Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Released May 1982
See also: Chalk Pie

Players

• Frank Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
• Steve Vai (guitar)
• Ray White (rhythm guitar, vocals)
• Tommy Mars (keyboards)
• Bobby Martin (keyboards, sax, vocals)
• Ed Mann (percussion)
• Scott Thunes (bass)
• Arthur Barrow (bass)
• Patrick O'Hearn (bass)
• Chad Wackerman (drums)
• Roy Estrada (vocals)
• Ike Willis (vocals)
• Bob Harris (vocals)
• Lisa Popeil (vocals)
• Moon Zappa (vocal on Valley Girl)

Tracks

LP Side One No Not Now (5:50) Valley Girl (4:59) I Come From Nowhere (6:20) Side Two Drowning Witch (12:01) Envelopes (2:44) Teen-age Prostitute (2:40)	Current CD No Not Now (5:51) Valley Girl (4:50) I Come From Nowhere (6:09) Drowning Witch (12:03) Envelopes (2:45) Teen-age Prostitute (2:42)
1986 CD, coupled with The Man From Utopia Tracks 1 to 10 : The Man From Utopia LP tracks list Tracks 11 to 16 : Current CD tracks list

Background Information

...the title of the album is going to be Drowning Witch. A long time ago there was this guy called Roger Price who did this cartoon called Droodles and one of the pictures in the book was called "Drowning Witch." Right now we're in the process of trying to locate this guy to get permission to use the picture because this book came out in the '50s. I want to use the original picture.

Frank Zappa: Record Review magazine interview in 1982

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
35	1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin FW 38066	1982-05-03	None		US edition.
		1	LP	CBS CBS 85804		None		UK edition.
		1	LP	CBS/Sony 25AP 2362		None		Japanese edition.
		1	LP	EMI/Fame 5318 51 2608141	?	None		Argentinian edition, titled Barco Llegando Demasiado Tarde Para Salvar A Una Bruja Ahogándose.
		1	CS	EMI/Fame 15318 51 2608144	?	None		Argentinian edition, titled Barco Llegando Demasiado Tarde Para Salvar A Una Bruja Ahogándose.
		1	CD	EMI CDP 7 90074 2	Unknown	0077779007424		UK edition, coupled with The Man From Utopia. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
		1	CD	Barking Pumpkin D2 74235	1991	0013347423524?		US edition.
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin D4 74235	1991	0013347423548		US edition.
		1	LP	Zappa ZAPPA 42	?	5016583604219?		UK edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 42	1991?	5016583604226		French edition. Matrix # ZAP CD 42 MPO 01 @
		1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 42	1991?	5016583604240?		UK edition.
		1	CD	Barking Pumpkin/MSI MSI 80046				Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Intercord i.r.s. 970742				German edition.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10537	1995-05-02	0014431053726		US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10537 01
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5088	1995-06-25	4988112406858		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5223	1996-04-15?	4988112408234		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1243	2002-05-29	4988112413283		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.