(Avantgarde, Experimental, Ambient) [LP][24/96] The Residents - Eskimo - 1979, FLAC (tracks)

REM GENRE Avantgarde
REM DATE 1979
REM COMMENT "ripped by Farscape2008"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
TITLE "Eskimo"
FILE "Eskimo - side 1.flac" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "The Walrus Hunt"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Birth"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 04:05:57
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Arctic Hysteria"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 08:41:20
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "The Angry Angakok"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 14:38:25
FILE "Eskimo - side 2.flac" WAVE
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "A Spirit Steals A Child"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "The Festival Of Death"
PERFORMER "The Residents"
INDEX 01 09:05:00

Released September 1979
Recorded April 1976-May 1979

Eskimo is an album by The Residents that was originally supposed to follow 1977's Fingerprince. However, due to many delays and arguments with management, it was not released until 1979. Upon release it was hailed as the group's best record to date.

The pieces on Eskimo are generally made up of sound effects, occasional playing on home-made instruments and gibberish standing in for actual Inuit. The stories were all created by the group and, despite their claims otherwise, is not meant to be a true historical document of life in the Arctic.

This version is the 1985 reissue on black vinyl with no gatefold sleeve but with printed liner.
Record has the same labels as the original 1979 printing with the ESK catalog number, but the back of the sleeve clearly states:
(C) 1979, 1985, The Cryptic Corporation / Manufactured by Ralph Records / 109 Ninja Street / San Francisco, Ca. 94105 / RZ-7906