Zappa* – Zoot Allures

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Label:	Warner Bros. Records – BS 2970
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Los Angeles
Country:	US
Released:	1976
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Blues Rock, Avantgarde, Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1	Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals – FZ* Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals – Davey Moire	2:31
A2	Black Napkins Bass, Vocals – Roy Estrada Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar – FZ* Organ, Backing Vocals – Andre Lewis Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*	4:18
A3	The Torture Never Stops Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals, Other [Director Of Recreational Activities] – FZ*	9:52
A4	Ms. Pinky Backing Vocals – Roy Estrada Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Synthesizer, Vocals – FZ* Synthesizer – Ruth Underwood	3:49
B1	Find Her Finer Backing Vocals – Andre Lewis, Roy Estrada, Ruben Ladron De Guevara Drums, Backing Vocals – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – FZ* Harmonica – Donnie Vliet*	4:22
B2	Friendly Little Finger Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass – FZ* Marimba, Synthesizer – Ruth Underwood	4:20
B3	Wonderful Wino Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals – FZ* Written-By – Frank Zappa, Jeff Simmons	3:41
B4	Zoot Allures Bass – Dave Parlato Drums – Terry Bozzio Guitar – FZ* Harp – Lu Ann Neil* Marimba – Ruth Underwood	4:15
B5	Disco Boy Backing Vocals – Andre Lewis, Davey Moire, Roy Estrada, Sparkie Parker Drums, Backing Vocals – Terry Bozzio Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Synthesizer, Vocals – FZ*	5:28

Companies, etc.

Licensed From – Warner Bros. Inc.
Licensed To – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
Mastered At – Amigo Studios
Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Published By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright © – Bizarre Music Inc.
Copyright © – Munchkin Music
Copyright © – Frank Zappa Music, Inc.
Copyright © – Warner Bros. Records Inc.

Credits

Design – Cal Schenkel
Engineer – Davey Moire, Michael Braunstein
Mastered By – Arnie Acosta
Photography By – Gary Heery
Producer, Engineer [Re-mix] – Frank Zappa
Written-By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5)

Notes

This is a Los Angeles pressing and identified by LW and Los Angeles star (✲) sign in runout writings. WB Record labels with Palm Trees. Some copies might have a pink promotional sticker on the front cover (see images).

Runtimes taken from the labels due to variations on back cover runtimes:

A1 "Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station" - Back cover run time 2:35
B2 "Friendly Little Finger" - Back cover run time 4:19
B3 "Wonderful Wino" - Back cover run time 3:05

See also very similar Jacksonville pressing Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures.

Runouts are etched except last number before ✲-sign is stamped sideways.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A & B Label): BS 2970
Pressing Plant ID (Los Angeles star etched): ✲
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 1): BS-1-2970 LW1・1✲
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 1): BS-2-2970 LW2・3✲
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, variant 2): BS-1-2970 LW1・1✲
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, variant 2): BS-2-2970 LW2・2✲

Other Versions (5 of 136)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Zoot Allures (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	W 56298	Italy	1976
	Zoot Allures (LP, Album)	Warner Bros. Records	BS 2970	New Zealand	1976
Recently Edited	Zoot Allures (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	K 56298, K56298, BS 2970	UK	1976
	Zoot Allures (LP, Album, Repress, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records	WB 56 298, BS 2970	Germany	1976
Recently Edited	Zoot Allures (LP, Album, Stereo)	Warner Bros. Records	56 298	France	1976

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Reviews

wlosbo01 Mar 16, 2024
Edited one year ago
Black napkins sounds amazing and is really dynamic man. Overall this pressing sounds glorious and is beautiful. So happy I found this at a local record store in Louisville, KY in the Highlands 😎.
jasonlollarwinder Mar 16, 2023
Good God! get this pressing!!!! This is SICK ive played my copy 100 plus times- it still sounds incredible
bozinovski Jul 1, 2016
Just found it. It is pressing from the Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
bozinovski Jul 1, 2016
Are there other pressings variations, mine have Matrix / Runout BS-1-2970 WW1 and BS-2-2970 WW2? In which plant is this one pressed than?
terrysuki Sep 27, 2013
Edited 4 years ago
I've always wondered why Eddie Jobson and Patrick O'Hearn are on the cover of this album, whilst not appearing anywhere in the music! Very strange!
cspanw74 Aug 1, 2013
Worth noting about the Chinese characters on the back cover: according to the footnote on p301 of Ben Watson's "Negative Dialectics of Poodle Play", the characters can be read in Japanese as individual syllables. Left to right: fuh ran kuh zah pah, or "Frank Zappa".