Zappa* – Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

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Label:	Barking Pumpkin Records – FW 38066
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	Jun 1982
Genre:	Jazz, Rock, Pop
Style:	Novelty, Avantgarde, Parody, Fusion, Art Rock, Jazz-Rock

Tracklist

A1	No Not Now	5:50
A2	Valley Girl Lyrics By [Monologue Improvised By] – Moon*	4:59
A3	I Come From Nowhere	6:20
B1	Drowning Witch	12:01
B2	Envelopes	2:44
B3	Teen-age Prostitute	2:40

Companies, etc.

Distributed By – CBS Records
Copyright © – Frank Zappa
Copyright © – Munchkin Music
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Barking Pumpkin Records
Published By – Munchkin Music
Recorded At – UMRK
Recorded By – UMRK Mobile
Mastered At – Dinkum Recording Services
Lacquer Cut At – Dinkum Recording Services
Mastered At – Customatrix
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

Composed By, Arranged By, Producer [Produced By] – Frank Zappa
Engineer [For Basics & Over-dubs] – Mark Pinske
Engineer [For Over-dubs & Re-mix] – Bob Stone
Graphics – John Vince
Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Roger Price
Liner Notes – Frank Zappa
Management – Glotzer Management
Management [Forearm] – Bennett Glotzer
Mastered By [Disc Mastering] – Jo Hansch
Performer [Music Performed By], Bass – Arthur Barrow (tracks: A1, A3), Patrick O'Hearn (tracks: A3), Scott Thunes (tracks: A2, B1 to B3)
Performer [Music Performed By], Drums – Chad Wackerman
Performer [Music Performed By], Guitar [Impossible Guitar Parts] – Steve Vai
Performer [Music Performed By], Keyboards – Tommy Mars
Performer [Music Performed By], Keyboards, Saxophone [Sax], Vocals – Bobby Martin (2)
Performer [Music Performed By], Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Performer [Music Performed By], Percussion – Ed Mann
Performer [Music Performed By], Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ray White
Performer [Music Performed By], Vocals – Bob Harris, Ike Willis, Lisa Popeil (tracks: B3), Moon Zappa (tracks: A2), Roy Estrada

Notes

Includes a black & white printed lyrics inner sleeve.
Some copies have a promotional stamp on the back cover.

[Rear sleeve:]
Frank Zappa Copyright © 1982, published by Munchkin Music ASCAP (except for the monologue in [track A2], which was improvised by Moon)
Roger Price/Cover illustration
From Droodles. Published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981 by Roger Price.
UMRK Mobile/Remote Recordings
UMRK Central/Over-dubs & Re-mix
Printed in U.S.A.
Copyright © 1982 Munchkin Music. [...] ℗ 1982, Barking Pumpkin Records.

[Labels:]
Munchkin Music (ASCAP)

Runout details:
Everything is hand-etched except stamped 'o' (variants 2 to 8), 'B' (variants 2 & 5 side A, variant 4 side B), 'C' (variants 2, 3 & 8 side B), 'A1' (variant 4 side A) and 'A' (variant 5 side B), 'C' (variant 8 side A).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: ASCAP
Pressing Plant ID (Etched in runouts): T1
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): FW 38066 AS
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): FW 38066 BS
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - side A runout): FW-38066-A T.H. Z Dinkum C T1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 - side B runout): FW-38066-B Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H. Z Dinkum B
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H. Z C 16 Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H. 1 Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H. 2 C Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - side A runout): T1 FW-SW-38066-A T.H. D Dinkum A1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 - side B runout): oT1 FW-SW-38066-B T.H. 1 Dinkum B 6
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H. Z Dinkum B
Matrix / Runout (Variant 5 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H. Z A Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H.1 C Dinkum 30
Matrix / Runout (Variant 6 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H.1 3 Dinkum M
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H. 2 Dinkum C
Matrix / Runout (Variant 7 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H.1 Dinkum E
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8 - side A runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-A T.H.1 4 Dinkum C
Matrix / Runout (Variant 8 - side B runout): o T1 FW-S̶W̶-38066-B T.H.2 17C Dinkum

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (Cassette, Album)	CBS	41-85804	Netherlands	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 85804	Italy	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237809	New Zealand	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, Stereo)	CBS, CBS	85804, CBS 85804	Europe	1982
	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, DM Pressing)	Epic	FW 38066	Canada	1982