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==Release info==
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{{Album Release Infobox |
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    Home          = [[Album History (by Cover)|Album History]] |
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    Previous album = [[We're Only In It For The Money|Previous]] |
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    Next album    = [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Next]] |
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    Cover          = lumpy_gravy.jpg |
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    Name          = Lumpy Gravy |
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    Released      = May 1968 |
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    Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Lumpy_Gravy.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/lumpy_gravy.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/lumpy-gravy}}<br>[[The Old Masters, Box I]]<br>[[The Lumpy Money Project/Object]]<br>[[Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere]]
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==Players==
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The [[Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus|ABNUCEALS EMUUKHA electric SYMPHONY orchestra & CHORUS]]
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<br>with maybe even some members of [[The Mothers|the mothers of invention]]
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<br>PIANO, CELESTE, ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD: [[Paul Smith]], [[Mike Lang]], [[Lincoln Mayorga]], [[Pete Jolly]]
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<br>DRUMS: [[John Guerin|Johnny Guerin]], [[Frankie Capp]], [[Shelly Manne]]
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<br>PERCUSSION (Gongs, Bells, Vibes, Marimba, Timpani, Timbales & assorted insanity): [[Emil Richards]], [[Gene Estes]], [[Alan Estes]], [[Victor Feldman]], [[Kenneth Watson]] (uncredited), [[Thomas Poole]] (uncredited)
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<br>WOODWINDS (Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Bass Sax, Bassoon & Contrabassoon): [[Ted Nash]], [[Jules Jacob]], [[Johnny Rotella|John Rotella]], [[Bunk Gardner]], [[Don Christlieb]], [[Gene Cipriano]]
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<br>FRENCH HORNS: [[Arthur Maebe]], [[Vincent DeRosa|Vincent De Rosa]], [[Richard Perissi]], [[Arthur E. Briegleb]] (uncredited), [[David A. Duke]] (uncredited), [[George Price|George F. Price]] (uncredited)
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<br>TRUMPET: [[Jimmy Zito]]
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<br>TROMBONE: [[Ken Shroyer|Kenneth Shroyer]], [[Lew McCreary]] (uncredited)
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<br>GUITARS: [[Jim Haynes]] (prob. [[James Helms]]), [[Tommy Tedesco]], [[Tony Rizzi]], [[Al Viola]], [[Dennis Budimir]]
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<br>BASS: [[Bob West]], [[John Balkin]], [[Jimmy Bond]], [[Lyle Ritz]], [[Chuck Berghofer]]
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<br>STRINGS: [[Sid Sharp]]-violin; [[Alexander Koltun]]-violin; [[Tibor Zelig]]-violin; [[Ralph Schaeffer]]-violin; [[Bernard Kundell]]-violin; [[William Kurasch]]-violin; [[James Getzoff]]-violin; [[Arnold Belnick]]-violin; [[Leonard Malarsky]]-violin; [[Harold Ayres]]-violin; [[Jerome J. Reisler]]-violin; [[Philip Goldberg|Phillip Goldberg]]-viola; [[Leonard Selic]]-viola; [[Harry Hyams]]-viola; [[Joseph DiFiore]]-viola; [[Jerry Kessler|Jerome A. Kessler]]-cello; [[Raymond Kelley|Raymond J. Kelley]]-cello; [[Joseph Saxon]]-cello; [[Jesse Ehrlich]]-cello; [[Harold G. Bemko]]-cello
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<br>CHORUS: [[Louis Cuneo|Louie The Turkey]], [[Ronnie Williams]], [[Dick Barber]] "Foon The Younger", [[Roy Estrada]], [[James "Spider" Barbour|Spider]], [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead]], [[Jerry Kessler|J.K.]] & [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1939488-Tony-80 Tony], [[Gilly Townley|Gilly]] and the girls from Apostolic ([https://www.discogs.com/artist/1939486-Maxine-10 Maxine], [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1939489-Becky-Wentworth Becky]), [[John Kilgore|All Night John]], [[John Townley|The Other John]], [[Cal Schenkel|Cal]], [[Gail Zappa|Pumpkin]], [[Larry Fanoga]], [[Monica]], [[Jimmy Carl Black]] (the Indian of the group)
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<br>ALSO: [https://www.discogs.com/artist/1939487-Sam-Whiteside-2 Sammy], [[Harold Kelling|Harold]], [[Charlie Phillips|Charlie]], [[Bruce Hampton|Bruce]], and the rest of the guys from Atlanta
  
