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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 = [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich|Previous]] |
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    Next album    = [[Chunga's Revenge|Next]] |
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    Cover          = weasels_ripped_my_flesh.jpg |
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    Name          = Weasels Ripped My Flesh |
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    Released      = August 1970 |
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    Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Weasels_Ripped_My_Flesh.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/weasels.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/weasels-ripped-my-flesh}}<br>[[The Old Masters, Box II]]<br>[[2 Originals Of The Mothers Of Invention]] |
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== Tracks ==
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==Players==
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* [[Didja Get Any Onya?|Didja Get Any Onya?]] (06:52)
 
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* [[Directly From My Heart To You|Directly From My Heart To You]] (05:17)
 
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* [[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask|Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]] (03:48)
 
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* [[Toads Of The Short Forest|Toads Of The Short Forest]] (04:48)
 
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* [[Get A Little|Get A Little]] (02:31)
 
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* [[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue|Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]] (06:53)
 
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* [[Dwarf Nebula Professional March & Dwarf Nebula|Dwarf Nebula Professional March & Dwarf Nebula]] (02:12)
 
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* [[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama|My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]] (03:32)
 
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* [[Oh No|Oh No]] (01:46)
 
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* [[The Orange County Lumber Truck|The Orange County Lumber Truck]] (03:22)
 
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* [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh (The Track)|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] (02:08)
 
  
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== Players ==
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
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* '''FZ''': lead guitar, vocals
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*[[Ray Collins]] (vocals)
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* [[Ray Collins]]: vocals
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*[[Lowell George]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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* [[Lowell George]]: rhythm guitar, vocals
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*[[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]] (electric violin)
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* [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]]: electric violin
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*[[Ian Underwood]] (alto saxophone)
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* [[Ian Underwood]]: alto saxophone
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*[[Bunk Gardner]] (tenor saxophone)
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* [[Bunk Gardner]]: tenor saxophone
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*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]] (baritone saxophone)
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* [[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]]: baritone saxophone
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*[[Buzz Gardner]] (trumpet, flugelhorn)
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* [[Buzz Gardner]]: trumpet, flugelhorn
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*[[Roy Estrada]] (bass guitar, vocals)
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* [[Roy Estrada]]: bass guitar, vocals
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*[[Don Preston]] (keyboards, electronics)
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* [[Don Preston]]: keyboards, electronics
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*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] (drums)
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* [[Jimmy Carl Black]]: drums
 
  
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== Background ==
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==Tracks==
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After Frank broke up [[The Mothers]] in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned an upcoming twelve-record suite tentatively titled [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention]]. What emerged instead were [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and, in the summer of 1970, [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh|Weasels]]. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.
 
  
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This album’s title came from a 1950s Man’s Life article about a guy trapped in a swamp full of vicious weasels. The man in the picture here will wind up exposing his teeth if he continues mutilating his cheek, connecting this cover to [[Uncle Meat]]’s (talk about a “Dental Hygiene Dilemma”). The illustration was done by [[Neon Park]], whose real name was Martin Muller.
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[[Didja Get Any Onya?]] comes from the Mothers’ [[69/03/02 Philadelphia PA US Arena|1969 concert at the Philadelphia Arena]]. The German-accent monologue comes courtesy of [[Lowell George]]. The CD reissue features a longer ending than the original album: About three minutes of [[Charles Ives (The Track)|Charles Ives]] from the 1969 Columbia University show is tacked on before the Little Richard cover [[Directly From My Heart To You]], recorded at T.T.G. Studios in Hollywood, begins. [[Charles Ives (The Track)|Charles Ives]] can be heard in its entirety on [[You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5]]. Its drum-dominated section is also heard in [[The Blimp]] on the Zappa-produced ‘69 album [[Trout Mask Replica]] by [[Captain Beefheart]] and the Magic Band.
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|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
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'''Side One'''
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#[[Didja Get Any Onya?|Didja Get Any Onya]] (3:44)
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#[[Directly From My Heart To You]] (5:17)
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#[[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]] (3:35)
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#[[Toads Of The Short Forest]] (4:48)
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#[[Get A Little]] (2:35)
  
