Ralph Records
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' own label. Their first release on this label was in December 1972. The Residents ran the label by themselves until 1977. Then during the period 1978-1982 took control of the label. From 1983 to 1987 the label was run by under the name "New Ralph". The period 1988 to 1992 saw The Residents leaving Ralph Records for other labels. The name "Ralph" is part of a 5-year licensing agreement. Then Ralph Records split in two entities: (1993-2009) and (1992-2005). In 2010 the label was born again and released some CDrs and a new album by The Residents in October 2011 . The label then went dormant until 2017, when it was revived as New Ralph Too.
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Euro Ralph
This label was the European subsidiary of label, Ralph Records and is now defunct. The label was officially sanctioned by the Cryptic Corporation for the majority of its existence though...
Ralph America
The latest incarnation of Ralph Records.
UWEB
Defunct label operated by the one time The Residents fan club "Uncle Willie's Eyeball Buddies".
T.E.C. Tones
Avantgarde/Rock/Jazz label from San Francisco, CA . TEC Tones was founded in 1989 from the ashes of Ralph Records by Tom Timony after the Residents turned over Ralph to him. He kept it going, di...
Elemental
Esoteric Music Group
Psycho Acoustic Sounds
Episode Records (2)
Sub-label of Ralph Records dedicated to soundtracks and stage recordings.
W.E.I.R.D.
The Residents fan-club (1979-1981), run by Phil Culp and Mimi King. The acronym stood for We Endorse Immediate Residents Deification.
RSD
Launch in 2009, The Residents' Robot Selling Device (RSD) is a direct source for all things digital and downloadable from The Residents. This Download Store features most of their album catalog...
New Ralph Too
This reincarnation of Ralph Records appears in 2017 with the compilation , then the following year for the reissue series .
Buy Or Die (9)
"Buy Or Die!" was the slogan of Ralph Records, and also the name of its bi-annual mail order catalog from 1977 to 1989. Five EP samplers were released in parallel of some of these catalogs to p...
Contact Label
(Up to 1976): 18 Sycamore Street San Francisco, CA - USA (Early 1977 to early 1983): 444 Grove Street San Francisco, CA - USA (Early 1983 to 1999) 109 Minna Street San Francisco, CA - USA