Euro Ralph

**Euro Ralph** was the European subsidiary of Ralph Records, founded in 1992 and operated by Guido Randzio in Hamburg, Germany.

Officially sanctioned by The Cryptic Corporation, Euro Ralph distributed Residents releases in Europe between 1992 and 2002, and in Europe and America until 2005.

Euro Ralph began to wind down operations in 2007, ultimately closing in June 2008. Randzio later co-founded Grand Chess Records in 2019, specializing in limited edition products (including The Residents' *Duck Stab! Alive!* box set).

## History

Euro Ralph was the first reincarnation of Ralph Records since the label's initial abandonment in 1989.

Originally the label would distribute all the new Residents releases in Europe, whilst ESD would release that same material in America, but after ESD and The Residents' partnership closed in 2002, Euro Ralph releases were distributed in America by Forced Exposure until 2005.

In 1995 Residents collaborators Už Jsme Doma signed with the label to release their album *Fairy-Tales From Needland*.

## Roster

Unlike Ralph Records, Euro Ralph only briefly dabbled in distributing the work of other artists.

* The Residents (1992 - 2005, 2010)
* Už Jsme Doma (1995)
* Snakefinger (1999)
* Turbonegro (1999-2001)
* Michel Houellebecq (2000)

## List of Residents releases

* Our Finest Flowers (1992, CD001)
* George & James (1993, CD002)
* The Third Reich 'N' Roll (1993, CD003)
* Holy Kiss Of Flesh (Remix) (1993, SP004)
* Twenty Twisted Questions (1993, SP006)
* Freak Show Standard Box (1994, BOX001)
* Freak Show Digi Deluxe Box (1994, BOX002)
* In Memoriam Torso (1994, BOX003)
* Poor Kaw-Liga's Pain (1994, CD004)
* Freak Show (Original Soundtrack) (1994, CD005)
* Freak Show (Soundtrack CD-ROM) (1994, CD006)
* Gingerbread Man (1994, CD009)
* Duck Stab / Buster & Glen (1995, CD007)
* Commercial Album (1995, CD010)
* Fingerprince / Babyfingers (1995, CD011)
* Have A Bad Day (1996, CD013)
* Eskimo (1996, CD016)
* Our Tired, Our Poor, Our Huddled Masses (1997, CD017)
* Meet The Residents (1998, CD018)
* Wormwood (Curious Stories From The Bible) (1998, CD019)
* I Hate Heaven (1998, CD020)
* Chewing Hides The Sound / Greener Postures (1999, CD021)
* In Between Screams (Intermission Music From The Residents' Wormwood) (1999)
* God In Three Persons (The Original Album / The Original Soundtrack Recording) (2000, CD022)
* Roadworms (The Berlin Sessions) (2000, 023)
* Icky Flix (2001, DVD024)
* Icky Flix (Original Soundtrack Recording) (2001, CD025)
* Eskimo (2002, DVD 2136-8)
* Petting Zoo (2002, CD026)
* Demons Dance Alone (2002, CD027)
* Live! ...On The Outskirts (2002, DVD028)
* Kettles Of Fish On The Outskirts Of Town (2003, BOX029)
* Demons Dance Alone DVD (2003, ERDVD 030)
* Golden Goat (2003, ER 030 A-1/2)
* The King & Eye: RMX (2004, CD031)
* Viva Las Vegas RMX (2004, ER031)
* WB:RMX (2004, CD033)
* Not Available (2004, LP034)
* The Residents Play Wormwood (2005, ERDVD 036)
* Meet The Residents / Not Available (2010, CD018)

## Credited roles

Euro Ralph is credited with writing the liner notes for the 1993 reissue of *The Third Reich 'n Roll*:

> "The Residents' third album was released in 1976, the love/hate relationship the eyeball-ones have with pop music has, perhaps, never been better stated than in this scathingly satirical look at '60's bubble-gum rock somehow twisted into shocking '70's bubble-gum avant-guarde. With a swift kick in the balls, The Residents leave Rock 'n' Roll as fodder for tomorrow's dough brains."
>
>

They were later credited as producers of *Roadworms* and the *Eskimo* DVD.

## See also

* Ralph Records
* ESD
* Ralph America
* New Ralph Too
* Grand Chess Records

## External links and references

* Official website (archived via archive.org)
* Euro Ralph at Discogs

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "EURO RALPH (GERMANY)" at Forced Exposure
2. ↑ Big Brother, "Euro Ralph", The Residents Blog, June 3rd 2008