1-10 (With A Touch of 11)

This recording was not intended for release. **THEY HATE IT!!!**

Residents, Uninc., 1972

***1-10 (With A Touch of 11)*** is an instrumental demo tape recorded by Residents, Uninc. (possibly with their mentor The Mysterious N. Senada) in Summer 1972, and compiled into a "first edit" on August 2nd of that year.

The tape was forgotten by the group, and remained so until elements of the recording were rediscovered and included on the expanded pREServed edition of *Meet The Residents* in January 2018. The complete tape was apparently rediscovered in early 2021, and released as the second disc of the Record Store Day double LP compilation *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* on April 23rd 2022.

A representative of Cherry Red Records has indicated that the complete *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* will most likely not be released on CD, as it is "pretty specialist stuff". *Warning: Uninc.* (including the complete *1-10...*) was released to streaming services in December 2022.

## History

*1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* is a multi-part instrumental demo tape recorded by Residents, Uninc. (possibly with their mentor, Bavarian avant-garde composer and music theorist The Mysterious N. Senada) throughout the Summer of 1972 in the group's Sycamore Street basement studio.

The tape was compiled into a "first edit" consisting of two vinyl album length sides on August 2nd, seemingly in preparation for an intended release, and indicating that a further edit of the material was intended (if not completed), possibly as another submission to Hal Halverstadt of Warner Bros. Records following his rejection of *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* and *B.S.* the previous year.

However, apart from elements being included on a private cassette tape labelled "Residents 1972-1973", the group appear to have largely forgotten the existence of the recording, and it remained completely unknown to the public until six excerpts were included in the pREServed two-disc reissue of *Meet The Residents* in January 2019.

## Release

### *Meet The Residents* pREServed (2018)

Edits of parts 1 and 4 through 8 of *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* were first released on the pREServed expanded edition of The Residents' debut album *Meet The Residents* in January 2018.

These excerpts seemingly originated from the now water-damaged "Residents 1972-1973" demo cassette, and were almost dropped from the pREServed set altogether as the group considered the recordings to be "hard going" at that time.

### *Warning: Uninc.* (2022)

The complete tape was apparently rediscovered in the Cryptic Corporation archives in early 2021, and upon replaying it in its entirety, The Residents found themselves reminded of their hero Sun Ra (of whom members of the group owned a number of albums they also considered to be similarly "hard going").

Apparently amused by the notion that this was a direction they briefly considered pursuing following Warner Bros. Records' rejection of their earlier demo tapes, and feeling that "if (Sun Ra) can do it, then maybe we can too", the group earmarked the complete tape for release in the near future.

For some time, the complete tape was expected to be part of a series of limited edition vinyl releases available only through mail order. In February 2022, a double LP compilation titled *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* was announced, as part of the April and June Record Store Day "drops" for that year (with the first taking place on April 23rd). The album (limited to 2000 copies) contains the complete Boarding House and Chris' Party live recordings on the first disc, and the complete *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* tape on the second.

Shortly after the announcement of *Warning: Uninc.*, Richard Anderson of Cherry Red Records indicated that the complete *1-10 (With A Touch of 11)* was not likely for a CD release in the near future (if at all), and that he was surprised The Residents wanted to release the tape in full in the first place, as "it's pretty specialist stuff".

On December 16th, 2022, the album was released on Spotify.

## Credits

* Composed, recorded, performed, arranged and mixed by Residents Uninc.

## See also

* Residents, Uninc.
* N. Senada
* *Warning: Uninc.*
* Tuesday tapes
* 7733 Variations
* "Residents 1972-1973"
* *Meet The Residents*
* pREServed

## Buy Or Die!

### Listen online

* *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* on Spotify
* *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* on Apple Music

## External links and references

* *Meet The Residents* pREServed edition at Discogs
* *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* at Discogs

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "They just re-remembered the '1-10 (With A Touch Of 11)' thing too, which is really a complete album. I think it's The Residents jamming with N Senada or performing some of his work or something like that." - Richard Anderson, The Residents Facebook group, March 27th 2019
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 *Warning: Uninc. - Live and Experimental Recordings 1971-1972* liner notes, 2022
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "...I doubt '1-10...' will come out in full on CD. Elements of it were on the 'Meet The Residents' pREServed CD, it's pretty specialist stuff. I didn't expect them to put it out in full, but apparently it reminded them of Sun Ra and bingo!" Richard Anderson, comment in The Residents unofficial Facebook group, April 5th 2022
4. ↑ "I know there are plans afoot for some mail order only obscure vinyl too, but The Residents were slightly unsure what the demand would be, so this all bodes well. The complete '1-10 (With A Touch Of 11)' tape, the complete 'German Slide' tape, the complete 'Commercial Album' commercials tape (which I think is a mono mix of the album too) and so on. Maybe 'Leapmus' or some of the new previously unreleased stuff... Fingers crossed they/we can find room for it all." - Richard Anderson, The Residents Facebook group, March 19th 2019
5. ↑ "Fairly sure *1-10* won't come out on CD for a good while." - Richard Anderson, commenting in The Residents unofficial Facebook group, February 17th 2022

**Major works**
*Rusty Coathangers for the Doctor* (1970) · *The Ballad of Stuffed Trigger* (1970) · *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · *Santa Dog* (1972)
**Other recordings**
"I Hear Ya Got Religion" / "Moonman" (1969) · ***1-10 (With A Touch of 11)*** (1972)
**Compilation albums**
*ERA B474* (2012) · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013) · *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016) · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019) · *Warning: Uninc.* (2022)
**Live shows**
The Boarding House, October 18th 1971 · Philip's Wedding, October 31st 1971 · Chris' Party, February 12th 1972
**Collaborators**
Randy Rose · Charles Bobuck · Hardy Fox · Homer Flynn · Palmer Eiland · Roger "Bunny" Hartley · Jay Clem · John Kennedy · Roland Sheehan · Bob Tangney · Jim Whitaker · N. Senada · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Swaton) · The Singing Lawn Chairs (Pamela Zeibak)
**Related articles**
San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Porno Graphics · Sycamore St. studio · Ralph Records · The Residents · *Vileness Fats* · *Meet The Residents* · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* · "Satisfaction" · "Aphids In The Hall" · The Cryptic Corporation · *WB:RMX*‎‎‏‏‎

**Compositions**
Pollex Christi (1936-1937) · Cantaten und Symphonen mit Eine Poem (1969?) · Cantaten und Symphonen for der Saxophonen und Violinen with P.C. Lithman (1971?) · Cantaten to der Dyin Prunen with P.C. Lithman (1971?)
**Music theory**
Theory of Phonetic Organization {*Meet The Residents*) · Theory of Obscurity (*Not Available*)
**Work with The Residents**
*The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* (1971) · A Live Radio Broadcast (1971) · *B.S.* (1971) · ***1-10 (With A Touch of 11)*** (1972) · *Vileness Fats* (1972-1976) · *Eskimo* (1979) · *Pollex Christi* (1997)
**Live appearances**
Philip Lithman and N. Senada live appearances (ca. 1971) · The Boarding House performance with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Philip's Wedding with Residents, Uninc. (1971) · Chris' Party with Residents, Uninc. (1972) · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! with The Residents (1976) · Snakey Wake performance (1987)
**Related articles** Max Steinway · Hardy Fox · Philip "Snakefinger" Lithman · The Delta Nudes · Residents, Uninc. · "Eloise" · "Kamakazi Lady" · Andrew Hook · *O for Obscurity, Or, The Story of N.*