Memorial Hits

Memorial Hits is a compilation album by The Residents, issued in 1985 in Japan by Wave Records. 
== Background ==
In 1985, Japanese label Wave Records came to a licensing agreement with The Cryptic Corporation, gaining permission to release The Residents' latest album at the time, The Big Bubble. This was the first official release of the band in the country, and would end up becoming somewhat popular in the Japanese underground scene.
Seeing the success of the record, Wave did not wait to cash in on this popularity. They funded a four date mini-tour of The Residents in Japan, titled The Eyeball Show. And in order to familiarize the country with the groups back catalog, the label released Memorial Hits, a compilation of material from 1976 to 1984.
The album art was made by cartoonist Mark Beyer, who had previously created artwork for two Snakefinger projects; the "Man In The Dark Sedan" single and the Manual of Errors LP. Memorial Hits came with an inner sleeve, containing information about the band's history, as well as a mostly accurate lyrics sheet. 
== Track listing ==
All tracks composed by The Residents unless otherwise noted.
=== Side A ===
# Festival of Death (Excerpt) (3:27)
# It's A Man's Man's Man's World (3:45) (Brown)
# Elvis And His Boss (2:32)
# Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats? (4:10)
# Satisfaction (3:34) (Jagger/Richards)
# Serenade For Missy (3:12)
=== Side B ===
# Diskomo (Residue edit) (4:32)
# Six Things To A Cycle (17:49)
== Credits ==
* All songs written by: The Residents
** Except: 
*** Man's World by: James Brown
*** Satisfaction by: Jagger/Richards
* Cover Art: Mark Beyer
*Designed: Overart, Tokyo
* A Cryptic Corporation Production
*For more information on The Residents, write: Residents info, Ralph Records, 109 Minna St #391, San Francisco, CA 94105, U.S.A.
*The Residents are managed by Bill Gerber: Gerber-Rodkin Co., 8600 Melrose, Los Angeles, CA 90069, U.S.A.
== External links and references ==
* Memorial Hits at RZWeb (archived via archive.org)
* Memorial Hits at Discogs
Category:Compilations
Category:1984
Category:1985
Category:George & James
Category:Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?
Category:Out Of Print Releases