The Man From Utopia

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The Man From Utopia
Released March 1983
See also: 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 Cocaine Decisions (2:56) The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51) Tink Walks Amok (3:40) The Radio Is Broken (5:52) Mõggio (3:05) Side Two The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:19) Stick Together (3:50) SEX (3:00) The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:30) We Are Not Alone (3:31)	Current CD Cocaine Decisions (3:54) SEX (3:43) Tink Walks Amok (3:39) The Radio Is Broken (5:51) We Are Not Alone (3:18) The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51) The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:22) Stick Together (3:14) The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:29) Luigi & The Wise Guys (3:25) Moggio (2:36)
1986 CD, coupled with Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch Tracks 1 to 10 : LP tracks list Tracks 11 to 16 : Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch CD tracks list

Liner Notes

Liberatore - The cover art

Background Information

Title derived from a song by Donald Woods

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-A5B5-Re1 (2) | Dinkum /\ Side2: FW-38403-B5A5-Re1 | (2) Dinkum.
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin FWT 38403	1983-03-28			US edition.
		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-BB1
		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?	4938167001331		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 = Rykodisc RCD 10538 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1244	2002-05-29	4988112413290		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.

See Also

• The Man from Utopia Promo