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     Name          = Thing-Fish |
 
     Name          = Thing-Fish |
 
     Released      = November 1984 |
 
     Released      = November 1984 |
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     Related        = See also:<br>[[Thing-Fish Demos]] |
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     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Thing-Fish.html}},{{ZPLink|vinylvscds/thing-fish.html}},{{KURLink|fz-discography/thingfish}}<br>[[Thing-Fish Demos]]<br>[[Thing-Fish/Them or Us Promo]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
 
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</div>
 
</div>
  
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== Players ==
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==Players==
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*[[Frank Zappa]] (guitar, synclavier)
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{|
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (guitar, synclavier)
 
*[[Steve Vai]] (guitar)
 
*[[Steve Vai]] (guitar)
 
*[[Ray White]] (guitar)
 
*[[Ray White]] (guitar)
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*[[David Ocker]] (synclavier programmer)
 
*[[David Ocker]] (synclavier programmer)
  
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*Thing-Fish: [[Ike Willis]]
 
*Thing-Fish: [[Ike Willis]]
 
*Harry: [[Terry Bozzio]]
 
*Harry: [[Terry Bozzio]]
 
*Rhonda: [[Dale Bozzio]]
 
*Rhonda: [[Dale Bozzio]]
 
*Evil Prince: [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]]
 
*Evil Prince: [[Napoleon Murphy Brock]]
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*Harry-as-a-boy: [[Bob Harris]]
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*Harry-as-a-boy: [[Bob Harris II|Bob Harris]]
 
*Brown Moses: [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]]
 
*Brown Moses: [[Johnny "Guitar" Watson]]
 
*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon: [[Ray White]]
 
*Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon: [[Ray White]]
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|}
  
 
==Tracks==
 
==Tracks==
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'''Side One'''
 
'''Side One'''
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
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#[[The Mammy Anthem|The Mammy Nuns]] (3:50)
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#[[The Mammy Nuns]] (3:50)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:36)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:36)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:29)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:29)
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'''Disc One'''
 
'''Disc One'''
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
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#[[The Mammy Anthem|The Mammy Nuns]] (3:31)
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#[[The Mammy Nuns]] (3:31)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:37)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:37)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:27)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:27)
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'''Disc One'''
 
'''Disc One'''
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
 
#[[Prologue]] (2:56)
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#[[The Mammy Anthem|The Mammy Nuns]] (3:31)
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#[[The Mammy Nuns]] (3:31)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:37)
 
#[[Harry & Rhonda]] (3:37)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:27)
 
#[[Galoot Up-Date]] (5:27)
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|}
 
|}
  
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== Release Notes ==
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==Release Notes==
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== Liner Notes ==
 
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==Background Information==
 
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In April 1984, [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] published a 21-page text extract (plus photos) of the musical comedy "[[Thing-Fish]]" in the pornographic magazine [[Hustler]]. Seven months later, the soundtrack was released but the staging of this work never took place. The title character's name was derived from "Kingfish", a stereotypically black character from the 1952 TV show "[[Amos & Andy]]". [[Thing-Fish]] speaks in a similar accent, and narrates the story of a young couple who desperately try to fit in and go to any lengths to accomplish their impossible goals.
 
  
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In the plot, [[Thing-Fish]] has been deformed by the government's biochemical warfare against gays and minorities as part of the right-wing plan to cry "divine retribution" (à la [[Frank Zappa|Frank]]'s theory about how Republicans started AIDS via religious missionaries' vaccinating of overseas primitives). The resulting "fear of God" helps value-preaching conservatives get elected, and also allows them to return favors to religious groups and televangelists who've donated campaign funds (cf. "[[Heavenly Bank Account]]" on "[[You Are What You Is]]").
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==Liner Notes==
  
