] Holier Than The Holy Grail
]
] THE RESIDENTS THIRD REICH%u2019N%u2019ROLL COLLECTORS
] EDITION
]
] The Story:
]
] What started as just another idea in 1976 finally managed
] to grow into a bona fide nightmare of complexity.
]
] The concept was simple enough. The Residents wanted to
] market a record as a limited edition art project.
]
] First needed were records. Not the kind that just get
] stamped off by those automatic machines. No sireee. The
] Residents were intent on actually pressing the records
] themselves on manual presses using colored vinyl (color
] vinyl was a lot more special in 1976). The job of
] locating a pressing plant which would allow strangers to
] come in after-hours to press their own records%u2026and
] only 50 records at that%u2026was staggering. But the
] plant was found, and the Residents (in full costume) did
] manage to press the record found in this package.
]
] Then a cover was needed. Cardboard was out of question,
] as was mass printing. A wood-working shop was finally
] found that agreed to manufacture the basic wooden box.
] The Residents would then paint the box, glue the hand
] printed silk-screen graphics to the lid, and line the
] inside with red velvet. To make a long long story short,
] nothing worked. The lids on the boxes wouldn%u2019t slide
] with the screened prints glued to them. The glue made the
] prints wrinkle. The paint on the boxes was streaked and
] drippy. The specially printed and made inner-sleeve was
] too big to fit in the box. The red velvet was even the
] wrong shade of red and clashed with the cover. As the
] problems multiplied and other projects demanded time, THE
] THIRD REICH%u2019N%u2019ROLL collectors edition looked
] like it was about to be abandonded.

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eBay item 2597664857 (Ends Feb-29-04 12:05:49 PST) - The Residents THIRD REICH'N'ROLL wooden box