The Mothers Of Invention* – Uncle Meat
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Reprise Records – 2024 |
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US |
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Genre: |
Rock |
Style: |
Parody |
Tracklist
| A1 | Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme | 1:54 | |
| A2 | The Voice Of Cheese | 0:27 | |
| A3 | 9 Types Of Industrial Pollution | 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 | 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.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
- Published By – Frank Zappa Music
- Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
- Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Credits
- Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
- Drums [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries], Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block [Wood Blocks], 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 – 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] – Richard Berry (tracks: A7)
Notes
Alternate Bizarre/Reprise release with A3 listed on cover and label as "9 Types Of Industrial Pollution"
Issued with gatefold sleeve and 12-page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings).
First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts rounded logo on labels
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to 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.
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by "P" in runouts
no "o" no Customatrix in runouts
all else matches The Mothers - Uncle Meat
Issued with gatefold sleeve and 12-page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings).
First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts rounded logo on labels
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to 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.
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing denoted by "P" in runouts
no "o" no Customatrix in runouts
all else matches The Mothers - Uncle Meat
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society: BMI
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): 30871 MS 2024A-1F 1 P
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): 30872 MS 2024B-1F A 1 P
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): 30873 MS 2024 C-1F B 1 P
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 30874 MS 2024D-1E 1 A 1 P
- Pressing Plant ID (stamped in runout all sides): P
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Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo, CTH, 400, Autocoupled) | Reprise Records | 2MS 2024, 2024 | US | 1969 | ||
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Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album) | Transatlantic Records | TRA 197 | UK | 1969 | ||
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Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo) | Reprise Records | MS 2024 | 1969 | |||
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Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, CSM, 400, Autocoupled) | Reprise Records | 2024, 2MS 2024 | US | 1969 | ||
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Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing, Auto-Coupled) | Bizarre Records | 2MS 2024, 2024 | US | 1969 |
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