Various – Zapped

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Label:	Bizarre Records – PRO 368, Reprise Records – PRO 368
Series:	Loss Leaders
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Sampler
Country:	US
Released:	Feb 1970
Genre:	Rock, Non-Music
Style:	Folk Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde, Spoken Word

Tracklist

A1	Alice Cooper–	Titanic Overture Producer, Written-By – Alice Cooper	1:09
A2	Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band*–	The Blimp (Mousetrapreplica) Producer – Frank Zappa Written-By – Don Van Vliet	2:04
A3	Judy Henske And Jerry Yester–	St Nicholas Hall Producer – Jerry Yester, Zal Yanovsky Written By – Jerry Yester, Judy Henske	3:41
A4	Tim Buckley–	I Must Have Been Blind Producer, Written-By – Tim Buckley	3:40
A5	Wild Man Fischer–	Merry-Go-Round Producer – Frank Zappa Written By – Wild Man Fischer	1:56
A6	Alice Cooper–	Refrigerator Heaven Producer – David Briggs	2:17
A7	Tim Dawe–	Little Boy Blue Arranged By, Producer – Jerry Yester Written By – Tim Dawe	2:15
A8	Lord Buckley–	Governor Slugwell Engineer, Producer – Lyle Griffin Written By – Lord Buckley	5:02
B1	Jeff Simmons–	Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up Engineer, Producer – Chris Huston Guitar – Frank Zappa Producer – La Marr Bruister Written By – La Marr Bruister	3:14
B2	Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band*–	Old Fart At Play Producer – Frank Zappa Written-By – Don Van Vliet	1:54
B3	The Mothers Of Invention*–	Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown Producer, Written-By – Frank Zappa	6:27
B4	GTO's–	Do Me In Once And I'll Be Sad, Do Me In Twice And I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation) Composed By, Producer – Lowell George Lyrics By – Miss Sandra* Producer – Frank Zappa Vocals – Miss Pamela*	2:19
B5	Frank Zappa–	Willie The Pimp Producer – Frank Zappa Vocals – Captain Beefheart Written-By – Frank Zappa	9:25

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
Published By – Bizarre Music Inc.
Published By – Beefheart Music
Published By – Third Story Music, Inc.
Published By – Barmpatomph Musik
Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Record Company – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Credits

Cover – Bruce Linton, Frank Zappa, John Williams (30)
Liner Notes [Album Annotation] – John Mendelsohn

Notes

From early in 1969 to 1977, Reprise Records (and their parent label Warner Bros. Records) ran a USA & Canada only mail-order promotion on a number of the inner sleeves of their mainstream artists' releases. This was to promote a wide range of less popular artists on compilation albums known as the 'Loss Leader' PRO series, sold at a significantly reduced mail-order price.

This Frank Zappa-oriented 'Zapped' release is the 6th issue in the series, a compilation geared to promoting both the artists 'signed' to Zappa and the two labels, Straight and Bizarre Records, which Zappa co-founded with Herb Cohen. (These two labels were manufactured and distributed for Reprise Records by Warner Bros. Records from mid 1969 [Previously 7Arts]).

The black & white cover of this PRO 368 release has a portrait of Zappa and the title is "Zapped" without an accent over the 'e' (as on a subsequent/similar PRO 368 release with a 'collage' cover & Reprise label). This record's label is pale blue with a dark blue 'Bizarre' text.

Issues did occasionally appear later in retail outlets, particularly in Australia.

Track sources on this compilation:
A1: From the 1969 Straight label album "Pretties For You" (STS 1051)
A2 & B2: From the 1969 Straight label double album "Trout Mask Replica" (2-STS 1053)
A3: From the 1969 Straight label album "Farewell Aldebaran" (STS 1052).
A4: From the 1969 Straight label album "Blue Afternoon" (STS 1060).
A5: From the Bizarre/Reprise album "An Evening with Wild Man Fischer" (RS 6332 & 2XS 6332)
A6: From the 1970 Straight label album "Easy Action" (STS 1061)
A7: From the 1969 Straight label album "Penrod" (STS 1058).
A8: From the 1969 Straight label album "A Most Immaculately Hip Aristocrat" (STS 1054).
B1: From the 1969 Straight label album "Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up" (STS 1057).
Recorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale 1969.
Zappa performed on this & produced under the pseudonym LaMarr Bruister.
Not the Zappa version on Joe's Garage Act I. (1979)
B3: From the 1969 Bizarre/Reprise label album "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (RS 6370)
B4: From the 1969 Straight label album "Permanent Damage" (STS 1059).
Also released as a single "Circular Circulation" b/w "Mercy's Tune" (ST 104).
B5: From the 1969 Bizarre/Reprise label album "Hot Rats" (RS 6356)

Some of the above albums were subsequently released on other labels, bearing respective catalog numbers for those labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (A-side label): 31,047RE1
Matrix / Runout (B-side label): 31,048RE1
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 1): 31047 RE1 PRO368 A 1-B
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 1): 31048 RE1 PRO368 B 1-B
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 2): 31047 RE1 PRO 368 1-A A11
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 2): 31048 RE1 PRO 368 1-B E
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 3): 31047 RE1 PRO 368 A 1-A B
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 3): 31048 RE1 PRO368-B 1- B
Matrix / Runout (A-side runout etched, variant 4): 31047 RE1 PRO368 A 1-B C 1
Matrix / Runout (B-side runout etched, variant 4): 31048 RE1 PRO368 B 1-B C 1

Other Versions (5)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Zappéd (LP, Compilation, Sampler, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	PRO 368	US	1970
New Submission	Zapped (LP, Compilation, Sampler)	Warner Bros. Records, Bizarre Records, Straight	PRO 368	US	1970
New Submission	Zapped (LP, Compilation, Sampler)	Bizarre Records	PRO 368	US	1970
Recently Edited	Zapped (LP, Compilation)	Warner Bros. Records, Bizarre Records, Straight, Reprise Records	RS 5270	Australia	1972
Recently Edited	Zapped (LP, Compilation, Reissue, Sampler, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	PRO 368	US	1975

Reviews

savaden May 1, 2021
There seems to be problems with the issues in this master listing. Two seem to be duplicates, The one with the collage label that claims Reprise label and different track titles shows exactly the same labels as the two duplicate listings. The label with RE1 is shown at the top as the OG, but that doesn't make sense either.
LittleVintageStories May 7, 2020
Track after track; brilliant explorations that were generally different than pretty much anything else that was being released at the time. An infusion from another planet.