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     Name          = You Are What You Is |
 
     Name          = You Are What You Is |
 
     Released      = September 1981 |
 
     Released      = September 1981 |
     Related        = See also:<br>[[Crush All Boxes]]<br>[[Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is]] |
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     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/You_Are_What_You_Is.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/you_are_what_you_is.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/you-are-what-you-is}}<br>[[Crush All Boxes]]<br>[[Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
  
 
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==Players==
 
==Players==
  
*[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Ike Willis]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Ike Willis]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
*[[Bob Harris]] (boy soprano, trumpet)
+
*[[Bob Harris II|Bob Harris]] (boy soprano, trumpet)
 
*[[Steve Vai]] ("strat abuse")
 
*[[Steve Vai]] ("strat abuse")
 
*[[Tommy Mars]] (keyboards)
 
*[[Tommy Mars]] (keyboards)
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*[[Ed Mann]] (percussion)
 
*[[Ed Mann]] (percussion)
 
*[[David Ocker]] (clarinet, bass clarinet)
 
*[[David Ocker]] (clarinet, bass clarinet)
*[[Motorhead Sherwood]] (tenor saxophone)
+
*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]] (tenor saxophone)
 
*[[Denny Walley]] (slide guitar)
 
*[[Denny Walley]] (slide guitar)
 
*[[David Logeman]] (drums)
 
*[[David Logeman]] (drums)
*[[Craig Steward]] (harmonica)
+
*[[Craig "Twister" Steward]] (harmonica)
 
Guest Vocalists:
 
Guest Vocalists:
 
*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] (vocals)
 
*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] (vocals)
*[[Motorhead Sherwood]] (vocals)
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*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood]] (vocals)
 
*[[Ahmet Zappa]] (vocals)
 
*[[Ahmet Zappa]] (vocals)
 
*[[Moon Zappa]] (vocals)
 
*[[Moon Zappa]] (vocals)
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|}
 
|}
  
== Release Notes ==
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==Release Notes==
*[[Frank Zappa]] - Producer
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*[[John Livzey]] - Cover Photo
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] - Producer
*[[John Vince]] - Graphics
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/2235232 John Livzey] - Cover Photo
*[[UMRK]] Studio
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*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1841738 John Vince] - Graphics
*[[Amy R. Bernstein]] - CD Layout
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*[[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen]] Studio
 +
*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/1858417-Amy-R-Bernstein Amy R. Bernstein] - CD Layout
 +
 
 +
==Liner Notes==
  
== Liner Notes ==
 
 
*[[Say Cheese...]]
 
*[[Say Cheese...]]
  
== Background Information ==
+
==Background Information==
The girl-hitting incident heard in [[Jumbo Go Away]] represented yet another case of Frank reporting on real events and letting listeners come to their own conclusions (rather than force-feeding them any “message songs”); Zappa guitarist [[Denny Walley]] had slapped a woman.  
+
 
 +
The girl-hitting incident heard in [[Jumbo Go Away]] represented yet another case of Frank reporting on real events and letting listeners come to their own conclusions (rather than force-feeding them any “message songs”); Zappa guitarist [[Denny Walley]] had slapped a woman.
 +
 
 +
==Conceptual Continuity==
  
 
[[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]]’s line “Leave my nose alone, please” from the end of [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted|Drafted Again]] was originally heard at the end of [[Flower Punk]] on the [[We're Only In It For The Money|Money album]].
 
[[Dweezil Zappa|Dweezil]]’s line “Leave my nose alone, please” from the end of [[I Don't Wanna Get Drafted|Drafted Again]] was originally heard at the end of [[Flower Punk]] on the [[We're Only In It For The Money|Money album]].
== Conceptual Continuity ==
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== Versions ==
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==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
| rowspan=22 align="center" | 34
+
| rowspan="27" align="center" | 34
| rowspan=5 align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| rowspan="8" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>PW2 37537
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>PW2&nbsp;37537
 
| 1981-09-23
 
| 1981-09-23
 
| None
 
| None
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS 88560
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| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS&nbsp;88560
| 1981-10
+
| 1981-10<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref>
 +
| None
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK edition. "LC 0149" on the back cover. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: CBS-88560-A1 Side 1 '''hand-etched''' Kdisc '''stamped'''<br>Side 2: CBS-88560-B1 Side 2 '''hand-etched''' Kdisc '''stamped'''<br>Side 3: CBS-88560-C1 Side 3 '''hand-etched''' Kdisc '''stamped'''<br>Side 4: CBS-88560 D2 Side 4 '''hand-etched''' Kdisc '''stamped'''
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
 +
| CBS<br>CBS&nbsp;40-88560
 +
| 1981-10<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| None
 
| None
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[CBS/Sony Records|CBS/Sony]]<br>40AP 2217~8
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| [[Wikipedia:Sony_Music_Entertainment_Japan|CBS/Sony]]<br>40AP&nbsp;2217~8
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| None
 
| None
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| align="center" | LP
| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>68415/6
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| [[EMI]]<br>58415/6
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| None
 
| None
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Argentinian edition.
 
