{"product_id":"american-composer-s-series-1982-1987","title":"American Composer’s Series 1982 - 1987","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe classic 1980s albums remastered from the original tapes, plus previously unknown songs, demos, remixes, live recordings, non-album tracks and later evolutions. 13 previously unreleased tracks!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFormed in the early 1970s, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Residents\u003c\/strong\u003e have now been charting a unique path through the musical landscape for a slightly ridiculous fifty-three years. From far-out, experimental recordings to highly conceptual, innovative multi-platform projects, the band refuses to stand still, and continues to move in several different directions at once. But you already knew that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eProduced with The Cryptic Corporation, and digging deep into the band’s archive, this set dives into the classic mid-1980s ‘\u003cem\u003eAmerican Composers Series\u003c\/em\u003e’, featuring material originally recorded by James Brown, George Gershwin, Hank Williams, John Philip Sousa and Ray Charles, as well as previously unreleased Residential interpretations of songs by Sun Ra, Lou Christie, Buddy Holly and…… The Residents themselves?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf special interest to hardcore fans and collectors will be three Sun Ra cover versions originally intended for Volume 3 of the abandoned series, alongside previously unknown versions of Lou Christie’s ‘\u003cem\u003eLightning Strikes\u003c\/em\u003e’ and a lost Residents original, ‘\u003cem\u003eBurning With Desire\u003c\/em\u003e’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Ralph","offers":[{"title":"3CD","offer_id":51581993484619,"sku":"R2026-2951","price":24.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Screenshot2025-04-04at16.02.05_773ae35c-b145-40b8-a0bd-1d6e7f2b04ea.png?v=1752235329","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/american-composer-s-series-1982-1987","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}