The Man From Utopia
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| Released March 1983 | |
| See also: The Man from Utopia Sampler The Man from Utopia Promo | |
Players
- Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, Linn Drum Machine)
- Steve Vai (impossible guitar parts on strat and acoustic)
- Ray White (guitar, vocals)
- Roy Estrada (pachuco falsettos etc)
- Bob Harris (boy soprano)
- Ike Willis (bionic baritone)
- Bobby Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals)
- Tommy Mars (keyboards)
- Arthur Barrow (keyboards, bass, micro-bass, rhythm guitar)
- Ed Mann (percussion)
- Scott Thunes (bass)
- Chad Wackerman (drums)
- Vinnie Colaiuta (drums on "The Dangerous Kitchen")
- Dick Fegy (mandolin)
- Marty Krystall (sax)
Tracks
LP
Side One
Side Two
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Current CD
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1986 CD, coupled with
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
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Release Notes
Liner Notes
Background Information
Tink Walks Amok is titled after Arthur Barrow’s childhood nickname, which Frank learned of from easy-pop singer Christopher Cross and found hilarious. The main lick of the first section used to be called Atomic Paginini. Barrows described the session: “[Frank] would point to different strings and frets on my bass and tell me where to take the lick next. He was writing it as we were recording!” Also interpolated, toward the end, is an early 1980s piece called 13.
The title of Moggio came from Frank’s daughter Diva; she crawled into bed with her parents and dreamt that she had a tiny father named Moggio who lived under her pillow.
The opening song on the original side 2 is a studio medley of two R&B oldies, The Man From Utopia by Donald Woods and the Vel-Aires (1955) and Mary Lou by Young Jessie from around the same time.
Stick Together is a slogan used with some sarcasm, since it’s usually a pro-union motto.
The songs are heard in a different order on the 1995 CD than on the original album, and Luigi and the Wise Guys is added.
The cover art was made by Liberatore, a famous italian comics author and illustrator. The painted character is half RanXerox, half Frank Zappa.
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
| ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin FW 38403 |
1983-03-28 | US edition. Matrix # Side1: FW-38403- Side2: FW-38403- | ||
| 1 | LP | CBS 25251 |
1983 | Dutch edition. | ||||
| 1 | LP | CBS/Sony 25AP 2642 |
Japanese edition. | |||||
| 1 | LP | CBS 20459 |
? | Argentinian edition, titled El Hombre De Utopia. | ||||
| 1 | CS | CBS 60459 |
? | Argentinian edition, titled El Hombre De Utopia. | ||||
| 1.2 Mõggio Track Remixed |
1 | LP | EMI 1C 064 26 0815 1 |
1981 | 5099926081519 | Dutch edition, digitally remastered. Matrix # Side1: 2608151-A1 Side2: 2608151- | ||
| 1 | CD | EMI CDP 7 90074 2 |
Unknown | 0077779007424 | UK edition, coupled with Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS· | |||
| Unknown | 1 | LP | SNC 3085 | 1993 | Russian limited edition of 5000 copies, released under license from FZ. | |||
| 2 Important Remix, 1 Bonus Track |
1 | CD | Barking Pumpkin D2 74245 |
1993 | 0013347424521 | US edition. | ||
| 1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 53 |
1993-01-11 | 5016583605322 | UK edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 80047 |
1993? | Japanese edition. | ||||
| 1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10538 |
1995-05-02 | 0014431053825 | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10538 01 | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5089 |
1995-06-25 | 4988112406865 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5224 |
1996-05-24? | 4988112408241 | Japanese edition. | |||
| 1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1244 |
2002-05-29 | 4988112413290 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |
