Baby Skeletons and Dogs

"**Baby Skeletons and Dogs**" is a seven-part suite by the group who would later become known as The Residents, featured on their long-unreleased 1971 demo tape *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album*.

The song is one of the better known pieces from the tape; its first official public release in any version was a RMX version, featured on the 2004 album *WB:RMX*. In 2012 it was rehearsed for the Talking Light tour, but not included in the set list of the show.

In 2013 an edited version of the original recording was released on the compilation album *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*; the full suite was released as part of the remastered and pREServed edition of *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* on Record Store Day in April 2018.

## History

Featured on the group's 1971 demo tape *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album*, "Baby Skeletons and Dogs" would not officially be released by The Residents in anything resembling its original version until 2013, when it was included on the compilation album *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss*.

Despite not being available officially at the time, a radically remixed version of "Baby Skeletons and Dogs" was created by The Cryptic Corporation and included on the album *WB:RMX* in 2004. A second, alternative remix of the track (labelled the "2004 remix") was included with the Euro Ralph limited, numbered vinyl edition on a bonus 7" single.

A 2011 EYEFUL download of a Talking Light tour rehearsal included "Baby Skeletons and Dogs", indicating that the song was considered for the tour, but eventually not included in the set list.

The complete, original mix of the "Baby Skeletons and Dogs" suite was remastered and released officially on *The W\*\*\*\*\* B\*\*\* Album* pREServed limited vinyl edition on Record Store Day 2018. It was reissued in November 2019 as part of the pREServed compilation *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big*.

## The suite

1. Baby Skeletons And Dogs
2. Bop Bop Shu Bop Bop
3. Stuffed Genital
4. Christmas Morning Foto
5. Every Day I Masturbate On A Merican Fag
6. Oh Mommy Oh Daddy Can’t You See That It’s True
7. Baby Skeletons And Dogs #2

## List of releases

* *The Warner Bros. Album* (1971, released 2018)
* *WB:RMX* (2004)
* *RMX* (2009)
* *El Año Del Muerto* (2009)
* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013)
* *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016)
* *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big* (2019)
* *Eyeful* (2020)

### List of versions

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1971 Version (2:44)
2. ↑ 2003 Remix (3:22)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2004 Remix (5:58)
4. ↑ 2011 Remix (2:57)

## Listen online

* "Baby Skeletons and Dogs" (2012 version) on Spotify
* "The Warner Bros. Album Suite #1" (pREServed edition) on Spotify

## External links and references

* *The Warner Bros. Album* at The Residents Historical

**Side A**
"Strawberry Fields Forever" · "The Mad Sawmill of Copenhagen, Germany" · "**Baby Skeletons and Dogs**" ("Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True") · "Going to Arcata Blues" · "Black Velvet Original" · "Jimi Hendrix Dildo" · "In the Still of the Night" · "Maggie's Farm" · "Snot and Feces Live at the Grunt Festival" · "Sweet Meat"
**Side B**
"Oh Yeah Uhh Bop Shoo Bop" · "Ohm is Where the Art Is" · "Concerto in R Flat Minor" · "Gagagapiggaeioupe" · "Sold American" · "Love Theme from a Major Motion Picture" · "Prelude for Accordion, Sousaphone and French Horn" · "Oh God You're a Pie in the Sky" · "Short Circuit Comes to Town" · "Marching Toward AEIOU Blues" · "In the Still of the Night Again / Rumba" · "Oh Mummy, Oh Daddy, Can't You See That It's True Again" · "Art the White Elephant" · "Psychedelic and Orgasmic Finale"
**Personnel**
Ensenada and Spontaneous Cumbustion · Jim Whitaker · Bob Tangney
**Related works**
*WB:RMX* · *ERA B474* · *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* · *A Nickle If Your Dick's This Big*
**Related articles**
The Delta Nudes · San Mateo apartment · Hal Halverstadt · Residents, Uninc. · Punographics Ltd. · Warner Bros. Records · The Beatles · Bob Dylan · Richard Nixon · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! show

**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*‎‎‏‏‎