KLANGGALERIE RELEASES DELUXE VERSION OF SNAKEFINGER'S "GREENER POSTURES"

Bandcamp download & 2 CD set.

Klanggalerie:

"Greener Postures", Snakefinger's second album, was co-written and produced by The Residents again. It features such classic tracks as "The Man In The Dark Sedan" and "Golden Goat". The original album has been remastered, and to add to your listening pleasure, we have added 9 bonus tracks which were recorded live in Australia in 1981. Very recently, a so far unknown remix of the whole album was discovered in the Residents' archive. It was made in 1987 in preparation for the Snakey Wake by The Residents and has never been published in any form. Klanggalerie are now proud to present you this lost gem for the first time ever on this double CD.

THE RESIDENTS PRESENT BUY OR DIE

Ahead of the curve as ever, in 1972 The Residents turned their back on the mainstream music industry and established their own Ralph Records imprint, taking control of every aspect of the recording, design and manufacturing process of their records. Over the next decade, Ralph would release numerous seminal singles and albums by a diverse range of artists from both the US and Europe, capturing the zeitgeist perfectly in the era of punk and new wave, when the DIY aesthetic went overground.

Featuring key singles, vital album tracks and a number of recordings appearing on CD for the first time, as well as previously unheard material from Schwump, Snakefinger, MX-80 Sound and Gary Panter, ‘Buy Or Die!’ is not only an insight into The Residents’ world but also into the workings of their DIY mindset, with most of the tracks here being recorded in the group’s own studio, and released in artwork produced by their own graphics department. From established names such as Yello and The Residents themselves, to lesser-known gems by Fred Frith, Tuxedomoon et al, this is a distinctive snapshot of that experimental and open-minded time and place, as seen through the lense of one of America’s most adventurous artists.

Complete with a 7,500 word first hand account essay from The Residents’ Mysterious Archivist, plenty of unusual and rare imagery and many tracks sourced directly from the Ralph tape archive, all overseen by The Residents (enabled by RA), ‘Buy Or Die!’ will entertain, enthral and infuriate in equal measure.

https://www.cherryred.co.uk/the-residents-present-buy-or-die-ralph-records-1972-1982-various-artists-3cd

SNAKEFINGER - CHEWING HIDES THE SOUND (DELUXE)

Klanggalerie's deluxe reissue of Snakefinger's "Chewing Hides The Sound" arrived last week.

"Chewing Hides The Sound" came out in 1979 on Ralph Records. It includes classics such as his Kraftwerk cover "The Model", "What Wilbur?" and "Picnic In The Jungle". The songs on the album were co-written with The Residents. The music showcased Lithman's distinctive slide guitar playing and often surreal imagery. At the same time, a string of singles was released. All tracks that were exclusive to these releases are added as bonus tracks here. Very recently, a so far unknown remix of the whole album was discovered in the Residents' archive. It was made in 1987 in preparation for the Snakey Wake by The Residents and has never been published in any form. Klanggalerie are now proud to present you this lost gem for the first time ever.

SNAKEFINGER REISSUE ON THE KLANGGALERIE LABEL

Klanggalerie already reissued Snakefinger's "Chewing Hides The Sound" (his collaboration with The Residents) in 2016.
They're re-releasing it again, but this time as a 2CD set, with lots of bonus stuff.

https://www.klanggalerie.com/gg220-2

SNAKEFINGER

Announced by Klanggalerie:

SNAKEFINGER Chewing Hides The Sound (Deluxe 2CD)

https://www.klanggalerie.com/gg220-2

SNAKEFINGER RE-ISSUE ON THE SECRET RECORDS LABEL

Snakefinger's "Greener Postures" gets a nice re-issue on the secret records label.

Limited Edition Neon Stripe Vinyl. Only 250 copies.

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SNAKEFINGER

Snakefinger's 1979 debut solo album will be made available on limited edition color vinyl by Secret Records.
All songs written and performed with The Residents.

BRETTS MILK - SNAKES AND TOP HATS AND EYEBALLS AND FINGERS! OH MY!

