Them Or Us
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| Released October 1984 | |
| See also: IINK,Patio,KUR Them Or Us (The Book) Thing-Fish/Them or Us Promo Specialized Digital Audio Gratification | |
Players
- Frank Zappa (guitar & vocals)
- Ray White, Ike Willis, Napoleon Murphy Brock, George Duke, Bobby Martin, Roy Estrada (vocals, harmony)
- Tommy Mars (keyboards)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
- Scott Thunes (bass)
- Ed Mann (percussion)
- Steve Vai (stunt guitar, guitar solo on "Ya Hozna" and first guitar solo on "Stevie's Spanking")
- Ray White (rhythm guitar)
- Bobby Martin (keyboards, harmonica)
- Dweezil Zappa (guitar solo on "Sharleena" and second guitar solo on "Stevie's Spanking")
- Patrick O'Hearn (bass on "Planet Of My Dreams")
- Thana Harris (harmony on "Planet Of My Dreams")
- George Duke (piano on "Planet Of My Dreams")
- Brad Cole (piano on "Be In My Video")
Tracks
LP
Side One
Side Two
Side Three
Side Four
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Current CD
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Release Notes
Liner Notes
Background Information
| Cover painting by Donald Roller Wilson. In the film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985) a poster of the album Them Or Us can be seen hanging on a wall. |
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
| ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
2 | LP | Barking Pumpkin SVBO-74200 |
1984-10-18 | None | US edition. Matrix # Side1: SVBO-74200-AS1 #1 | |
| 1 | CS | Barking Pumpkin 4XVBO-74200 |
1984 | None | US edition, XDR. 4XBO-74200 on the tape. | |||
| 2 | LP | EMI 2402343 |
1984-10[1] | UK edition. | ||||
| 2 | CS | EMI FZDTC 1 EN 24 0234 5 |
1984 | UK edition, XDR. | ||||
| 1 | CS | EMI 1C 464 24 0234 9 |
1984 | 5099924023498 | German edition, XDR. | |||
| 1 | CS | EMI 2402349 |
1984-10? | 5099924023498 | French edition. | |||
| 2 | LP | EMI EMS-67176•77 |
Japanese edition. | |||||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 40027 |
1986 | 0014431002724 (not printed) |
US edition, DDD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-CD40027 SOI01 MADE IN USA. SHAPE OPTIMEDIA INC. .9 | |||
| 1 | CD | EMI CDP 7-90080-2 |
1986 | 0077779008025 | UK edition. | |||
| Unknown | 2 | LP | Zappa ZAPPA 30 |
1990? | 5016583603014 | UK edition. | ||
| 1 | CS | Zappa TZAPPA 30 |
1990? | 5016583603045 | UK edition. | |||
| 1.2 Slightly lower quality master, but track 12 is longer |
1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 30 |
1990-09-01 | 5016583603021 | UK edition, DDD. Matrix # ZAP CD 30 MPO 04 @@ | ||
| 1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5046 |
1994-11-25 | 4988112405868 | Japanese edition. | ||
| 1.2 Slightly lower quality master, but track 12 is longer |
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10543 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431054327 | US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U7E WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L90? Y12049 A4 P2 310543-2 01 M1S1 | ||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5131 |
1995-10-25 | 4988112407909 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5151 |
1995-11-25 | 4988112408029 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5266 |
1996-05-30 | 4988112408661 | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10543 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1255 |
2002-10-23 | 4988112413542 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | |||
| 1.1a 2012 Remaster Original Stereo |
1 | CD | Zappa/UMe ZR 3870 |
2012-09-25 | 0824302387023 | US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[2]. | ||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/UMG Intl 0238702 |
2012-09-25 | 0824302387023 | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3870, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI LV26 08243 023 870-2 01 * 53116299 IFPI 0117 |
