MOTHERS OF INVENTION 'UNCLE MEAT' 2LP US BIZARRE / REPRISE 1969 FRANK ZAPPA
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FROM 1969 ON THE US BIZARRE / REPRISE RECORDS LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING 2LP BY THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION ENTITLED "UNCLE MEAT" (2MS 2024)
STEREO. EARLY PRESSING
A1 Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme 1:54 A2 The Voice Of Cheese Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica 0:27 A3 400 Days Of The Year 5:56 A4 Zolar Czakl 0:57 A5 Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague 5:51 A6 The Legend Of The Golden Arches 1:24 A7 The Mothers Play Louie Louie At The Royal Albert Hall In London 2:28 A8 The Dog Breath Variations 1:36 B1 Sleeping In A Jar 0:49 B2 Our Bizarre Relationship Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica 1:05 B3 The Uncle Meat Variations 4:40 B4 Electric Aunt Jemima 1:53 B5 Prelude To King Kong 3:24 B6 God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go) 1:22 B7 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus 1:29 B8 Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) 5:08 C1 Mr. Green Genes 3:10 C2 We Can Shoot You 1:48 C3 "If We'd All Been Living In California . . . " 1:29 C4 The Air 2:57 C5 Project X 4:47 C6 Cruising For Burgers 2:19 D1 King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) 0:53 D2 King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild) 1:15 D3 King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) 1:44 D4 King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) 6:17 D5 King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) 0:29 D6 King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival . . . The Underwood Ramifications) 7:22
Companies, etc.
- Published By – Frank Zappa Music
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
- Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
- Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
- Mastered At – Customatrix
Credits
- Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
- Drums [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries], Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block, Bells, Chimes [Small] – Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp*
- Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty] – Jimmy Carl Black
- Drums [Some Tracks] – Billy (The Oozer) Mundi*
- Effects [Percussion Effects] – Jerry Hansen
- Electric Bass – Roy Estrada
- Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Copyist [Special Assistance, Industrial Relations, Teen Appeal] – Ian Underwood
- Electric Piano [Tarot Cards, Brown Rice] – Don (Dom DeWild) Preston*
- Engineer – Richard Kunc*, Jerry Hansen
- Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], Percussion – Frank Zappa
- Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks] – Ruth Komanoff
- Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon – Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner*
- Producer – Frank Zappa
- Soprano Vocals – Nelcy Walker (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Pachuco Falsetto, Cheeseburgers] – Roy* (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Swell Vocals] – Ray* (tracks: A5, B3)
- Tenor Saxophone [Frenetic Stylings], Tambourine, Choreography [Pop Star, Obstinance], Technician [Equipment Setter-upper - When He's Not Hustling Local Groupies] – Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood*
- Vocals – Ray Collins
- Written-By – Frank Zappa
- Written-By [Uncredited] – Irving Berlin (tracks: B6), Richard Berry (tracks: A7)
Notes
Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.Issued with gatefold sleeve and 12-page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings). Discs with Bizarre labels and liners.
First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels, re 3rd cat#.
(The 'Bizarre' label used Reprise cat system, whilst 'Straight' used its own through Reprise)
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
A3 (later titled "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution")
as "400 Days Of The Year" on label
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to join Rhinoceros"
Special thanks to:
Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 30871 MS2024A -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): 30874 MS2024D -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 30872 MS2024B -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): 30873 MS2024C -1A T1
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- HOUSED IN A STRIKING COLOUR
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- STICKERED GATEFOLD PICTURE SLEEVE
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- SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND NEAR MINT
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- COMPLETE WITH BOOKLET
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- RECORDS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION
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- WITH CLEAN LABELS AND A LOVELY SHEEN
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- A VERY NICE COPY
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- I SELL WORLDWIDE. STATED POSTAGE
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- COSTS ONLY APPLY TO EUROPE!!
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