Robot Selling Device

The Robot Selling Device (commonly abbreviated as RSD, also known as Ralph Sells Downloads; not to be mistaken with Record Store Day) was a download service active between 2009 and 2013 which released a large number of otherwise out-of-print or unreleased music by The Residents (and later, Charles Bobuck). 
It was operated through the now-defunct platform DownloadCentric.
== History ==
The Robot Selling Device was launched in the Summer of 2009 as an affordable means of releasing long out of print releases by The Residents, as well as most of their regular album catalog (and, beginning in 2012, releases by the group's keyboardist and lead composer Charles Bobuck). It was operated on behalf of The Cryptic Corporation by DownloadCentric Corporation in North America and DownloadCentric Ltd. in Europe. 
The Robot Selling Device followed the earlier Ralph America series of limited edition CD releases, eL Ralpho Archive, and similarly featured exclusive rare, live, unreleased and out-of-print tracks. The RSD was to be the intended home of the ill-fated "ERA" reissue campaign attempted by The Residents in 2012 (which ultimately developed into the later pREServed reissue series).
The store closed permanently in October 2013, but was officially defunct as of April 16th 2013.
== List of Robot Selling Device releases ==
*Things To Come (May 2009)
*Cover Versions Series 1 (May 30th 2009)
*1997: The Missing Year - The Filmore Dress Rehearsal (Act One) (June 23rd, 2009)
*1997: The Missing Year - The Marlboro Eyeball Experience (Disfigured Night) (June 23rd, 2009)
*1997: The Missing Year - Scattered Unfinished Music Sketches (June 23rd, 2009)
*1997: The Missing Year - Adobe Disfigured Night (June 23rd, 2009)
*1997: The Missing Year - The Original Disfigured Night Arrangement (June 23rd, 2009)
*Dogtag (Bunny Intermission) (July 29th, 2009)
*Anganok (September 4th, 2009)
*Anganok Instrumental (September 6th, 2009)
*Bridegroom of Blood (September 17th, 2009)
*Documentation - Tunes In Danger Of Becoming Lost (September 27th, 2009)
*Hades (October 14th, 2009)
*El Año Del Muerto (October 26th, 2009)
*RMX (2009)
* Prague and Beyond (2009)
* The Replacement (2009)
* Tabasco: Tweedles Instrumental (January 1st, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Santa Cruz (January 24th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live San Diego (January 30th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Los Angeles (January 31st, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Tucson (February 1st, 2010) 
*Talking Light Live Austin (February 3rd, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Dallas (February 4th, 2010)
*Talking Light Memphis (February 5th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Atlanta (February 6th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live DC (February 7th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Philly (February 8th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live NYC (February 9th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Boston (February 11th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Montreal (February 12th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Toronto (February 13th, 2010)
*Talking Light Chicago (February 15th, 2010)
*Talking Light Milwaukee (February 16th, 2010)
*Film And Video Series 2 - Strange Culture / Haeckel's Tale (March 1st, 2010)
*Talking Light Live In Rehearsal, Santa Cruz, California (April 26th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Nijmegen Holland (April 27th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Caen France (April 28th, 2010)
*Talking Light Live Brussels Belgium (April 29th, 2010)
*Talking Light Aarhus Denmark (May 30th, 2010)
*Talking Light Bergen Norway (May 2nd, 2010)
*Talking Light Oslo Norway (May 4th, 2010)
*Talking Light Wrozlaw Poland (May 6th, 2010)
*Talking Light Krakow Poland (May 6th, 2010)
*Talking Light Berlin (May 9th, 2010)
*Talking Light ATP Festival UK (May 9th, 2010)
*Talking Light Den Haag Holland (May 10th, 2010)
*Talking Light Hamburg Germany (May 12th, 2010)
*Talking Light Frankfurt Germany (May 12th, 2010)
*Talking Light Lyon France (May 18th, 2010)
*Talking Light Bologna Italy (May 29th, 2010)
*So Long Sam (June 16th, 2010)
*Talking Light Rome Italy (June 19th, 2010)
*Morning Music (June 25th, 2010)
*Beautiful Eyes (July 16th, 2010)
*Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! Can't You See That It's True, What The Beatles Did To Me I Love Lucy Did To You (July, 2010)
*13th Anniversary Show - Ritz NY - Jan 16, 1986 (August 15th, 2010)
*Voice-Less Midnight (August 15th, 2010)
*Live At The Snakey Wake (September 10th, 2010)
*Brava (September 30th, 2010)
*Lost In A Vacant Lot (October 22nd, 2010)
*Talking Light Larvik Norway (November 6th, 2010)
*Talking Light Drammen Norway (November 7th, 2010)
*Talking Light Trondheim Norway (November 13th, 2010)
*Talking Light Copenhagen Denmark (November 13th, 2010)
*Talking Light Paris Pompidou Show 1 (November 16th, 2010)
*Talking Light Paris Pompidou Show 2 (November 17th, 2010)
*Talking Light Bern (November 20th, 2010)
*Talking Light Zurich (November 21st, 2010)
*Talking Light Moscow (November 29th, 2010)
*Talking Light St Petersburg (December 1st, 2010)
*Talking Light Kortjik Belgium (December 2nd, 2010)
*Talking Light Dusseldorf Germany (December 6th, 2010)
*Talking Light Prague (December 7th, 2010)
* Chuck's Ghost Music (2011)
* Cube-E Dynasone 3EZ (2011)
*RZ VF (2011)
* GBM(i) (2011)
* Mole Suite (2011)
* JB@45 (2011)
* The Replacement (2011)
* Imaginary Jack (2011)
* GOD-O: Music For A Gallery Opening by Charles Bobuck (2012)
* ERA B474 (2012)
* Black Barry (2012)
* Maxine by Charles Bobuck (2012)
* Gosh Darn Chickens by Charles Bobuck (2012)
* CB Suite by Charles Bobuck (2013)
== See also ==
* Free! Weird!
* eL Ralpho Archive
*Talking Light (Live) (series)
*1997: The Missing Year
* pREServed
== External links and references ==
* Robot Selling Device (archived from October 12th, 2013)
*Robot Selling Device on Discogs
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