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“Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask” is a combination of snippets from a Thee Image show in Miami and the 10/28/68 concert at the [[Royal Festival Hall]] in London (most of which can be heard on Ahead of Their Time, although these sections are left out, with the exception of a bit near the end of “King Kong,” presented here as the beginning of “Gas Mask”). The piece contains a furious update on the main riff in “Didja Get Any Onya.” The title’s reference to gas masks is based on Frank’s childhood memory of taking apart one of the masks kept at hand by all residents of the neighborhood in which his family lived. The masks were there in case anything went wrong with the mustard-gas tanks at the nearby Edgewood Arsenal. Young Frank wanted to know what the masks’ filters were made of. The title also pays tribute to Debussy’s 1894 orchestral piece “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun [half-man, half-goat]," in which the faun dreams about nymphs and feels so “sexually aroused” when he wakes up that he makes a flute with which to entice them. The electric piano music heard in “Gas Mask” behind Motorhead’s closing snorks is actually from Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony, “perfectly evoking Debussy’s love of Russian melodies” (as Kevin Courrier writes).
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'''Side Two'''
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#[[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue|Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]] (6:53)
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#[[Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula]] (2:12)
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#[[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]] (3:35)
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#[[Oh No]] (1:46)
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#[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]] (3:18)
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#[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh (The Track)|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] (2:05)
  
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The title “Toads of the Short Forest” refers to pubic crabs. The first half of the piece, originally intended for I Was a Teenage Malt Shop (Frank’s opera from the Studio Z period), was recorded in 1969 at Whitney Studios in Glendale, California. During the live segment, Frank tells the audience that Ian’s sax is blowing its nose, foreshadowing the Gypsy Mutant Industrial Vacuum in the gatefold of the next album, Chunga’s Revenge, who plays the hose extending from the spot where her nose would be. Dominique Chevalier writes, “The problem [at Pal Studios] was that acetate discs were very easily damaged by dust, and very highly flammable. Because of this, a vacuum cleaner was vital for when Zappa and Buff took the acetates to record companies... From time to time, Zappa and Buff set fire to stacks of old acetates at night, lighting up the whole neighborhood. This inspired the vacuum cleaner stories...” The vacuum in the Chunga’s Revenge tale is in fact dancing around a “mysterious night time campfire.”
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|valign="top"|<div id="CD"><big>'''CD'''</big></div>
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<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The fast riff from “Gas Mask” returns later in “Toads.”
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#[[Didja Get Any Onya?]] (6:52)
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#[[Directly From My Heart To You]] (5:17)
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#[[Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask]] (3:48)
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#[[Toads Of The Short Forest]] (4:48)
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#[[Get A Little]] (2:31)
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#[[The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue|Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue]] (6:53)
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#[[Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula]] (2:12)
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#[[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]] (3:32)
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#[[Oh No]] (1:46)
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#[[The Orange County Lumber Truck]] (3:21)
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#[[Weasels Ripped My Flesh (The Track)|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]] (2:08)
  
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1969’s “Get a Little” is named after Motorhead’s puerile recollection of trying to get laid, which is decorated with coughs (which hack and spit at the end) and followed up with a splice of tape effects made to sound like the word “pussy.” The song was recorded at the Factory, during the Mothers' one and only appearance in the Bronx.
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==Release Notes==
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Produced by Frank Zappa.
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<br>Cover art by [[Neon Park]].
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<br>Art direction by [[John Williams]].
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==Liner Notes==
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==Background Information==
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After Zappa broke up [[The Mothers]] in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned a twelve-record set tentatively titled [[The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention]]. What emerged instead were [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]] and, in the summer of 1970, [[Weasels Ripped My Flesh|Weasels Ripped My Flesh]]. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.
  
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“Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue” was recorded at A&R Studios in New York City. Inventive jazzman Dolphy made an album in 1964 called Out to Lunch, a phrase that concludes one of the verses in “Oh No” later on Weasels.  
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The album’s title and cover came from a 1956 Man’s Life magazine which Zappa had shown to [[Neon Park]].
  
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“Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula” was recorded at Apostolic Studios in New York City. A dwarf nebula is also mentioned in “The Radio Is Broken” on The Man From Utopia. References to both this Weasels piece and “Toads of the Short Forest” can be found on the back cover of One Size Fits All: ”Crab Nebula goes here.” A pubic crab appears as the Cancer constellation.  
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The Second track "Directly from my heart to you" is credited to R.W. Penniman, which is the real name of [[Little Richard]].
  
