIGNED "CHEERS" BY SNAKEFINGER***
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 1980 Tuxedomoon Dark Companion / 59 To 1 Remix 7" Ralph TX 8054-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 MX-80 Sound O Type (Pt. 1) / O Type (Pt. 2) 7" Ralph MX 8055-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 Fred Frith Dancing In The Street / What A Dilemma 7" Ralph FF 8056-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 Fred Frith Gravity LP Ralph FF 8057-L US ***BENT DINGED CORNER, SMALL STAIN ON SLEEVE FROMT***
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 1980 Yello Bimbo / I.T. Splash 7" Ralph YL 8058-S US With Picture Sleeve
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 1980 Yello Solid Pleasure LP Ralph YL 8059-L US ***2 BENT CORNERS, SMALL STAIN ON BACK COVER***
**** Ralph Records Buy Or Die Inner Sleeve - 1980 ** **** ** only a few Ralph LPs have custom inner sleeves (most are generic white), but during this period they made "Ralph inner sleeves" for use with the LPs of that time
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 1981 MX-80 Sound Crowd Control LP Ralph MX 8102 US ***CUT-OUT/PROMO HOLE***
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 1981 Tuxedomoon Desire LP Ralph TX 8104 US ***2 COPIES, 1 NEAR MINT / 1 WITH WRITING ON SLEEVE BACK, WEAR AND SEAM SPLITS ON SLEEVE EDGES, STICKER STAIN ON LABEL SIDE 1***
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 1981 Fred Frith Speechless LP Ralph FF 8106 US n/a
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 1981 Renaldo & The Loaf Songs For Swinging Larvae LP Ralph RL 8108 US n/a
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 1981 Ralph Records Frank Johnson’s Favorites LP Ralph RR 8110 US (LIMITED EDITION OF 15,000)
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 1981 Ralph Records Buy Or Die 1981 EP 7" Ralph RR 8125 US With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 12,000 - 15,000)
Above EP includes: Fred Frith - A Spit In The Ocean; MX-80 Sound - Why Are We Here; Renaldo And The Loaf - Honest Joe's Indian Gets The Goat On The Way To The Cowboys' Conga; Tuxedomoon - Incubus/Blue Suit
**** Ralph Records Buy Or Die Inner Sleeve - 1981 ** **** ** only a few Ralph LPs have custom inner sleeves (most are generic white), but during this period they made "Ralph inner sleeves" for use with the LPs of that time
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 1981 The Residents Mark Of The Mole LP Ralph RZ 8152 US First Pressing With No Inner Sleeve On Black Vinyl
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 1981 The Residents Mark Of The Mole LP Ralph RZ 8152 US First Pressing With No Inner Sleeve On Black Vinyl; Promo Copy With Hole In Upper Right Corner Of Cover, Lou Stathis Sticker Stuck Right On Cover, And With "Airplay Suggestions" Insert Sheet ***EDGE WEAR ON COVER***
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 1981 The Residents Mark Of The Mole LP Ralph RZ 8152 US Second Pressing With Silk-Screened Cover/Inner Sleeve, With Lyrics On Sleeve, And Signed By The Residents; BROWN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 900)
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 1981 Yello Claro Que Si LP Ralph YL 8159 US Regular Pressing With Green Cover
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 1981 Yello Claro Que Si LP Ralph YL 8159 US Special Pressing With PINK Cover ***3 COPIES, ONE SEALED***
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 1981 Yello Claro Que Si LP Ralph YL 8159 US Special Pressing With YELLOW Cover ***2 COPIES, ONE WITH SEAM SPLIT & CUT CORNER***
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 1981 The Residents The Third Reich ‘N Roll CENSORED LP Ralph RR 1075 US 1981 CENSORED Version For Export to Germany (LIMITED EDITION OF 2500) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED / 1 WITH LABEL SIDE A, B REVERSED***
haha, we've had the above LP all these years & didn't notice the mislabeling until 2006
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 1982 The Residents The Tunes Of Two Cities LP Ralph RZ 8202 US First Pressing With "444 Grove Street" On Back Cover
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 1982 Snakefinger Manual Of Errors LP Ralph SN 8203 US (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000)
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 1982 Snakefinger Manual Of Errors LP Ralph SN 8203 US (LIMITED EDITION OF 10,000) ***COPY WITH COVER SIGNED BY SNAKEFINGER, MIGUEL BERTEL, ERIC DREW FELDMAN, GEORGE B. GEORGE, BABY MEINHOF***
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 1982 Tuxedomoon What Use? (Remix) / Crash! EP Ralph TX 8204 US With Picture Sleeve; "Crash!" IS A Remix Of The 1980 7" Version "Crash"; Remixes Done By The Residents ***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1982 Ralph Records 10th Anniversary Radio Special! 2 LPs Ralph RR 8205 US Promotional Album (LIMITED EDITION OF 800) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH INSERT / 1 MISSING INSERT***
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 1982 Ralph Records 10th Anniversary Radio Special! 2 LPs Ralph RR 8205 US Promotional Album (LIMITED EDITION OF 800) ***COPY WITHOUT INSERT, SIGNED BY PENN JILLETTE*** ***2 DINGED CORNERS, SOME RING WEAR***
all copies of the above have MISPRINTS on the labels - tho the catalog# is "RR 8205" and it shows that correctly on the cover & in the matrix #s, all of the disc labels say "RR 8502"
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 1982 Yello Bimbo (Remix) / Smile On You EP Ralph YL 8209 US With Picture Sleeve
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 1982 Ralph Records Best Of Ralph 2 LPs Ralph RR 8251 US n/a
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 1982 The Residents Intermission EP EP Ralph RZ 8252 US (LIMITED EDITION OF 20,000) ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED***
Above EP includes: Lights Out (Prelude); Shorty's Lament (Intermission); The Moles Are Coming (Intermission); Would We Be Alive? (Intermission); The New Hymn (Recessional)

