The Residents
"Live July 22, 1989 - Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York"

Lineage: Aiwa HS-J800 --> Master Tape --> EQ'ed Mixdown to Type II tape --> WAV --> Nero Wav Editor FLAC conversion --> YOU!


Tracklist:

Buckaroo Blues:
01. From The Plains To Mexico
02. The Theme From Buckaroo Blues
03. The Stampede
04. The Trail Dance
05. Bury Me Not
06. Cowboy Waltz
07. Saddle Sores
08. The Theme from Buckaroo Blues (reprise)

Black Barry:
09. The Gospel Truth
10. Shortnin' Bread
11. Black Barry
12. Forty-Four
13. Engine 44
14. New Orleans
15. Voodoo Queen
16. What Am I Gonna Do
17. Organism


Info:

Many thanks to Madelf, who recorded this show and sent me the tape to digitize. He noted that this is not the original master tape (which no longer exists), but rather a first-generation copy, which he mixed from the master with additional EQ'ing and fade-outs.

July 22, 1989 marked the second performance of the "Buckaroo Blues & Black Barry" suites (the premiere being July 21). In late September The Residents went on to add a third suite ("The Baby King") and the three pieces became the "Cube-E" tour.

Following is a description of the event which appeared in Lincoln Center promotional materials at the time:

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THE RESIDENTS are a musical group with a profound respect for music as content, as well as form. If that seems a difficult concept, think of a film director making a film about making a film. Happens all the time. Making music about music is nothing new either, but at least every band in the civilized world isn't doing it. The Residents are also famous for wearing giant eyeballs on their heads. Every band in the civilized world isn't doing that, either.

The Residents are performing two recent pieces, BUCKAROO BLUES and BLACK BARRY. Both are based on early American music and both are featured in The Residents' touring show which focuses on various forms of American music from the last 100 years. "Buckaroo Blues" draws from cowboy music of the late nineteenth century and "Black Barry" from black music of the same period.