Uncle Meat
Players
THE MOTHERS at the time of this recording were:
- Frank Zappa guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
- Ray Collins swell vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black drums, droll humor, poverty
- Roy Estrada electric bass, chesseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
- Don (Dom De Wild) Preston electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
- Billy (The Oozer) Mundi drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
- Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)
- Ian Underwood electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
- Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquiries
- Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies
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
Uncredited: Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese.
Tracks
Disc One
- Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (01:56) - related to Uncle Meat
- The Voice Of Cheese (00:27)
- Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution (06:00)
- Zolar Czakl (00:55)
- Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (05:51) - related to Dog Breath
- The Legend Of The Golden Arches (03:28) - related to A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
- Louie Louie (02:19)
- The Dog Breath Variations (01:49) - related to Dog Breath
- Sleeping In A Jar (00:51)
- Our Bizarre Relationship (01:05)
- The Uncle Meat Variations (04:46) - related to Uncle Meat
- Electric Aunt Jemima (01:46)
- Prelude To King Kong (03:39) - related to King Kong
- God Bless America (Live At The Whisky-A-Go-Go) (01:11)
- A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (01:29)
- Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) (05:06)
- Mr. Green Genes (03:14)
- We Can Shoot You (02:03)
- If We'd All Been Living In California... (01:14)
- The Air (02:57)
- Project X (04:49)
- Cruising For Burgers (02:18)
Disc Two
- Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part 1 (37:35) - 1987 CD
- Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (03:46) - 1987 CD
- Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part 2 (03:51) - 1987 CD
- King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) (00:51) - related to King Kong
- King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild) (01:19) - related to King Kong
- King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) (01:45) - related to King Kong
- King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) (06:18) - related to King Kong
- King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) (00:34) - related to King Kong
- King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival) (07:25) - related to King Kong
Release Notes
Released April 1969.
Recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, October 1967-February 1968.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineer: Richard "Dynamite Dick" Kunc.
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA, c. March-April, 1968.
Engineered by Jerry Hansen.
Package designed by Cal Schenkel.
Liner Notes
Background Information
The teeth motif on the front and back covers satirized the old teenybopper posters that had featured "kissable close-ups" of the Beatles' lips, gums and teeth.
Or It could be that Cal Schenkel had just moved into a new studio on Melrose Avenue that was formerly a dentist's office and had loads of dental stuff still in there just waiting to be used.
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6 | 1 Original Stereo |
2 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise 2MS 2024 |
1969 | None | Cal Schenkel, NT&B | Matrix # Side1: MS-1-2024 WW1 #2 Side4: MS-4-2024 WW-1 #2 Side2: MS-2-2024 WW1 #3 Side3: MS-3-2024 WW-1 #●4 |
2 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise CRV 2009 (RS 2024) |
1969? | None | Cal Shenkel | French edition - manufactured by Vogue - red sticker on top left of the cover: The Mothers Of Invention Deux Albums 30cm - Matrix # Side1: CR 2024 A Side4: CR 2024 D Side2: CR 2024 B Side3: CR 2024 C | ||
2 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise REP 64005 (MS 2024) |
? | None | Cal Shenkel | German edition - manufactured by WEA Musik GMBH - Matrix # Side1: 030871 Side2: 030872 Side3: WEA - 64005-C PF Side4: 030874 | ||
Unknown | 2 | LP | Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-1 |
1986-11-25 | Included in The Old Masters, Box II set. | |||
2 Important Remastering |
2 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10064/5 |
1987-10 | 0014431006425 | US edition. | ||
2 | CD | Zappa CDDZAP 3 |
1987-10? | 5016583600327 | UK edition. | |||
2 | CD | Intercord i.r.s. 970703? i.r.s. 973703? |
? | German edition | ||||
2 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5025/6 |
1994-10-26 | 4988112405288 | Japanese edition. | |||
2 | CS | Rykodisc RAC 10506/7 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431050640 | US edition. | |||
2 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10506/7 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431050626 | US edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 2U3K WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L903 Y11982 A4 P2 310506-2.1 02 M1S3 ; CD2: IFPI 2U3K WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X12068 A4 P2 310506-2.2 01 M1S1 | |||
2 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5109/10 |
1995-09-25 | 4988112407732 | Japanese edition. | |||
2 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5244/45 |
1996-06-01 | 4988112408449 | Japanese edition. | |||
2 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1208 |
2001-09-21 | 4988112412644 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |