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The Man From Utopia
Released March 1983
See also: IINK,Patio,KUR Barking Pumpkin Goes Digital The Man from Utopia Promo Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, Linn Drum Machine)
Steve Vai ('impossible' guitar parts on strat and acoustic)
Ray White (guitar, vocals)
Roy Estrada (pachuco falsettos etc)
Bob Harris (boy soprano)
Ike Willis (bionic baritone)
Bobby Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals)
Tommy Mars (keyboards)
Arthur Barrow (keyboards, bass, micro-bass, rhythm guitar)
Ed Mann (percussion)
Scott Thunes (bass)
Chad Wackerman (drums)
Vinnie Colaiuta (drums on "The Dangerous Kitchen")
Dick Fegy (mandolin)
Marty Krystall (sax)

Tracks

LP

Side One

Side Two

The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:19)
Stick Together (3:50)
SEX (3:00)
The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:30)
We Are Not Alone (3:31)

Current CD

Cocaine Decisions (3:54)
SEX (3:43)
Tink Walks Amok (3:39)
The Radio Is Broken (5:51)
We Are Not Alone (3:18)
The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51)
The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:22)
Stick Together (3:14)
The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:29)
Luigi & The Wise Guys (3:25)
Moggio (2:36)

1986 CD, coupled with
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

Tracks 1 to 10 : LP tracks list
Tracks 11 to 16 :
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch CD tracks list

Release Notes

Liner Notes

Liberatore - The cover art

Background Information

Title derived from a song by Donald Woods.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
36	1.1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin FW 38403	1983-03-28		Tanino Liberatore	US edition. Matrix # Side1: FW-38403-A5B5-Re1 (2) \| Dinkum /\ Side2: FW-38403-B5A5-Re1 \| (2) Dinkum.
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin FWT 38403	1983-03-28			US edition.
		1	LP	CBS CSB 25251	1983-06^[1]			UK edition.
		1	CS	CBS CSB 40-25251	1983-06^[1]			UK edition.
		1	LP	CBS CSB 25251	1983			Dutch edition.
		1	CS	CBS CSB 40-25251	1983			Dutch edition.
		1	LP	CBS/Sony 25AP 2642				Japanese edition.
		1	LP	CBS 20459	?			Argentinian edition, titled El Hombre De Utopia.
		1	CS	CBS 60459	?			Argentinian edition, titled El Hombre De Utopia.
	1.2 Mõggio Track Remixed	1	LP	EMI 1C 064 26 0815 1	1986	5099926081519		Dutch edition, digitally remastered. Matrix # Side1: 2608151-A1 Side2: 2608151-BB1
		1	LP	EMI EMC 3500	1986-02^[1]			UK 2^nd edition.
		1	CS	EMI TCEMC 3500	1986-02^[1]			UK 2^nd edition.
		1	CD	EMI CDP 7 90074 2	Unknown	0077779007424		UK edition, coupled with Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
	Unknown	1	LP	Fame FA 3203	1988-04^[1]			UK 3^rd edition.
		1	CS	Fame TCFA 3203	1988-04^[1]			UK 3^rd edition.
		1	LP	SNC 3085	1993			Russian limited edition of 5000 copies, released under license from FZ.
	2 Important Remix, 1 Bonus Track	1	CD	Barking Pumpkin D2 74245	1993	0013347424521		US edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 53/ Music For Nations i.r.s. 970 753	1993-01-11	5016583605322		UK edition. Matrix # MAYKING RECORDS CDZAP53 10216381 01 %
		1	CD	Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 80047	1993?	4938167001331		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10538	1995-05-02	0014431053825		US & EU editions. Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10538 01
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5089	1995-06-25	4988112406865		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5224	1996-05-24?	4988112408241		Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10538 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1244	2002-05-29	4988112413290		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	2 Important Remix, 1 Bonus Track	1	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 3866	2012-09-25	0824302386620		US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe^[2].
	2 Important Remix, 1 Bonus Track	1	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238662	2012-09-25	0824302386620		EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3866, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI LV26 08243 023 866-2 01 * 53115311 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0126

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1722.
↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31^st, 2012.