 
==Tracks==
 
==Tracks==
  
Lumpy Gravy Part One (15:48)
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{| border="0" cellspacing="20"
* [[The Way I See It Barry|The Way I See It, Barry]] (00:06)
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* [[Duodenum|Duodenum]] (01:32)
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|valign="top" rowspan="12" |<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
* [[Oh No|Oh No]] (02:03)
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'''Side One'''
* [[Bit Of Nostalgia|Bit Of Nostalgia]] (01:35)
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#Lumpy Gravy - Part I (15:45)
* [[It's From Kansas|It's From Kansas]] (00:30)
 
* [[Bored Out 90 Over|Bored Out 90 Over]] (00:31)
 
* [[Almost Chinese|Almost Chinese]] (00:25)
 
* [[Switching Girls|Switching Girls]] (00:29)
 
* [[Oh No|Oh No Again]] (01:13)
 
* [[At The Gas Station|At The Gas Station]] (02:41)
 
* [[Another Pickup|Another Pickup]] (00:54)
 
* [[I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again|I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again]] (03:49)
 
  
Lumpy Gravy Part Two (15:51)
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'''Side Two'''
* [[Very Distraughtening|Very Distraughtening]] (01:33)
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#Lumpy Gravy - Part II (15:56)
* [[White Ugliness|White Ugliness]] (02:22)
 
* [[Amen|Amen]] (01:33)
 
* [[Just One More Time|Just One More Time]] (00:58)
 
* [[A Vicious Circle|A Vicious Circle]] (01:12)
 
* [[King Kong|King Kong]] (00:43)
 
* [[Drums Are Too Noisy|Drums Are Too Noisy]] (00:58)
 
* [[Kangaroos|Kangaroos]] (00:57)
 
* [[Envelops The Bath Tub|Envelops The Bath Tub]] (03:42)
 
* [[Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance|Take Your Clothes Off]] (01:53)
 
