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The Tunes of Two Cities

the Residents · 1985 · Vinyl-Lp · US · Ralph Records, RZ 8202

<div> <div class="main_2FbVC" style="width: calc(70% - 2em); box-sizing: border-box; float: left; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; order: 8; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " helvetica="" font-size:="" font-style:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" text-align:="" text-indent:="" text-transform:="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" text-decoration:=""> <div class="content_1TFzi" style="display: block; padding: 0px 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> A1   Serenade For Missy <div class="credits_12-wp trackCredits_iogpt" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; height: 0px;"> <div> </div> <div> </div> </div> <div class="measure_17Kyu credits_12-wp" aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; float: left; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;"> <div>Guitar – Snakefinger</div> <div>Saxophone – Norman Salant</div> </div> <br/> A2   A Maze Of Jigsaws <br/> A3   Mousetrap <br/> A4   God Of Darkness <br/> A5   Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth) <div class="credits_12-wp trackCredits_iogpt" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; height: 0px;"> <div> </div> </div> <div class="measure_17Kyu credits_12-wp" aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; float: left; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;"> <div>Guitar – Snakefinger</div> </div> <br/> A6   Praise For The Curse <br/> B1   The Secret Seed <br/> B2   Smokebeams <div class="credits_12-wp trackCredits_iogpt" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; height: 0px;"> <div> </div> </div> <div class="measure_17Kyu credits_12-wp" aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; float: left; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;"> <div>Guitar – Snakefinger</div> </div> <br/> B3   Mourning The Undead <br/> B4   Song Of The Wild <br/> B5   The Evil Disposer <br/> B6   Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II Of "Innisfree") <div class="credits_12-wp trackCredits_iogpt" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; height: 0px;"> <div> </div> </div> <div class="measure_17Kyu credits_12-wp" aria-hidden="true" style="background-color: transparent; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border: none; -webkit-box-shadow: none; box-shadow: none; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1rem; overflow-y: hidden; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: none; transition: height 0.3s; float: left; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; right: 0px; opacity: 0; pointer-events: none;"> <div>Vocals – Nessie Lessons</div> </div> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="main_2FbVC" style="width: calc(70% - 2em); box-sizing: border-box; float: left; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; order: 9; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " helvetica="" font-size:="" font-style:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" text-align:="" text-indent:="" text-transform:="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" text-decoration:=""> </div> <div class="main_2FbVC" style="width: calc(70% - 2em); box-sizing: border-box; float: left; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; order: 12; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " helvetica="" font-size:="" font-style:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" text-align:="" text-indent:="" text-transform:="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" text-decoration:=""> Companies, etc. <div class="content_1TFzi" style="display: block; padding: 0px 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> <ul class="list_3ky-r" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem;"> <li>Manufactured By – Ralph Records</li> <li>Phonographic Copyright ? – Cryptic Corporation</li> <li>Copyright © – Cryptic Corporation</li> <li>Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing</li> <li>Lacquer Cut At – Sonic Arts</li> <li>Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-13602</li> <li>Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-13603</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="main_2FbVC" style="width: calc(70% - 2em); box-sizing: border-box; float: left; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; order: 10; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " helvetica="" font-size:="" font-style:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" text-align:="" text-indent:="" text-transform:="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" text-decoration:=""> Credits <div class="content_1TFzi" style="display: block; padding: 0px 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> <ul class="list_1HutQ" style="list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 0.875rem; line-height: 18px;"> <li>Cover – Poorknow Graphics*</li> <li>Lacquer Cut By – LKIKS*</li> <li>Written-By, Performer [Played By] – The Residents</li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="main_2FbVC" style="width: calc(70% - 2em); box-sizing: border-box; float: left; -webkit-box-ordinal-group: 1 !important; order: 14; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: " helvetica="" font-size:="" font-style:="" font-variant-caps:="" font-weight:="" letter-spacing:="" orphans:="" text-align:="" text-indent:="" text-transform:="" white-space:="" widows:="" word-spacing:="" text-decoration:=""> Notes <div class="content_1TFzi" style="display: block; padding: 0px 5px; margin-top: 5px;"> <div class="notes_1LXvZ">1985 repress by Rainbo Records with "109 Minna Street" address on back sleeve, bottom left. It has also the Cryptic logo on the bottom right, and the mention "Jacket Made In Canada" just under. The original release (1982) has a different address, logo and mention.<br /> <br /> Manufactured by Ralph Records / 109 Minna Street #391 / San Francisco, CA 94105<br /> (P) (C) 1982, The Cryptic Corporation<br /> <br /> Published by Pale Pachyderm Pub (BMI)<br /> ? © 1982 - The Cryptic Corp.<br /> <br /> [Sleeve notes:]<br /> "The Tunes Of Two Cities" is the second part of The Residents' Mole Trilogy which began with "Mark Of The Mole" in 1981. While the first LP is an elaborately told story of political and social struggle, "Two Cities" is a documentation of the music of these two different cultures as they were before fate threw them into turmoil.<br /> The tracks on this record alternate between societies. First one culture...then the other...making its point, not just by what is said...but by the listener's willingness to understand the globe wrenching power of "DIFFERENCE".</div> </div> </div> </div>

Tracklist

A1Serenade For Missy
A2A Maze Of Jigsaws
A3Mousetrap
A4God Of Darkness
A5Smack Your Lips (Clap Your Teeth)
A6Praise For The Curse
B1The Secret Seed
B2Smokebeams
B3Mourning The Undead
B4Song Of The Wild
B5The Evil Disposer
B6Happy Home (Excerpt From Act II Of "Innisfree")

Credits & notes

Manufactured By – Ralph Records Phonographic Copyright ? – Cryptic Corporation Copyright © – Cryptic Corporation Published By – Pale Pachyderm Publishing Lacquer Cut At – Sonic Arts Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-13602 Pressed By – Rainbo Records – S-13603 Cover – Poorknow Graphics* Lacquer Cut By – LKIKS* Written-By, Performer [Played By] – The Residents 1985 repress by Rainbo Records with "109 Minna Street" address on back sleeve, bottom left. It has also the Cryptic logo on the bottom right, and the mention "Jacket Made In Canada" just under. The original release (1982) has a different address, logo and mention. Manufactured by Ralph Records / 109 Minna Street #391 / San Francisco, CA 94105 (P) (C) 1982, The Cryptic Corporation Published by Pale Pachyderm Pub (BMI) ? © 1982 - The Cryptic Corp. [Sleeve notes:] "The Tunes Of Two Cities" is the second part of The Residents' Mole Trilogy which began with "Mark Of The Mole" in 1981. While the first LP is an elaborately told story of political and social struggle, "Two Cities" is a documentation of the music of these two different cultures as they were before fate threw them into turmoil. The tracks on this record alternate between societies. First one culture...then the other...making its point, not just by what is said...but by the listener's willingness to understand the globe wrenching power of "DIFFERENCE".

Format: Vinyl-Lp
Catalog no.: Ralph Records, RZ 8202
Country: US
Year: 1985
Condition: vg+/ex
Discogs: #3132328 ↗

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