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“Oh No,” from Apostolic, adds vocals (written along with the first handful of Freak Out! songs and "Bow-Tie Daddy") to an instrumental heard on Lumpy Gravy and played often during Mothers shows. “The Orange County Lumber Truck,” originally named after what Roy Estrada once drove at work prior to his career in music, follows “Oh No” here, just as it has during concerts and will again in 1974. At that time, the line “I just can’t believe you are such a fool” will become a refrain about President Nixon, whose power base is in Orange County; “The Orange County Lumber Truck” will duly be retitled “Son of Orange County.” Most of this medley will appear on Roxy & Elsewhere. Returning to the Weasels version, this edit of the long “Lumber Truck” instrumental performed during the same [[Royal Festival Hall]] show as “Gas Mask” earlier on the album includes a riff from “Harry, You’re a Beast” on the Money album (the “Don’t come in me, in me” part).
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==German "Doll" Cover==
  
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For the title track, which closes the album, Frank told everyone in the band who could instill feedback to do so. It’s from a Birmingham, England concert.
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[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] on first seeing the German cover:<blockquote>"This ... actually, in terms of graphics it's not bad. The thing I resent most about this album cover is that it's not the way I wanted it to come out. I wanted it to look like [[:Image:Weasels_ripped_my_flesh.jpg|that one]]. That one is ugly enough. I don't need this one.</blockquote>
  
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== Conceptual Continuity ==
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[[Image:Weaselsdoll.jpg|none|thumb|150px|German "Doll" Cover created by [[Dieter Boé]] ]]
  
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== Versions ==
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==Conceptual Continuity==
  
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{| border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" align="center"
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==Versions==
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|-  
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! ZFT #
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{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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! Mix
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| rowspan="25" align="center" | 10
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! # discs
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| rowspan="7" align="center" | '''1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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! Format
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| align="center" | 1
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! Catalog #
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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! Release
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| rowspan="2" | [[Warner Brothers|Warner]] [[Bizarre Records|Bizarre]]/[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]<br>MS&nbsp;2028
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! [[Wikipedia:EAN-13|EAN.UCC-13 (barcode)]]
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| 1970-08-10
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! Artwork
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| None
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! Comment
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| rowspan="3" | [[Neon Park]]
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| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] Side1: MS-2028 31083-1-A-1B '''logo''' ; Side2: MS-2028 '''logo''' 31084-1 re 1 B-/'''A overwritten on D''' B7
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| 1970
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| None
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| French edition  - manufactured by Vogue - Matrix #<br>Side1: SR 2028 A<br>Side2: SR 2028 B
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>RSLP&nbsp;2028
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| 1970-09<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1720.</ref>
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| None
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| UK edition. <i>Biz & Rep logos on f/cover</i><br><i>Sleeve: Heavy card, internal glue-tabbed to back cover</i><br>Matrix # Side 1: RSLP&nbsp;2028 A2 ; Side 2: RSLP&nbsp;2028 B2 
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | LP
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>RS&nbsp;2028
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| 1970
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| None
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| "Doll" Cover
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| German edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2826720|RS&nbsp;2028}}
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| 1970?
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| None
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| rowspan="23" | [[Neon Park]]
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| German 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan=12 align="center" | 10
 
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| Stereo vinyl
 
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
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| &nbsp;
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>K&nbsp;44019
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| &nbsp;
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| 1971-07<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| None
 
| None
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| &nbsp;
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| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition. <i>No logo or Cat# on f/cover</i><br><i>Sleeve: Medium card, internal glue-tabbed to front cover</i><br>Matrix # Side 1: K44019 A1 RSLP&nbsp;2028 A1<br>Side 2: K44019 B1 RSLP&nbsp;2028 B1
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| &nbsp;
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Warner Brothers|Warner-Pioneer]] Bizarre/Reprise<br>P-8003R
 
| ?
 
| ?
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| None
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1.2<br>Remaster Stereo
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
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| [[Barking Pumpkin]] BPR 8888-4
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR&nbsp;8888-4
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| November 25 1986
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| 1986-11-25
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| &nbsp;
 
