RECORDED WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC AND PRODUCER/CONDUCTOR EDWIN OUTWATER - FEATURING A THREE ACT TALE
The Collectors Edition comes in a fold out cover, 180g vinyl.
Our focus in this edition is on the exceptional vinyl style. The edition is hand-numbered and limited to 150 copies and comes with a small booklet.
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Doctor Dark (alternatively stylized as Dr Dark or Dr. Dark) is an new studio album and "modern theater piece/opera" by The Residents.
The three-act opera is described as "a journey into the greasy world of euthanasia, drug abuse and an unhealthy obsession with heavy metal", revolving around "a couple of heavy metal kids (Maggot and Mark) and an insomniac Russian physician (Dr. Anastasia Dark)".It was inspired by an unsuccessful 1990 civil action in which heavy metal band Judas Priest were sued by the family of James Vance, a teenager who had attempted suicide by shotgun after listening to the band's music coupled with the life of Armenian-American pathologist and euthanasia activist Jack Kevorkian.
The Residents had wanted to use the Vance story as the basis for a project for thirty years and began actively developing the concept in 2021. By June 2022, The Residents had recorded "about an hour's worth" of demo material, developing the project with co-producer/conductor Edwin Outwater and the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. The album was completed by October 2024.
Following the release of the album, The Residents and their management company The Cryptic Corporation are hoping to secure funding to create a theatrical adaptation.
Well, I think Doctor Dark is a really wonderful album.
Maggot, Mark and Dr. Anastasia Dark are waiting for you...
