The Mothers Of Invention* – Uncle Meat
| Label: | Bizarre Records – 2MS 2024, Bizarre Records – 2024, Reprise Records – 2MS 2024, Reprise Records – 2024 |
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| Format: | 2 x Vinyl, LP, Album, Auto-coupled |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Jazz, Rock |
| Style: | Musique Concrète, Avantgarde, Fusion, Doo Wop, Experimental, Parody |
Tracklist
| A1 | Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme | 1:54 | |
| A2 | The Voice Of Cheese | 0:27 | |
| A3 | 9 Types Of Industrial Pollution | 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 Ramifications) | 7:22 |
Companies, etc.
- Record Company – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
- Published By – Frank Zappa Music
- Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
- Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Credits
- Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
- Drums [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries], Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block, Bells, Chimes [Small] – Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp*
- Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty] – Jimmy Carl Black
- Drums [Some Tracks] – Billy (The Oozer) Mundi*
- Electric Bass – Roy Estrada
- Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Copyist [Special Assistance, Industrial Relations, Teen Appeal] – Ian Underwood
- Electric Piano [Tarot Cards, Brown Rice] – Don (Dom DeWild) Preston*
- Engineer – Richard Kunc*, Jerry Hansen
- Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], Percussion – Frank Zappa
- Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks] – Ruth Komanoff
- Percussion [Effects] – Jerry Hansen
- Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon – Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner*
- Producer – Frank Zappa
- Soprano Vocals – Nelcy Walker (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Pachuco Falsetto, Cheeseburgers] – Roy* (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Swell Vocals] – Ray* (tracks: A5, B3)
- Tenor Saxophone [Frenetic Stylings], Tambourine, Choreography [Pop Star, Obstinance], Technician [Equipment Setter-upper - When He's Not Hustling Local Groupies] – Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood*
- Vocals – Ray Collins
- Written-By – Frank Zappa
- Written-By [Uncredited] – Irving Berlin (tracks: B6), Richard Berry (tracks: A7)
Notes
Alternate Bizarre/Reprise release with A3 listed on cover and label as "9 Types Of Industrial Pollution"
Gatefold sleeve. Initial copies released with 12 page LP sized booklet.
First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to join Rhinoceros"
Special thanks to:
Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations.
Gatefold sleeve. Initial copies released with 12 page LP sized booklet.
First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to join Rhinoceros"
Special thanks to:
Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 1): 30871 MS2024A-1B 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variants 1 & 4): MS-2024 30872 X
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched, variants 1, 2 & 4): 2MS 2024 30873
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 1): 30874 MS2024D -1C
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 2): 30871 MS2024A-1F
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 2): 30872 MS2024B-1F
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 2): 30874 MS2024D-1B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 3): 30871 MS 2024A-1F
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 3): 30872 X MS-2024
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched, variant 3): 30873 2MS 2024
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 3): 30874 MS 2024 D-1B
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 4): 30871 MS 2034A - 1B SX F1
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 4): 30874 MS 2024D - 1B SX A
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 5): 30871 MS2024A-1F 1C
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 5): 30872 MS2024B-1F C
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched, variant 5): 30873 MS2024C-1F 0 SX
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 5): 30874 MS2024D-1F 0 SX
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 6): 30871 MS2024A-1F 1C
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 6): 30872 MS2024B-1F C
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched, variant 6): 30873MS2024C-1B 0 SX C
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout etched, variant 6): 30874 MS2024D-1B 0 SX C
- Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, [Stamped] variant 7): 30871 MS2024A-1B [0] A6 (faint) 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, [Stamped] variant 7): 30872 MS2024B-1B [0] A10 (faint) : 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side C runout etched, variant 7): 30873 MS2024C-1B E 7 (faint) 1
- Matrix / Runout (Side D runout, etched, variant 7): 30874 MS 2024D-1B E2 (faint) 1
- Rights Society: BMI
Other Versions (5 of 88)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
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Recently Edited | Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo, CTH, 400, Autocoupled) | Bizarre Records, Bizarre Records, Reprise Records | 2MS 2024, 2024 | US | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album) | Transatlantic Records | TRA 197 | UK | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo) | Bizarre Records, Reprise Records | MS 2024 | Germany | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, CSM, 400, Autocoupled) | Bizarre Records, Bizarre Records, Reprise Records | 2024, 2MS 2024 | US | 1969 | ||
Recently Edited | Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing, Auto-Coupled) | Bizarre Records, Bizarre Records | 2MS 2024, 2024 | US | 1969 |
Recommendations
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Released1970 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1970 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1982 — USVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Released1975 — USVinyl —LP, Album
Released1981 — EuropeVinyl —LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo
Released1979 — EuropeVinyl —LP, Album, Stereo
Reviews
- The pressing is great, no doubt. But even if you were to get a bouncy or clicky version, would you even know? I joke, of course, but this is one wild ride of an album. Zappa at his most avant garde, at some point even making the the listener ask if they are hearing music at all. And which point I usually just shrug and say, eh does it really matter? Definitely mad scientist stuff and not a good intro into Zappa for the casual listener.
Great pressing. Low surface noise. Bright and wide presentation, also due to all the effects FZ uses on this recording. I like it a lot!
This pressing has zero surface noise and sounds so clear and balanced. Perfection
Release
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