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS on vinyl

Part 3: 1983-1987

The Residents tour, Jay Clem & John Kennedy have left the fold, a Tom Timony and Sheenah Timony-run "New Ralph" emerges to deal with new financial challenges as a result of the Mole Show tour

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
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 1983 The Residents Residue Of The Residents LP Ralph RZ 8302 US n/a
the above is Igor's favorite LP cover of all time
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 1983 Renaldo & The Loaf Arabic Yodelling LP Ralph RL 8308 US n/a
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 1983 The Residents The Residents’ Mole Show LP Ralph 001 US "Bootleg" Release; First Pressing With Cover Art Wraparound Sheet Glued Over Gray Cardboard; With Insert (LIMITED EDITION OF 1800)
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 1983 The Residents The Residents’ Mole Show LP Ralph 001 US "Bootleg" Release; Second Pressing With Cover Art Printed Direct To White Cardboard; With Insert
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 1983 The Residents The Residents’ Mole Show LP Ralph C-002 US PICTURE DISC (LIMITED EDITION OF 1500) ***2 COPIES***
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 1983 The Residents And Renaldo & The Loaf Title In Limbo LP Ralph RR 8351 US n/a
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 1983 Snakefinger Against The Grain LP Ralph SN 8353 US n/a
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 1983 Tuxedomoon A Thousand Lives By Picture LP Ralph TX 8354 US ***CORNER DINGS***
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 1983 Fred Frith Cheap At Half The Price LP Ralph FF 8356 US n/a
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 1983 The Residents Eskimo LP Ralph ESK 7906 US Late 1983 Version; PICTURE DISC (LIMITED EDITION OF 2,500)
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 1983 Ralph Records Subterranean Modern LP Ralph SM 7908 US Late 1983 Version; Second Pressing With Box On Cover And Changed Colors (LIMITED EDITION OF 25,000)
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 1983 The Residents The Tunes Of Two Cities LP Ralph RZ 8202 US Second Pressing With "109 Minna Street" And New "Cryptic" Logo On Back Cover ***DENTS ON COVER FRONT TOP***
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 1983 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US Fourth Pressing With Green Labels, Matrix 'Hom to N.A. RZ 1174 A Re4 KS' On Side 1, Matrix 'RZ-1174 B Re4 KS' On Side Two, And "109 Minna Street" On Back Cover
need 1983 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US Unconfirmed (By Us) Fifth Pressing With Yellow Labels And Matrix ??? On Side Two, And "109 Minna Street" On Back Cover
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 1983 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 US Sixth (And Last) Pressing With White Labels, Matrix 'Hom to N.A. RZ 1174 A Re4 KS S-13588' On Side 1, Matrix 'RZ-1174 B Re4 KS S-13589' On Side Two, And "109 Minna Street" On Back Cover
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 1984 The Residents George & James LP Ralph RZ 8402 US First Pressing With Side One Matrix ‘RZ8402 Re 1’ And Audible Blemish (LIMITED EDITION OF 180)
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 1984 The Residents George & James LP Ralph RZ 8402 US Second Pressing With Side One Matrix ‘RZ8402 Re 5’ And No Audible Blemish ***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1984 Rhythm & Noise Contents Under Notice LP Ralph RN 8405 US First Pressing On Standard Black Vinyl ***2 COPIES, ONE WITH 2 CORNER DINGS / 1 WITH CUT-OUT HOLE***
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 1984 Nash The Slash The Million Year Picnic LP Ralph NS 8409 US First Pressing On Standard Black Vinyl
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 1984 The Residents This Is A Man’s Man’s Man’s World / Safety Is A Cootie Wootie 7" Ralph RZ 8422 US First Pressing With Side A/B Labels Reversed, Blue Iris Label, Transparent Plastic Sleeve With Red Veins; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 300)
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 1984 The Residents This Is A Man’s Man’s Man’s World / Safety Is A Cootie Wootie 7" Ralph RZ 8422 US First Pressing With Corrected Labeling, Blue Iris Label, Transparent Plastic Sleeve With Red Veins; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 3700)