  
==Players==
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<br>
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<div id="1986 CD"><big>'''1986 CD,<br>coupled with [[We're Only In It For The Money]]'''</big></div>
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*Tracks 1 to 19 : [[We're Only In It For The Money|WOIIFTM]] Current CD tracks list
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*Tracks 20 to 21 : [[Lumpy Gravy#Current CD|Current CD tracks list]]
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| valign="top" rowspan="12" |<div id="Current CD"><big>'''Current CD'''</big></div>
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'''Lumpy Gravy Part One (15:51)'''
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#[[The Way I See It Barry|The Way I See It, Barry]] (0:06)
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#[[Duodenum]] (1:32)
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#[[Oh No]] (2:03)
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#[[Bit Of Nostalgia]] (1:35)
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#[[It's From Kansas]] (0:29)
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#[[Bored Out 90 Over]] (0:32)
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#[[Almost Chinese]] (0:25)
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#[[Switching Girls]] (0:29)
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#[[Oh No|Oh No Again]] (1:12)
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#[[At The Gas Station]] (2:41)
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#[[Another Pickup]] (0:53)
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#[[I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again]] (3:52)
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'''Lumpy Gravy Part Two (15:51)'''
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#[[Very Distraughtening]] (1:34)
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#[[White Ugliness]] (2:21)
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#[[Amen]] (1:33)
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#[[Just One More Time]] (0:58)
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#[[A Vicious Circle]] (1:12)
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#[[King Kong (1967 - Hollywood)|King Kong]] (0:42)
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#[[Drums Are Too Noisy]] (0:58)
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#[[Kangaroos]] (0:57)
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#[[Envelops The Bath Tub]] (3:42)
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#[[Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance|Take Your Clothes Off]] (1:52)
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! colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | <div id="Orchestral"><big>'''Orchestral Version'''</big></div>
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|-
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! colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | <div id="Program1">'''Side One'''</div>
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | Tableaux I
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Sink Trap]] (3:06)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | II
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Gum Joy]] (3:44)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | III
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Up & Down]] (1:52)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | IV
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Local Butcher]] (2:33)
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|-
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! colspan="2" align="left" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | <div id="Program2">'''Side Two'''</div>
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | Tableaux V
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Gypsy Airs]] (1:41)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | VI
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Hunchy Punchy]] (2:06)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | VII
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Foamy Soaky]] (2:34)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" style="height:15px;" | VIII
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Let's Eat Out]] (1:48)
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|-
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| align="right" valign="top" | IX
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| align="left"  valign="top" | [[Teen-Age Grand Finale]] (3:29)
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|}
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==Release Notes==
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Orchestra recorded: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, February 13 & March 14-16, 1967.
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<br>People inside the piano recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, October, 1967.
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<br>Produced by Frank Zappa.
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<br>Original sessions produced by [[Nick Venet]].
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<br>Engineered by: Joe, Rex, Pete, Jim, Bob, [[Gary Kellgren|Gary]] & [[Dick Kunc]].
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<br>Liner put together by [[Cal Schenkel]].
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<br>SPECIAL THANKS TO: [[Sid Sharp]] conductor, Bob Ross arranger, Smiling Jack, Ben Barrett contractor, Normal and Max, [[Gail Zappa|my pumpkin]], [[Herb Cohen|Hurby]], [[John Judnich]]
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==Liner Notes==
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==Background Information==
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Zappa formed the one-off [[Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus]] to record [[Lumpy Gravy]].
  
==Background==
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The Chorus was a speaking cast, its members' dialogue taking the place of any sung lyrics. They were recorded conversing with their heads inside a Steinway grand piano during several sessions at [[Apostolic Studios]] in New York. The dialogues were improvised, but they followed Zappa’s general thematic guidelines.  
After contacting symphonic session musicians through trombonist Kenneth Shroyer, who’d played on Absolutely Free, Frank formed the one-off Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, made up of the musicians and characters as they appeared piecemeal on the album rather than in any actual cooperative performances. The Chorus was actually a speaking cast, its members' dialogue taking the place of any sung lyrics on the LP. They were recorded conversing with their heads stuck inside a Steinway grand piano during several sessions at Apostolic Studios in New York City. The chats were improvised, but they followed Frank’s general thematic guidelines. He amassed eight or nine hours of conversation from which to select; further snippets were heard in a few spots on following albums, but the piano characters returned with prominence on Civilization, Phaze III, which clarified and continued the plot (all the way to the end of the world) from where it left off on Lumpy Gravy, using both old characters from that album and new, freshly recorded folks.
 
  
The album features three Mothers: Bunk Gardner plays woodwinds and brass, while the others -- Roy Estrada and Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, sometimes using the voice of his alter-ego, Larry Fanoga (“Almost Chinese, huh!” ... “Drums are too noisy when you got no corners to hide in”) -- are listed as members of the Chorus. Other enclosed-perspective, fear-of-freedom piano inhabitants are played by studio staff members, Louie the Turkey from the Garrick Theater audience and Spider Barbour of Chrysalis, another group recording at Apostolic at the time.
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Zappa amassed several hours of recorded conversations to edit into [[Lumpy Gravy]]; some snippets were heard on following albums, and the original recordings were featured on [[Civilization Phaze III]], which continued the plot from where it left off on [[Lumpy Gravy]], using both old characters from the original sessions and freshly recorded voices.
  