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      Name           = The Man From Utopia |
      Released       = March 1983 |
-     Related        = See also:<br>[[The Man from Utopia Sampler]]<br>[[The Man from Utopia Promo]] |
+     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/The_Man_From_Utopia.html}},{{ZPLink|vinylvscds/man_from_utopia.html}},{{KURLink|fz-discography/the-man-from-utopia}}<br>[[Barking Pumpkin Goes Digital]]<br>[[The Man from Utopia Promo]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
 }}
 </div>
 ==Players==
-*[[Frank Zappa]] (guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, Linn Drum Machine)
-*[[Steve Vai]] (impossible guitar parts on strat and acoustic)
+*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (guitar, vocals, [[wikipedia:ARP 2600|ARP 2600]], Linn Drum Machine)
+*[[Steve Vai]] ('impossible' guitar parts on strat and acoustic)
 *[[Ray White]] (guitar, vocals)
 *[[Roy Estrada]] (pachuco falsettos etc)
-*[[Bob Harris]] (boy soprano)
+*[[Bob Harris II|Bob Harris]] (boy soprano)
 *[[Ike Willis]] (bionic baritone)
 *[[Bobby Martin]] (keyboards, sax, vocals)
@@ Line 26: / Line 27: @@
 *[[Chad Wackerman]] (drums)
 *[[Vinnie Colaiuta]] (drums on "[[The Dangerous Kitchen]]")
-*[[Dick Fegy]] (mandolin)
+*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/864743-Dick-Fegy Dick Fegy] (mandolin)
-*[[Marty Krystall]] (sax)
+*[https://www.discogs.com/artist/327549-Marty-Krystall Marty Krystall] (sax)
 ==Tracks==
@@ Line 70: / Line 71: @@
 ==Release Notes==
 ==Liner Notes==
-==Background Information==
-[[Tink Walks Amok]] is titled after [[Arthur Barrow]]’s childhood nickname, which Frank learned of from easy-pop singer Christopher Cross and found hilarious.  The main lick of the first section used to be called [[Atomic Paginini]]. Barrows described the session: “[Frank] would point to different strings and frets on my bass and tell me where to take the lick next. He was writing it as we were recording!” Also interpolated, toward the end, is an early 1980s piece called [[13]].
+[[Tanino Liberatore|Liberatore]] - The cover art
-The title of [[Moggio]] came from Frank’s daughter [[Diva Zappa|Diva]]; she crawled into bed with her parents and dreamt that she had a tiny father named [[Moggio]] who lived under her pillow.
+==Background Information==
-The opening song on the original side 2 is a studio medley of two R&B oldies, [[The Man From Utopia]] by [[Donald Woods]] and the Vel-Aires (1955) and [[Mary Lou]] by Young Jessie from around the same time.
-[[Stick Together]] is a slogan used with some sarcasm, since it’s usually a pro-union motto.
-The songs are heard in a different order on the 1995 CD than on the original album, and [[Luigi and the Wise Guys]] is added.
-The cover art was made by [[Tanino Liberatore|Liberatore]], a famous italian comics author and illustrator. The painted character is half [[Wikipedia:RanXerox|RanXerox]], half [[Frank Zappa]].
+Title derived from a song by [[Donald Woods]].
 ==Conceptual Continuity==
@@ Line 90: / Line 85: @@
 {| {{Versions Table Header}}
-| rowspan=19 align="center" | 36
+| rowspan="29" align="center" | 36
-| rowspan=5 align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
+| rowspan="9" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
+| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW&nbsp;38403
+| 1983-03-28
+| &nbsp;
+| rowspan="29" | [[Tanino Liberatore]]
+| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side1: FW-38403-<s>A5</s>B5-Re1 (2) <nowiki>|</nowiki> Dinkum /\<br>Side2: FW-38403-<s>B5</s>A5-Re1 <nowiki>|</nowiki> (2) Dinkum.
+|-
 | align="center" | 1
-| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
+| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
-| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW 38403
+| Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT&nbsp;38403
 | 1983-03-28
 | &nbsp;
+| US edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | LP
+| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CSB&nbsp;25251
+| 1983-06<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref>
+| &nbsp;
+| UK edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | CS
+| CBS<br>CSB&nbsp;40-25251
+| 1983-06<ref name="MStrong"/>
 | &nbsp;
-| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side1: FW-38403-<s>A5</s>B5-Re1 (2) <nowiki>|</nowiki> Dinkum /\<br>Side2: FW-38403-<s>B5</s>A5-Re1 <nowiki>|</nowiki> (2) Dinkum.
+| UK edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | LP
-| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>25251
+| CBS<br>CSB&nbsp;25251
 | 1983
 | &nbsp;
+| Dutch edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | CS
+| CBS<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|6868021|CSB&nbsp;40-25251}}
+| 1983
 | &nbsp;
 | Dutch edition.
@@ Line 110: / Line 132: @@
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | LP
-| [[CBS/Sony]]<br>25AP 2642
+| [[wikipedia:Sony Music Entertainment Japan|CBS/Sony]]<br>25AP&nbsp;2642
-| &nbsp;
 | &nbsp;
 | &nbsp;
@@ Line 120: / Line 141: @@
 | CBS<br>20459
 | ?
-| &nbsp;
 | &nbsp;
 | Argentinian edition,<br>titled [[The Man From Utopia|El Hombre De Utopia]].
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
-| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
+| align="center" | CS
 | CBS<br>60459
 | ?
-| &nbsp;
 | &nbsp;
 | Argentinian edition,<br>titled [[The Man From Utopia|El Hombre De Utopia]].
 |-
-| rowspan=2 align="center" | 1.2<br>[[Mõggio]]<br>Track<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remixed]]
