Land Of Mystery

***Land of Mystery*** is a compilation album that collects music by The Residents released through their defunct fan club *UWEB*. The selection was compiled by Uncle Willie.

## Background

The Residents have always embraced and endorsed fan clubs, and no one is more notable than UWEB, run by the enigmatic Uncle Willie between 1988 - 1992. What makes UWEB so notable is it's exclusive releases sold only to fans. These releases were the result of Uncle Willie being allowed access to The Residents' large audio archive, from which he selected material for release, that he thought would be most interesting for fans to hear. This compilation represents the best of those UWEB releases, with informative liner notes from Willie himself.

All material on the album had been released previously, but certain tracks are represented in exclusivly edited forms. '*Lament*' from the Snakey Wake single, is here edited down from 20:09 to 5:51, and the 19 minute '*Buckaroo Blues*' suite from the album of the same name, is represented as two tracks lasting 4:13 and 2:05. *Dear Brother* and *Pictures Of Life's Other Side* are all also shortened, if only slightly. The 20 second instrumental jams which were present on *Daydream B-Liver* are cut here. Also cut are the first two parts of the *The History Of Digital Music* suite which are edited down to last roughly two minutes. The third part, which is only 55 seconds long, remains unchanged.

in true UWEB style, The Residents' name is not mentioned prominently on the release.

## Recording

The material spans The Residents' then early to mid career, from 1971 - 1992. The earliest piece is The Residents' and Snakefinger's cover of '*King Kong*', recorded in late 1971. Then is '*Fire*', and '*Santa Dog 78*' featured in the UWHOGTTR suite, recorded in 1972 and 1978 respectively.

After that is a slew of material recorded in 1985, *Daydream In Space,* from the rejected *Sun Ra / Barry White album,* and the History of Digital Music suite, which was done in September for a Junior High Music Class. Recorded next were three *Stars & Hank Forever* outtakes '*Dear Brother*', '*Pictures Of Life's Other Side*', & '*I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry*'. Next is a live version of Diskomo, from January of 1987, and '*Six More Miles To The Graveyard*' recorded in August of that same year. The following year, 1988, they recorded four songs featured here, '*God In 3 Person's Over*', '*Bury Me Not*', '*Buckaroo Blues Theme*', and '*Santa Dog '88*'

The two songs from 1990 are both from Cube-E '*Mr Skull's NYE song*' and '*Teddy Bear*', and from 1992 Santa Dog 92 is represented.

## Track Listing

*All Songs Written by The Residents except where noted*

1. Six More Miles To The Graveyard (Williams) (5:51)
2. Mr Skull's New Year's Eve Song (6:28)
3. Excerpt Buckaroo Blues (Bury Me Not) (4:13)
	1. Bury Me Not
	2. Cowboy Waltz
4. Daydream In Space (Residents/Ra/White) (8:23)
5. Excerpt UWHOGTTR (Santa Dogs) (3:24)
	1. Fire
	2. Santa Dog '78
	3. Santa Dog 88
	4. Santa Dog '92
6. Dear Brother (Williams) (3:26)
7. Daydream Believer (Monkees) (2:56)
8. King Kong (Ft. Snakefinger) (Zappa) (4:03)
9. Pictures Of Life's Other Side (Williams) (2:49)
10. The History Of Digital Music 1: Music Box (Punch Card System) (1:55)
11. The History Of Digital Music 2: Macintosh Computer (Pre MIDI) (1:48)
12. The History Of Digital Music 3: Early MIDI (0:56)
13. Teddy Bear (3:47)
14. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) (3:10)
15. Discomo (3:15)
16. God In 3 Person's Over (9:57)
17. Excerpt Buckaroo Blues (Theme) (2:05)

## Credits

* Layout: Dren
* Cover Illustration: Rex Ray
* Liner Notes: Uncle Willie