Black Barry (EP)

Black Barry is a download-only single by The Residents, recorded live in San Francisco in 1989 on the group's Cube-E tour, and released on the group's Robot Selling Device on April 21st 2012.
== History ==
The Residents' 1989 performance tour Cube-E: The History of American Music featured three distinct sections - Buckaroo Blues, Black Barry, and The Baby King. The Baby King was recorded by the group in the studio and released as The King & Eye in 1989, and Buckaroo Blues saw release as part of a compilation release by the group's fan club UWEB shortly thereafter. Despite this, the middle section had never been recorded in the studio.
With this in mind, the group released a recording of the Black Barry suite in April 2012 as a standalone feature on their online Robot Selling Device. This online release featured a remastered recording of the complete piece from an early San Francisco Cube-E show in 1989.
== Track listing ==
# Black Barry (20:41)
== Liner Notes ==
The Residents launched their 1989 performance piece, CUBE E: The History of American Music in 3 EZ Pieces, with a series of five shows in San Francisco.
Of the three parts (impact of the cowboy, slavery, rock & roll) the middle section, the influence of black music, got short changed. There was a good reason this happened. This section was the only one that was written specifically for the show so it had never been recorded in a studio. The other two sections had already been released prior to the tour.
So no complete recording of Black Barry existed other than an anniversary box set of the entire show and a much overlooked cassette from the San Francisco run.
This is Black Barry from the San Franciso early shows. 1989. Twenty minutes. Remastered.
== See also ==
* Cube-E
* Buckaroo Blues
* The King & Eye
== External links and references ==
* Black Barry at Discogs
Category:EPs and singles
Category:Robot Selling Device
Category:Cube-E