Completed in 1967, this featured the earliest commercial appearance of Frank’s symphonic music. Some of the material was even recorded with a fifty-piece Los Angeles orchestra.
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The album features three Mothers: [[Bunk Gardner]] plays woodwinds and brass, while [[Roy Estrada]] and [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood]], sometimes using the voice of his alter-ego, [[Larry Fanoga]] are listed as members of the Chorus. Other parts are played by studio staff members, [[Louis Cuneo|Louie The Turkey]] from the [[Garrick Theatre]] audience and [[James "Spider" Barbour|Spider Barbour]] of Chrysalis, another group recording at [[Apostolic Studios|Apostolic]] at the time.
  
The album was commissioned by Nik Venet of Capitol Records, who’d formerly signed the Beach Boys. It had been assumed that Frank was contractually free to compose and conduct, since MGM had only signed him as a musician and vocalist along with the rest of the Mothers. The latter company disagreed, threatened to sue, and finally bought the master tapes. It was just as well; Capitol’s engineers had messed up the countless edits, requiring Frank to reconstruct the album. He and technician Gary Kellgren labored over this unexpected task at Mayfair Studios in New York City. All in all, the release of the album was delayed for over a year.
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Completed in 1967, this featured the earliest commercial appearance of Frank’s symphonic music. Some of the material was recorded with a fifty-piece Los Angeles orchestra.
  
The album’s title, originally garnered from a television commercial for Aloma Linda Gravy Quick, is used here to describe Zappa’s congealing of the “smooth” textures of popular orchestral music. Frank’s breaking-up of the frozen emotions of safe, dyed-in-the-wool classical forms is achieved via compositional freedom and intrusions of reality: the “lumps” of the imperfect real world, much more interesting than the escapist dullness of antiquated musical forms. The lumps are the “meat of the matter,” and also happen to be the tastiest part of the gravy. Frank’s opting for meat rather than vegetation: substance, and the eclecticism (and humor) of reality, rather than brain-dead uniformity. Upcoming album titles will update this idea (most drastically Uncle Meat and Burnt Weeny Sandwich, but also, indirectly, Hot Rats and Weasels Ripped My Flesh).
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The album was commissioned by [[Nick Venet]] of [[Capitol Records]]. It had been assumed that Zappa was contractually free to compose and conduct, since [[MGM Records|MGM]] had only signed him as a musician and vocalist along with the rest of [[The Mothers]]. [[MGM Records|MGM]] disagreed, threatened to sue, and finally bought the master tapes. As [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]'s engineers had reworked Zappa's original edit he had to reconstruct the album, assisted by [[Gary Kellgren]] at [[Mayfair Studios]] in New York City. This caused the release of the album to be delayed for over a year.
  
The front-cover photo, backdropped in gravy-brown, features Frank in a non-hip, comfortable outfit, staring proudly up at the spectator from his chambers of creation like a worn-out worker after a long day. He’s wearing a shirt occasionally aired onstage that advertises Pipco, a Santa Barbara, California pipe company that has made shirts to sponsor little-league teams (although Frank won’t learn of the shirt’s origins until long after 1967).  
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In a 1974 interview for Melody Maker Zappa revealed that the name originally came from a television commercial for Loma Linda Gravy mix. [[wikipedia:Loma Linda, California|Loma Linda]] is a town just south of [[San Bernardino County Jail|San Bernardino]].  
  
The clothing-store dummy inside the gatefold hearkens back to the plastic people on Absolutely Free.
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The front-cover photo features Zappa wearing a shirt  that advertises Pipco - a Santa Barbara pipe company. The original [[Verve Records]] release had FZ's name shown as "Francis Vincent Zappa", which is incorrect. [[The Old Masters, Box I]] release of the album had the original cover artwork, but corrected FZ's first name.
  