+| rowspan="4" align="center" | 1.2<br>[[Mõggio]]<br>Track<br>[[wikipedia:Remix|Remixed]]
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | LP
-| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>1C 064 26 0815 1
+| [[EMI]]<br>1C&nbsp;064&nbsp;26&nbsp;0815&nbsp;1
-| 1981
+| 1986
 | 5099926081519
+| Dutch edition, digitally remastered.<br>Matrix #<br>Side1: 2608151-A1<br>Side2: 2608151-<s>B</s>B1
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | LP
+| EMI<br>EMC&nbsp;3500
+| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
+| &nbsp;
+| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | CS
+| EMI<br>TCEMC&nbsp;3500
+| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 | &nbsp;
-| Dutch edition, digitally remastered.<br>Matrix #<br>Side1: 2608151-A1<br>Side2: 2608151-<s>B</s>B1
+| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
-| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
+| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
 | EMI<br>CDP 7&nbsp;90074&nbsp;2
 | Unknown
 | 0077779007424
+| UK edition, coupled with [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]]. Matrix # CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90074&nbsp;2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
+|-
+| rowspan="3" align="center" | Unknown
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | LP
+| Fame<br>FA&nbsp;3203
+| 1988-04<ref name="MStrong"/>
+| &nbsp;
+| UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | CS
+| Fame<br>TCFA&nbsp;3203
+| 1988-04<ref name="MStrong"/>
 | &nbsp;
-| UK edition, coupled with [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]]. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
+| UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition.
 |-
-| align="center" | Unknown
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | LP
-| [[Stas Namin Center Records|SNC]] 3085
+| [https://www.discogs.com/label/49890-SNC-Records SNC]<br>3085
 | 1993
 | &nbsp;
-| &nbsp;
+| Russian limited edition of 5000 copies, released under license from [[Biography|FZ]].
-| Russian limited edition of 5000 copies, released under license from [[Frank Zappa|FZ]].
 |-
-| rowspan=7 align="center" | '''2<br>Important<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remix]],<br>1 Bonus<br>Track'''
+| rowspan="7" align="center" | '''2<br>Important<br>[[wikipedia:Remix|Remix]],<br>1 Bonus<br>Track'''
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2 74245
+| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2&nbsp;74245
 | 1993
 | 0013347424521
-| &nbsp;
 | US edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDZAP 53
+| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1756936|CDZAP&nbsp;53}}/<br>[https://www.discogs.com/label/16279-Music-For-Nations Music For Nations]<br>i.r.s.&nbsp;970&nbsp;753
 | 1993-01-11
 | 5016583605322
-| &nbsp;
+| UK edition. Matrix # MAYKING RECORDS CDZAP53 10216381 01 %
-| UK edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| Barking Pumpkin/[[Music Scene Incorporated|MSI]]<br>MSI 80047
+| Barking Pumpkin/[https://www.discogs.com/label/734889-MSI-2 MSI]<br>MSI&nbsp;80047
 | 1993?
-| &nbsp;
+| 4938167001331
-| &nbsp;
 | Japanese edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10538
+| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|453286|RCD&nbsp;10538}}
 | 1995-05-02
 | 0014431053825
-| &nbsp;
+| US & {{DiscogsPicLink|2506929|EU}} editions. Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD&nbsp;10538 01
-| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10538 01
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5089
+| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5089
 | 1995-06-25
 | 4988112406865
-| &nbsp;
 | Japanese edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| VideoArts<br>VACK 5224
+| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5224
 | 1996-05-24?
 | 4988112408241
-| &nbsp;
+| Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10538 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese
-| Japanese edition.
 |-
 | align="center" | 1
 | align="center" | CD
-| VideoArts<br>VACK 1244
+| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/man-from-utopia-vack-1244|VACK&nbsp;1244}}
 | 2002-05-29
 | 4988112413290
-| &nbsp;
 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
+|-
+| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''2<br>Important<br>[[wikipedia:Remix|Remix]],<br>1 Bonus<br>Track'''
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | CD
+| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|4091133|ZR&nbsp;3866}}
+| 2012-09-25
+| 0824302386620
+| 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&nbsp;Intl]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|6376986|0238662}}
+| 2012-09-25
+| 0824302386620
+| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3866, manufactured in Germany.<br>Matrix # '''4 x Universal logo''' IFPI LV26 08243 023 866-2 01 * 53115311 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0126
 |}
+==Notes==
+<references/>
 ==See Also==
-*[[The Man from Utopia Sampler]]
+*[[Barking Pumpkin Goes Digital]]
 *[[The Man from Utopia Promo]]
+*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
-[[Category:Discography|Man From Utopia, The]]
+[[Category:Discography|Man From Utopia]]
-[[Category:Original Albums|Man From Utopia, The]]
+[[Category:1983|Man From Utopia]]
-[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Man From Utopia, The]]
+[[Category:Original Albums|Man From Utopia]]
+[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)|Man From Utopia]]