Mothers* ‎– Bongo Fury

Label:

Discreet – DS 2234

Format:

Vinyl, LP, Album

Country:

Released:

Nov 1975

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Blues Rock, Avantgarde, 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

Credits

Bass, Other [Also Dancing] – Tom Fowler
Design – Cal Schenkel
Drums – Chester Thompson (tracks: A5, B1)
Drums, Other [Moisture] – Terry Bozzio
Engineer – Davey Moire, Frank Hubach, Kelly Kotera, Kerry McNab*, Mike Braunstein*, Mike Stone
Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Harmonica [Harp], Vocals, Other [Shopping Bags] – Captain Beefheart
Keyboards, Vocals – George Duke
Mastered By [Kendun] – Kent Duncan
Other [In Discretion] – Herb Cohen
Photography – John Williams
Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley
Trombone, Other [Fantastic Dancing] – Bruce Fowler*
Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: A3, B3), Frank Zappa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4)

Notes

Tracks A1 to A4, B2 to B4: "Recorded 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.
(Vliet's constant 'sketching' of FZ in his notebooks led to some acrimony between the two during the "Bongo Fury" tour)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side 1 run-out hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31936-1B B SX A
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 run-out hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31937-1B B SX D
Other (Sides 1&2 run-outs stamped): KENDUN B

Other Versions (Showing 5 of 12) View All

Title, Format	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Bongo Fury (8-Trk, Album)	DiscReet	DIS M8D 2234	US	1975
Bongo Fury (CD, Album, RE, RM)	Zappa Records	CDZAP 15	Europe	1989
Bongo Fury (LP, Album)	Discreet, Reprise Records	DS 2234	New Zealand	1975
Bongo Fury (CD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10097	US	1989
Bongo Fury (LP, Album)	Discreet	W 59209	Italy	1975