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<blockquote>
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==Background Information==
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"Of all of [[Frank Zappa]]'s [[:Category:Discography|discography]], [[Thing-Fish]] must be his most controversial, misunderstood, overlooked album. Obviously, it is not a masterpiece, but reducing it to a compilation album with a racist plot distorts the reality. First released as a three-[[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]] set (and reissued on two [[Wikipedia:Compact Disc|CDs]]), this album is the "original cast recording" of a never-produced Broadway show. Working-class joes have been mutated into potato-headed, duck-mouthed creatures by a government experiment gone wrong. They put up a Broadway musical in which reality and fiction become one for two members of the audience. The main character, [[Thing-Fish]], is played by [[Ike Willis]]. His thick caricatured Negro accent is directly taken from Amos 'n' Andy's ''King Fish'' character. [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]]'s intention was not to mock African Americans, but to ridicule the way they are depicted on Broadway, mainly a white male-dominated milieu. Harry and Rhonda, the two audience members drawn into the story by force, are played by [[Terry Bozzio]] and [[Dale Bozzio]]. Harry will realize he is gay, Rhonda will turn into a briefcase fetishist. [[Frank Zappa|Zappa]] exaggerates the yuppie trends of the mid-'80s (Harry is gay for "career purposes"; Rhonda embodies the ultra-feminist) and slips into the plot concerns about the spread of AIDS being the result of governmental scientific experiments. It's crazy, offensive, barely holding together, but it sure is entertaining. To accommodate the plot, Zappa wrote a couple of new songs and re-recorded a handful of tracks from [[Zoot Allures]], [[You Are What You Is]], [[Tinsel Town Rebellion|Tinsel-Town Rebellion]], and [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch|Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch]] with new lyrics. It is definitely for the seasoned fan (the [[:Category:Conceptual Continuity|conceptual continuity]] clues make an integral part of the experience), but more than rehashed material."
 
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</blockquote>
 
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<div align=right>— '''AMG''' review, François Couture</div>
 
  
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<blockquote>
 
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"We at STAGECRAFT ENTERTAINMENT have worked for four years to actually bring this project to the stage. The only 'musical' [[Frank Zappa]] has ever written has been something we just had to do. It started out as an idea way back in 1999, when Tommi was listening to the studio recording of '[[Thing-Fish]]', the 'original cast recording'. It was a recording put together from already existing material and newly recorded studio material. This piece in it's entirety has never been perfomed on stage, it has never been performed as a theatrical production. It took a year until Tommi and his little crew received permission from [[Gail Zappa]] (the late composers wife and head of [[Zappa Family Trust|the Zappa Family Trust]]) to perform two scenes. Haveing tasted blood, the 'triumvirate' Daniel Knapp, Wolf E. Rahlfs and Tommi Brem moved the project forward, until they received permission to perform their own adaptation in a London theatre. 'An authorized adaptation of [[Frank Zappa]]'s [[Thing-Fish]]' opened the Opera Season at the [[Battersea Arts Centre]]. The help of an international cast and crew of 32, a handful of sponsors and the private bank accounts of Knapp, Rahlfs and Brem made this production happen. Four sold out shows and an international audience as well as extensive media coverage made up for the effort and the money spent."
 
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</blockquote>
 
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<div align=right>— [[Stagecraft Entertainment]]</div>
 
  
 
===Articles===
 
===Articles===
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*[[Thing-Fish: The Return of Frank Zappa]], [[Philip Fisher]], 2003, [[The British Theatre Guide]]
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*[[Thing-Fish: The Return of Frank Zappa]], [https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/users/3 Philip Fisher], 2003, [https://www.britishtheatreguide.info/ The British Theatre Guide]
 
*[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]
 
*[[Them Or Us (The Book)]]
  
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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==Conceptual Continuity==
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* [[Amos & Andy]]
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==Versions==
 