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
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==Alternate Artwork==
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[[Image:CapitolFZ.jpg|none|thumb|150px|Capitol Version]]
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
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{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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| rowspan="24" align="center" | 3
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| align="center" | '''0.1<br>Original<br>"Orchestral"<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]<br>w/ Intro A<ref name="Intros">Intro A is a cut from [[King Kong]] in [[Foamy Soaky]]. Intro B is a cut from [[How Did That Get In Here?]].</ref>'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|15592107|STAO-2719}}
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| Unreleased<ref name="CapitolDate">The record labels indicate September 18<sup>th</sup>, 1967, 11:12 on side 1, and 11:33 on side 2.</ref>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| [[wikipedia:Acetate_disc|Demo acetate]] available as a bootleg in [[Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere]].
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|-
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| align="center" | Not Sure,<br>Original<br>"Orchestral"<br>Stereo<br>w/ Intro A or B
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Stereo-Pak|4T]]
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| Capitol/Muntz<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5797422|4CL-2719}}
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| 1967-08-07
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| Withdrawn due to a legal dispute between [[MGM Records|MGM]] and [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]. Very few copies reported to exist.
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | 1.1a<br>Original<br>Stereo
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[MGM Records|MGM]] [[Verve Records|Verve]]<br>V6-8741
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| 1968-05-13
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>SVLP&nbsp;9223
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| 1968-10<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1720.</ref>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve/[[Wikipedia:Polydor Records|Polydor]]<br>2317&nbsp;046
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| 1972-06<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.2<br>Original<br>Mono
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>V-8741
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| 1968-05?
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| MGM Verve<br>VLP&nbsp;9223
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| 1968-10<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="4" align="center" | 1.1b<br>[[wikipedia:Remastering|Remaster]] Stereo<br><small>sounds worse<br>according<br>to the<br>[[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]]</small>
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR&nbsp;7777-4
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| 1985-04-19
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box I]] set.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD&nbsp;40024
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| 1986
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| 0144314002425?<br>0014431002427?<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]], coupled with [[We're Only In It For The Money]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] 818 PUMPKIN RYK-CD40024 SOI01
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDZAP&nbsp;13
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| 1988-12?
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| 5016583601324
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition, coupled with [[We're Only In It For The Money]].
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5023
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| 1994-10-26
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| 4988112405264
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, coupled with [[We're Only In It For The Money]].
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|-
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| rowspan="6" align="center" | '''1.1c<br>Remaster Stereo<br><small>sounds best<br>according<br>to the<br>[[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]]'''</small>
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|798971|RCD&nbsp;10504}}
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| 1995-04-18
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| 0014431050428
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.  made from original edited master and other raw mix segments (for better sonics). 1993.<br/>Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8702 DISCTRONICS RCD 10504 01
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5105
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| 1995-09-25
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| 4988112406995
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5240
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| 1997-02-28
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| 4988112408401
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/lumpy-gravy-vack-1205/cd-insert-1131|VACK&nbsp;1205}}
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| 2001-09-21
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| 4988112412613
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10593
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| 2005-07-19
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| 0014431059322
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| &nbsp;
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| = VideoArts VACK 1205, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2387410|VACK&nbsp;1329}}
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| 2008-06-18
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| 4988112417724
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | '''0.2<br>Original<br>"Orchestral"<br>[[wikipedia:Monaural|Mono]]<br>w/ Intro B<ref name="Intros"/>'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa<br>ZR&nbsp;20008 (CD1)
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| 2009-01-21
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| n/a
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, included in [[The Lumpy Money Project/Object]].<br>Matrix # CD1: IFPI 4150 ZR200081 2A 01 V IFPI L245
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|-
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| align="center" | '''2<br>Important<br>[[wikipedia:Remix|Remix]]'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa<br>ZR&nbsp;20008 (CD2)
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| 2009-01-21
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| n/a
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition, included in [[The Lumpy Money Project/Object]].<br>Matrix # CD2: IFPI 4121 ZR200082 2A 01 V IFPI L245
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.1c<br>Remaster Stereo<br><small>sounds best<br>according<br>to the<br>[[External Links#Tour/Trading Related|Zappa Patio]]'''</small>
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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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>.<br>Source: 1993 [[wikipedia:U-matic|1630]] Digital Master. Digitally Re-Edited by Frank Zappa circa 1993.
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| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238362
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| Zappa/[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ Universal Music Japan]<br>UICY-75352
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| 2012-11-28
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| 4988005737519
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| 2016-12-09<ref name="ZFTAnnouncement">[https://www.zappa.com/five-monumental-frank-zappa-mothers-invention-albums-be-reissued-vinyl/#/ Official announcement at zappa.com]</ref>
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| 0824302383612
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| US edition, pressed in Germany by [http://pallasusa.com Pallas-USA]. Source: 1968 Analog Master Safety. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
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| align="center" | 1
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| 2016-12-09
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==Notes==
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==See Also==
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*[[The Old Masters, Box I]]
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*[[The Lumpy Money Project/Object]]
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*[[Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere]]
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*[[Lumpy Gravy (The Restaurant)|The Restaurant]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 19:00, 16 December 2022