| Argentinian edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | LP
 +
| EMI<br>EN&nbsp;5000
 +
| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| 5099926081236
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. "RB8601HP" on the back cover. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side 1: E&nbsp;50001 A-1-1-1-3<br>Side 2: E&nbsp;50001 B-3C-1-1-3<br>Side 3: E&nbsp;50002 A-1-1-2-<br>Side 4: E&nbsp;50002 B-1-1-2-
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| EMI<br>TCEN&nbsp;5000
 +
| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
| EMI<br>CDP 7&nbsp;90075&nbsp;2
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| EMI<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|382114|CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90075&nbsp;2}}
 
| 1986
 
| 1986
 
| 0077779007523
 
| 0077779007523
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5000" also printed on the CD & cover. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP 7 90075 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS
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| UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5000" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix # CDP 7 90075 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS
 
|-
 
|-
| rowspan=6 align="center" | 1.2<br>Lower<br>quality<br>[[Wikipedia:Remaster|master]]<br>with<br>incomplete<br>[[Dumb All Over]]<br>solo<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
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| rowspan="6" align="center" | 1.2<br>Lower<br>quality<br>[[wikipedia:Remaster|master]]<br>with<br>incomplete<br>[[Dumb All Over]]<br>solo<ref name="Patio">According to the [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]].</ref>
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 40165
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1380297|RCD&nbsp;40165}}
 
| 1990-05-14
 
| 1990-05-14
| 0014431016523
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| 0014431016523<br>(not printed)
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition.
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDZAP 27
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1406827|CDZAP&nbsp;27}}
 
| 1990-05?
 
| 1990-05?
| 0501658360275?
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| 5016583602727
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition.
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| UK edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]]. Matrix # CD&nbsp;ZAP&nbsp;27 MPO 01 @
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5044
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5044
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 4988112405844
 
| 4988112405844
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10536<sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10536<ref name="1998Booklet">The 1998 booklet mentions "digitally [[wikipedia:Remaster|remastered]] for CD in 1998 at [[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen|UMRK]] by [[Spencer Chrislu]]".</ref>
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 0014431053627
 
| 0014431053627
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5130
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5130
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 4988112407893
 
| 4988112407893
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5265
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5265
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 4988112408654
 
| 4988112408654
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| Japanese edition.
 
| Japanese edition.
 
|-
 
|-
| rowspan=3 align="center" | '''1.3<br>Higher<br>quality<br>[[Wikipedia:Remaster|master]]<br>with<br>incomplete<br>[[Dumb All Over]]<br>solo<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>'''
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.3<br>Higher<br>quality<br>[[wikipedia:Remaster|master]]<br>with<br>incomplete<br>[[Dumb All Over]]<br>solo<ref name="Patio"/>'''
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10536<sup>[[#Note2|[2]]]</sup>
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10536<ref name="1998Booklet"/>
 
| 1998
 
| 1998
 
| 0014431053627
 
| 0014431053627
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10536 01
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| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD&nbsp;10536 01
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 1242
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;1242
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 4988112413276
 
| 4988112413276
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 1335
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;1335
 
| 2008-06-18
 
| 2008-06-18
 
| 4988112417779
 
| 4988112417779
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
 
| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''2012 Remaster<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3940890|ZR&nbsp;3864}}
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386422
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[Zappa Family Trust|ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238642
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386422
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3864, manufactured in Germany.
 
|}
 
|}
  
== Notes ==
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==Notes==
#<div id="Note1">According to the [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]].</div>
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#<div id="Note2">The 1998 booklet mentions "digitally [[Wikipedia:Remaster|remastered]] for CD in 1998 at [[UMRK]] by [[Spencer Chrislu]]".</div>
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<references/>
  
== See Also ==
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==See Also==
 +
*[[You Are What You Is (The Music Video)]]
 +
*[[Crush All Boxes]]
 
*[[Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is]]
 
*[[Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is]]
 +
*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
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[[Category:1981]]

Latest revision as of 03:58, 6 November 2022

Album History
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You Are What You Is
Released September 1981
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
Crush All Boxes
Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is
Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