the above was often referred to as the "White Single"
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 1984 The Residents This Is A Man’s Man’s Man’s World / Safety Is A Cootie Wootie 7" Ralph RZ 8422 US Second Pressing With Regular Black Vinyl And No Sleeve
the above was often referred to as the "Black Single"
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 1984 The Residents George & James LP Ralph RZ 8402 US Late 1984 Pressing Of 100, 75 Of Which Were Numbered On Cover With The Official Seal, Available As A Set Of 4 Discs; CLEAR VINYL (#10 OF 75)
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 1984 Rhythm & Noise Contents Under Notice LP Ralph RN 8405 US Late 1984 Pressing Of 100, 75 Of Which Were Numbered On Cover With The Official Seal, Available As A Set Of 4 Discs; CLEAR VINYL (#10 OF 75)
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 1984 Nash The Slash The Million Year Picnic LP Ralph NS 8409 US Late 1984 Pressing Of 100, 75 Of Which Were Numbered On Cover With The Official Seal, Available As A Set Of 4 Discs; CLEAR VINYL (#10 OF 75)
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 1984 Ralph Records 10 Years In 20 Minutes One-Sided LP Ralph RR 8205-D US Medley From Side Four Of "10th Anniversary Radio Special"; Late 1984 Pressing Of 100, 75 Of Which Were Numbered On Label With The Official Seal, Available As A Set Of 4 Discs; CLEAR VINYL (#10 OF 75)
X 1984 Ralph Records 17 x 7 The Ralph Singles 17 7"s Ralph VARIOUS US Limited Edition Of More Recent Ralph Singles And Buy Or Die EPs, In A Cardboard Box With Pink Rubbery 3-D Ink; (#157 OF 444)
Box Includes: The Residents - Duck Stab EP; Satisfaction (1978 Pressing); This Is A Man's Man's Man's World WHITE VINYL w/ correct labels Snakefinger - The Spot; What Wilbur?; The Model; The Man In The Dark Sedan MX-80 Sound - Someday You'll Be King; O Type; Tuxedomoon - What Use?; Dark Companion Yello - Bimbo Art Bears - Rats & Monkeys; Fred Frith - Dancing In The Street; Buy Or Die 1980 EP; Buy Or Die 1980 ½ EP; Buy Or Die 1981 EP
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 1984 The Residents Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? LP Ralph RZ 8452 US First Pressing, Given To The First 80 Customers Who Ordered The LP; TRANSPARENT RED VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 98)
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 1984 The Residents Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? LP Ralph RZ 8452 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl ***2 COPIES, 1 SEALED***
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 1984 Hajime Tachibana Hm LP Ralph HT 8457 US ***2 CORNER DINGS***
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 1984 Renaldo & The Loaf Play Struve & Sneff LP Ralph RL 8458 US n/a
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 1985 The Residents Meet The Residents LP Ralph RZ 7707 US Early 1985 Version; PICTURE DISC; Reissue Of First Edition, Remastered For Stereo But Not Edited (LIMITED EDITION OF 3500)
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 1985 Bill Spooner First Chud LP Ralph RR 8550 US ***1 CORNER DING, SCUFF ON DISC SIDE2 NOT AFFECTING PLAY***
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 1985 The Residents Babyfingers EP 7" Ralph RR 0377 / W.E.I.R.D. #1 US 1985 Pressing Done At Same Time As THE BIG BUBBLE; With Clear Plastic Sleeve; MARBLED PINK VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 250)
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 1985 The Residents The Big Bubble LP Ralph RZ 8552 US First Pressing Sent Out Only To Mail-Order Customers, With Gatefold Cover; MARBLED PINK VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 450)
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 1985 The Residents The Big Bubble LP Ralph RZ 8552 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Gatefold Cover
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 1985 Rhythm & Noise Chasms Accord LP Ralph RN 8555 US ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH CORNER DING ON SLEEVE, 1 WITH CUT CORNER***
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 1985 King Kurt Road To Rack And Ruin EP Ralph RK 8560 US ***2 CORNER DINGS ON SLEEVE***
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 1985 The Residents Eskimo LP Ralph ESK 7906 US 1985 Version With Regular Cover Sleeve With Old Inner Cover Stories On Inner Sleeve