Album History
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Lumpy Gravy
Released May 1968
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box I
The Lumpy Money Project/Object
Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere

Players

The ABNUCEALS EMUUKHA electric SYMPHONY orchestra & CHORUS
with maybe even some members of the mothers of invention
PIANO, CELESTE, ELECTRIC HARPSICHORD: Paul Smith, Mike Lang, Lincoln Mayorga, Pete Jolly
DRUMS: Johnny Guerin, Frankie Capp, Shelly Manne
PERCUSSION (Gongs, Bells, Vibes, Marimba, Timpani, Timbales & assorted insanity): Emil Richards, Gene Estes, Alan Estes, Victor Feldman, Kenneth Watson (uncredited), Thomas Poole (uncredited)
WOODWINDS (Flute, Bass Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, English Horn, Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contrabass Clarinet, Alto Sax, Bass Sax, Bassoon & Contrabassoon): Ted Nash, Jules Jacob, John Rotella, Bunk Gardner, Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano
FRENCH HORNS: Arthur Maebe, Vincent De Rosa, Richard Perissi, Arthur E. Briegleb (uncredited), David A. Duke (uncredited), George F. Price (uncredited)
TRUMPET: Jimmy Zito
TROMBONE: Kenneth Shroyer, Lew McCreary (uncredited)
GUITARS: Jim Haynes (prob. James Helms), Tommy Tedesco, Tony Rizzi, Al Viola, Dennis Budimir
BASS: Bob West, John Balkin, Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritz, Chuck Berghofer
STRINGS: Sid Sharp-violin; Alexander Koltun-violin; Tibor Zelig-violin; Ralph Schaeffer-violin; Bernard Kundell-violin; William Kurasch-violin; James Getzoff-violin; Arnold Belnick-violin; Leonard Malarsky-violin; Harold Ayres-violin; Jerome J. Reisler-violin; Phillip Goldberg-viola; Leonard Selic-viola; Harry Hyams-viola; Joseph DiFiore-viola; Jerome A. Kessler-cello; Raymond J. Kelley-cello; Joseph Saxon-cello; Jesse Ehrlich-cello; Harold G. Bemko-cello
CHORUS: Louie The Turkey, Ronnie Williams, Dick Barber "Foon The Younger", Roy Estrada, Spider, Motorhead, J.K. & Tony, Gilly and the girls from Apostolic (Maxine, Becky), All Night John, The Other John, Cal, Pumpkin, Larry Fanoga, Monica, Jimmy Carl Black (the Indian of the group)
ALSO: Sammy, Harold, Charlie, Bruce, and the rest of the guys from Atlanta

