Best of Ralph (Hand-drawn album cover mock-up from the estate of Residents member Hardy Fox)
[The Residents]; Pore Know Graphics
Sold by Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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Sold by Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since September 3, 2014
Hand-drawn color mock-up for the 1982 double-album of The Best of Ralph, presumably by Pore No Graphics (or some variant thereof), the art contingent of The Residents' Cryptic Corporation. Greatly resembles the image that would be used, albeit the central image would be mostly black and white, and the blue would be a darker more uniform blue. 18x" on a 18x24" folded (slightly irregularly) sheet, rectos only. About Very Good with some dampstaining to left upper corner, toning to cheap paper with age, light wear. From the estate of Residents founder Hardy Fox. Ralph Records was the independent record label of anonymous band/art collective The Residents; the label name arose from the slang phrase for vomiting, "Calling Ralph on the big white phone." It was founded in San Francisco in 1972. The first release was The Residents' "Santa Dog" 7". It would purvey a lot of early electronica, Rock in Opposition, and difficult music just barely in the pop spectrum. This particular album featured tracks from The Residents, Snakefinger, Yello, Tuxedomoon, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Renaldo and the Loaf, and MX-80 Sound.
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