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 1986 Michael Perilstein Godzilla Vs. Your Mother LP Ralph RR 8600 US ***BENT CORNER, SMALL TEAR ON SLEEVE FRONT***
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 1986 The Residents 13th Anniversary Show LP Ralph RZ 8602 US First Pressing; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 80)
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 1986 The Residents 13th Anniversary Show LP Ralph RZ 8602 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl
around this time, many US indie label's LPs or 45s were pressed with quiex or 'virgin' vinyl Ralph was no exception, see the "Kaw-Liga" and "There's No Justice In Life" black vinyl releases for good examples though the quiex vinyl has a colored tint, these releases are not "colored vinyl" per-se, despite some re-seller's claims
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 1986 The Residents Kaw-Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever 7" Ralph RZ 8621 US First Pressing On Black Vinyl, Given To Mail-Order Customers; With Clear Plastic Sleeve; PICTURE DISC (LIMITED EDITION OF 28)
Tom Timony says there really were "tons" of the black rim discs
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 1986 The Residents Kaw-Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever 7" Ralph RZ 8621 US Second Pressing On Transparent Red Vinyl; With Clear Plastic Sleeve; PICTURE DISC (LIMITED EDITION OF 1972)
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 1986 The Residents Kaw-Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever 7" Ralph RZ 8622 US First Regular Pressing On Black Vinyl And With Cardboard Sleeve; With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 3000)
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 1986 Club Foot Orchestra Wild Beasts LP Ralph CF 8699 US ***2 CORNER DINGS***
- ---- ----- ----- -- ...in 2006 the Bog Historical says that "Ralph Records" ended... right about here... -- -----
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 1986 The Residents Earth Vs. The Flying Saucers 1-Sided 7" Ralph RZ SR-1 US Issued Only With The First Edition Of "The Cryptic Guide To The Residents"; TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 800)
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 1986 Eugene Chadbourne 198666 EP 7" Ralph EC 8666 US With Picture Sleeve
Above EP includes: Amerikkka Stands Tall (Libya Version); Jesus Protects Mexico; Devil On The Radio; You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Heard; Skip A Rope
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 1986 The Residents Eskimo 2 1-Sided Discs Ralph ESK 7906 US Mid-1986 Version With Two Hand-Pressed One-Sided Discs Intended For Unrealized "Eskimo Box Set", And With Eskimo Picture Disc Front Slick; Given Free As Gift To Those Waiting Upon Cancellation Of Box, Remainder Later Sold To Public; Includes Paperwork For Signup/Delays/Cancellation, Some Numbered / Stamped (#4/25); WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 100, 30 FOR BOXES - 25 FOR CUSTOMERS / 5 FOR ARTIST PROOFS & THEN LATER 28 / 2) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITHOUT THE PAPERWORK***
The E.Y.E. has a personal affection for this particular aborted release above so did another fan - look at the end of the NON-PAPER MISC. section for a handmade attempt (not Official Product) to realize the "Eskimo Box Set"
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 1986 The Residents Stars & Hank Forever! LP Ralph RZ 8652 US First Pressing "For Friends Of Ralph"; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
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 1986 The Residents Stars & Hank Forever! LP Ralph RZ 8652 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US First Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Incorrect Matrix "RR-8753" ***SIGNED BY SNAKEFINGER***
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US First Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Incorrect Matrix "RR-8753" ***SIGNED BY SNAKEFINGER / JOHN RYAN / BEN GUY / ERIC DREW FELDMAN***
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 1987 Snakefinger’s Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US First Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Incorrect Matrix Scratched Out / Correct One Added
