The Residents - Cube-e Box: The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces pREServed (CD)

In the late 1980s The Residents embarked on what many fans still consider their greatest live project. Cube-E - The History Of American Music In 3 E-Z Pieces spanned almost four years and proposed to do nothing less than it's title suggested, telling the story of American popular music, from it's birth around the campfires of a non-existent Old West to it's death at the hands of Elvis and the British Invasion, all in three easy pieces. Performed on TV and on stage around the world between 1987 and 1990, the show saw The Residents fully embrace their loves of elaborate and imaginative staging, the latest in music technology and, of course, The King - Elvis Aaron Presley. It goes without saying that there was barely a dry seat in the house, and alongside live recordings and contemporaneous studio material this pREServed set includes the previously unreleased demos for the entire King & Eye album, which saw the group tackle twenty-something (you can count 'em!) of Mr. Swivel Hips' hottest hits. Spread across an inescapably unwieldy 7CDs at the group's insistence, Cube-E pREServed is the final word in Americana cool. Or so it says here! Remastered, expanded, and pREServed for future generations, this is the latest in a series of archival Residents reissues that will continue throughout 2020 and beyond. Look out for Freak Show and Gingerbread Man sets, coming to a record store near you!

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Buckaroo Blues Live in Amsterdam
2. From the Plains to Mexico
3. The Theme from Buckaroo Blues
4. The Stampede
5. Trail Dance
6. Bury Me Not
7. Cowboy Waltz
8. Saddle Sores
9. The Theme from Buckaroo Blues (Reprise)
10. Bonus Bucks
11. Suzanna
12. Buckaroo Blues
13. (Studio Instrumental)
14. From the Plains to Mexico
15. (Italian Version)
16. From the Plains to Mexico (Night Music)
17. Buckaroo Blues Theme
18. (Live in London, 2001)
19. From the Plains to Mexico
20. (Live in New York, 2002)
21. Bury Me Not
22. (Live in San Francisco, 2011)
23. From the Plains to Mexico
24. (Live in San Francisco, 2018)

Disc: 2

1. Black Barry Live in Amsterdam
2. The Gospel Truth
3. Shortnin' Bread
4. Black Barry
5. Forty-Four
6. Engine 44
7. New Orleans
8. Voodoo Queen
9. What Am I Gonna Do?
10. Organism
11. Bonus Barries
12. Wistful Break
13. Voodoo Queen/What Am I Gonna Do? (Rehearsal)
14. New Orleans (Studio Jam)
15. Household Work
16. Amazon
17. Fever Dream
18. The Toy Factory (Fanfare Mix)
19. Ghost Music
20. Forty-Four
21. (Live in San Francisco, 1997)
22. Forty-Four (Live in Nantes, 2014)
23. Black Barry Dynasone

Disc: 3

1. The Baby King Live in Amsterdam
2. Ober
3. The Baby King Pt. 1
4. Don't Be Cruel
5. Heartbreak Hotel
6. Fool Such As I
7. All Shook Up
8. The Baby King Pt. 2
9. Devil in Disguise
10. Burning Love
11. Teddy Bear
12. Viva Las Vegas
13. The Baby King Pt. 3
14. Love Me Tender
15. The Baby King Pt. 4
16. Hound Dog / Out
17. Bonus Babies
18. Don't Be Cruel (Video Edit)
19. Don't
20. Surrender
21. Burning Love (Tele5 Demo)
22. Burning Love (Tele5 Performance)
23. Ober (Live in Australia, 2005)
24. Teddy Bear (Live in Australia, 2005)
25. Teddy Bear (Live in San Francisco, 2018)

Disc: 4

1. Cube-E Live in San Francisco, 1989
2. Buckaroo Blues
3. Black Barry

Disc: 5

1. Cube-E Live in San Francisco, and Recklinghausen, 1989
2. The Baby King Beginning
3. The Baby King Middle
4. The Baby King End
5. Plus
6. Mr Skull's Nye Song

Disc: 6

1. The King ; Eye Remastered
2. Blue Suede Shoes
3. The Baby King PT 1
4. Don't Be Cruel
5. Heartbreak Hotel
6. All Shook Up
7. Return to Sender
8. The Baby King PT 2
9. Teddy Bear
10. Devil in Disguise
11. Stuck on You
12. Big Hunk O Love
13. A Fool Such As I
14. The Baby King PT 3
15. Little Sister
16. His Latest Flame
17. Burning Love
18. Viva Las Vegas
19. The Baby King PT 4
20. Love Me Tender
21. The Baby King PT 5
22. Hound Dog
23. Bonus Kings
24. Dog Glue
25. Jailhouse Rock RMX
26. Surrender RMX
27. Heartbreak Hotel RMX
28. Little Sister RMX
29. Burning Love RMX
30. A Fool Such As I RMX

Disc: 7

1. The King ; Eye Demos
2. Blue Suede Shoes
3. The Baby King PT 1
4. Don't Be Cruel
5. Heartbreak Hotel
6. All Shook Up
7. Return to Sender
8. The Baby King PT 2
9. Teddy Bear
10. Devil in Disguise
11. Stuck on You
12. Big Hunk O Love
13. A Fool Such As I
14. The Baby King PT 3
15. Little Sister
16. Burning Love
17. Viva Las Vegas
18. The Baby King PT 4
19. Love Me Tender
20. The Baby King PT 5
21. Hound Dog
22. I Can't Help Falling in Love with You
23. Don't
24. Surrender