The Mothers Of Invention*Uncle Meat

Label:

Bizarre Records – 2024

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Promo, Stereo , Santa Maria Pressing, Auto-Coupled

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Parody

Tracklist

A1 Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme 1:54
A2 The Voice Of Cheese 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 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 Zappa Ramifications) 7:25

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyReprise Records
  • Distributed ByWarner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
  • Mastered AtCustomatrix
  • Published ByFrank Zappa Music
  • Published ByThird Story Music
  • Recorded AtApostolic Studios

Credits

  • Design [Package Designed By]Cal Schenkel
  • Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty]Jimmy Carl Black
  • Drums [Some Pieces Before He Quit To Rhinoceros]Billy (The Oozer) Mundi*
  • Drums, Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block [Wood Blocks], Bells, Chimes [Small Chimes], Other [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries]Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp*
  • Effects [Percussion Effects]Jerry Hansen
  • Electric Bass [& Cheeseburgers]Roy Estrada
  • Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta [Celeste], Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone [Special Assistance, Copyist, Industrial Relations & Teen Appeal]Ian Underwood
  • Electric Piano [Tarot Cards, Brown Rice]Don Preston
  • EngineerJerry Hansen
  • Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], PercussionFrank Zappa
  • Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks]Ruth Komanoff
  • Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, BassoonBunk (Sweetpants) Gardner*
  • ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Soprano VocalsRoy* (tracks: A5, B3)
  • Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine, Other [Pop Star, Obstinance & Equipment Setter-upper When He's Not Hustling Local Groupies]Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood*
  • Vocals [Swell Vocals]Ray Collins
  • Voice [Uncredited, Of Suzy Creamcheese]Pamela Zarubica
  • Written-ByFrank Zappa
  • Written-By [Uncredited]Richard Berry (tracks: A7)

Notes

Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.
Issued with gatefold jacket, 12 page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings), and Bizarre label inner sleeve's.

First cat.nr. on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.

Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968

Special thanks to: Ruth Komanoff & Nelcy Walker

Runouts are etched except 'o' is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 30,871
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 30,872
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 30,873
  • Matrix / Runout (side D label): 30,874
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): S 1 30871 MS 2024A -1B o A4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): Ƨ 1 30872 MS 2024B -1B o A4
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): Ƨ 1 30873MS 2024C -1B o A2
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): 1 30874 MS 2024D -1B o A3

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