The Residents
Mole Show (picture-LP)
FormatLPLabelRalph RecordsGenreExperimental
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condition (record): EX- (minimal surface noise) / generic PVC . Picture disc documenting The Residents' ambitious 1982-83 Mole Show trilogy performances. The massive project told an elaborate story of warring factions of moles and chubs through integrated music, video, and theatrical staging. This audio document captures the show's musical component - complex compositions blending rock energy, electronic experimentation, and orchestral elements. The picture disc format makes it a collectible visual object as well as audio document of the performances. Shows The Residents at their most theatrically ambitious, creating elaborate multimedia experiences years before that approach became common in popular music.
Release notes
Picture disc version, limited edition of 1,500 copies. No information on the vinyl except runout etchings. No accompanied sleeve, some copies perhaps with a paper sheet insert. Tracklist and durations are not listed. The A-side image was taken from the European Mole Show program; the B-side image is a picture of a piece of the burlap screen which was used in all of the concerts. This album is a condensation of the two concerts given by The Residents at the Roxy Theatre in Los Angeles in…
| A1 | Voices Of The Air | ||
| A2 | The Secret Seed | ||
| A3 | Introduction | ||
| A4 | Won´t You Keep Us Working? | ||
| A5 | First Warning | ||
| A6 | Back To Normality? | ||
| A7 | The Sky Falls! | ||
| A8 | Narration | ||
| A9 | God Of Darkness | ||
| A10 | More Narration | ||
| A11 | March To The Sea | ||
| A12 | The Observer | ||
| A13 | Hole Workers´ New Hymn | ||
| B1 | Rumors | ||
| B2 | Arrival | ||
| B3 | Deployment | ||
| B4 | Saturation | ||
| B5 | Still More Narration | ||
| B6 | Idea | ||
| B7 | Construction | ||
| B8 | Ugly Rumors | ||
| B9 | Failure / Reconstruction | ||
| B10 | Success | ||
| B11 | Upset Narration | ||
| B12 | Call Of The Wild | ||
| B13 | Driving The Moles Away | ||
| B14 | Don´t Tread On Me | ||
| B15 | The Short War | ||
| B16 | Frantic Narration | ||
| B17 | Resident Speech | ||
| B18 | Satisfaction | ||
| B19 | Happy Home |
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