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*[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
*[[Terry Bozzio]] (drums)
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*[[Terry Bozzio]] (drums, moisture)
 
*[[Robert Camarena|Robert "Frog" Camarena]], uncredited (vocals on [[Debra Kadabra]])
 
*[[Robert Camarena|Robert "Frog" Camarena]], uncredited (vocals on [[Debra Kadabra]])
 
*[[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] (sax, vocals)
 
*[[Napoleon Murphy Brock]] (sax, vocals)
 
*[[George Duke]] (keyboards, vocals)
 
*[[George Duke]] (keyboards, vocals)
*[[Bruce Fowler]] (trombone)
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*[[Bruce Fowler]] (trombone, fantastic dancing)
*[[Tom Fowler]] (bass)
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*[[Tom Fowler]] (bass, also dancing)
 
*[[Chester Thompson]] (drums on “[[200 Years Old]]” and “[[Cucamonga]]”)
 
*[[Chester Thompson]] (drums on “[[200 Years Old]]” and “[[Cucamonga]]”)
*[[Captain Beefheart]] (harp, vocals)
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*[[Captain Beefheart]] (harp, vocals, shopping bags)
 
*[[Denny Walley]] (slide guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Denny Walley]] (slide guitar, vocals)
  

Revision as of 17:57, 11 May 2008

Album History
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Bongo Fury
Released October 1975
See also:
The Old Masters, Box III

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Debra Kadabra (3:54)
  2. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (6:02)
  3. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (2:50)
  4. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (3:06)
  5. 200 Years Old (4:34)

Side Two

  1. Cucamonga (2:24)
  2. Advance Romance (11:20)
  3. Man With The Woman Head (1:29)
  4. Muffin Man (5:37)
CD
  1. Debra Kadabra (3:54)
  2. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (5:59)
  3. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top (3:22)
  4. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (2:33)
  5. 200 Years Old (4:32)
  6. Cucamonga (2:24)
  7. Advance Romance (11:17)
  8. Man With The Woman Head (1:29)
  9. Muffin Man (5:34)

Release Notes

Recorded the 20th & 21st of May 1975.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Overdubs and mixing at The Record Plant, L.A.
Engineered by Kerry McNab, Mike Braunstein, Kelly Kotera, Mike Stone, Davey Moire and Frank Hubach.
Photography by John Williams.
Design: Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

Background Information

Captain Beefheart is the alias of Don van Vliet, seen on the right of the cover photo.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
21 1
Original
Stereo
1 LP Warner DiscReet
DS 2234
1975-10-02 None   US edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
DIS 59 209
  None   German edition.
1 LP Warner-Pioneer DiscReet
P-10093D
  None   Japanese edition.
1 8T Warner DiscReet
DIS M8D 2234
1975 None   US edition.
1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 9999-7
1987-12-30     Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 15
? 5016583601546?   UK edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10097
1989-04-19? 0014431009723   US edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 15
1989-06? 5016583601522   UK edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5036
1994-11-25 4988112405783   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10522
1995-05-02 0014431052224   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8711 DISCTRONICS RCD 10522 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5125
1995-10-25 4988112407855   Japanese edition.
1 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10522
1996-02-29? 0014431052248   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5260
1996-05-30 4988112408609   Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10522 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1221
2001-10-24 4988112412774   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10903
2005-08-16 0014431090325   = VideoArts VACK 1221, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.