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== Release Info ==
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[[image:weasels_ripped_my_flesh.jpg|none|thumb|150px|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]
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Released August 10, 1970.
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<br>Produced by Frank Zappa.
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<br>Cover art by [[Neon Park]].
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<br>Art direction by [[John Williams]].
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== Tracks ==
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==Players==
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* '''FZ''': lead guitar, vocals
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* [[Ray Collins]]: vocals
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* [[Lowell George]]: rhythm guitar, vocals
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* [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]]: electric violin
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* [[Ian Underwood]]: alto saxophone
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* [[Bunk Gardner]]: tenor saxophone
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* [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]]: baritone saxophone
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* [[Buzz Gardner]]: trumpet, flugelhorn
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* [[Roy Estrada]]: bass guitar, vocals
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* [[Don Preston]]: keyboards, electronics
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* [[Jimmy Carl Black]]: drums
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==Tracks==  
 
# [[Didja Get Any Onya?|Didja Get Any Onya?]] (06:52)
 
# [[Didja Get Any Onya?|Didja Get Any Onya?]] (06:52)
 
# [[Directly From My Heart To You|Directly From My Heart To You]] (05:17)
 
# [[Directly From My Heart To You|Directly From My Heart To You]] (05:17)
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# [[The Orange County Lumber Truck|The Orange County Lumber Truck]] (03:22)
 
# [[The Orange County Lumber Truck|The Orange County Lumber Truck]] (03:22)
 
# [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh (The Track)|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] (02:08)
 
# [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh (The Track)|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] (02:08)
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==Release Notes==  
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== Players ==
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Produced by Frank Zappa.
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* '''FZ''': lead guitar, vocals
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<br>Cover art by [[Neon Park]].
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* [[Ray Collins]]: vocals
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<br>Art direction by [[John Williams]].
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* [[Lowell George]]: rhythm guitar, vocals
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==Liner Notes==
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* [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]]: electric violin
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==Background Information==  
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* [[Ian Underwood]]: alto saxophone
 
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* [[Bunk Gardner]]: tenor saxophone
 
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* [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]]: baritone saxophone
 
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* [[Buzz Gardner]]: trumpet, flugelhorn
 
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* [[Roy Estrada]]: bass guitar, vocals
 
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* [[Don Preston]]: keyboards, electronics
 
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* [[Jimmy Carl Black]]: drums
 
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== Background ==
 
 
After Zappa broke up [[The Mothers]] in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned a twelve-record set tentatively titled [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention]]. What emerged instead were [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and, in the summer of 1970, [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh|Weasels]]. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.  
 
After Zappa broke up [[The Mothers]] in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned a twelve-record set tentatively titled [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention]]. What emerged instead were [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and, in the summer of 1970, [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh|Weasels]]. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.  
  
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Frank Zappa on first seeing the German cover:<blockquote>"This ... actually, in terms of graphics it's not bad. The thing I resent most about this album cover is that it's not the way I wanted it to come out. I wanted it to look like [[#Release Info|that one]]. That one is ugly enough. I don't need this one.</blockquote>
 
Frank Zappa on first seeing the German cover:<blockquote>"This ... actually, in terms of graphics it's not bad. The thing I resent most about this album cover is that it's not the way I wanted it to come out. I wanted it to look like [[#Release Info|that one]]. That one is ugly enough. I don't need this one.</blockquote>
  
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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==Conceptual Continuity==  
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Revision as of 14:33, 18 April 2006

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Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Released August 10, 1970.

Players

Tracks

  1. Didja Get Any Onya? (06:52)
  2. Directly From My Heart To You (05:17)
  3. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask (03:48)
  4. Toads Of The Short Forest (04:48)
  5. Get A Little (02:31)
  6. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (06:53)
  7. Dwarf Nebula Professional March & Dwarf Nebula (02:12)
  8. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (03:32)
  9. Oh No (01:46)
  10. The Orange County Lumber Truck (03:22)
  11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (02:08)

Release Notes

Produced by Frank Zappa.
Cover art by Neon Park.
Art direction by John Williams.

Liner Notes

Background Information

After Zappa broke up The Mothers in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned a twelve-record set tentatively titled The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention. What emerged instead were Burnt Weeny Sandwich and, in the summer of 1970, Weasels. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.

The album’s title and cover came from a 1956 Man’s Life magazine which Zappa had shown to Neon Park.

German "Doll" Cover

German "Doll" Cover created by Dieter Boé

Frank Zappa on first seeing the German cover:

"This ... actually, in terms of graphics it's not bad. The thing I resent most about this album cover is that it's not the way I wanted it to come out. I wanted it to look like that one. That one is ugly enough. I don't need this one.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
10 1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
MS 2028 		1970-08-10 None Neon Park US edition. Matrix # Side1:
MS-2028 31083-1-A-1B logo
Side2:
MS-2028 logo 31084-1 re 1 B-/A overwritten on D B7
1 LP 1970 None Neon Park French edition - manufactured by Vogue - Matrix #
Side1: SR 2028 A
Side2: SR 2028 B
Unknown 1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 8888-4 		1986-11-25     Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
2
Remaster 		1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10163 		1990-05 0014431016325   US edition
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5028 		1994-10-26 4988112405301   Japanese edition
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10510 		1995-05-02 0014431051029   US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U3Q WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X11970 A4 P2 310510-2 02 M1S1
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5119 		1995-10-25 4988112407794   Japanese edition
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5254 		1996-05-30 4988112408548   Japanese edition
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1211 		2001-09-21 4988112412675   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10599 		2005-08-16 0014431059926   = VideoArts VACK 1211, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed
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