RESIDENTS-MARK OF THE MOLE-BROWN VINYL-SIGNED-RALPH-LSD

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RESIDENTS, MARK OF THE MOLE 1981 Ralph RZ8152 US silk screened LP Jacket M- signed on back by all 4 members, colored vinyl. This  is a collector's Edition of 900 copies was released in 1982 and came with silk-screened record covers and sleeves with a brown vinyl pressing of the album. The lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve and the back cover was signed in pencil by The Residents, a stunningly beautiful piece of art. The Residents' final work of their synthesizer era is Mark of the Mole, a terrifying electronic epic of a unique culture, the Mohelmot, who have been driven from their underground home by a massive storm. After Eskimo, the band's attempt to sonically recreate Inuit tales through sound, the Residents began to undertake a similar project that would color the rest of their career. The Mark of the Mole trilogy would result in three albums and a world tour that would nearly bankrupt the band and Ralph Records, and cause (rumor has it) two of the original members to leave the band. It was also the beginning of the band's desire (often detrimental) to broaden their scope, to construct long concept albums, or imagine series of albums that would never be completed. Mark of the Mole imagines a race of mole workers who live underground and worship darkness and work. When a flood forces them to flee their home, they migrate across the desert to the land of the Chubs, who subjugate them and cause war to break out. This is some of the grimmest, most discordant, rough hewn music the band has set down on record, with a grinding piece called "It Never Stops" summing up the tone of the record perfectly. Perversely, there is much to enjoy in this trip to the group's dark side, and the album's resolution truly feels like a breath of fresh air.

THE RESIDENTS
with guests:
PENN JILLETTE
NESSIE LESSONS

  A.. VOICES OF THE AIR
  B.. THE ULTIMATE DISASTER
    a.. Won't You Keep Us Working?
    b.. First Warning
    c.. Back to Normality?
    d.. The Sky Falls!
    e.. Why Are We Crying?
    f.. The Tunnels are Filling
    g.. It Never Stops
  C.. MIGRATION
    a.. March to the Sea
    b.. The Observer
    c.. Hole-Worker's New Hymn
  D.. ANOTHER LAND
    a.. Rumors
    b.. Arrival
    c.. Deployment
    d.. Saturation
  E.. THE NEW MACHINE
    a.. Idea
    b.. Construction
    c.. Failure/Reconstruction
    d.. Success
  F.. FINAL CONFRONTATION
    a.. Driving the Moles Away, Don't Tread on Me, The Short War, Resolution?

The cover is in very good+++ condition and still in open shrinkwrap, the vinyl is unplayed and in very good+++ condition
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