Frank ZappaHot Rats

Label:

Reprise Records – RSLP 6356

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album , Gatefold, Tri-Color Labels

Country:

UK

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1 Peaches En Regalia
DrumsRon Selico
Electric BassShuggy Otis*
3:58
A2 Willie The Pimp
DrumsJohn Guerin
Electric BassMax Bennett
Lyrics ByFrank Zappa
Violin [Electric]Sugar Cane Harris*
VocalsCaptain Beefheart
9:25
A3 Son Of Mr. Green Genes
DrumsPaul Humphrey
Electric BassMax Bennett
8:58
B1 Little Umbrellas
DrumsJohn Guerin
Electric BassMax Bennett
3:09
B2 The Gumbo Variations
DrumsPaul Humphrey
Electric BassMax Bennett
Violin [Electric]Sugar Cane Harris*
12:55
B3 It Must Be A Camel
DrumsJohn Guerin
Electric BassMax Bennett
Violin [Electric]Jean-Luc Ponty
5:15

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyWarner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd.
  • Distributed ByCBS Records
  • Pressed ByCBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
  • Printed ByMacNeill Press Ltd.
  • Made ByMacNeill Press Ltd.
  • Engineered AtT.T.G. Studios
  • Engineered AtWhitney Recording Studios
  • Engineered AtSunset Sound

Credits

  • Design [Cover]Cal Schenkel
  • Design [Interior Of Cover]John Williams (30)
  • Engineer [At Sunset]Brian Ingoldsby
  • Engineer [At T. T. G.]Jack Hunt
  • Engineer [At Whitney]Dick Kunc
  • Engineer [Engineering Directed For Bizarre]Dick Kunc
  • Guitar, Bass [Octave], PercussionFrank Zappa
  • ManagementHerb Cohen
  • Other [Dedicated To]Dweezil, Bub & Gil
  • Other [Uncredited, Cover Model]Christine Frka
  • Photography By [Cover & Beefheart Inset]Ed Caraeff
  • Photography By [Zappa Black & White]Bruce Linton
  • Piano, Organ [Organus Maximus], Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass SaxophoneIan Underwood
  • ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Written-By, Directed ByFrank Zappa

Notes

UK 1st press, with tri-color quadrant labels.
(The Pye distribution text on labels blocked out with black overprint)

Gatefold cover has Bizarre logo + Warner Arts & Reprise combined roundel (top right), with cat# below it.
Back of cover, 3 lines of text:
"Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd
Distributed by CBS Records
Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"

Inner text:
"Recorded 16 track August through September 1969".
"This movie for your ears was produced & directed by..."
Lyrics also printed for track A2 in inset on inside-left spread.

Engineered at T.T.G. Studio, Whitney Studios and Sunset Sound Studio, in L.A., C.A., U.S.A.

The 16-track used on this at T.T.G. [Two Terrible Guys] Studio was unique at the time.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): RSLP 6356-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): RSLP 6356-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): RSLP 6356 A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): RSLP 6356 B1
  • Rights Society: MS

Other Versions (5 of 237)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Hot Rats (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Santa Maria Pressing) Reprise Records RS 6356 US 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Gatefold Santa Maria Pressing) Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records RS 6356 US 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Tri-Color Labels, Gatefold) Reprise Records RS 6356 Canada 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Bizarre Records RS 6356 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Flipback Sleeve) Reprise Records SRV.6108, RS.6356 1969

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  • MB-Daniel's avatar
    MB-Daniel
    This original UK press is actually a smoother sounding cut than the second press. A true analogue sound, the second is also there is a slight tweak to the sound in the press. The trouble is finding a clean copy of the original....

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