Hot Rats

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Hot Rats
Released October 1969
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
Double Dynamite
The Old Masters, Box II
Threesome No. 2
The Hot Rats Sessions
Funky Nothingness

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Peaches En Regalia (3:58)
  2. Willie The Pimp (9:25)
  3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (8:58)

Side Two

  1. Little Umbrellas (3:09)
  2. The Gumbo Variations (12:55)
  3. It Must Be A Camel (5:15)
CD
  1. Peaches En Regalia (3:39)
  2. Willie The Pimp (9:17)
  3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (9:00)
  4. Little Umbrellas (3:04)
  5. The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
  6. It Must Be A Camel (5:17)

Release Notes

Recorded: T.T.G., LA; Sunset Sound Recorders, LA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, July-August, 1969.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Dick Kunc (Whitney Studios), Jack Hunt (T.T.G.), Cliff Goldstein (T.T.G.), Brian Ingoldsby (Sunset Sound Recorders).
Photo: Ed Caraeff.
Cover design: Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

This movie for your ears was produced & directed by Frank Zappa.

Dedicated to Dweezil, Bub & Gil.

[2009 Release] Mastered 2008 by Bernie Grundman from FZ's original edited master.

Background Information

The woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt is Christine Frka.

Captain Beefheart appears on the inside back cover of Hot Rats holding a vacuum cleaner. 2 photos of Ian Underwood appear on the inside spread of Hot Rats along with FZ images in studio activity.

The UK Hot Rats sleeve was printed by MacNeill Press, London. The Bizarre Records & Reprise Records logos appear on front, top right-hand corner of photo, together with Cat No & the word 'Stereo'. This does not occur on the US sleeve.

A US radio commercial for this album used a form of reverse marketing stating that most people found the unnamed artist's music "ugly and too weird" but "it is imperative that you obtain Hot Rats".[1]

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
8 1.1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RS 6356 		1969-10-15 None Cal Schenkel US edition. Matrix #
Side1: T 1 RS 6356 A 30926 - 1
Side2: T 1 RS 6356 B 30927 - 2
1 8T Warner Bizarre/Reprise
M8 6356 		? None US edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RSLP 6356 		1970-02[2] None UK edition, Matrix # Side1: RSLP 6356 A1
Side2: RSLP 6356 B1.
Sleeve printed in UK.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RSLP 6356 		? None UK 2nd edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
K 44078 		1971-07[2] None UK 3rd edition.
1 CS Warner Bizarre/Reprise
444 078 		? None German edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
K 44078 		1972 None UK 4th edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet/Music Hall
112.927 		? None Argentinian edition,
titled Ratas Calientes.
1.2
Mono 		1 LP Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall
12.927 		? None Argentinian edition,
titled Ratas Calientes.
1.3
Re-EQ'd Original
Stereo 		1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 8888-2 		1986-11-25   Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
2
Important
Remix
with
Overdubs 		1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10066 		1987 0014431006623
(not printed) 		US edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10066 		1988   US edition, golden tinted picture CD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-RCD 10066 SOI01
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 2 		1987-10 5016583600228 UK edition, ADD.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 2 		1987-10 5016583600228 French edition, ADD.
1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74211 		1990-10-17? 0013347421148 US edition, XDR.
1 CD Intercord
i.r.s. 970702 		? ? German edition.
1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 2 		? 5016583600242? UK edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5027 		1994-10-26 4988112405295 Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10508 		1995-05-02 0014431050824 US edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10508 		1995-05-02 0014431050824 EU edition.
1 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10508 		1995-05-02 0014431050848 US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5102 		1995-09-25 4988112406964 Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5237 		1996-05-30 4988112408371 Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10508 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1209 		2001-09-21 4988112412651 Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40583/1 		2002-03-21 None US edition. Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set. Matrix # IFPI L504 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10508 03
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10598 		2005-07-19 0014431059827 = VideoArts VACK 1209, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1321 		2008-05-21 4988112417656 Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
1.1a
Remastered
Original Stereo 		1 LP
(140 g) 		Barking Pumpkin
RS 6356 		2009-01-13 None US edition, manufactured and distributed by Classic Records. Mastered and cut directly from the original analog master tape by Bernie Grundman.
1 LP
(200 g) 		Barking Pumpkin
RS 6356 		2009-01-13 None BG Side 2: RS-6356-B BG
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3841 		2012-07-31 0824302384121 US edition with CD-Text, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3].
Source: Original 1969 Analog Master.
Re-Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2008.
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238412 		2012-07-31 0824302384121 EU edition with CD-Text = Zappa/UMe ZR 3841, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI L017 08243 023 841-2 01 C 52971868 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0125
1 CD Zappa/Universal Music Japan
UICY-75357 		2012-11-28 4988005737557 Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3841-1 		2016-08-26 0824302384114 US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: Original 1969 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3841-1 		2016-08-26 0824302384114 EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3841-1.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3841-1[4] 		2018-03-23[5] 0824302384183
(sticker) 		US limited edition (750 copies), pink & purple Splatter vinyl, manufactured and distributed by Newbury Comics.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3841-1 		2019-12-20 0824302384114[6] US edition, pink translucent vinyl, FZ and Christine Frka photo on labels, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Re-Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2008.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3841-1[7] 		2019-12-20 0824302384114[6] EU edition, pink translucent vinyl, Barking Pumpkin and Zappa Records logos on labels, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Re-Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2008.

Notes

  1. ↑ - Hot Rats LP Promo
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
  3. ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
  4. ↑ Same gatefold sleeve as the 2016 US edition with same catalog number ZR 3841-1 and barcode 824302384114. The lower sticker mentions ZR3841C ST03
  5. ↑ The first batch planned for January 19th, 2018. was cancelled. Around January 17th, 2018, Frank Zappa Forum members reported to have received an email saying 'We wanted to inform you that in quality checking these pressings, the Hot Rats LP has unfortunately been determined to be defective. Therefore, we are canceling this title from your order. (...) When the pressing of Hot Rats is confirmed in the future, we will once again make these available for purchase via newburycomics.com. We will notify you with early access to offer you the chance to purchase at that time.' The new release date has been announced in a tweet by Newbury Comics on March 20th, 2018.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 The back cover sticker on shrinkwrap mentions 824302384190.
  7. ↑ The front cover sticker on shrinkwrap mentions ZR 3841Z-1

See Also

In 2008 a Dutch magazine Wah-Wah asked some people which record they would like to take to a desert island - for some unexplained reason. The Dutch poet, journalist and radio presenter Wim Brands chose this one.

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