Hot Rats

Release Info

Released October 15 1969

Tracks

• Peaches En Regalia (03:39)
• Willie The Pimp (09:17)
• Son Of Mr. Green Genes (09:00)
• Little Umbrellas (03:04)
• The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
• It Must Be A Camel (05:17)

Players

Captain Beefheart (vocals), Sugar Cane Harris (violin), Jean-Luc Ponty (violin), John Guerin (drums), Paul Humphrey (drums), Ron Selico (drums), Max Bennett (bass), Shuggy Otis (bass), Ian Underwood (keyboards, clarinets, saxes) and Frank Zappa (guitar, ocave base, percussion)

Background

FZ in The Real Frank Zappa Book: "The residents at that time included my wife, Gail; my secretary, Pauline Butcher; our road manager, Dick Barber; Pamela Zarubica; Ian Underwood; Motorhead Sherwood; and a girl named Christine Frka - the woman on the cover of the Hot Rats album crawling out of the crypt. Christine Frka was our baby-sitter, along with Pamela Des Barres."

Versions

See also: "Hot Rats / Burnt Weeny Sandwich Sampler".

ZFT #	Mix	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release	EAN.UCC-13 (barcode)	Artwork	Comment
8	Stereo vinyl	1	LP	Bizarre RS6356	1969	None
	?	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-2	November 25 1986			Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
	Important remix	1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10066	1987
		1	CD		1988			24 Karat Gold Picture CD. Matrix # 818 PUMPKIN RYK-RCD 10066 SOI01
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 2027	October 26 1994	4988112405295
		1	CS	Rykodisc RAC 10508	May 2 1995	0014431050848
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10508	May 2 1995	0014431050824
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5102	September 25 1995	4988112406964
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5237	May 30 1996	4988112408371
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1209	September 21 2001	4988112412651		Mini-album papersleeve
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40583/1	April 23 2002	None		Included in the Threesome No. 2 box set.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10598	July 19 2005	0014431059827		Mini-album papersleeve