The Mothers Of Invention* – Uncle Meat

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Label:	Bizarre Records – 2024
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Santa Maria 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	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	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 Zappa Ramifications)	7:25

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Reprise Records
Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Published By – Third Story Music
Mastered At – Customatrix
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

Credits

Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty] – Jimmy Carl Black
Drums [Some Pieces Before He Quit To Rhinoceros] – Billy (The Oozer) Mundi*
Drums, Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block [Wood Blocks], Bells, Chimes [Small Chimes], Other [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries] – Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp*
Effects [Percussion Effects] – Jerry Hansen
Electric Bass [& Cheeseburgers] – Roy Estrada
Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta [Celeste], Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone [Special Assistance, Copyist, Industrial Relations & Teen Appeal] – Ian Underwood
Electric Piano [Tarot Cards, Brown Rice] – Don 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 – Roy* (tracks: A5, B3)
Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine, Other [Pop Star, Obstinance & Equipment Setter-upper When He's Not Hustling Local Groupies] – Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood*
Vocals [Swell Vocals] – Ray Collins
Voice [Uncredited, Of Suzy Creamcheese] – Pamela Zarubica
Written-By – Frank Zappa
Written-By [Uncredited] – Richard Berry (tracks: A7)

Notes

Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.

Issued with gatefold jacket, 12 page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings), and Bizarre label inner sleeve's.

First cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.

Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968

Special thanks to: Ruth Komanoff & Nelcy Walker

Runouts are etched except 'o' is stamped.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 30,871
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 30,872
Matrix / Runout (Side C label): 30,873
Matrix / Runout (Side D label): 30,874
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout): Ƨ 1 30871 MS 2024A -1B o A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout): Ƨ 1 30872 MS 2024B -1B o A6
Matrix / Runout (Side C runout): S 1 30873MS 2024C -1B o A2
Matrix / Runout (Side D runout): S 1 30874 MS 2024D -1B o A4
Pressing Plant ID: S 1
Other (Mastering ID): o

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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