1977

== Timeline ==
=== January ===
* KBOO-FM host a Residents festival Radio Show, in which they broadcast "The Warner Bros. Album" & "Baby Sex" in their entirety. These broadcasts were bootlegged heavily. 
* The Residents short film "The Third Reich 'n Roll" is broadcast on Australian Television Program Flashez
=== February ===
* 15th: Ralph Records releases Fingerprince, the third album by The Residents. 
*Future Magazine #1 is published, featuring the first of two of the only interviews The Residents' ever granted. 
=== March ===
* The Residents begin recording "Flying" as well as compiling "Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life"
=== May ===
* The Residents finish recording "Flying" as well as compiling "Beyond The Valley Of A Day In The Life". 
* They likely record 'Whoopy Snort' during this time. 
=== June ===
* 17th: The John Boorman film Exorcist II: The Heretic is released. Snakefinger later covers the main theme from the film, Magic & Ecstasy. 
=== August ===
* 16th: The Residents release The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles. 
* The Los Angeles Free Music Society release "Blorp Esette" an album featuring original music from various California based artists. The Residents contribute "Whoopy Snort" for the compilation.
* Ralph Records release a Stereo version of Meet The Residents, as well as a re-release of The Third Reich 'n Roll.
* In order to promote the then unfinished Eskimo, The Residents produce a tape featuring an interview between Sid Powell & Jay Clem, discussing and playing The Residents music. It is sent out to 300 different radio stations. 
* The Cryptic Corporation move The Residents out of El Ralpho, and relocated to a Grove Street Studio. Shortly after this The Cryptics purchase a run-down theatre, and intend to renovate and rename it to "The Ugly Gray Theatre" however, due to the locals believing the theatre would show Gay Porn, it was petitioned against and abandoned. 
=== October ===
* The Residents, wanting a break from production on Eskimo, record "Duck Stab!" an EP which would go on to be on of the group's most popular release.
=== November ===
* 4th: The Ramones release "We’re A Happy Family", a song The Residents would later cover in 1980.
* 26th: Jon Savage reviews Beyond The Valley Of A Day In the Life for British magazine "Sounds"
=== December ===
*The Third Reich 'N Roll is repressed.
*31st: Jon Savage reviews The Residents first three albums for the British magazine "Sounds" This review draws the attention of the British music scene towards The Residents, and acts as the start of the group's worldwide popularity.
== Releases ==
* Fingerprince
* The Beatles Play The Residents And The Residents Play The Beatles
* Blorp Esette
* Radio Special
=== Re-Releases ===
* Meet The Residents (Stereo Remix)
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
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