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box II]] set.
 
| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box II]] set.
 
|-
 
|-
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| rowspan=6 | Remastered
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| rowspan="12" align="center" | '''2<br>[[wikipedia:Remastering|Remaster]]<br>&<br>Long Edit Track'''
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|546980|RCD&nbsp;10163}}
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| 1990-05
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| 0014431016325<br>(not printed)
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| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]].
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|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| [[Rykodisc]] RCD 10163
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>CDZAP&nbsp;24
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| May 1990
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| 1990-05?
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| &nbsp;
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| 5016583602420
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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| &nbsp;
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/108138-Festival-Records-Pty-Ltd Festival]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5399878|D&nbsp;30376}}
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| 1990
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| n/a
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| Australian edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| [[VideoArts]] VACK 5028
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5028
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| October 26 1994
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| 1994-10-26
 
| 4988112405301
 
| 4988112405301
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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| &nbsp;
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1313361|RCD&nbsp;10510}}
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| 1995-05-02
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| 0014431051029
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| US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U3Q WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X11970 A4 P2 310510-2 02 M1S1
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc RCD 10510
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| [[Warner Brothers|Warner Music Argentina]]/ Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3007031|1443-10510-2}}
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| May 2 1995
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| 1995?
 
| 0014431051029
 
| 0014431051029
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| &nbsp;
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| Argentinian edition.
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| Matrix # IFPI 2U3Q WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X11970 A4 P2 310510-2 02 M1S1
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts VACK 5119
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5119
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| October 25 1995
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| 1995-10-25
 
| 4988112407794
 
| 4988112407794
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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| &nbsp;
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Festival/Rykodisc<br>D31399
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| 1995
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| 9399603139929
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| Australian edition = Rykodisc RCD&nbsp;10163.
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts VACK 5254
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5254
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| May 30 1996
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| 1996-05-30
 
| 4988112408548
 
| 4988112408548
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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| &nbsp;
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts VACK 1211
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/weasels-ripped-my-flesh-vack-1211|VACK&nbsp;1211}}
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| September 21 2001
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| 2001-09-21
 
| 4988112412675
 
| 4988112412675
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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| 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;10599
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| 2005-08-16
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| 0014431059926
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| = VideoArts VACK&nbsp;1211, 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|2923918|VACK&nbsp;1332}}
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| 2008-06-18
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| 4988112417748
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| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| rowspan="5" align="center" | '''1.3<br>Remastered<br>Original Stereo
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| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>ZR&nbsp;3843
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302384329
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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: Original 1970 Analog Master. Mastered by [[wikipedia:Bob Ludwig|Bob Ludwig]], Gateway Mastering 2012.<br>Matrix # A01 IFPI L327 DIDX-815892 1 ZAPPA.COM IFPI 50DF
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|4126308|0238432}}
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302384329
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3843, manufactured in Germany.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ Universal Music Japan]<br>UICY-75359
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| 2012-11-28
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| 4988005737571
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| Japanese edition, audiophile [[wikipedia:Super High Material CD|SHM-CD]], mini-album papersleeve with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and liner notes in Japanese.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9486367|ZR&nbsp;3843-1}}
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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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| 0824302384312
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| US edition, pressed in Germany by [http://pallasusa.com Pallas-USA]. Source: Original 1970 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
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|-
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| align="center" | 1
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMG&nbsp;Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9528397|ZR&nbsp;3843-1}}
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| 2016-12-09
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| 0824302384312
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3843-1.
 
|}
 
|}
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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==See Also==
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*[[The Old Masters, Box II]]
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*[[2 Originals Of The Mothers Of Invention]]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 14:54, 16 December 2022

Album History
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Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Released August 1970
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box II
2 Originals Of The Mothers Of Invention

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Didja Get Any Onya (3:44)
  2. Directly From My Heart To You (5:17)
  3. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask (3:35)
  4. Toads Of The Short Forest (4:48)
  5. Get A Little (2:35)

Side Two

  1. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (6:53)
  2. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula (2:12)
  3. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (3:35)
  4. Oh No (1:46)
  5. The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:18)
  6. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (2:05)
CD
  1. Didja Get Any Onya? (6:52)
  2. Directly From My Heart To You (5:17)
  3. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask (3:48)
  4. Toads Of The Short Forest (4:48)
  5. Get A Little (2:31)
  6. Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue (6:53)
  7. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula (2:12)
  8. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (3:32)
  9. Oh No (1:46)
  10. The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:21)
  11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh (2:08)

Release Notes

Produced by Frank Zappa.
Cover art by Neon Park.
Art direction by John Williams.

