Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Release info
Tracks
- WPLJ (02:53)
- Igor's Boogie, Phase One (00:36)
- Overture To A Holiday In Berlin (01:27)
- Theme From "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" (04:32)
- Igor's Boogie, Phase Two (00:36)
- Holiday In Berlin, Full Blown (06:24)
- Aybe Sea (02:46)
- Little House I Used To Live In (18:42)
- Valarie (03:14)
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Background
By this point, listeners got the idea of meat vs. vegetables (“Call Any Vegetable,” “Mr. Green Genes,” etc.): active people vs. passive ones, and real music vs. numb consumerism. When discussing Absolutely Free with an interviewer from the International Times in 1967, Frank said that “people, even if they are inactive, apathetic or unconcerned at this point, can be motivated toward a more useful sort of existence. I believe that if you call any vegetable, then it will respond to you.” In addition to a few album titles from this period, including Sandwich of course, references to meat can be found in song titles, present and future (“The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue” and “Things That Look Like Meat,” for example).
Of course, this album title mainly refers to the sandwiched song order: Old R&B covers open and close the album.
On the back cover is a picture taken by Cal Schenkel of Ian Underwood pretending to eat a shoe or boot. A thought cloud comes from his temple: “God! This is a tasty little sucker!” It’s a reference to “Mr. Green Genes” from Uncle Meat (“Eat your shoes”). The picture comes from the Mothers’ September-October 1968 European tour.
Frank chose the front album cover long after it had been designed by Cal in early 1967; the “crucified on technology” sculpture was originally concocted in the Zappas’ New York apartment on Charles Street for an Eric Dolphy album that was never released.
According to Cal, Frank solarized and developed the inner-gatefold Apostolic picture of Don Preston in his own closet.
See also: Burnt Weeny Sandwich (the film).
Conceptual Continuity
Here may be some CC clues, with some explanation.
This could be a section on each album-page.
Versions
See also: "Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler".
