Mothers*Bongo Fury

Label:

Discreet – DS 2234

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album

Country:

Canada

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Debra Kadabra 3:54
A2 Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy 6:02
A3 Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top 2:50
A4 Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead 3:06
A5 200 Years Old 4:34
B1 Cucamonga 2:24
B2 Advance Romance 11:20
B3 Man With The Woman Head 1:29
B4 Muffin Man 5:37

Companies, etc.

  • Distributed ByWEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
  • Manufactured ByWEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.
  • Distributed ByWEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
  • Manufactured ByWEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Copyright ©Discreet Records, Inc.
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records of Canada, Ltd.
  • Printed ByEver Reddy
  • Recorded AtArmadillo World Headquarters
  • Recorded ByRecord Plant Mobile, Los Angeles
  • Overdubbed AtRecord Plant, Los Angeles
  • Mixed AtRecord Plant, Los Angeles
  • Lacquer Cut AtColumbia Records of Canada, Ltd.

Credits

  • Bass, Other [Also Dancing]Tom Fowler
  • DesignCal Schenkel
  • DrumsChester Thompson (tracks: A5, B1)
  • Drums, Other [Moisture]Terry Bozzio
  • EngineerMike Stone*
  • Guitar, VocalsFrank Zappa
  • Harmonica [Harp], Vocals, Other [Shopping Bags]Captain Beefheart
  • Keyboards, VocalsGeorge Duke
  • Management [In DiscReetion]Herb Cohen
  • Photography ByJohn Williams (30)
  • ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Saxophone, VocalsNapoleon Murphy Brock*
  • Slide Guitar, VocalsDenny Walley
  • Trombone, Other [Fantastic Dancing]Bruce Fowler (3)
  • Written-ByZappa* (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4)

Notes

Tracks A1 to A4, B2 to B4: Live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Texas, May 20th and 21st, 1975.
Plus Selected Studio Wonderment."
A5, B1 & B4 intros recorded Jan & Feb 1974, remote recording, overdubs & mixing at The Record Plant, L.A.
Beefheart was renowned for his "shopping bags", stuffed with notebooks, harmonicas & bric-a-brac.
Back of sleeve: Manufactured And Distributed By - WEA Music of Canada. / Fabrique Et Distribue Par - WEA Musique Du Canada Ltée.

Matrix / Runout: All etched; 0, following numbers, DM- and (illegible) are stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 31,936
  • Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 31,937
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): 31,936-1A-2-G 0 10
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): 31,937-1A-2-G 0 16
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): 31,936-1A-2-G 0 10
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): 31,937-1A-2-G 0 DM- (illegible)
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 3): 31,936-1A-2-G 0 12
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 3): 31,937-1A-2-G 0 DM- (illegible)
  • Pressing Plant ID (Stamped in Runouts): DM
  • Rights Society: ASCAP
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Other (Top left corner, back jacket): Black Maple Leaf

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Bongo Fury (LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing) DiscReet DS 2234 US 1975
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Bongo Fury (LP, Album) Discreet W 59209 Italy 1975
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Bongo Fury (LP, Album) Discreet DS-2234, DS 2234 Australia 1975
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Bongo Fury (LP, Album) Reprise Records DS 2234 New Zealand 1975

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