The Complete Mole Trilogy (Expanded) - three studio albums, a live album, plus previously unreleased studio material and a complete unreleased live recording plus 20 unreleased tracks! Almost three hours of previously unreleased Residents music!. The entire unreleased and legendary Uncle Sam Mole Show. Previously unreleased 25 minute instrumental mix of Mmark Of The Mole'. Previously unheard live-in-the-studio recordings, including the classic 1976 single 'Satisfaction'. Live-in-the-studio performances, demos, unissued tracks, rehearsal room recordings, live material and more - deep insight into the seminal trilogy! Between 1981 and 1985 The Residents embarked on what would become the infamous, ultimately incomplete 'Mole Trilogy'. Intended to tell the story of two colliding cultures - the Moles and the Chubs - via the mediums of narrative storytelling and recreations of the music of those societies, the project took the band into unchartered musical territory, into the concert halls of the USA and Europe for the first time and, legend has it, to the brink of collapse.Produced with The Cryptic Corporation using archival tapes supplied by The Residents themselves, this set presents, for the first time, all known recordings related to the 'Mole' saga - namely the albums "Mark Of The Mole", "The Tunes Of Two Cities" and "The Big Bubble", as well as live recordings, unreleased material, rehearsal room recordings, alternate mixes, demos and a selection of recordings which may or may not comprise part of the legendary, unreleased Part Three of the trilogy. A significant leap, both sonically and conceptually, from their 1970s work, the "Mole Trilogy" proves to be the link between the freewheeling, avant-garde leanings of The Residents' early material and the concept-driven, electronically produced music they would explore in the latter half of the 1980s and beyond. Packed with almost three hours (by our count) of previously unreleased music, this set is a must-hear for fans of San Francisco's most infamo
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We're marching to the see!
A fabulous package celebrating the never-completed Mole Trilogy, possibly one of The Residents' more accessible projects (initially, at least). Of course, being The Residents, the concept of a trilogy is rather shaky. There is no 3rd album, but there is a 4th - The Big Bubble. There were supposed to be more after The Big Bubble, but the whole thing was abandoned. All 3 original albums are here with huge amounts of extras, most of which are eminently listenable. Does this give the trilogy some sort of ultimate closure? Of course not!Also included are 2 live albums of The Mole Show; the first of which is rather truncated, as it was originally on vinyl. These are great, but no help with the story as the tale of the Moles & the Chubs gets derailed by increasingly unhinged narrators complaining about the show itself - meta or what?Overall, with 6 CDs for less than £30, this is well worth picking up. The Residents aren't to everyone's taste, but if you enjoy deranged tales of industrial oppression & the occasional rendition of 'Satisfaction', which makes Devo's version sound like a respectful homage to The Stones, you can't go wrong with The Mole Box.
J**S
Very differant music.
nothing to dislike.
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