The Residents-The Third Reich 'n' Roll (1976)



 

Artist: The Residents

Title: The Third Reich 'n' Roll

Label: Mute

Format: CD

Cat: CDStumm253, 00946 3 32818 0 6, MUT 69302

Year of Release: 1976

Country and Year of Edition: US 2005 Remastered Hardback Book

Sell Price: $7.31 VG+/VG+ mark through UPC 6/21/24

Discogs Last Sold: 5/2/24 VG+/VG+ $8.86

Low: $3.76

Median: $9.68

Average: $10.43

High: $19.99

Current low price: $7.86

Current Number on Sale at Discogs:24

Have/Want: 310/106

Where Sold: Burnaby, Mashwawka, IN

Time it took to sell: 9 years

Where and When Purchased: used NYC mid aughts

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: No

The Residents second album release (excluding Not Available which was issued long after recording in 1978) is a statement of what the band perceives to be inherent fascism in Rock 'n Roll.  Over two side long track they use both iconic hits of AM radio and the underground to go with artwork utilizing swastikas and Dick Clark.  Dick Clark they believed to be the ultimate symbol of music as commerce.  They looked at the musical landscape of 1974-5 when this was recorded and rejected the mainstream in favor of what was going on in Germany by way of Can & Faust.  At least, that is what the liner notes tell us.  These liner notes were regurgitated from the 1987 CD ESD put out.  I didn't get it at the time.  The reissues of the Commercial Album and Meet The Residents were the ones I found in Worcester after the Ralph Records era.

The album opens with a Hitler mimic of the "Land of 1,000 Dances."  From there abstract melodies drift out in the piece including Nuggets like "Psychotic Reaction" and "Little Girl" as well as hits like "The Letter," "96 Tears," "A Horse With No Name," "Pipeline," "Yummy Yummy Yummy" and "Hanky Panky."  "Hey Jude" comes in to wrap it up.  

I loved the Residents as soon as I discovered them doing radio in the mid-80's.  A side of this was good overnight filler but with other records to play it was used sparingly.  My friend Kevin Wyzzard who passed last month had loved them since the 70's and treasured his copy of the Santa Dog 7".

I'm sure I discussed this reissue with him when it came out.

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