pore know graphics (2 Ergebnisse)

Vintage two-sided, two-color, fold-out Ralph Records catalog poster for Fall 1981. Featuring releases from Fred Frith, MX-80 Sound, Renaldo and the Loaf, [The] Residents, Snakefinger, Tuxedomoon, and Yello, as well as compilation lps, t-shirts, badges, and short films, as well as guidance for not submitting your music to Ralph Records. Ralph Records and its graphic wing Pore-Know Graphics (Porno Graphics) was founded in 1972 to publish the work of the multi-media art collective The Residents. In the late 1970s Ralph Records began releasing other experimental and avante-garde musicians including those promoted on this poster. In 1976 The Residents formed The Cryptic Corporation to manage and represent the band and took over the day-to-day operations of Ralph Records. Ralph Records closed in 2010. 20.25 x 11 inches. Near Fine, with a center vertical crease and light edgewear.

Hand-drawn color mock-up for the 1982 double-album of The Best of Ralph, presumably by Pore No Graphics (or some variant thereof), the art contingent of The Residents' Cryptic Corporation. Greatly resembles the image that would be used, albeit the central image would be mostly black and white, and the blue would be a darker more uniform blue. 18x" on a 18x24" folded (slightly irregularly) sheet, rectos only. About Very Good with some dampstaining to left upper corner, toning to cheap paper with age, light wear. From the estate of Residents founder Hardy Fox. Ralph Records was the independent record label of anonymous band/art collective The Residents; the label name arose from the slang phrase for vomiting, "Calling Ralph on the big white phone." It was founded in San Francisco in 1972. The first release was The Residents' "Santa Dog" 7". It would purvey a lot of early electronica, Rock in Opposition, and difficult music just barely in the pop spectrum. This particular album featured tracks from The Residents, Snakefinger, Yello, Tuxedomoon, Art Bears, Fred Frith, Renaldo and the Loaf, and MX-80 Sound.