Over-Nite Sensation

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Over-Nite Sensation
Released September 1973
See also: IINK, Patio, KUR The Old Masters, Box III Apostrophe/Overnite DVD

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar, vocals)
• George Duke (keyboards, synthesizer)
• Bruce Fowler (trombone)
• Tom Fowler (bass)
• Ralph Humphrey (drums)
• Sal Marquez (trumpet, vocals)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (violin, baritone violin)
• Tina Turner, Lynn & Debbie, uncredited (backing vocals)
• Ian Underwood (flute, clarinet, alto & tenor sax)
• Ruth Underwood (percussion)
• Kin Vassy, uncredited (backing vocals)
• Ricky Lancelotti (backing vocals)

Tracks

LP Side One Camarillo Brillo (4:01) I'm The Slime (3:35) Dirty Love (3:00) Fifty-Fifty (6:08) Side Two Zomby Woof (5:11) Dinah-Moe Humm (6:05) Montana (6:37)	Current CD Camarillo Brillo (3:59) I'm The Slime (3:35) Dirty Love (2:59) Fifty-Fifty (6:10) Zomby Woof (5:10) Dinah-Moe Humm (6:03) Montana (6:33)
1986 CD, coupled with Apostrophe (') Tracks 1 to 9 : Apostrophe (') CD tracks list Tracks 10 to 16 : Current CD tracks list

Release Notes

Recorded at Bolic Sound, Inglewood, CA; Whitney, Glendale, CA; and Paramount Studios, LA, CA, March-June, 1973.
Released September 1973.
Produced, arranged & conducted by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Barry Keene, Terry Dunavan, Fred Borkgren & Steve Desper.
Re-mix: Kerry McNabb.
Technicians: Paul Hof, Jay "Dunt" Sloatman, Kanzas J. Canzus.
Cover illustration: David B. McMacken.
Graphics: Cal Schenkel.
Photography: Emerson-Loew.

Background Information

Dave McMacken on the cover art content and concept:

"I listened to a truly bizarre take of the scene that Zappa imagined. In fantastic detail, he proceeded to tell me the story of Over-Nite Sensation and that the cover painting was to be done in a formal, realistic "Dutch Master" style, with the objects in the painting to be portrayed as visual elements from the story.

The painting captures a moment in the life of a band roadie on tour, with "Over-Nite Sensation" being a reference to the horniness of bands on the road. The space we're looking at is in a true perspective, but they're in a mirror and the object on the viewer's side are in reverse. Our focal object is a grapefruit, the symbol of a sexual object, and the grapefruit's been penetrated, with "cum" oozing out of it. The fire extinguisher symbolizes the completion of the act of intercourse, and even the frame is a sexual fantasy, starting off in gold and going to rot. All of the other items - the Holiday Inn, the food, maps and oozing TV - represent the doldrums of being on the road."

Conceptual Continuity

On the far right of the larger canvas of the 200 Motels (triptych) by Dave McMacken there is a floating disembodied hand apparently pointing at Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler in bondage gear, he later re-used a similar disembodied hand motif on the Overnite Sensation sleeve .