==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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| rowspan=13 align="center" | 41
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| rowspan="15" align="center" | 41
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| rowspan=4 align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | 3
−
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>SKCO-74201
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1850205|SKCO-74201}}
 
| 1984-11-21
 
| 1984-11-21
 
| 0013347420110<br>(not printed)
 
| 0013347420110<br>(not printed)
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| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
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| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>2402943
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| [[EMI]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1794928|EX&nbsp;2402943}}
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| 1984?
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| 1985-03<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1723.</ref>
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| align="center" | CS
−
| Barking Pumpkin<br>4XCO-74201
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| EMI<br>EX&nbsp;2402949
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| 1984?
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| 1985-03<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| 0013347420141<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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| UK edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br>with Alternate version
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
−
| align="center" | CS
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
−
| EMI<br>EX 2402949
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| Barking Pumpkin<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5403973|4XCO-74201}}
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| 1985-02?
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| 1984?
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| &nbsp;
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| 0013347420141<br>(not printed)
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
−
| UK edition.
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:XDR (audio)|XDR]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| rowspan=1 align="center" | 1.2<br>4 tracks<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remixed]]
 
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
−
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10020/1<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3424473|RCD&nbsp;10020/1}}<ref name="Patio">According to the [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]], the [[Matrix Numbers|matrix numbers]] might be the only way to visually distinguish the 2 versions of RCD&nbsp;10020/1.</ref>
 
| 1986
 
| 1986
 
| 0014431002021<br>(not printed)
 
| 0014431002021<br>(not printed)
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| US edition, [[Wikipedia:SPARS Code|DDD]]. Matrix #<br>CD1: CI05053 -0- 12345 RCD 10020 818-PUMPKIN 10005 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.<br>CD2: CI05054 -0- 12345 RCD 10021 10004 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|DDD]]. Matrix #<br>CD1: CI05053 -0- 12345 RCD&nbsp;10020 818-PUMPKIN 10005 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.<br>CD2: CI05054 -0- 12345 RCD&nbsp;10021 10004 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.<br>'''CD 2:Track 8 is alternate version.'''
 
|-
 
|-
−
| rowspan=1 align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| EMI<br>CDS 7&nbsp;90081&nbsp;2
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| EMI<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|434066|CDS&nbsp;7&nbsp;90081&nbsp;2}}
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| 1987?
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| 1988-04<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| 0077779008124
 
| 0077779008124
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| UK edition. "UK: CD FZ 3" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix #<br>CD1: CDP 7 90082 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·<br>CD2: CDP 7 90083 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
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| UK edition. "UK: CD&nbsp;FZ&nbsp;3" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix #<br>CD1: CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90082&nbsp;2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·<br>CD2: CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90083&nbsp;2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan=7 align="center" | '''1.3<br>7 tracks<br>[[Wikipedia:Remix|Remixed]]'''
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| rowspan="7" align="center" | '''1.3<br>Remaster<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(Re-edit CD 1:Track 12 &<br>CD 2:Track 8 are alternate version.<br>CD 1:Track 1 & 11 are short edit.<br>CD 2:Track 9 is reversed stereo.<small>)
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
−
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10020/1<sup>[[#Note1|[1]]]</sup>
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10020/1<ref name="Patio"/>
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| 0014431002021<br>(not printed)
 
| 0014431002021<br>(not printed)
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| US edition. Disc 1 is 12tracks, Disc 2 is 10tracks.
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| US edition. Disc 1 is 12 tracks, Disc 2 is 10 tracks.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDDZAP 21
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1380310|CDDZAP&nbsp;21}}
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| 1990-02?
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| 1990-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| 5016583602123
 
| 5016583602123
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
−
| UK edition. Disc 1 is 14tracks, Disc 2 is 8tracks.
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| UK & French editions, [[wikipedia:SPARS_code|DDD]]. Disc 1 is 14 tracks, Disc 2 is 8 tracks. Matrix # CD1: CDD&nbsp;ZAP&nbsp;21 CD 1 MPO 05 @ ; CD2: ?
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
−
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5047/8
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|14277086|VACK&nbsp;5047/8}}
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 1994-11-25
 
| 4988112405875
 
| 4988112405875
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
−
| Japanese edition. (US Edition(RCD 10020/1 with japanese booklet))
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| Japanese edition = RCD&nbsp;10020/1 with japanese booklet.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
−
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10544/45
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1621827|RCD&nbsp;10544/45}}
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 0014431002021
 
| 0014431002021
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK 5132/3
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| VideoArts<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9732435|VACK&nbsp;5132/3}}
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 4988112407916
 
| 4988112407916
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK 5267/8
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5267/8
 
| 1996-05-30?
 
