Q:Information: - XTC were an English rock band formed in Swindon in 1972 and active until 2006. Led by songwriters Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding, their music ranged from tense, jerky riffs to lushly arranged, meticulous pop. After emerging from the late 1970s punk and new wave explosion, the band failed to maintain popular success in the UK and US, partly because their music was generally out of step with the times. They nevertheless amassed a devoted cult following. - News from Babel were an English avant-rock group founded in 1983 by Chris Cutler, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins and Dagmar Krause. They made two studio albums with several guest musicians (including Robert Wyatt) and disbanded in 1986. - Philip Charles Lithman (17 June 1949 1 July 1987), who performed under the stage name Snakefinger, was an English musician, singer and songwriter. A multi-instrumentalist, he was best known for his guitar and violin work and his collaborations with The Residents. - Commercial Album is an album released by The Residents in 1980 . It is commonly considered a follow - up of Duck Stab / Buster & Glen . The album pares down the concept and structure of the average commercial pop song and reduces it to a one - minute redux . It contains a compilation of 40 such sixty - second vignettes . The album used several session musicians , including Chris Cutler , Snakefinger ( who sings lead on many tracks ) and Fred Frith as well as two anonymous guest vocalists , Lene Lovich ( '' Picnic Boy '' ) and Andy Partridge ( '' Margaret Freeman '' ) . The faces on the album cover are John Travolta and Barbra Streisand . The backside of the original LP labels listed the length as '' 1:00 '' after each of the 40 song titles . The first edition sleeve listed the tracks in the wrong order . The liner notes state that songs should be repeated three times in a row to form a '' pop song '' . The Residents purchased 40 one - minute advertising slots on San Francisco 's most popular Top - 40 radio station at the time , KFRC , such that the station played each track of their album over three days . This prompted an editorial in Billboard magazine questioning whether the act was art or advertising . - Peter Blegvad (born August 14, 1951) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, writer, and cartoonist. He was a founding member of German/English avant-pop band Slapp Happy, which later merged briefly with Henry Cow, and has released many solo and collaborative albums. He is the son of Lenore and Erik Blegvad, who were respectively, a children's book author and illustrator. - Henry Cow were an English avant-rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred Frith and Tim Hodgkinson. Henry Cow's personnel fluctuated over their decade together, but drummer Chris Cutler and bassoonist/oboist Lindsay Cooper were important long-term members alongside Frith and Hodgkinson. - Ralph Records was the Residents' original record label, the name coming from the slang phrase for vomiting, "calling Ralph on the porcelain telephone". - A record label or record company is a brand or trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Often, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos; conducts talent scouting and development of new artists ("artists and repertoire" or "A&R"); and maintains contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label" derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. - Chris Cutler (born 4 January 1947) is an English percussionist, composer, lyricist and music theorist. Best known for his work with English avant-rock group Henry Cow, Cutler was also a member and drummer of other bands, including Art Bears, News from Babel, Pere Ubu and (briefly) Gong/Mothergong. He has collaborated with many musicians and groups, including Fred Frith, Lindsay Cooper, Zeena Parkins, Peter Blegvad, Telectu and The Residents, and has appeared on over 100 recordings. Cutler's career spans over four decades and he still performs actively throughout the world. - Andrew John "Andy" Partridge (born 11 November 1953) is an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He was a founding member, guitarist and chief songwriter of the rock band XTC. He lives in Swindon, Wiltshire, where he was brought up. - Jeremy Webster "Fred" Frith (born 17 February 1949) is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, and improvisor. - DVD (an abbreviation of "digital versatile disc" or "digital video disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. The medium can store any kind of digital data and is widely used for software and other computer files as well as video programs watched using DVD players. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than compact discs while having the same dimensions. - Art Bears were an English avant-rock group formed during the disassembly of Henry Cow in 1978 by three of its members, Chris Cutler (percussion, texts), Fred Frith (guitar, bass guitar, violin, keyboards) and Dagmar Krause (vocals; previously of Slapp Happy). The group released three studio albums between 1978 and 1981, and toured Europe in 1979. - Zeena Parkins is an American harpist active in rock music, free improvisation, and jazz. Parkins plays standard harps, as well as several custom electric harps; she also plays piano and accordion. She is currently a guest faculty member for composition courses at Mills College. - Lindsay Cooper (3 March 1951 18 September 2013) was an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians. She collaborated with a number of musicians, including Chris Cutler and Sally Potter, and co-founded the Feminist Improvising Group. She wrote scores for film and TV and a song cycle "Oh Moscow" which was performed live around the world in 1987. She also recorded a number of solo albums, including "Rags" (1980), "The Gold Diggers" (1983) and "Music For Other Occasions" (1986). - The Residents are an American art collective best known for avant-garde music and multimedia works. Since their first official release, "Meet the Residents" (1974), the group has released over sixty albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects, and ten DVDs. They have undertaken seven major world tours and scored multiple films. Pioneers in exploring the potential of CD-ROM and similar technologies, the Residents have won several awards for their multimedia projects. Ralph Records, a record label focusing on avant-garde music, was started by the band. - Meet the Residents is the debut studio album by the American avant-garde group the Residents, released on April 1, 1974 through Ralph Records. - Pere Ubu is a rock group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite a variety of long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. Describing their sound as "avant-garage," Pere Ubu's work drew on diverse sources such as rock music, musique concrete, performance art, and the derelict industrial environments of the American midwest. The group's name is a reference to "Ubu Roi", an avant-garde play by French writer Alfred Jarry. They are usually categorized as "underground rock", having rarely achieved commercial success. What is the relationship between 'commercial album' and 'ralph records'?
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record label