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Lumpy Gravy - Part I (15:45)

Side Two

  1. Lumpy Gravy - Part II (15:56)


1986 CD,
coupled with We're Only In It For The Money
Current CD

Lumpy Gravy Part One (15:51)

  1. The Way I See It, Barry (0:06)
  2. Duodenum (1:32)
  3. Oh No (2:03)
  4. Bit Of Nostalgia (1:35)
  5. It's From Kansas (0:29)
  6. Bored Out 90 Over (0:32)
  7. Almost Chinese (0:25)
  8. Switching Girls (0:29)
  9. Oh No Again (1:12)
  10. At The Gas Station (2:41)
  11. Another Pickup (0:53)
  12. I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again (3:52)

Lumpy Gravy Part Two (15:51)

  1. Very Distraughtening (1:34)
  2. White Ugliness (2:21)
  3. Amen (1:33)
  4. Just One More Time (0:58)
  5. A Vicious Circle (1:12)
  6. King Kong (0:42)
  7. Drums Are Too Noisy (0:58)
  8. Kangaroos (0:57)
  9. Envelops The Bath Tub (3:42)
  10. Take Your Clothes Off (1:52)
Orchestral Version
Side One
Tableaux I Sink Trap (3:06)
II Gum Joy (3:44)
III Up & Down (1:52)
IV Local Butcher (2:33)
Side Two
Tableaux V Gypsy Airs (1:41)
VI Hunchy Punchy (2:06)
VII Foamy Soaky (2:34)
VIII Let's Eat Out (1:48)
IX Teen-Age Grand Finale (3:29)

Release Notes

Orchestra recorded: Capitol Studios, Hollywood, February 13 & March 14-16, 1967.
People inside the piano recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, October, 1967.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Original sessions produced by Nick Venet.
Engineered by: Joe, Rex, Pete, Jim, Bob, Gary & Dick Kunc.
Liner put together by Cal Schenkel.
SPECIAL THANKS TO: Sid Sharp conductor, Bob Ross arranger, Smiling Jack, Ben Barrett contractor, Normal and Max, my pumpkin, Hurby, John Judnich

Liner Notes

Background Information

Zappa formed the one-off Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra & Chorus to record Lumpy Gravy.

The Chorus was a speaking cast, its members' dialogue taking the place of any sung lyrics. They were recorded conversing with their heads inside a Steinway grand piano during several sessions at Apostolic Studios in New York. The dialogues were improvised, but they followed Zappa’s general thematic guidelines.

Zappa amassed several hours of recorded conversations to edit into Lumpy Gravy; some snippets were heard on following albums, and the original recordings were featured on Civilization Phaze III, which continued the plot from where it left off on Lumpy Gravy, using both old characters from the original sessions and freshly recorded voices.

The album features three Mothers: Bunk Gardner plays woodwinds and brass, while Roy Estrada and Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, sometimes using the voice of his alter-ego, Larry Fanoga are listed as members of the Chorus. Other parts are played by studio staff members, Louie The Turkey from the Garrick Theatre audience and Spider Barbour of Chrysalis, another group recording at Apostolic at the time.

Completed in 1967, this featured the earliest commercial appearance of Frank’s symphonic music. Some of the material was recorded with a fifty-piece Los Angeles orchestra.

The album was commissioned by Nick Venet of Capitol Records. It had been assumed that Zappa was contractually free to compose and conduct, since MGM had only signed him as a musician and vocalist along with the rest of The Mothers. MGM disagreed, threatened to sue, and finally bought the master tapes. As Capitol's engineers had reworked Zappa's original edit he had to reconstruct the album, assisted by Gary Kellgren at Mayfair Studios in New York City. This caused the release of the album to be delayed for over a year.