| 1996-05-30?
 
| 4988112408678
 
| 4988112408678
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK 1256
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| VideoArts<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5337782|VACK&nbsp;1256}}
 
| 2002-10-23
 
| 2002-10-23
 
| 4988112413559
 
| 4988112413559
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.3<br>Remaster<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(Re-edit CD 1:Track 12 &<br>CD 2:Track 6 are alternate version.<br>CD 1:Track 1 & 11 are short edit.<br>CD 2:Track 7 is reversed stereo.<small>)
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5219751|ZR&nbsp;3871}}
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| 2012-09-25
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| 0824302387122
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| &nbsp;
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| 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>.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|4993197|0238712}}
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| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302387122
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3871, manufactured in Germany.
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
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#<div id="Note1">According to the [[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]], the [[Matrix Numbers|matrix numbers]] might be the only way to visually distinguish the 2 versions of RCD 10020/1.</div>
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<references/>
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==See Also==
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*[[Thing-Fish Demos]]
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*[[Thing-Fish/Them or Us Promo]]
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*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
 
[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]
 
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]
 
[[Category:Them Or Us (The List)]]
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[[Category:1984]]

Latest revision as of 17:04, 8 November 2022

Album History
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Thing-Fish
Released November 1984
See also:
IINK,Patio,KUR
Thing-Fish Demos
Thing-Fish/Them or Us Promo
Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Prologue (2:56)
  2. The Mammy Nuns (3:50)
  3. Harry & Rhonda (3:36)
  4. Galoot Up-Date (5:29)

Side Two

  1. The 'Torchum' Never Stops (10:32)
  2. That Evil Prince (1:17)
  3. You Are What You Is (4:31)

Side Three

  1. Mudd Club (3:17)
  2. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:14)
  3. Clowns On Velvet (1:38)
  4. Harry-As-A-Boy (2:51)
  5. He's So Gay (2:48)

Side Four

  1. The Massive Improve'lence (5:07)
  2. Artificial Rhonda (3:30)
  3. The Crab-Grass Baby (3:48)
  4. The White Boy Troubles (3:35)

Side Five

  1. No Not Now (5:50)
  2. Briefcase Boogie (4:10)
  3. Brown Moses (3:02)

Side Six

  1. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full (3:53)
  2. Drop Dead (7:56)
  3. Won Ton On (4:20)
1986 CD

Disc One

  1. Prologue (2:56)
  2. The Mammy Nuns (3:31)
  3. Harry & Rhonda (3:37)
  4. Galoot Up-Date (5:27)
  5. The 'Torchum' Never Stops (10:33)
  6. That Evil Prince (1:18)
  7. You Are What You Is (4:31)
  8. Mudd Club (3:17)
  9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:15)
  10. Clowns On Velvet (1:39)
  11. Harry-As-A-Boy (2:51)
  12. He's So Gay (2:48)

Disc Two

  1. The Massive Improve'lence (5:08)
  2. Artificial Rhonda (3:34)
  3. The Crab-Grass Baby (3:48)
  4. The White Boy Troubles (3:33)
  5. No Not Now (5:50)
  6. Briefcase Boogie (4:10)
  7. Brown Moses (3:02)
  8. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full (4:02)
  9. Drop Dead (7:56)
  10. Won Ton On (4:18)
1995 CD

Disc One

  1. Prologue (2:56)
  2. The Mammy Nuns (3:31)
  3. Harry & Rhonda (3:37)
  4. Galoot Up-Date (5:27)
  5. The 'Torchum' Never Stops (10:33)
  6. That Evil Prince (1:18)
  7. You Are What You Is (4:31)
  8. Mudd Club (3:17)
  9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:14)
  10. Clowns On Velvet (1:52)
  11. Harry-As-A-Boy (2:34)
  12. He's So Gay (2:44)
  13. The Massive Improve'lence (5:08)
  14. Artificial Rhonda (3:31)

