Hot Rats

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Hot Rats
Released October 1969
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box II Threesome No. 2

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar, octave base, percussion)
• Captain Beefheart (vocals)
• Sugarcane Harris (electric violin)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (electric violin)
• John Guerin (drums)
• Paul Humphrey (drums)
• Ron Selico (drums)
• Max Bennett (bass)
• Shuggy Otis (bass)
• Ian Underwood (piano, organ, flute, clarinets, saxes)
• Lowell George, uncredited (guitar)

Tracks

LP Side One Peaches En Regalia (3:58) Willie The Pimp (9:25) Son Of Mr. Green Genes (8:58) Side Two Little Umbrellas (3:09) The Gumbo Variations (12:55) It Must Be A Camel (5:15)

CD Peaches En Regalia (3:39) Willie The Pimp (9:17) Son Of Mr. Green Genes (9:00) Little Umbrellas (3:04) The Gumbo Variations (16:57) It Must Be A Camel (5:17)

Release Notes

Recorded: T.T.G., LA; Sunset Sound, LA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, July-August, 1969.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Dick Kunc (Whitney Studios), Jack Hunt (T.T.G.), Cliff Goldstein (T.T.G.), Brian Ingoldsby (Sunset Sound).
Photo: Ed Caraeff.
Cover design: Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

This movie for your ears was produced & directed by Frank Zappa.

Dedicated to Dweezil, Bub & Gil.

[2009 Release] Mastered 2008 by Bernie Grundman from FZ's original edited master.

Background Information

The woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt is Christine Frka.

Captain Beefheart appears on the inside back cover of Hot Rats holding a vacuum cleaner. 2 photos of Ian Underwood appear on the inside spread of Hot Rats along with FZ images in studio activity.

The UK Hot Rats sleeve was printed by MacNeill Press, London. The Bizarre & Reprise Records logos appear on front, top right-hand corner of photo, together with Cat No & the word 'Stereo'. This does not occur on the US sleeve.

Conceptual Continuity

• Hot Rats is a star in the "One Size Fits All" (1975) "universe".

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
8	1.1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RS 6356	1969-10-15	None	Cal Schenkel	US edition. Matrix # Side1: T 1 RS 6356 A 30926 - 1 Side2: T 1 RS 6356 B 30927 - 2
		1	8T	Warner Bizarre/Reprise M8 6356	?	None		US edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RSLP 6356	1970-02	None	Cal Schenkel	UK edition, Matrix # Side1: RSLP 6356 A1 Side2: RSLP 6356 B1. Sleeve printed in UK.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise RSLP 6356	?	None		UK 2nd edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise K 44078	1971-07	None		UK 3rd edition.
		1	CS	Warner Bizarre/Reprise 444 078	?	None		German edition.
		1	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise K 44078	?	None		UK 4th edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet/Music Hall 112.927	?	None		Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes.
	1.2 Mono	1	LP	Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 12.927	?	None		Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes.
	1.3 Re-EQ'd Original Stereo	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-2	1986-11-25			Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
	2 Important Remix	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10066	1987	0014431006623 (not printed)	Cal Schenkel	US edition.
		1	CD		1988			24 Karat Gold Picture CD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-RCD 10066 SOI01
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 2	1987-10	5016583600228		UK edition, ADD.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 2	1987-10	5016583600228		French edition, ADD.
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin D4 74211	1990-10-17?	0013347421148		US edition, XDR.
		1	CD	Intercord i.r.s. 970702	?	?		German edition.
		1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 2	?	5016583600242?		UK edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 2027	1994-10-26	4988112405295		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10508	1995-05-02	0014431050824		US edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10508	1995-05-02	0014431050824		EU edition.
		1	CS	Rykodisc RAC 10508	1995-05-02	0014431050848		US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5102	1995-09-25	4988112406964		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5237	1996-05-30	4988112408371		Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10508 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1209	2001-09-21	4988112412651		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40583/1	2002-03-21	None		US edition. Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set. Matrix # IFPI L504 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10508 03
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10598	2005-07-19	0014431059827		= VideoArts VACK 1209, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1321	2008-05-21	4988112417656		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	1.1 Original Stereo	1	LP (150 g)	Barking Pumpkin RS 6356	2009-01-13	None		US edition, manufactured and distributed by Classic Records.
		1	LP (200 g)	Barking Pumpkin RS 6356	2009-01-13	None		US edition, manufactured and distributed by Classic Records. Matrix # Side 1: RS-6356-A BG Side 2: RS-6356-B BG
	Remaster	1	CD	Barking Pumpkin B001690702	2012-07-31	0824302384121		Manufactured and distributed by UMe.

See Also

• The Old Masters, Box II
• Threesome No. 2