One Size Fits All

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One Size Fits All
Released June 1975
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box III One Size Fits All - Au20

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitars, vocals)
• George Duke (keyboards, synthesizers, vocals)
• Napoleon Murphy Brock (flute, tenor sax, vocals)
• Chester Thompson (drums)
• Tom Fowler (bass)
• Ruth Underwood (percussion)
• James Youman (bass)
• Johnny "Guitar" Watson (flambe vocals)
• Bloodshot Rollin' Red (harmonica)

Tracks

LP Side One Inca Roads (8:45) Can't Afford No Shoes (2:37) Sofa No. 1 (2:38) Po-Jama People (7:38) Side Two Florentine Pogen (5:23) Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:05) San Ber'dino (5:51) Andy (6:03) Sofa No. 2 (2:38)

CD Inca Roads (8:45) Can't Afford No Shoes (2:38) Sofa No. 1 (2:39) Po-Jama People (7:43) Florentine Pogen (5:27) Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:04) San Ber'dino (5:57) Andy (6:03) Sofa No. 2 (2:47)

Release Notes

Recorded: The Record Plant, LA; Caribou, Nederland, Colorado; Paramount Studios, LA, December, 1974-April, 1975.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Kerry McNab, Gary O. Jukka, Michael Braunstein.
Cal Schenkel Design & Fresco.
Lynn Lascaro Sofa Upholstery.

Background Information

Cover art: the "OSFA Universe!"

Back cover art:

Star Map

"The Frank I Remember": "I began working as Frank's recording engineer on January 3, 1975, when Kerry McNab (arguably the best engineer Frank ever had) began his slow withdrawal from the scene and subsequently from engineering entirely. Because of a contractual obligation to Kerry, Marty Perellis (Frank's then-manager) insisted on listing me as 'recordist' on the One Size Fits All LP, though I did much of the actual engineering. I went on to engineer all or part of six or so albums with Frank."

— Michael Braunstein, Letters To Mix, 2003.

Conceptual Continuity

• SOFA is an anagram of One Size Fits All's initials

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
20	1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Warner DiscReet DS 2216	1975-06-25	None		US edition.
		1	8T	Warner DiscReet DIS M8D 2216	1975?	None		US edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet K 59207	1975-08	None		UK edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet DIS 59 207 (Z)		None		German edition.
		1	LP	Warner-Pioneer DiscReet P-10045D		None		Japanese edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 50-14.183		None		Argentinian edition, titled Una Medida Adecuada A Todo.
	1a Slight Remaster	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 9999-6	1987-12-30	None		Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin D4 74216	1988?	?		US edition, XDR.
		1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 11	?	5016583601140?		UK edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10095	1988?	0014431009525		US edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 11	1989-01	5016583601126		UK & French editions, AAD. Matrix # ZAP 11 MPO 06 @
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5035	1994-10-26	4988112405776		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10521	1995-05-02	0014431052125		US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5106	1995-09-25	4988112407008		Japanese edition.
		1	CS	Rykodisc RAC 10521	1996-02-27?	0014431052149		US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5241	1996-05-30	4988112408418		Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10521 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
	Unknown	1	CD	Warner Music Argentina/ Rykodisc 1443-10521-2	1995?	0014431052125		Argentinian edition.
	1 Original Stereo	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 80521	1996-07-02	0014431852121		US edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD). Matrix # IFPI8102 DADR 0SC81<910>RCD80521 IFPI L481
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5286	1996-07-24	4988112404779		Japanese edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD).
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10521	1998?	0014431052125		US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8711 DISCTRONICS RCD 10521 01
	1a Slight Remaster	1	CD		2001?			US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1220	2001-10-24	4988112412767		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10902	2005-08-16	0014431090226		= VideoArts VACK 1220, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed
	Unknown	1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1324	2008-05-21	4988112417687		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	1.0 Remastered Original Stereo	1	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 3853	2012-08-28	0824302385326		US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe. Source: Original 1975 Analog Master. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2012.
		1	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238532	2012-08-28	0824302385326		EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3853, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI LV26 08243 023 853-2 01 * 52991198 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0113

See Also

• One Size Fits All - Au20