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Name = Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch | | Name = Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch | | ||
Released = May 1982 | | Released = May 1982 | | ||
− | Related = See also:<br>[[Chalk Pie]] | | + | Related = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_To_Save_A_Drowning_Witch.html}},{{ZPLink|vinylvscds/drowning_witch.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/ship-arriving-too-late-to-save-a-drowning-witch}}<br>[[Chalk Pie]]<br>[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] | |
}} | }} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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==Players== | ==Players== | ||
− | *[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals) | + | *[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals) |
*[[Steve Vai]] (guitar) | *[[Steve Vai]] (guitar) | ||
*[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals) | *[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals) | ||
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*[[Roy Estrada]] (vocals) | *[[Roy Estrada]] (vocals) | ||
*[[Ike Willis]] (vocals) | *[[Ike Willis]] (vocals) | ||
− | *[[Bob Harris]] (vocals) | + | *[[Bob Harris II|Bob Harris]] (vocals) |
*[[Lisa Popeil]] (vocals) | *[[Lisa Popeil]] (vocals) | ||
*[[Moon Zappa]] (vocal on [[Valley Girl]]) | *[[Moon Zappa]] (vocal on [[Valley Girl]]) | ||
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'''Side One''' | '''Side One''' | ||
#[[No Not Now]] (5:50) | #[[No Not Now]] (5:50) | ||
− | #[[Valley Girl]] (4: | + | #[[Valley Girl]] (4:58) [actually 4:50] |
#[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:20) | #[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:20) | ||
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*Tracks 11 to 16 : [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch#Current CD|Current CD tracks]] list | *Tracks 11 to 16 : [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch#Current CD|Current CD tracks]] list | ||
+ | |valign="top"|<div id="CS"><big>'''Cassette (UK edition)'''</big></div> | ||
+ | '''Side One''' | ||
+ | #[[No Not Now]] (5:51) | ||
+ | #[[Valley Girl]] (4:50) | ||
+ | #[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:17) | ||
+ | '''Side Two''' | ||
+ | #[[Drowning Witch]] (12:04) | ||
+ | #[[Envelopes]] (2:46) | ||
+ | #[[Teen-age Prostitute]] (2:40) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Release Notes== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Liner Notes== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Background Information== | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| | ||
+ | | valign="top" |<blockquote>"...the title of the album is going to be Drowning Witch. A long time ago there was this guy called [[wikipedia:Roger Price (comedian)|Roger Price]] who did this cartoon called Droodles and one of the pictures in the book was called 'Drowning Witch.' Right now we're in the process of trying to locate this guy to get permission to use the picture because this book came out in the '50s. I want to use the original picture."</blockquote> | ||
+ | <div align=right>— Frank Zappa, Record Review magazine interview, 1982.</div> | ||
+ | | [[Image:Lucky_Droodle.png|none|thumb|150px|1953 Droodle by Roger Price]] | ||
|} | |} | ||
− | + | from a [[KPFM-FM Radio Interview, 84/5|KPFM-FM Radio Interview]]: | |
− | + | ||
− | + | CA: "I've noticed that … ah … you've got a credit here for droodles, copyright 1953." | |
− | + | ||
− | + | FZ: "Yeah, the illustration on the cover, yeah." | |
− | + | ||
+ | CA: "Oh, is it this old things like on party napkins?" | ||
+ | |||
+ | FZ: "Right, yeah!" | ||
+ | |||
+ | CA: "Really, droodles!" [laughs] | ||
+ | |||
+ | FZ: "Yeah, I remembered that one, that one was my favorite droodle of all time, is that one right there. And, and I went on a search to find Roger Price, the guy who did those things and found out that he lived in the San Fernando Valley and works for a publishing company down there and … ah … licensed the right to use that droodle on the cover. That's the original droodle!" | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Conceptual Continuity== | ||
− | |||
==Versions== | ==Versions== | ||
{| {{Versions Table Header}} | {| {{Versions Table Header}} | ||
− | | rowspan= | + | | rowspan="25" align="center" | 35 |
− | | rowspan= | + | | rowspan="12" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]''' |
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]] |
− | | [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW 38066 | + | | [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW 38066 |
+ | | 1982-05-03 | ||
+ | | None | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | US edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]] | ||
+ | | Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT 38066 | ||
| 1982-05-03 | | 1982-05-03 | ||
| None | | None | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS 85804 | + | | [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS 85804 |
+ | | 1982-06<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref> | ||
+ | | None | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | UK edition. Some first copies had a bonus 7" promotional single named [[The Frank Zappa E.P.]] | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CS | ||
+ | | CBS<br>CBS 40-85804 | ||
+ | | 1982-06<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
| None | | None | ||
| | | | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | [[ | + | | [[wikipedia:Sony_Music_Entertainment_Japan|CBS/Sony]]<br>25AP 2362 |
+ | | ? | ||
+ | | None | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Japanese edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP | ||
+ | | [[EMI]]/Fame<br>5318 51 2608141 | ||
| ? | | ? | ||
| None | | None | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | + | | align="center" | CS |
− | | EMI/Fame<br>15318 51 2608144 | + | | EMI/Fame<br>15318 51 2608144 |
| ? | | ? | ||
| None | | None | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
