The Mothers Of Invention* – Uncle Meat

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Label:	Reprise Records – 2MS 2024
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Pitman Pressing, Auto-Coupled
Country:	US
Released:	1969
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Parody

Tracklist

A1	Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme	1:54
A2	The Voice Of Cheese Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica	0:27
A3	400 Days Of The Year	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 Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica	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

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Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Mastered At – Customatrix

Credits

Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
Drums [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries], Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block [Wood Blocks], Bells, Chimes [Small] – Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp*
Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty] – Jimmy Carl Black
Drums [Some Tracks] – Billy (The Oozer) Mundi*
Effects [Percussion Effects] – Jerry Hansen
Electric Bass – Roy Estrada
Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta [Celeste], 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 – Jerry Hansen
Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], Percussion – Frank Zappa
Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks] – Ruth Komanoff
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] – Richard Berry (tracks: A7)

Notes

Sides 1 & 4 are on record 1. Sides 2 & 3 are on record 2.

Small "P" in runouts denotes a Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman pressing

Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.
Issued with gatefold sleeve and 12-page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings). Discs with Bizarre labels and liners.

First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels, re 3rd cat#.
(The 'Bizarre' label used Reprise cat system, whilst 'Straight' used its own through Reprise)

Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]

A3 is called "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution" on label instead of "400 Days Of The Year"

Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to 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 (Disc 1, Runout, Side I): 30871 MS2024A -1C o P
Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, Runout, Side IV): 30874 MS2024D -1C o P
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Runout, Side II): 30872 MS2024B -1C o P
Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Runout, Side III): 30873 MS2024C -1D o P
Rights Society: BMI

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo, CTH, 400, Autocoupled)	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)	Reprise Records	MS 2024		1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, CSM, 400, Autocoupled)	Reprise Records	2024, 2MS 2024	US	1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing, Auto-Coupled)	Bizarre Records	2MS 2024, 2024	US	1969