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
17	1.1 Original Stereo	1	LP	Warner DiscReet MS 2149	1973-09-07	None		US edition.
		1	CS	Warner DiscReet CRX 2149	?	None		Canadian edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet K 41000	?	None		UK edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet DIS 41 000		None		Dutch & German editions. (MS-2149) is also printed on the Dutch label.
		1	LP	Warner-Pioneer DiscReet P-8380D		None		Japanese edition.
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet 41000 B		None		French edition. N° 41 000 (31628) & (31629) are printed on the labels, B 41 000 (MS 2149) on the back cover. Matrix # Face A: 2 upside down MS 2149 31628-2 1C =41000 A logo A Face B: 2 upside down MS 2149 31629-2 1D =41000 B logo A
		1	LP	Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall 50-14.356		None		Argentinian edition.
	1.2 Discrete Quadraphonic	1	Quadradisc LP	Warner DiscReet MS4 2149	1973	None		US edition.
		1	Quad-8 Tape	Reprise REP L9M 2149	?	None		US edition.
		1	7" R-R, 7½ IPS	DiscReet DISQ 2149-QF	1973?	None		US edition.
	1.3a Censored Version	1	LP	Warner Reprise HRES 291-54		None	Censored artwork.	Spanish edition, Dinah-Moe Humm replaced by Eat That Question.
	1.3b Censored Version	1	LP	Warner Reprise HRES 291-54		None	Censored artwork.	Spanish edition, Dinah-Moe Humm replaced by Magdalena.
	1.4 Remastered from Quadraphonic	1	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 9999-3	1987-12-30			Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 40025	1986-09	0014431002526		US edition, coupled with Apostrophe (').
		1	CS	Barking Pumpkin D4 74221	1989-10-11?	0013347422145		US edition, XDR. Titled Overnight Sensation.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5034	1994-10-26	4988112405769		Japanese edition, coupled with Apostrophe (').
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10518	1995-04-18	0014431051821		US edition. Matrix # IFPI L503 IFPI 8724 DISCTRONICS RCD 10518 01
		1	CD	Warner Music Argentina/ Rykodisc 1443-10518-2	1995?	0014431051821		Argentinian edition.
		1	CD	BMG/Rykodisc D108635/RCD 10518	1995?	D108635 (code 39)		US edition.
		1	CS	Rykodisc RAC 10518	1995-04-18	0014431051845		US edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5107	1995-09-25	4988112407718		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	Festival/Rykodisc D31428	1995	9399603142820		Australian edition = RCD 10518.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 5242	1996-05-30?	4988112408425		Japanese edition.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1217	2001-10-24	4988112412736		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
		1	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10590	2005-07-19	0014431059025		= VideoArts VACK 1217, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed.
		1	CD	VideoArts VACK 1322	2008-05-21	4988112417663		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
	1.5 Remixed from Discrete Quadraphonic	1	CS	Zappa TZAPPA 36	?	5016583603649?		UK edition.
		1	CD	Zappa CDZAP 18	1990-03	5016583601829		UK edition, coupled with Apostrophe (').　U.M.R.K. DIGITAL REMIX.
	Unknown	1	MD	Rykodisc RMD 40025	1992 or later	0014431002588		Coupled with Apostrophe (').
	1.6 Remastered Original Stereo	1	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR 3850	2012-08-28	0824302385029		US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe. Source: Original 1973 Analog Master. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2012.
		1	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238502	2012-08-28	0824302385029		EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3850, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI L127 08243 023 850-2 01 + 52991194 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0113
		1	CD	Zappa/Universal Music Japan UICY-75365	2012-11-28	4988005737632		Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
		1	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMe ZR 3850-1	2013-06-18	0824302385012		US edition. Source: Original 1973 Analog Master. Mastered by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013.
		1	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMG Intl 0238501	2013-06-18	0824302385012		GB Side2: -27809- P. USA FVZ-2013-2-B WWW.ZAPPA.COM GB
		1	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMe ZR 3850-1	2018-01-19	0824302385081 (sticker)		US limited edition (500 copies), orange in clear vinyl, manufactured and distributed by Newbury Comics.
17D	1.7 Remastered Original Stereo with 9 Bonus Tracks	3	LP (180 g)	Zappa/UMe ZR20044-1B	2023-11-17	0602455648587		EU 50th anniversary deluxe edition, multi-colour translucid splatter album (2 x 45 rpm) with bonus disc (1 x 33 rpm). Source: Original 1/4" 2-track Analog Master Tape. 'Made in Czech Republic'.

See also

In the 1994 film Le Péril jeune In one scene Over-Nite Sensation is shown to pupils in a classroom. In another scene the Zappa toilet poster can be seen hanging on a wall and the song Dirty Love is used on the soundtrack.

• The Old Masters, Box III
• Apostrophe (') / Over-Nite Sensation Classic Albums DVD