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US First Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Incorrect Matrix Scratched Out / Correct One Added ***SIGNED BY SNAKEFINGER / JOHN RYAN / ERIC DREW FELDMAN*** ***DING AND BEND BY SLEEVE MOUTH***
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US First Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, With Incorrect Matrix Scratched Out / Correct One Added ***SIGNED BY ERIC DREW FELDMAN*** ***2 CORNER DINGS ON SLEEVE, BENT CORNER ON SLEEVE***
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 US Second Pressing; TRANSPARENT REDDISH BROWN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 200) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
Snakey sold the above special pressing at shows while on tour, not sure if any were left to sell via Ralph mailorder
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 1987 Renaldo & The Loaf The Elbow Is Taboo LP Ralph RR 8708 US First Pressing "Premature Late Desperation Issue" For Waiting Mail-Order Customers, With Generic Cover With Sticker On Front, And Different Labels From Regular Release; CLEAR VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 300)
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 1987 Renaldo & The Loaf The Elbow Is Taboo LP Ralph RR 8708 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl, But With Proper Cover/Labels, And Inner Sleeve With Lyrics
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 1987 Ralph Records Buy Or Die #14 1987 EP 7" Ralph RR 8714 US With Picture Sleeve And Dollar Off Coupon
Above EP includes: Mashed Potatoe; The Residents - Jambalaya; Snakefinger - Bless Me For I Have Sinned; Jesus Gave Me Water; Renaldo & The Loaf - Boule
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 1987 Ralph Records Potatoes: A Collection Of Folk Songs From Ralph Records LP Ralph RR 8717 US First Pressing; TRANSPARENT REDDISH BROWN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF ???) ***3 CORNER DINGS ON SLEEVE***
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 1987 Ralph Records Potatoes: A Collection Of Folk Songs From Ralph Records LP Ralph RR 8717 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl ***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack - Rejected First Printing Of Picture Disc Sleeve 7" Sleeve Ralph RR 8721 US Silk-Screened Plastic Sleeve "Not Quite Lined Up Right"; Helen Hall Purdum & Tom Timony Hand Made First Batch Of 150-175 / Had Many Problems / Only 100 Were Useable; Second Batch Came From City Screen
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack / Excerpt From "For Elsie" 7" Ralph RR 8721 US With Silk-Screened Plastic Sleeve; PICTURE DISC (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack / Excerpt From "For Elsie" 7" Ralph RR 8722 US First Regular Pressing With Solid Yellow Label; With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF 200)
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack / Excerpt From "For Elsie" 7" Ralph RR 8722 US Second Regular Pressing With Checkerboard On Yellow Label; With Picture Sleeve (LIMITED EDITION OF ???)
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 1987 Snakefinger’s Vestal Virgins There’s No Justice In Life / Move 7" Ralph RR 8715 US With Picture Sleeve
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack EP EP Ralph RR 8732 US First Pressing; With Picture Sleeve; CLEAR VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 80 OR 90?)
Above EP includes: Hit The Road Jack (Special Almost Dance Mix); Jambalaya; Firefly / The Big Bubble; Cry For The Fire
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 1987 The Residents Hit The Road Jack EP EP Ralph RR 8732 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl; With Picture Sleeve
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 1987 Ralph Records Potatoes: A Collection Of Folk Songs From Ralph Records - COLLECTOR'S EDITION LP Ralph RR 8717 US Special Pressing With Burlap Bag Sleeve, Poster, Postcard And White Vinyl "Mashed Potatoe" 7", Along With White Vinyl LP; MARBLED WHITE VINYL - BOTH LP AND 7" (LIMITED EDITION OF 500) ***BENT CORNER ON SLEEVE, CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1987 Ralph Records Mashed Potatoe (A Mashed Version Of Potatoes) / SAME 7" Ralph RR 14 US 45 Included in Collector’s Edition Of ‘Potatoes’, With Same Track On Both Sides Of Disc; MARBLED WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 550)
despite the label saying (C) 1986, it came out in 1987
