Meet The Third Reich

Meet The Third Reich is a two-disc bootleg CD-R compilation containing unreleased material by The Residents, consisting entirely of outtakes and unfinished mixes from the Meet The Residents and Third Reich 'n Roll sessions, recorded between 1973 and 1975. It is notable for containing instrumentals of many tracks from Meet The Residents, as well as the otherwise unheard mixes of The Third Reich 'n Roll cover tracks, featuring the original versions of the songs remaining in the mix.
A single CD-R compilation titled Meet The Residents Studio Outtakes (featuring the Meet The Residents tracks with additional tracks from the group's soundtrack to the TV series Pee-wee's Playhouse) began circulating in 2015. A selection of (mostly) the Third Reich 'n Roll tracks have also circulated on the internet under the title Third Reich Sessions; this version of the bootleg appears to be derived from the earlier CD-R compilation. Another version of the Third Reich Sessions has circulated with shorter edits of "Nothin' Yet" and "Boots". 
Around 2019, Cherry Red Records product manager Richard Anderson discussed Meet The Third Reich with The Residents, who were "of the opinion" that much of the material had been faked and was not actually the group's work, noting "huge variations in record quality, etc.";"I spoke with the band about this - they're of the opinion a lot of this stuff is faked and not their work. You can hear the huge variations in record quality etc." Richard Anderson, comment on a YouTube upload of the bootleg, ca. 2019 however the bootlegs do contain previously unheard material (such as the outtake "Inka Don't Dry") which would later be released officially on the 2018 pREServed edition of Meet The Residents. 
== Track listing ==
=== Meet The Third Reich ===
==== Disc One ====
# Intro (1:43)
# Wooly Bully (2:19)
# Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (2:38)
# Hey Jude (4:46)
# It's My Party (2:26)
# Wipe Out (2:38)
# Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida (2:04)
# Psychotic Reaction (3:45)
# Papa's Got A Brand New Bag (4:23)
# Unknown 1 (1:57)
# Talk Talk (0:58)
# Nothin' Yet (2:25)
# Unknown 3 (3:05)
# Land of 1000 Dances (0:55)
# Land of 1000 Dances 2 (2:12)
# A Horse with No Name (4:49)
# Boots (2:23)
==== Disc Two ====
# Unknown 4 (2:10)
# Unknown 5 (0:44)
# Numb Erone / Guylum Bardot (Instrumental) (2:20)
# Consuelo's Departure (2:08)
# Smelly Tongues (High Speed Version #1) (1:10)
# Smelly Tongues (High Speed Version #2) (1:17)
# Smelly Tongues (2:07)
# Numb Erone / Guylum Bardot (Instrumental) (2:21)
# Numb Erone / Guylum Bardot (Instrumental) (4:26)
# Guylum Bardot (Instrumental) (1:52)
# Guylum Bardot (Instrumental) (2:15)
# Infant Tango (Instrumental) (4:04)
# Breath and Length (Instrumental) (2:33)
# Numb Erone (4:56)
# Inka Don't Dry (4:09)
# Inka Don't Dry (2:59)
# Tuesday #1 (2:14)
# Tuesday #1 (2:16)
# Smelly Tongues (2:13)
# Skratz (Instrumental) (0:52)
=== Third Reich Sessions ===
# Gloria (Hitler Was A Vegetarian, 1975) (1:44)
# Wooly Bully (1975?) (2:20)
# Yummy, Yummy, Yummy (Hitler Was A Vegetarian, 1975) (2:39)
# Hey Jude (Hitler Was A Vegetarian, 1975) (4:46)
# It's My Party (Hitler Was A Vegetarian, 1975) (2:27)
# Wipeout (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (2:38)
# In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida / Sunshine of Your Love (Hitler Was A Vegetarian, 1975) (2:04)
# Psychotic Reaction / Little Girl (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (3:45)
# Papa hat 'ne brandneue Tasche (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (4:23)
# Untitled (1974?) (1:57)
# Talk Talk (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (0:58)
# Nothin' Yet (1974?) (4:36)
# Untitled (1974?) (3:05)
# Land of 1000 Dances (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (0:56)
# Land of 1000 Dances (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (2:13)
# Horse With No Name (Swastikas on Parade, 1974) (4:49)
# Boots (Meet The Residents, 1973) (4:20) (Bonus track, only included in some versions)
=== Meet The Residents Studio Outtakes ===
# Boots (2:13)
# Consuelo's Departure (1:56)
# Numb Erone (2:07)
# Consuelo's Departure Intro (0:08)
# Consuelo's Departure (1:58)
# Smelly Tongues (Fast) (0:57)
# Smelly Tongues (On 45) (0:56)
# Smelly Tongues (Regular) (1:55)
# Guylum Bardot (2:08)
# Guylum Bardot (2:06)
# Guylum Bardot (2:03)
# Breath And Length (1:19)
# Breath And Length (2:05)
# Untitled (3:56)
# Breath And Length (2:02)
# Untitled (4:36)
# Untitled (1:23)
# Untitled (2:32)
# Untitled (2:29)
# Untitled (2:02)
# Untitled (2:00)
# Smelly Tongues (1:52)
# Skratz (0:53)
# Pee Wee's Playhouse #201 (0:57)
# Pee Wee's Playhouse #209 (1:30)
# Pee Wee's Playhouse #210 (1:40)
# Pee Wee's Playhouse #301 (1:20)
# Pee Wee Toy Commercial (0:51)
# Pee Wee Toy Commercial (0:39)
# Pee Wee Toy Commercial (0:50)
== See also ==
* Meet The Residents
* The Third Reich 'n Roll
== External links and references ==
* Meet The Residents Studio Outtakes at Discogs
Category:Bootlegs