Liner Notes

Background Information

After Zappa broke up The Mothers in the autumn of 1969, he mentioned a twelve-record set tentatively titled The History And Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention. What emerged instead were Burnt Weeny Sandwich and, in the summer of 1970, Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Both were amalgams of material extracted from various 1968 and ‘69 shows and studio tapes.

The album’s title and cover came from a 1956 Man’s Life magazine which Zappa had shown to Neon Park.

The Second track "Directly from my heart to you" is credited to R.W. Penniman, which is the real name of Little Richard.

German "Doll" Cover

Frank Zappa on first seeing the German cover:

"This ... actually, in terms of graphics it's not bad. The thing I resent most about this album cover is that it's not the way I wanted it to come out. I wanted it to look like that one. That one is ugly enough. I don't need this one.

German "Doll" Cover created by Dieter Boé

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
10 1
Original
Stereo 		1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
MS 2028 		1970-08-10 None Neon Park US edition. Matrix # Side1: MS-2028 31083-1-A-1B logo ; Side2: MS-2028 logo 31084-1 re 1 B-/A overwritten on D B7
1 LP 1970 None French edition - manufactured by Vogue - Matrix #
Side1: SR 2028 A
Side2: SR 2028 B
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RSLP 2028 		1970-09[1] None UK edition. Biz & Rep logos on f/cover
Sleeve: Heavy card, internal glue-tabbed to back cover
Matrix # Side 1: RSLP 2028 A2 ; Side 2: RSLP 2028 B2
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RS 2028 		1970 None "Doll" Cover German edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
RS 2028 		1970? None Neon Park German 2nd edition.
1 LP Warner Bizarre/Reprise
K 44019 		1971-07[1] None UK 2nd edition. No logo or Cat# on f/cover
Sleeve: Medium card, internal glue-tabbed to front cover
Matrix # Side 1: K44019 A1 RSLP 2028 A1
Side 2: K44019 B1 RSLP 2028 B1
1 LP Warner-Pioneer Bizarre/Reprise
P-8003R 		? None Japanese edition.
1.2
Remaster Stereo 		1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 8888-4 		1986-11-25   Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
2
Remaster
&
Long Edit Track 		1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10163 		1990-05 0014431016325
(not printed) 		US edition, AAD.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 24 		1990-05? 5016583602420 UK edition.
1 CD Festival/Rykodisc
D 30376 		1990 n/a Australian edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5028 		1994-10-26 4988112405301 Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10510 		1995-05-02 0014431051029 US edition. Matrix # IFPI 2U3Q WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X11970 A4 P2 310510-2 02 M1S1
1 CD Warner Music Argentina/ Rykodisc
1443-10510-2 		1995? 0014431051029 Argentinian edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5119 		1995-10-25 4988112407794 Japanese edition.
1 CD Festival/Rykodisc
D31399 		1995 9399603139929 Australian edition = Rykodisc RCD 10163.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5254 		1996-05-30 4988112408548 Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1211 		2001-09-21 4988112412675 Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10599 		2005-08-16 0014431059926 = VideoArts VACK 1211, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1332 		2008-06-18 4988112417748 Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
1.3
Remastered
Original Stereo 		1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3843 		2012-07-31 0824302384329 US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[2].
Source: Original 1970 Analog Master. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering 2012.
Matrix # A01 IFPI L327 DIDX-815892 1 ZAPPA.COM IFPI 50DF
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238432 		2012-07-31 0824302384329 EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3843, manufactured in Germany.
1 CD Zappa/Universal Music Japan
UICY-75359 		2012-11-28 4988005737571 Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMe
ZR 3843-1 		2016-12-09[3] 0824302384312 US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: Original 1970 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
1 LP
(180 g) 		Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3843-1 		2016-12-09 0824302384312 EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3843-1.

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
  2. ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
  3. ↑ Official announcement at zappa.com

See Also

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