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 1987 Ralph Records Mashed Potatoe (A Mashed Version Of Potatoes) / SAME - MISPRESS 7" Ralph RR 14 US Remnants Of "Other Color" In Press Got Mixed In On Earliest Pressings Meant To Be Done In White; MARBLED "MILK GREEN" VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF PERHAPS 10-30)
need 1987 Ralph Records Mashed Potatoe (A Mashed Version Of Potatoes) - COLLECTOR'S EDITION 7" Ralph RR 14? US With Screened Plastic Sleeve Inside Potatoes Screened Sack, With Same Track On Both Sides Of Disc; MARBLED WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 25)
we've had the above entry questioned, never met anyone who has it; see here for the original Buy Or Die #15 listing of it...
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 1987 The Residents Duck Stab LP Ralph RR 87521 US 1987 Reissue; First Pressing; TRANSPARENT RED VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
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 1987 The Residents Duck Stab LP Ralph RR 87521 US 1987 Reissue; Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl
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 1987 Voice Farm Voice Farm LP Ralph RR 87551 US First Pressing; BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
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 1987 Voice Farm Voice Farm LP Ralph RR 87551 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl (LIMITED EDITION OF 2000) ***CUT-OUT HOLE***
X 1987 Voice Farm Voice Farm LP Ralph RR 87551 US Either Third Pressing Or Promo With Generic White Sleeve (CUT-OUT NOTCH)
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 1987 Frank Harris & Maria Marquez In A Minor Mode EP EP Ralph RR 87571 US First Pressing With Wrong Speed Master At 33RPM; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
Above EP includes: Urban Guerilla; Tenderly; Loveroom; Campesina
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 1987 Frank Harris & Maria Marquez In A Minor Mode EP EP Ralph RR 87571 US Second Pressing With Corrected Speed Master At 45RPM; TRANSPARENT PURPLE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF ???)
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 1987 Frank Harris & Maria Marquez In A Minor Mode EP EP Ralph RR 87571 US Third Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl
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 1987 Club Foot Orchestra Kidnapped LP Ralph CF 87991 US First Pressing With Audible Blemish On Side 2; TRANSPARENT BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 100) ***BENT CORNER, WRINKLES NEAR EDGE ON SLEEVE***
the above little mofo never got out to anyone "back in the day" (as far as we know), perhaps because of that audible flaw - TT never had copies for sale; RalphAm unearthed a pile of them in the early 2000s & they quickly sold out
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 1987 Club Foot Orchestra Kidnapped LP Ralph CF 87991 US Second Pressing; TRANSPARENT PURPLE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 400) ***2 COPIES***
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 1987 Club Foot Orchestra Kidnapped LP Ralph CF 87991 US Third Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl; With Original Cover Sticker
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 1987 Ralph Records Buy Or Die #14 ½ 1987 EP 7" Ralph NO# (Matrix R-11271 1-1 / R-11272 1-1) US With Picture Sleeve
Above EP includes: Voice Farm - My Idea; Clubfoot Orchestra - Innocent; Frank Harris & Maria Marquez - Campesina; The Residents - Blue Rosebuds
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 1987 The Residents For Elsie EP EP Ralph SP2 US 1-Sided Disc With Other Side Art Silk-Screened And Silk-Screened Cover And Inner Sleeve; GREEN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000)
Above EP includes: Nine Untitled Segments, Each A Variation On A Theme From Beethoven's "Fur Elise"
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 1987 Voice Farm Johnny Belinda EP EP Ralph RR 87561 US First Pressing; With Picture Sleeve; TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
Above EP includes: Johnny Belinda (Extended Dance Mix); Johnny Belinda (Instrumental); Super EQ Team (Extended Dance Mix)
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 1987 Voice Farm Johnny Belinda EP EP Ralph RR 87561 US Second Pressing On Regular Black Vinyl; With Picture Sleeve ***CUT-OUT HOLE, BENT CORNER ON SLEEVE***

