"Buy Or Die! Ralph Records Artworks 1972-2015 is the first ever book of its kind on the history of the artwork of The Residents and their label Ralph Records. The life of Ralph Records and The Residents has always been cloaked in obscure mysteries, woven by the anonymous Cryptic Corporation, around which many luminaries have revolved; painters, graphic artists, cartoonists, musicians, film-makers, and writers. All have been channeled together by a powerful creative synergy that helped champion a new...

“After having borrowed lines from Jimi Hendrix and English poets for all previous anniversary releases, Rune Grammofon struck out for this one until Kim Hiorthøy, well after the deadline, accidentally stumbled over Johnny Cash and Forever Words: The Unknown Poems (2016). Let's Put It To Music quite nails it when it comes to the basic idea of the book and how the label approach the whole process of making a record. As Tim Gane is quoted in Adrian Shaughnessy's introduction "a Stereolab record was never....

"Black Box" was an extremely limited set released to coincide w/ Sonic Youth's week-long installment at the Ystad Festival in October 2000. 100 copies were made for sale, and 50 copies set aside for the participants. It contained music + art by those involved, most unavailable elsewhere."

Contents: - Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd: print (off set) signed - Sven-Åke Johansson: prints (off set) signed - Clara Hall: only original serigraphy - Roza Czulowska: "details" original photography, sepia-tone

"It's been a long, long time but finally it's here -- the second edition of Money Will Ruin Everything, Rune Grammofon's celebration of 5 more years of music. Originally planned as an update and slightly revised edition of the long deleted 2CD/book of...