Hot Rats

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Release Info

Released October 15 1969

Tracks

  1. Peaches En Regalia (03:39)
  2. Willie The Pimp (09:17)
  3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (09:00)
  4. Little Umbrellas (03:04)
  5. The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
  6. It Must Be A Camel (05:17)

Players

Captain Beefheart (vocals), Sugar Cane Harris (violin), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin), John Guerin (drums), Paul Humphrey (drums), Ron Selico (drums), Max Bennett (bass), Shuggy Otis (bass), Ian Underwood (keyboards, clarinets, saxes) and Frank Zappa (guitar, octave base, percussion)

Background

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

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

See also: "Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler".

ZFT # Mix # discs Format Catalog # Release EAN.UCC-13 (barcode) Artwork Comment
8 Stereo vinyl 1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise RS 6356 1969 None Cal Schenkel Matrix # Side1:
T 1 RS 6356 A 30926 - 1
Side2:
T 1 RS 6356 B 30927 - 2
? 1 LP Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-2 November 25 1986     Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
Important remix 1 CD Rykodisc RCD 10066 1987      
1 CD 1988     24 Karat Gold Picture CD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-RCD 10066 SOI01
1 CD VideoArts VACK 2027 October 26 1994 4988112405295    
1 CS Rykodisc RAC 10508 May 2 1995 0014431050848    
1 CD Rykodisc RCD 10508 May 2 1995 0014431050824    
1 CD VideoArts VACK 5102 September 25 1995 4988112406964    
1 CD VideoArts VACK 5237 May 30 1996 4988112408371    
1 CD VideoArts VACK 1209 September 21 2001 4988112412651   Mini-album papersleeve
1 CD Rykodisc RCD 40583/1 April 23 2002 None   Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set. Matrix # IFPI L504 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10508 03
1 CD Rykodisc RCD 10598 July 19 2005 0014431059827   Mini-album papersleeve