In a 1974 interview for Melody Maker Zappa revealed that the name originally came from a television commercial for Loma Linda Gravy mix. Loma Linda is a town just south of San Bernardino.

The front-cover photo features Zappa wearing a shirt that advertises Pipco - a Santa Barbara pipe company. The original Verve Records release had FZ's name shown as "Francis Vincent Zappa", which is incorrect. The Old Masters, Box I release of the album had the original cover artwork, but corrected FZ's first name.

Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Artwork

Capitol Version

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
3 0.1
Original
"Orchestral"
Stereo
w/ Intro A[1]
1 LP Capitol
STAO-2719
Unreleased[2] None   Demo acetate available as a bootleg in Lumpy Gravy & Elsewhere.
Not Sure,
Original
"Orchestral"
Stereo
w/ Intro A or B
1 4T Capitol/Muntz
4CL-2719
1967-08-07 None   Withdrawn due to a legal dispute between MGM and Capitol. Very few copies reported to exist.
1.1a
Original
Stereo
1 LP MGM Verve
V6-8741
1968-05-13 None   US edition.
1 LP MGM Verve
SVLP 9223
1968-10[3] None   UK edition.
1 LP MGM Verve/Polydor
2317 046
1972-06[3] None   UK 2nd edition.
1.2
Original
Mono
1 LP MGM Verve
V-8741
1968-05? None   US edition.
1 LP MGM Verve
VLP 9223
1968-10[3] None   UK edition.
1.1b
Remaster Stereo
sounds worse
according
to the
Zappa Patio
1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 7777-4
1985-04-19     Included in The Old Masters, Box I set.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 40024
1986 0144314002425?
0014431002427?
(not printed)
  US edition, AAD, coupled with We're Only In It For The Money. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-CD40024 SOI01
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 13
1988-12? 5016583601324   UK edition, coupled with We're Only In It For The Money.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5023
1994-10-26 4988112405264   Japanese edition, coupled with We're Only In It For The Money.
1.1c
Remaster Stereo
sounds best
according
to the
Zappa Patio
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10504
1995-04-18 0014431050428   US edition. made from original edited master and other raw mix segments (for better sonics). 1993.
Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8702 DISCTRONICS RCD 10504 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5105
1995-09-25 4988112406995   Japanese edition
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5240
1997-02-28 4988112408401   Japanese edition
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1205
2001-09-21 4988112412613   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10593
2005-07-19 0014431059322   = VideoArts VACK 1205, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1329
2008-06-18 4988112417724   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
0.2
Original
"Orchestral"
Mono
w/ Intro B[1]
1 CD Zappa
ZR 20008 (CD1)
2009-01-21 n/a   US edition, included in The Lumpy Money Project/Object.
Matrix # CD1: IFPI 4150 ZR200081 2A 01 V IFPI L245
2
Important
Remix
1 CD Zappa
ZR 20008 (CD2)
2009-01-21 n/a   US edition, included in The Lumpy Money Project/Object.
Matrix # CD2: IFPI 4121 ZR200082 2A 01 V IFPI L245
1.1c
Remaster Stereo
sounds best
according
to the
Zappa Patio
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3836
2012-07-31 0824302383629   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[4].
Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master. Digitally Re-Edited by Frank Zappa circa 1993.
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238362
2012-07-31 0824302383629   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3836, manufactured in Germany.
1 CD Zappa/Universal Music Japan
UICY-75352
2012-11-28 4988005737519   Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
Unknown 1 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMe
ZR 3836-1
2016-12-09[5] 0824302383612   US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: 1968 Analog Master Safety. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
1 LP
(180 g?)
Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3836-1
2016-12-09 0824302383612   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3836-1.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Intro A is a cut from King Kong in Foamy Soaky. Intro B is a cut from How Did That Get In Here?.
  2. The record labels indicate September 18th, 1967, 11:12 on side 1, and 11:33 on side 2.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
  4. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
  5. Official announcement at zappa.com

See Also