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Waka/Jawaka
Released July 1972
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box III Threesome No. 2

Players

Frank Zappa (acoustic guitar, electric bed springs, vocals, guitar, percussion)
Mike Altschul (baritone sax, piccolo, bass flute, bass clarinet, tenor sax, baritone sax)
Bill Byers (trombone, baritone horn)
George Duke (ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano, tack piano)
Aynsley Dunbar (drums, washboard, tambourine)
Tony Duran (slide guitar, vocals)
Erroneous (electric bass, vocals, fuzz bass)
Janet Ferguson (vocals)
"Sneaky Pete" Kleinow (pedal steel solo)
Sal Marquez (trumpets, vocals, flugelhorn, chimes)
Joel Peskin (tenor sax)
Kris Peterson (vocals)
Don Preston (piano, Minimoog)
Ken Shroyer (trombone, baritone horn)
Jeff Simmons (Hawaiian guitar, vocals)

Tracks

LP

Side One

Big Swifty (17:22)

Side Two

CD

Release Notes

Recorded: Paramount Recording Studios, LA, April-May, 1972.
Released July 1972.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineered by Kerry McNabb (Under the thoughtful supervision of Marshall Brevitz.
Cover illustration by Marvin Mattelson (The idea for the sink courtesy Sal Marquez).
Cover photo by Philip Schwartz.
Packaging by Cal Schenkel.
This album is dedicated to Paul Hof & Barry Keene.

Liner Notes

Background Information

"'Waka/Jawaka' ... is something that showed up on a Ouija board at one time."

— Frank Zappa, interview by Jerry Williams on WGOE-FM Richmond VA, November, 1972, from the Frank Zappa GSW Project Vol. 6 1971-72, disk 2 track 22.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Comment
15	1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise MS 2094	1972-07-05	None	US edition.
		1	CS	Warner/Reprise REP MS2094	1972?	None	US edition.
		1	8T	Reprise 8RM-2094	1972	None	Canadian edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise K 44203	1972-08^[1]	None	UK edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise REP 44203 (2094)	1972?	None	German edition. Matrix # Side1: WEA - 44203 - A - PF Side2: WEA 44203 - A - PF
		1	LP	Warner-Pioneer Bizarre/Reprise P-8277R		None	Japanese edition.
	1.2 Remaster Stereo	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 9999-1	1987-12-30		Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10094	1989?	0014431009426	US edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 10	1989-01^[1]	5016583601027	UK edition, AAD. Matrix # ZAP 10 MPO 03 @@
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin D4 74215	1990-10-17	0013347421544	US edition.
		1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 10	?	5016583601041?	UK edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5032	1994-10-26	4988112405745	Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10516	1995-05-02	0014431051623	US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5123	1995-10-25	4988112407831	Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5258	1996-05-30?	4988112408586	Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10516 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40583/2	2002-03-21	None	Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8708 DISCTRONICS RCD 10516 01
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1215	2001-10-24	4988112412712	Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	1.3 Remastered Stereo	1	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 3848	2012-08-28	0824302384824	US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe^[2]. Source: Original 1972 Analog Master. Mastered by Doug Sax with Robert Hadley & Sangwook "Sunny" Nam at The Mastering Lab, Inc., 2012.
		1	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238482	2012-08-28	0824302384824	EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3848, manufactured in Germany.
		1	CD	Zappa/Universal Music Japan UICY-75363	2012-11-28	4988005737618	Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
	1.3a Remastered Stereo	1	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMe ZR20048	2022-12-16^[3]	0602448139726	Worldwide edition.
	1.3a Remastered Stereo	1	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMe ZR20048	2022-12-16	0602448139726	Worldwide edition, clear green vinyl.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1721.
↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31^st, 2012.
↑ Official announcement at zappa.com

[MStrong-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1721.

[ZFTEmail-2] Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31^st, 2012.

[TLUSSAnnouncement-3] Official announcement at zappa.com

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-<br>Engineered by [[Kerry McNabb]] (Under the thoughtful supervision of [https://www.discogs.com/artist/564677-Marshall-Brevitz Marshall Brevitz]).
+<br>Engineered by [[Kerry McNabb]] (Under the thoughtful supervision of [[Marshall Brevitz]].
 <br>Cover illustration by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/2350198-Marvin-Mattelson Marvin Mattelson] (The idea for the sink courtesy [[Sal Marquez]]).
 <br>Cover photo by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/301601-Philip-Schwartz Philip Schwartz].
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+| align="center" | {{LP}}
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+| [[Warner Brothers|Warner]] [[Bizarre Records|Bizarre]]/[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]<br>MS&nbsp;2094
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-| [[Barking Pumpkin Records]]<br>BPR&nbsp;9999-1
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 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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-| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''1.3<br>Remastered<br>Original [[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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 | Japanese edition, audiophile [[wikipedia:Super High Material CD|SHM-CD]], mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
+|-
+| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.3'''a<br>'''Remastered<br>Stereo'''
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
+| Zappa/UMe<br>ZR20048
+| 2022-12-16<ref name="TLUSSAnnouncement">[https://www.zappa.com/frank-zappas-famed-electric-orchestra-celebrated-with-waka-wazoo-box-set-available-december-16th/#/ Official announcement at zappa.com]</ref>
+| 0602448139726
+| &nbsp;
+| Worldwide edition.
+|-
+| align="center" | 1
+| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
+| Zappa/UMe<br>ZR20048
+| 2022-12-16
+| 0602448139726
+| &nbsp;
+| Worldwide edition, clear green vinyl.
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