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS on vinyl

Part 4A: 1988-1992

The Residents "leave Ralph" for major labels, the name is part of a 5-year licensing agreement

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
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 1988 The Residents Meet The Residents LP Ralph RR 88521 US First 1988 Pressing With "Original’-Style Cover And Different Labels; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
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 1988 The Residents Meet The Residents LP Ralph RR 88521 US Second 1988 Pressing With "Original’-Style Cover And Different Labels, With Regular Black Vinyl
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 1988 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 82761 US First 1988 Pressing With Slightly Modified Color Cover; TRANSPARENT PURPLE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500)
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 1988 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 82761 US Second 1988 Pressing With Slightly Modified Color Cover, With Regular Black Vinyl
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 1988 The Residents The Residents Commercial Album LP Ralph RR 80521 US First 1988 Pressing With Slightly Modified Cover; TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 500) ***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1988 The Residents The Residents Commercial Album LP Ralph RR 80521 US Second 1988 Pressing With Slightly Modified Cover, With Regular Black Vinyl ***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1989 Rhythm & Noise Contents Under Notice LP Ralph RN 8405 US Early 1989 Pressing; BLUE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 300)***CORNER DING ON SLEEVE***
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 1989 Nash The Slash The Million-Year Picnic LP Ralph NS 8409 US Early 1989 Pressing; TRANSPARENT RED VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 300) ***2 COPIES***
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 1989 The Residents Diskomo EP EP Ralph RZ 8006-D US 1989 Pressing; TRANSPARENT GREEN VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 1000) ***2 CORNER DINGS ON SLEEVE, BENT CORNER, DING ON SLEEVE EDGE***
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 1989 Freshly Wrapped Candies I Like You LP Ralph RR 8954-1 US (CUT-OUT NOTCH)
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 1990 The Residents Intermission EP EP Ralph RZ 8252 US 1990 Pressing; TRANSPARENT RED VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF 300) ***2 COPIES, 1 WITH BACK COVER RINGWEAR***
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 1990 The Residents Kaw-Liga / Stars & Stripes Forever 7" Ralph RZ 8622 US 1990 Pressing With Non-Cardboard Sleeve; With Picture Sleeve; WHITE VINYL (LIMITED EDITION OF ???) ***2 COPIES***
- ---- ----- ----- -- BYE RALPH NAME -- -----
- ---- ----- ----- -- ...and that's where we draw the line... -- -----
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 1990 Suckdog Kill Ralph 7" Psycho Acoustic Sounds PA 003 US With Picture Sleeve; Flip Side Etched Vinyl

Info: RALPH RECORDS Three-Step Lacquer Process

. . . . .
Three-Step Lacquer Process (used on all Ralph Records):
Lacquer
=>		 Father Metal
=>		 Mother Metal
=>		 Stamper
=>		 TEST PRESSING
sometimes misnamed "acetate" bent up
edges for
'stamping' /
pressing
into raw
vinyl
(vinyl on aluminum, with silver film coating) (nickel) (nickel) (nickel) (vinyl)
[positive image of grooves]
(just like an LP)		 [negative] [positive] [negative] [positive]
. . . . .
errors may be found...
<=
corrections are made...
<=
and the process may be repeated...
Lacquer
=>		 Father Metal
=>		 Mother Metal
=>		 Stamper
=>		 REVISED TEST PRESSING
and when pleased with the end result...
Stamper
=>		 FINAL RECORD
stampers have limited life (approx. 1000
records pressed from each B4 quality
degrades); the mother may produce
more stampers for larger quantity runs
some used metal parts are scratched
on purpose, preventing their further reuse

