1988

== Timeline ==
=== March ===
* 15th: The Residents perform Buckaroo Blues at Tele 5 Studios, Grünwald, Germany
* Here It Is, The Music is released by Rykodisc. It is a compilation that features "Serenade For Missy". Also released at this time is River Of No Return. 
* 21st: God In Three Persons is released on CD.
* Torso release an expanded CD version of The Residents' Kaw-Liga Dancemix EP.
=== April ===
* 1st: Diskomo - Live In San Francisco is released.
* 25th: "Double Shot" is released
=== May ===
* 23rd: God In Three Persons is released as a 2xLP
=== June ===
* 27th: The "God In Three Persons Soundtrack" is released on CD.
*Rkyodisc release "Steal This Disc 2" a compilation that featured the instrumental version of "The Thing About Them"
* Fingerprince is re-released on Vinyl, alongside it expanded versions of "Not Available" & "The Commercial Album" are released. Around this same time the Snakefinger compilation "A Collection Of Songs Written And Produced With The Residents" is released.
* Expanded versions of Meet The Residents, Mark Of The Mole & The Tunes Of Two Cities are released.
*The 'Boudisque Compilation' radio special is released.
=== July ===
* 24th: Cheap Trick release their cover of 'Don't Be Cruel', a song that The Residents themselves would cover the following year.
*25th: The "God In Three Persons Soundtrack" is released on vinyl.
=== August ===
* 22nd: Residents release the 'Holy Kiss of Flesh' CD single, 1988
=== September ===
* 19th: The 'Balearic Beats' compilation album is released, it features the Prairie Remix of Kaw-Liga.
=== October ===
* 9th: The Residents' 'Moisture' is played on the Dr. Demento show. 
* 10th: The Residents are featured on the Dr. Demento Weekend Of October 8-9, 1988 compilation album.
*The Residents are commissioned as freelance artists to record soundtrack to the Pee-Wee's Playhouse episode, To Tell The Tooth.
=== September ===
* 24th: Pee-wee's Playhouse: To Tell the Tooth is broadcast.
=== November ===
* 18th: The Residents debut Buckaroo Blues at Boudisque Records, Amsterdam, Holland
=== December ===
* Santa Dog '88 is released to members of the newly formed UWEB fan club, shortly after this "The Snakey Wake" is also sent to members.
== Releases ==
*God In Three Persons
*Diskomo - Live In San Francisco
*Double Shot
*God In Three Persons Soundtrack
*A Collection Of Songs Written And Produced With The Residents
*Holy Kiss Of Flesh
*Santa Dog '88
*The Snakey Wake
=== Various Artists Compilations ===
*River Of No Return
** We're A Happy Family
*Here It Is, The Music
**Serenade For Missy
*Steal This Disc 2
**The Thing About Them 
*Boudisque Compilation
**Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)
**Kill The Great Raven 
*Balearic Beats
**Kaw-Liga (Prairie Mix)
*Weekend Of October 8-9, 1988
**Moisture
=== Re-Releases ===
*Kaw-Liga
*Fingerprince
* Not Available
* The Commercial Album
* Meet The Residents
* Mark Of The Mole
* The Tunes Of Two Cities
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