Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Tracks

• WPLJ (02:53)
• Igor's Boogie, Phase One (00:36)
• Overture To A Holiday In Berlin (01:27)
• Theme From "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (04:32)
• Igor's Boogie, Phase Two (00:36)
• Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown (06:24)
• Aybe Sea (02:46)
• Little House I Used To Live In (18:42)
• Valarie (03:14)

Background

By this point, listeners got the idea of meat vs. vegetables Call Any Vegetable, Mr. Green Genes, etc.): active people vs. passive ones, and real music vs. numb consumerism. When discussing Absolutely Free with an interviewer from the International Times in 1967, Frank said that “people, even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point, can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegetable, then it will respond to you.” In addition to a few album titles from this period, including Sandwich of course, references to meat can be found in song titles, present and future (The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue and Things That Look Like Meat, for example).
     Of course, this album title mainly refers to the sandwiched song order: Old R&B covers open and close the album.

On the back cover is a picture taken by Cal Schenkel of Ian Underwood pretending to eat a shoe or boot. A thought cloud comes from his temple: “God! This is a tasty little sucker!” It’s a reference to Mr. Green Genes from Uncle Meat (“Eat your shoes”). The picture comes from the Mothers’ September-October 1968 European tour.

Frank chose the front album cover long after it had been designed by Cal in early 1967; the “crucified on technology” sculpture was originally concocted in the Zappas’ New York apartment on Charles Street for an Eric Dolphy album that was never released.

According to Cal, Frank solarized and developed the inner-gatefold Apostolic picture of Don Preston in his own closet.

See also: Burnt Weeny Sandwich (The Film).

Conceptual Continuity

Here may be some CC clues, with some explanation.

This could be a section on each album-page.

Versions

See also: "Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler".

ZFT #	Mix	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release	EAN.UCC-13 (barcode)	Artwork	Comment
9	Stereo vinyl	1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RS 6370	February 9 1970	None	Cal Schenkel, John Williams	Matrix # Side1: RS-6370-A 30975 - 1B Side2: RS-6370-B 30976 - 1B
	?	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-3	November 25 1986			Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
	Remix	1	CD	Barking Pumpkin D2-74239	1991
	Improved remix	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10509	May 2 1995	0014431050923		Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10509 03
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5081	June 25 1995	4988112406797
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5216	April 15 1996	4988112408166
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1210	September 21 2001	4988112412668		Mini-album papersleeve