− | | align="center" | [[ | + | | align="center" | LP |
− | | EMI<br>CDP 7 90074 2 | + | | EMI<br>EMC 3501 |
− | | | + | | 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/> |
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CS | ||
+ | | EMI<br>TCEMC 3501 | ||
+ | | 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]] | ||
+ | | EMI<br>CDP 7 90074 2 | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| 0077779007424 | | 0077779007424 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | UK edition, coupled with [[The Man From Utopia]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS· | + | | UK edition, coupled with [[The Man From Utopia]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS· |
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | LP | ||
+ | | Fame<br>FA 3180 | ||
+ | | 1987-06<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CS | ||
+ | | Fame<br>TCFA 3180 | ||
+ | | 1987-06<ref name="MStrong"/> | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition. | ||
|- | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="11" align="center" | '''1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)</small> | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2 74235 | + | | [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2 74235 |
| 1991 | | 1991 | ||
− | | 0013347423524 | + | | 0013347423524 |
| | | | ||
| US edition. | | US edition. | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CS | | align="center" | CS | ||
− | | Barking Pumpkin<br>D4 74235 | + | | Barking Pumpkin<br>D4 74235 |
| 1991 | | 1991 | ||
| 0013347423548 | | 0013347423548 | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | LP | | align="center" | LP | ||
− | | [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>ZAPPA 42 | + | | [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>ZAPPA 42 |
| ? | | ? | ||
− | | 5016583604219 | + | | 5016583604219 |
| | | | ||
| UK edition. | | UK edition. | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | Zappa<br>CDZAP 42 | + | | Zappa<br>CDZAP 42 |
− | | 1991 | + | | 1991-08<ref name="MStrong"/> |
| 5016583604226 | | 5016583604226 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | UK edition. Matrix # ZAP CD 42 MPO 01 @ | + | | UK/French edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]]. Matrix # ZAP CD 42 MPO 01 @ |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CS | | align="center" | CS | ||
− | | Zappa<br>TZAPPA 42 | + | | Zappa<br>TZAPPA 42 |
− | | 1991 | + | | 1991 |
− | | 5016583604240 | + | | 5016583604240 |
| | | | ||
| UK edition. | | UK edition. | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | [ | + | | Barking Pumpkin/[https://www.discogs.com/label/734889-MSI-2 MSI]<br>MSI 80046 |
+ | | ? | ||
| | | | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | Japanese edition. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | [[Intercord Record Service|Intercord]]<br>i.r.s. 970742 | ||
+ | | ? | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10537 | + | | [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1951096|RCD 10537}} |
| 1995-05-02 | | 1995-05-02 | ||
| 0014431053726 | | 0014431053726 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10537 01 | + | | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10537 01 |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5088 | + | | [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5088 |
| 1995-06-25 | | 1995-06-25 | ||
| 4988112406858 | | 4988112406858 | ||
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| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5223 | + | | VideoArts<br>VACK 5223 |
| 1996-04-15? | | 1996-04-15? | ||
| 4988112408234 | | 4988112408234 | ||
| | | | ||
− | | Japanese edition | + | | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10537 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese |
|- | |- | ||
| align="center" | 1 | | align="center" | 1 | ||
| align="center" | CD | | align="center" | CD | ||
− | | VideoArts<br>VACK 1243 | + | | VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/ship-arriving-too-late-vack-1243|VACK 1243}} |
| 2002-05-29 | | 2002-05-29 | ||
| 4988112413283 | | 4988112413283 | ||
| | | | ||
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)</small> | ||
+ | | align="center" | 1 | ||
+ | | align="center" | CD | ||
+ | | Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMe]]<br>ZR 3865 | ||
+ | | 2012-09-25 | ||
+ | | 0824302386521 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | 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/[[Universal Music Group|UMG Intl]]<br>0238652 | ||
+ | | 2012-09-25 | ||
+ | | 0824302386521 | ||
+ | | | ||
+ | | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3865, manufactured in Germany. | ||
|} | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Notes== | ||
+ | |||
+ | <references/> | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | |||
+ | *[[Chalk Pie]] | ||
+ | *[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]] | ||
+ | *[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] | ||
[[Category:Discography]] | [[Category:Discography]] | ||
+ | [[Category:1982]] | ||
[[Category:Original Albums]] | [[Category:Original Albums]] |
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Album History | |
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Released May 1982 | |
See also: IINK,Patio, KUR Chalk Pie The Frank Zappa E.P. Specialized Digital Audio Gratification |
Players
- Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
- Steve Vai (guitar)
- Ray White (rhythm guitar, vocals)
- Tommy Mars (keyboards)
- Bobby Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals)
- Ed Mann (percussion)
- Scott Thunes (bass)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Patrick O'Hearn (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
- Roy Estrada (vocals)
- Ike Willis (vocals)
- Bob Harris (vocals)
- Lisa Popeil (vocals)
- Moon Zappa (vocal on Valley Girl)
Tracks
LP
Side One
Side Two
|
Current CD
|
1986 CD, coupled with The Man From Utopia
|
Cassette (UK edition)
Side One
Side Two
|
Release Notes
Liner Notes
Background Information
— Frank Zappa, Record Review magazine interview, 1982.