Brand-new release by Bretts Milk.

Food for Residents and Snakefinger freaks.

SECRET RECORDS SAMPLER 2021 1/2

A message from Secret Records:
We pressed these new comp / sampler CDs mainly for The Residents - Dog Stab Tour buuuuut the US dates were just cancelled. That's alright. This will be added to any order for free! Listed here for $1 but really just order something else and you will get it for free.

SNAKEFINGER

 New Snakefinger album (with old demos and live stuff) out on the Secret Records label.
You can give it a listen on Bandcamp.

THE RESIDENTS AND SNAKEFINGER ON SECRET RECORDS

sECRET rECORDS said:

This one is really doing it for me this morning. Two of these weirdos are gone now. We'll be releasing an LP by each of them soon (maybe July / Aug?). Grab a copy of this album while you can. There's a few mint, unnumbered copies for sale that we had locked up in the archives. Both the purple and black and the yellow inside clear vinyl editions are there if ya want one. https://secretrecords.bandcamp.com/track/walter-westinghouse

The Residents featuring Snakefinger - 13th Anniversary Live In Holland 1986 on Secret Records.
(SR08).
From 2017.


https://secretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-residents-featuring-snakefinger-13th-anniversary-live-in-holland-1986-sr08

VARIOUS ARTISTS - SECRET RECORDS COMPILATION 2019 1/2

• various artists: secret records compilation 2019 1/2
      (2019, cd, usa, secret records)

The Secret Records label has been releasing or re-releasing some fine albums on the vinyl format.
Their recent sampler is a fine showcase of their recent productions.
16 tracks, featuring The Residents, Hardy Fox, Snakefinger, Renaldo & The Loaf, Chrome, and lots of freaky stuff that was new to me.

It's a free sampler.
Check it out !!

SNAKEFINGER - LIVE IN MELBOURNE

• snakefinger: live in melbourne
      (2015, 2lp, usa, secret records)

In 2015, the Secret Records label (from Madison, WI) released "Live In Melbourne" as a 2LP set in a limited edition of 300 copies.
2 LP's with three sides of music and one side screen printed.
This one's been out-of-print for ages.

Earlier this year, the set got re-released.
175 copies on magenta vinyl, plus a screen print on side four
and
250 copies on magenta vinyl, without the screen print on side four.

So if you didn't get a copy the first time, you might still be able to get one now.
Comes with a digital download of this fabulous concert.

https://secretrecords.bandcamp.com/album/snakefinger-live-in-melbourne-1981-punk-sr05

SNAKEFINGER - LIVE IN MELBOURNE 1981

Originally released in 2015 in a very limited edition (and almost immediately sold-out), Secret Records is re-releasing Snakefinger's "Live In Melbourne" album.
Two different vinyl editions. Check it out :

SNAKEFINGER'S VESTAL VIRGINS - NIGHT OF DESIRABLE OBJECTS

• snakefinger's vestal virgins: night of desirable objects
      (2018, cd, austria, klanggalerie gg258)

Philip Lithman (or Snakefinger) only released a handful of albums during his short lifetime.
"Night Of Desirable Objects" was a project of Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins, a band that featured Eric Drew Feldman on keyboards and synthesizers. It got released in the year that he passed away.

Klanggalerie has done a superb job in making a number of Snakefinger albums available again. Housed in beautiful digipacks, they already released "Chewing Hides The Sound", "Greener Postures" and "Manual of Errors". "Night Of Desirable Objects" fits in perfectly.

Klanggalerie:
Snakefinger surely needs not much of an introduction. Born Philip Charles Lithman in London, he moved to San Francisco in 1971. His roots lie in the British blues scene, but he soon became friends with The Residents who also gave him the name Snakefinger based on a photograph of Lithman performing, in which his finger looks like a snake about to attack his violin. In 1972 Lithman returned to England and formed the pub rock band Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers. After the lack of success of the second album, he returned to the states and work on his solo albums co-written and produced by The Residents began. Night of Desirable Objects was Snakefinger's fourth and final studio album, recorded with the Vestal Virgins and released by Ralph Records in 1987. It featured a variety of styles including jazz, folk, rock, gospel and polka, and displayed a compositional maturity. Snakefinger suffered a heart attack and died on 1 July 1987 in Linz, Austria while touring in support of the album, on the same day the album's first single was released: "There's No Justice In Life". As with all previous re-issues by us, this album will come remastered and with bonus tracks.

