Hot Rats
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| Released October 1969 | |
| See also: IINK, Patio, KUR Double Dynamite The Old Masters, Box II Threesome No. 2 The Hot Rats Sessions | |
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
Side Two
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CD
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Release Notes
Recorded: T.T.G., LA; Sunset Sound Recorders, 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 Recorders).
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 Records & 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.
A US radio commercial for this album used a form of reverse marketing stating that most people found the unnamed artist's music "ugly and too weird" but "it is imperative that you obtain Hot Rats".[1]
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 Brothers Bizarre Records/Reprise | 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 | 1970-02[2] | 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 | 1971-07[2] | None | UK 3rd edition. | |||
| 1 | CS | Warner Bizarre/Reprise 444 078 |
? | None | German edition. | |||
| 1 | LP | Warner Bizarre/Reprise | ? | None | UK 4th edition. | |||
| 1 | LP | Warner DiscReet/Music Hall | ? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes. | |||
| 1.2 Mono |
1 | LP | Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall | ? | None | Argentinian edition, titled Ratas Calientes. | ||
| 1.3 Re-EQ'd Original Stereo |
1 | LP | Barking Pumpkin Records | 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 | Rykodisc RCD 10066 |
1988 | US edition, golden tinted 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. | |||
| 1.4 Remastered Original Stereo |
1 | LP (150 g) |
Barking Pumpkin RS 6356 |
2009-01-13 | None | US edition, manufactured and distributed by Classic Records. Mastered and cut directly from the original analog master tape by Bernie Grundman. | ||
| 1 | LP (200 g) |
Barking Pumpkin RS 6356 |
2009-01-13 | None | BG Side 2: RS-6356-B BG | |||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/UMe ZR 3841 |
2012-07-31 | 0824302384121 | US edition with CD-Text, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3]. Source: Original 1969 Analog Master. Re-Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2008. | |||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/UMG Intl 0238412 |
2012-07-31 | 0824302384121 | EU edition with CD-Text = Zappa/UMe ZR 3841, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI L017 08243 023 841-2 01 C 52971868 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0125 | |||
| 1 | CD | Zappa/Universal Music Japan UICY-75357 |
2012-11-28 | 4988005737557 | Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese. | |||
| 1 | LP (180 g) |
Zappa/UMe ZR 3841-1 |
2016-08-26 | 0824302384114 | US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: Original 1969 Analog Master. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016. | |||
| 1 | LP (180 g) |
Zappa/UMG Intl ZR 3841-1 |
2016-08-26 | 0824302384114 | EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3841-1. | |||
| 1 | LP (180 g) |
Zappa/UMe ZR 3841-1[4] |
2018-03-23[5] | 0824302384183 (sticker) |
US limited edition (750 copies), pink & purple Splatter vinyl, manufactured and distributed by Newbury Comics. |
Notes
- ↑ - Hot Rats LP Promo
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
- ↑ Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.
- ↑ Same gatefold sleeve as the 2016 US edition with same catalog number ZR 3841-1 and barcode 824302384114. The lower sticker mentions ZR3841C ST03
- ↑ The first batch planned for January 19th, 2018. was cancelled. Around January 17th, 2018, Frank Zappa Forum members reported to have received an email saying 'We wanted to inform you that in quality checking these pressings, the Hot Rats LP has unfortunately been determined to be defective. Therefore, we are canceling this title from your order. (...) When the pressing of Hot Rats is confirmed in the future, we will once again make these available for purchase via newburycomics.com. We will notify you with early access to offer you the chance to purchase at that time.' The new release date has been announced in a tweet by Newbury Comics on March 20th, 2018.
In 2008 a Dutch magazine Wah-Wah asked some people which record they would like to take to a desert island - for some unexplained reason. The Dutch poet, journalist and radio presenter Wim Brands chose this one.