|
from a KPFM-FM Radio Interview:
CA: "I've noticed that … ah … you've got a credit here for droodles, copyright 1953."
FZ: "Yeah, the illustration on the cover, yeah."
CA: "Oh, is it this old things like on party napkins?"
FZ: "Right, yeah!"
CA: "Really, droodles!" [laughs]
FZ: "Yeah, I remembered that one, that one was my favorite droodle of all time, is that one right there. And, and I went on a search to find Roger Price, the guy who did those things and found out that he lived in the San Fernando Valley and works for a publishing company down there and … ah … licensed the right to use that droodle on the cover. That's the original droodle!"
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin FW 38066 |
1982-05-03 | None | US edition. | |
1 | CS | Barking Pumpkin FWT 38066 |
1982-05-03 | None | US edition. | |||
1 | LP | CBS CBS 85804 |
1982-06[1] | None | UK edition. Some first copies had a bonus 7" promotional single named The Frank Zappa E.P. | |||
1 | CS | CBS CBS 40-85804 |
1982-06[1] | None | UK edition. | |||
1 | LP | CBS/Sony 25AP 2362 |
? | None | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | LP | EMI/Fame 5318 51 2608141 |
? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Barco Llegando Demasiado Tarde Para Salvar A Una Bruja Ahogándose. | |||
1 | CS | EMI/Fame 15318 51 2608144 |
? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Barco Llegando Demasiado Tarde Para Salvar A Una Bruja Ahogándose. | |||
1 | LP | EMI EMC 3501 |
1986-02[1] | UK 2nd edition. | ||||
1 | CS | EMI TCEMC 3501 |
1986-02[1] | UK 2nd edition. | ||||
1 | CD | EMI CDP 7 90074 2 |
? | 0077779007424 | UK edition, coupled with The Man From Utopia. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS· | |||
1 | LP | Fame FA 3180 |
1987-06[1] | UK 3rd edition. | ||||
1 | CS | Fame TCFA 3180 |
1987-06[1] | UK 3rd edition. | ||||
1.2 Original Stereo (I Come From Nowhere is shortened) |
1 | CD | Barking Pumpkin D2 74235 |
1991 | 0013347423524 | US edition. | ||
1 | CS | Barking Pumpkin D4 74235 |
1991 | 0013347423548 | US edition. | |||
1 | LP | Zappa ZAPPA 42 |
? | 5016583604219 | UK edition. | |||
1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 42 |
1991-08[1] | 5016583604226 | UK/French edition, AAD. Matrix # ZAP CD 42 MPO 01 @ | |||
1 | CS | Zappa TZAPPA 42 |
1991 | 5016583604240 | UK edition. | |||
1 | CD | Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 80046 |
? | Japanese edition. | ||||
1 | CD | Intercord i.r.s. 970742 |
? | German edition. | ||||
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10537 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431053726 | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10537 01 | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5088 |
1995-06-25 | 4988112406858 | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5223 |
1996-04-15? | 4988112408234 | Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10537 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1243 |
2002-05-29 | 4988112413283 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | |||
1.2 Original Stereo (I Come From Nowhere is shortened) |
1 | CD | Zappa/UMe ZR 3865 |
2012-09-25 | 0824302386521 | US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[2]. | ||
1 | CD | Zappa/UMG Intl 0238652 |
2012-09-25 | 0824302386521 | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3865, manufactured in Germany. |