Meet The Residents - Preserved Edition

1974年の記念すべきファーストがモノ&ステレオ&レア音源集の3LP仕様で再発!
1970年代初頭の結成以来、約50年間アメリカのレフト・フィールド・ミュージックをリードし続ける目玉集団レジデンツ。結成50周年を記念したレコード・リイシュー・シリーズの第1弾!
ビートルズの『MEET THE BEATLES』のジャケットを模したアートワーク、シンセサイザーなどを一切使わないサウンド・プロダクション、ザッパやビーフハートにも比肩するアイデアのごちゃ混ぜ具合、その全てが最高のセンスでまとめ上げられた傑作!
アルバムの冒頭にはナンシー・シナトラの"THESE BOOTS ARE MADE FOR WALKIN'"のカヴァー"BOOTS"を収録。今回の新装版は1974年モノMIXと1977年ステレオMIXを両方収録し、更に別バージョン、アウトテイク、最近再発見された未発表音源などを詰め込んだボーナス・ディスクもセットになった3LP仕様!

The Residents are true avant-garde crazies. Their earliest albums (of which this is the first) have precedents in Captain Beefheart's experimental albums, Frank Zappa's conceptual numbers from Freak Out!, the work of Steve Reich, and the compositions of chance music tonemeister John Cage -- yet the Residents' work of this time really sounds like nothing else that exists. All of the music on this release consists of deconstructions of countless rock and non-rock styles, which are then grafted together to create chaotic, formless, seemingly haphazard numbers; the first six "songs" (including a fragment from the Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'") are strung together to form a larger entity similar in concept to the following lengthier selections. The result is a series of unique, odd, challenging numbers that are nevertheless not entirely successful. The album cover is a fierce burlesque of the Beatles' first U.S. Capitol label release, sporting puerilely doctored photographs of the Fab Four on the front and pictures of collarless-suited sea denizens on the back (identified as Paul McCrawfish, Ringo Starfish, and the like). This is an utterly bizarre platter that may appeal to very adventurous listeners. ~ David Cleary