An Evening With Wild Man Fischer

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Released April 28 1969
See also:
The Bizarre Percussion Ensemble
GTO's

Players

  • Wild Man Fischer- (vocals, spontaneous comments, recitations, explanations, dialogs and diatribes)
  • The Bizarre Percussion Ensemble - (collective group percussion)
  • Art Tripp - (dubbed percussion effects)
  • Kim Fowley - (introduction and prophesies about Fischer)
  • Rodney Bingenheimer - (introduction and prophesies about Fischer)
  • The GTO's - (vocal support to introductions)
  • Miss Johna - (voice- end of side one)

Tracks

Double LP

Side One: The Basic Fischer

  1. Merry-Go-Round (This is Wild Man's theme song, sort of)
  2. New Kind Of Songs For Sale (Live on The Strip)
  3. "I'm Not Shy Anymore" (Larry relives the past in the studio)
  4. "Are You From Clovis?"
  5. The Madness & Ecstasy

Side Two: Larry's Songs unaccompanied

  1. Which Way Did The Freaks Go?
  2. I'm Working For The Federal Bureau Of Narcotics
  3. The Leaves Are Falling
  4. 85 Times
  5. Cops & Robbers
  6. Monkeys Versus Donkeys
  7. Start Life Over Again
  8. The Mope
  9. Life Brand New
  10. Who Did It Johnny?
  11. Think Of Me When Your Clothes Are Off
  12. Taggy Lee
  13. Rhonda
  14. I Looked Around You
  15. Jennifer Jones

Side Three: Some Historical Notes

  1. The Taster (fancy version)
  2. The Story Of The Taster
  3. The Rocket Rock
  4. The Rocket Rock Explanation & Dialog
  5. Dream Girl
  6. Dream Girl Explanation
  7. Serrano (Sorrento?) Beach
  8. Success Will Not Make Me Happy
  9. Wild Man On The Strip Again

Side Four: In Conclusion

  1. Why I Am Normal
  2. The Wild Man Fischer Story
  3. Balling Isn't Everything
  4. Ugly Beautiful Girl
  5. Larry & His Guitar
  6. Circle (Larry's first psychedelic hit)
  7. Larry Under Pressure

Release Notes

Released April 1969 (US Original) on Bizarre Label (2XS 6332)
Words and music on all songs by Larry Fischer
© 1968 all lyrics & music copyrighted for the world by Bizarre Music Co. BMI
Produced by Frank Zappa
Engineered by Jerry Hansen at Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood
Street field recording by Dick Kunc
Art direction: Cal Schenkel
Cover photograph: Henry Ditz
Black & white photography: Ed Caraeff
Business production: Herb Cohen

Liner Notes

Background Information

Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Covers

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD) 		Barcode
(EAN-13) 		Artwork Comment
ZFT_release_# (n/a if not appropriate) Version_abstract Number_of_LP/CD/... Format (LP/CD/...) Editor_page_name
Catalog_ref 		Release_date (YYYY-MM-DD   if unknown) Barcode (13 digits   if unknown/none) Artwork description (  if none) Comments (  if none)

I've got Reprise 2XS 6332 (USA stereo issue) import
Gatefold cover.
Liners are 'dusky cream', unpunched (no label hole) & unlined, with white 'Limo Offer' get a free album text in perf panel and Warner text at foot
Labels: Cat no: 2XS 6332. (sides titled |, ||, ||| & |V) (| is backed by |V & || by |||)
Matrices: (1) 2XS-1-6332-WW1 (2) 2XS-2-6332-WW1 (3) 2XS-3-6332-WW1 (4) 2XS-4-6332-WW1 All 4 run-outs, further around from matrices, have the mark: –∆

Notes

See Also

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