Disc Two

  1. The Crab-Grass Baby (3:47)
  2. The White Boy Troubles (3:34)
  3. No Not Now (5:50)
  4. Briefcase Boogie (4:10)
  5. Brown Moses (3:01)
  6. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full (4:00)
  7. Drop Dead (7:56)
  8. Won Ton On (4:18)

Release Notes

Liner Notes

Background Information

Articles

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
41 1.1
Original
Stereo 		3 LP Barking Pumpkin
SKCO-74201 		1984-11-21 0013347420110
(not printed) 		  US edition. Matrix #

Side1: AL-SP SKCO-1-74201-Z6
(1) BPR-23865-Z6 jm
Δ8309 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
Side2: AL-SP SKCO-2-74201-Z5
jm SLM Δ8309-X SP 1-4 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
Side3: AL-SP SKCO-3-74201-Z5
jm SLM Δ8310 SP 1-4 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
Side4: AL-SP SKCO-4-74201-Z6
() B-23868-Z6 jm
Δ8310-X SP 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
Side5: AL-SP SKCO-SKOC-5-74201-Z5
jm SLM Δ8311 SP 1-4 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
Side6: AL-SP SKCO-6-74201-Z6
() B-23870-Z6 jm
Δ8311-X SP 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN

3 LP EMI
EX 2402943 		1985-03[1]     UK edition.
1 CS EMI
EX 2402949 		1985-03[1]     UK edition.
1.2
Original
Stereo
with Alternate version 		1 CS Barking Pumpkin
4XCO-74201 		1984? 0013347420141
(not printed) 		  US edition, XDR.
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10020/1[2] 		1986 0014431002021
(not printed) 		  US edition, DDD. Matrix #
CD1: CI05053 -0- 12345 RCD 10020 818-PUMPKIN 10005 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.
CD2: CI05054 -0- 12345 RCD 10021 10004 MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY LASERVIDEO INC.
CD 2:Track 8 is alternate version.
1.1
Original
Stereo 		2 CD EMI
CDS 7 90081 2 		1988-04[1] 0077779008124   UK edition. "UK: CD FZ 3" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix #
CD1: CDP 7 90082 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
CD2: CDP 7 90083 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
1.3
Remaster
Stereo
(Re-edit CD 1:Track 12 &
CD 2:Track 8 are alternate version.
CD 1:Track 1 & 11 are short edit.
CD 2:Track 9 is reversed stereo.) 		2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10020/1[2] 		? 0014431002021
(not printed) 		  US edition. Disc 1 is 12 tracks, Disc 2 is 10 tracks.
2 CD Zappa
CDDZAP 21 		1990-02[1] 5016583602123   UK & French editions, DDD. Disc 1 is 14 tracks, Disc 2 is 8 tracks. Matrix # CD1: CDD ZAP 21 CD 1 MPO 05 @ ; CD2: ?
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5047/8 		1994-11-25 4988112405875   Japanese edition = RCD 10020/1 with japanese booklet.
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10544/45 		1995-05-02 0014431002021   US edition. Matrix #
CD1: IFPI 2U3W WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L903 Y13341 A4 P2 310544-2.1 02 M1S?
CD2: IFPI 2U3W WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L90? Y13338 A4 P2 310544-2.2 01 M1S2
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5132/3 		1995-10-25 4988112407916   Japanese edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5267/8 		1996-05-30? 4988112408678   Japanese edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 1256 		2002-10-23 4988112413559   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1.3
Remaster
Stereo
(Re-edit CD 1:Track 12 &
CD 2:Track 6 are alternate version.
CD 1:Track 1 & 11 are short edit.
CD 2:Track 7 is reversed stereo.) 		1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3871 		2012-09-25 0824302387122   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3].
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238712 		2012-09-25 0824302387122   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3871, 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. 1723.
  2. ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 According to the Zappa Patio, the matrix numbers might be the only way to visually distinguish the 2 versions of RCD 10020/1.
  3. ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

See Also

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