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS Lacquers

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
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 1981 MX-80 Sound Crowd Control LP Ralph MX 8102 - Masterdisk NO MATRIX INFO US LACQUER; With Generic White Cover With Masterdisk Sticker & Typed Notes "RALPH RECORDS CROWD CONTROL / MX-80 SOUND JANUARY 15, 1981" And Handwritten Address For Bruce Anderson & Dale Sophiea, And With Hand-Typed Disc Labels With Song Titles

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS Metal Parts (Fathers / Mothers / Stampers)

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
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 1978 Snakefinger The Spot / Smelly Tongues 7" Ralph RR 7805 - Matrix RR-7807-A / RR-7807-B US MOTHER METAL; Each Side In Brown Paper Sleeve With Black "MOTHER" Stamp
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 1978 The Residents Not Available LP Ralph RR 1174 - Matrix RR 1174 A Re1 K / RR 1174 B Re3 K US FATHER METAL; Second Or Third Pressing; Each Side In Manila Paper Sleeve With Red "MASTER" Stamp
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 - Matrix RR-8753-A L 26578 / RR-8753-B VOICE OVER 3 L 26578-X US STAMPER; First Pressing With Incorrect Matrix (Same As Used On Red Test Pressing); Each Side In Manila Paper Sleeve With No Stamp; Each Side With Bent Edges
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 1987 Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins Night Of Desirable Objects LP Ralph RR 8703 - Matrix RR8703-A JG S-17397 L 26578 / RR-8703-B S-17398 JG VOICE OVER 3 L 26578-X US FATHER METAL; Second Pressing With Incorrect Matrix "RR-8753-A/B" Scratched Out; Each Side In Manila Paper Sleeve With Red "MASTER" Stamp

AUDIO - RALPH RECORDS on vinyl - Test Pressings

Part 1: 1972-1977

besides blank labels (used throughout), early Ralph had some TPs made by Recording Specialties and Alshire

Have Year Artist Title Item Type Label, # Country Comments
matrix info noted here includes anything scratched into the runout groove (true matrix #s, messages), but not stamped logos (ex. - Alshire / Kdisc) or weird symbols we'll admit these are mostly generic (esp. the white label ones), but we'll show them here in the same standard way as normal vinyl; we'll include pics of the white sleeves and covers only if there was some special writing on them, with only a few noting whose writing that is (if known)
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 1972 The Residents Santa Dog 2 7"s Ralph RR 1272 - Blank Label K-3719 RR-12721 / K-3722 RR-12724, K-3720 RR-12722 / K-3721 RR-12723 US TEST PRESSING; Discs Have Large Center Holes; Disc Labels Have Green Marker Writing "Test Pressing", "Side One" Etc. And Song Title / "Fake" Artist Performing It
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 1974 The Residents Meet The Residents LP Ralph RR 0274 - Blank Label RR-02741 B-12993A / RR-02742 B-12994B US TEST PRESSING; Original Pressing; Super Scarce TP, With Silk-Screen Of 10" Flexi's Sleeve Artwork Onto Sleeve And ON Disc Side 2 Label / Hand-Written Info On Disc Side 1 Label; Hung On Wall At Ralph Records Offices For Years
need 1975 The Residents The Third Reich 'N Roll LP Ralph RR 1075 US TEST PRESSING; First Pressing With Matrix "SWA"/"VEG"
need 1976 Schwump Aphids In The Hall 7" Ralph RRX 0776 US TEST PRESSING
need 1976 The Residents Satisfaction / Loser = Weed 7" Ralph RR 0776 US TEST PRESSING
need 1976 The Residents Fingerprince LP Ralph RR 1276 US TEST PRESSING; First Pressing With Matrix "RR 1276A/B"