You Are What You Is
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Released September 1981 | |
See also: Crush All Boxes Clean Cuts from You Are What You Is |
Players
- Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
- Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, vocals)
- Ray White (rhythm guitar, vocals)
- Bob Harris (boy soprano, trumpet)
- Steve Vai ("strat abuse")
- Tommy Mars (keyboards)
- Arthur Barrow (bass)
- Ed Mann (percussion)
- David Ocker (clarinet, bass clarinet)
- Motorhead Sherwood (tenor saxophone)
- Denny Walley (slide guitar)
- David Logeman (drums)
- Craig Steward (harmonica)
Guest Vocalists:
- Jimmy Carl Black (vocals)
- Motorhead Sherwood (vocals)
- Ahmet Zappa (vocals)
- Moon Zappa (vocals)
- Denny Walley (vocals)
Tracks
Release Notes
- Frank Zappa - Producer
- John Livzey - Cover Photo
- John Vince - Graphics
- UMRK Studio
- Amy R. Bernstein - CD Layout
Liner Notes
Background Information
The girl-hitting incident heard in Jumbo Go Away represented yet another case of Frank reporting on real events and letting listeners come to their own conclusions (rather than force-feeding them any “message songs”); Zappa guitarist Denny Walley had slapped a woman.
Dweezil’s line “Leave my nose alone, please” from the end of Drafted Again was originally heard at the end of Flower Punk on the Money album.
Conceptual Continuity
Versions
ZFT # | Version # | # discs | Format | Catalog # | Release (YYYY-MM-DD) |
Barcode (EAN-13) |
Artwork | Comment |
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34 | 1.1 Original Stereo |
2 | LP | Barking Pumpkin PW2 37537 |
1981-09-23 | None | US edition. | |
2 | LP | CBS CBS 88560 |
1981-10 | None | UK edition. | |||
2 | LP | CBS/Sony 40AP 2217~8 |
None | Japanese edition. | ||||
2 | CS | EMI 68415/6 |
? | None | Argentinian edition. | |||
1 | CD | EMI CDP 7 90075 2 |
1986 | 0077779007523 | UK edition. "UK: CD EN 5000" also printed on the CD & cover. Matrix # CDP 7 90075 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS | |||
1.2 Lower quality master with incomplete Dumb All Over solo[1] |
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 40165 |
1990-05-14 | 0014431016523 | US edition. | ||
1 | CD | Zappa CDZAP 27 |
1990-05? | 5016583602727 | UK edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5044 |
1994-11-25 | 4988112405844 | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10536[2] |
1995-05-02 | 0014431053627 | US edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5130 |
1995-10-25 | 4988112407893 | Japanese edition. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 5265 |
1996-05-30 | 4988112408654 | Japanese edition. | |||
1.3 Higher quality master with incomplete Dumb All Over solo[1] |
1 | CD | Rykodisc RCD 10536[2] |
1998 | 0014431053627 | US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10536 01 | ||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1242 |
2002-05-29 | 4988112413276 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. | |||
1 | CD | VideoArts VACK 1335 |
2008-06-18 | 4988112417779 | Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve. |
Notes
- According to the Zappa Patio.