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* [[Frank Zappa]] (guitar, octave base, percussion) | * [[Frank Zappa]] (guitar, octave base, percussion) | ||
* [[Captain Beefheart]] (vocals) | * [[Captain Beefheart]] (vocals) | ||
| − | * [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris| | + | * [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris|Sugarcane Harris]] (electric violin) |
| − | * [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] (violin) | + | * [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] (electric violin) |
* [[John Guerin]] (drums) | * [[John Guerin]] (drums) | ||
* [[Paul Humphrey]] (drums) | * [[Paul Humphrey]] (drums) | ||
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| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve. | | Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve. | ||
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| − | + | == Notes == | |
| + | From the late 1960's to the mid 80's [[Jean-Luc Ponty]] played a 4-string violectra. | ||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
*[[Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler]] | *[[Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler]] | ||
Revision as of 01:09, 26 May 2008
| Album History | |
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| Released October 1969 | |
| See also: The Old Masters, Box II Threesome No. 2 Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler | |
Players
- Frank Zappa (guitar, octave base, percussion)
- Captain Beefheart (vocals)
- Sugarcane Harris (electric violin)
- Jean-Luc Ponty (electric violin)
- John Guerin (drums)
- Paul Humphrey (drums)
- Ron Selico (drums)
- Max Bennett (bass)
- Shuggy Otis (bass)
- Ian Underwood (piano, organ, flute, clarinets, saxes)
- Lowell George, uncredited (guitar)
Tracks
LP
Side One
Side Two
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CD
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Release Notes
Recorded: T.T.G., LA; Sunset Sound, LA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, July-August, 1969.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Dick Kunc (Whitney Studios), Jack Hunt (T.T.G.), Cliff Goldstein (T.T.G.), Brian Ingoldsby (Sunset Sound).
Photo: Ed Caraeff.
Cover design: Cal Schenkel.
Liner Notes
This movie for your ears was produced & directed by Frank Zappa. Dedicated to Dweezil, Bub & Gil.
Background Information
The woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt is Christine Frka.
The musician Captain Beefheart is an alias for Don van Vliet, who appears on the inside back cover of Hot Rats holding a vacuum cleaner. Similar images from the photoset appear throughout the Beefheart 5 CD set Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982. 2 photos of Ian Underwood appear on the inside spread of Hot Rats along with FZ images in studio activity.
The UK Hot Rats sleeve was printed by MacNeill Press, London. The Bizarre & Reprise Records logos appear on front, top right-hand corner of photo, together with Cat No & the word 'Stereo'. This does not occur on the US sleeve.
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
| ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise RS 6356 |
1969-10-15 | None | Cal Schenkel | US edition. Matrix # Side1: T 1 RS 6356 A 30926 - 1 Side2: T 1 RS 6356 B 30927 - 2 |
| 1 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise RSLP 6356 |
1969-?-? | None | UK edition, Matrix # Side1: RSLP 6356 A1 Side2: RSLP 6356 B1. Sleeve printed in UK. | |||
| 1 | LP | Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 112.927 |
? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes. | |||
| 1.2 Original Mono |
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 12.927 |
? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes | ||
| Unknown | 1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-2 |
1986-11-25 | Included in The Old Masters, Box II set. | |||
| 2 Important Remix |
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10066 |
1987 | 0014431006623 | Cal Schenkel | US edition | |
| 1 | CD | 1988 | 24 Karat Gold Picture CD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-RCD 10066 SOI01 | |||||
| 1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 2 |
1987-10 | 5016583600228 | UK edition | |||
| 1 | CD | Intercord i.r.s. 970702 |
? | ? | German edition | |||
| 1 | CS | Zappa TZAPPA 2 |
? | 5016583600242? | UK edition | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 2027 |
1994-10-26 | 4988112405295 | Japanese edition | |||
| 1 | CS | Rykodisc RAC 10508 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431050848 | US edition | |||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10508 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431050824 | US edition | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5102 |
1995-09-25 | 4988112406964 | Japanese edition | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5237 |
1996-05-30 | 4988112408371 | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10508 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1209 |
2001-09-21 | 4988112412651 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve | |||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 40583/1 |
2002-03-21 | None | US edition. Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set. Matrix # IFPI L504 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10508 03 | |||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10598 |
2005-07-19 | 0014431059827 | = VideoArts VACK 1209, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed | |||
| Unknown | 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1321 |
2008-05-21 | 4988112417656 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |
Notes
From the late 1960's to the mid 80's Jean-Luc Ponty played a 4-string violectra.