Guest Vocalists:

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Teen-age Wind (3:01)
  2. Harder Than Your Husband (2:29)
  3. Doreen (4:43)
  4. Goblin Girl (4:07)
  5. Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear (3:34)

Side Two

  1. Society Pages (2:27)
  2. I'm A Beautiful Guy (1:56)
  3. Beauty Knows No Pain (3:01)
  4. Charlie's Enormous Mouth (3:36)
  5. Any Downers? (2:09)
  6. Conehead (4:20)

Side Three

  1. You Are What You Is (4:22)
  2. Mudd Club (3:11)
  3. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:10)
  4. Dumb All Over (5:50)

Side Four

  1. Heavenly Bank Account (4:03)
  2. Suicide Chump (2:50)
  3. Jumbo Go Away (3:42)
  4. If Only She Woulda (3:47)
  5. Drafted Again (3:05)
Current CD
  1. Teen-age Wind (3:01)
  2. Harder Than Your Husband (2:29)
  3. Doreen (4:44)
  4. Goblin Girl (4:07)
  5. Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear (3:34)
  6. Society Pages (2:27)
  7. I'm A Beautiful Guy (1:56)
  8. Beauty Knows No Pain (3:02)
  9. Charlie's Enormous Mouth (3:36)
  10. Any Downers? (2:08)
  11. Conehead (4:25)
  12. You Are What You Is (4:23)
  13. Mudd Club (3:11)
  14. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:10)
  15. Dumb All Over (5:45)
  16. Heavenly Bank Account (3:45)
  17. Suicide Chump (2:49)
  18. Jumbo Go Away (3:43)
  19. If Only She Woulda (3:48)
  20. Drafted Again (3:05)

Release Notes

Liner Notes

Background Information

The girl-hitting incident heard in Jumbo Go Away represented yet another case of Frank reporting on real events and letting listeners come to their own conclusions (rather than force-feeding them any “message songs”); Zappa guitarist Denny Walley had slapped a woman.

Conceptual Continuity

Dweezil’s line “Leave my nose alone, please” from the end of Drafted Again was originally heard at the end of Flower Punk on the Money album.

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
34 1.1
Original
Stereo
2 LP Barking Pumpkin
PW2 37537
1981-09-23 None   US edition.
2 LP CBS
CBS 88560
1981-10[1] None   UK edition. "LC 0149" on the back cover. Matrix #
Side 1: CBS-88560-A1 Side 1 hand-etched Kdisc stamped
Side 2: CBS-88560-B1 Side 2 hand-etched Kdisc stamped
Side 3: CBS-88560-C1 Side 3 hand-etched Kdisc stamped
Side 4: CBS-88560 D2 Side 4 hand-etched Kdisc stamped
2 CS CBS
CBS 40-88560
1981-10[1] None   UK edition.
2 LP CBS/Sony
40AP 2217~8
  None   Japanese edition.
2 LP EMI
58415/6
? None   Argentinian edition.
2 LP EMI
EN 5000
1986-02[1] 5099926081236   UK 2nd edition. "RB8601HP" on the back cover. Matrix #
Side 1: E 50001 A-1-1-1-3
Side 2: E 50001 B-3C-1-1-3
Side 3: E 50002 A-1-1-2-
Side 4: E 50002 B-1-1-2-
2 CS EMI
TCEN 5000
1986-02[1]     UK 2nd edition.
1 CD EMI
CDP 7 90075 2
1986 0077779007523   UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5000" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix # CDP 7 90075 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS
1.2
Lower
quality
master
with
incomplete
Dumb All Over
solo[2]
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40165
1990-05-14 0014431016523
(not printed)
  US edition, AAD.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 27
1990-05? 5016583602727   UK edition, AAD. Matrix # CD ZAP 27 MPO 01 @
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5044
1994-11-25 4988112405844   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10536[3]
1995-05-02 0014431053627   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5130
1995-10-25 4988112407893   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5265
1996-05-30 4988112408654   Japanese edition.
1.3
Higher
quality
master
with
incomplete
Dumb All Over
solo[2]
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10536[3]
1998 0014431053627   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10536 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1242
2002-05-29 4988112413276   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1335
2008-06-18 4988112417779   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
2012 Remaster
Stereo
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3864
2012-09-25 0824302386422   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[4].
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238642
2012-09-25 0824302386422   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3864, manufactured in Germany.

Notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1722.
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 According to the Zappa Patio.
  3. Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 The 1998 booklet mentions "digitally remastered for CD in 1998 at UMRK by Spencer Chrislu".
  4. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

See Also