HARDY FOX / SNAKEFINGER

Klanggalerie has issued a solo album by Hardy Fox. His first one as 'Hardy Fox'.

There's also a re-issue (with lots of bonus material) of Snakefinger's Vestal Virgins "Night Of Desirable Objects".

http://www.klanggalerie.com/catalog/available

SNAKEFINGER - CHEWING HIDES THE SOUND

• snakefinger: chewing hides the sound
      (2016, cd, austria, klanggalerie gg220)

Next to his contribution to various Residents records, and to some Clubfoot Orchestra albums, Snakefinger released three solo albums.
All three, "Chewing Hides The Sound", "Greener Postures" and "Manual Of Errors" have recently been re-released by Klanggalerie.

True, the album is from 1979 and it has been re-released on both vinyl and CD in the late eighties and nineties, but just in case that you don't already have it (or that you need an extra copy), this Klanggaerie re-issue is excellent.
Perfect sound, great package and a couple of bonus tracks (from early singles).

http://www.klanggalerie.com/

A fine article on Snakefinger :
http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Ballad_of_Snakefinger

SNAKEFINGER - MANUAL OF ERRORS

• snakefinger: manual of errors
      (2017, cd, austria, klanggalerie gg239)

Snakefinger's third solo release (from 1982!) with a couple of tracks that were co-written by The Residents. It was produced by Eric Drew Feldman, who also plays keyboard and synthesizer.
Add to that the superb artwork of Mark Beyer and you have an album that has it all.

Re-released by Klanggalerie with a number of live bonus tracks from the 1981 Melbourne concert.

http://www.klanggalerie.com/gg239

CHILLI WILLI AND THE RED HOT PEPPERS

Yes, Chilli Willi And The Red Hot Peppers.
Snakefinger's band.

Press note for the soon to be released 2CD anthology, "Real Sharp" :

When it came to recording their first LP "Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers - Kings Of The Robot Rhythm" in 1972, duo Martin Stone and Philip Lithman asked various members of Brinsley Schwarz (Nick Lowe, Billy Rankin and Bob Andrews) to join them just for the sessions.

The result led the pair to recruit a bushel of full-time Red Hot Peppers in the form of Paul "Diceman" Bailey, Paul "Bassman" Riley and Pete Thomas to hit the road.Incredibly, not even the ensuing 400 gigs in two years and the release of a second album Bongos Over Balham by the expanded line-up, was enough to sustain the enterprise. Arguably, at their peak after the Naughty Rhythms Tour of 1975, (with other British "pub rock" groups, Kokomo and Dr. Feelgood), the band broke up.

In 1974, Zig Zag editor Andy Childs wrote "The number of English bands who are currently performing and perfecting the many eclectic styles of American music can be counted on the thumb of one hand…they are Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers. To see them live is an experience. Their music melts your heart, invites you to dance and sing along, and when it's all over, you feel a rush of energy and exhilaration pulsing through your blood…like you don't quite believe what you've heard or seen, so come back and shout for more and you come back and see them again and again.” "REAL SHARP" is a thrilling two CD anthology from the epicentre of pub rock, packed tight with rare and original recordings plus twenty-four pages of antics and Barney Bubbles artwork – and still only for the price of a pint and a packet of fags. This collection is dedicated to the memory of Martin Stone, Phil Lithman and Barney Bubbles.

SNAKEFINGER - GREENER POSTURES

• snakefinger: greener postures
      (2016, cd, austria, klanggalerie gg225)

Re-release of Snakefinger and The Residents' collaboration from 1980.
Has been issued on CD around 1999, but this edition offers a bunch of live bonus tracks.