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{{Album Release Infobox |
 
{{Album Release Infobox |
     Home          = [[:Category:Box Set Albums|Box Set Albums]] |
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     Home          = [[Box Set Albums (by Cover)|Box Set Albums]] |
 
     Previous album = [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Series)|Previous]] |
 
     Previous album = [[Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (The Series)|Previous]] |
 
     Next album    = [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II|Next]] |
 
     Next album    = [[London Symphony Orchestra Vol. I & II|Next]] |
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     Name          = Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III |
 
     Name          = Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III |
 
     Released      = June 1987 |
 
     Released      = June 1987 |
     Related        = See also:<br>[[Joe's Garage Act I]]<br>[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]<br>[[Welcome To Joe's Garage]]<br>[[Zappa Records MK 129]] |
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     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Joe's_Garage.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/joesgarage.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/joes-garage-act-i-ii-iii}}<br>[[Welcome To... Joe's Garage Act I]]<br>[[Zappa Records MK 129]]<br>[[Joe's Garage Act I]]<br>[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]<br>[[Zappa Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage]] |
 
}}
 
}}
 
</div>
 
</div>
  
 
==Players==
 
==Players==
*[[Frank Zappa]] (Central Scrutinizer, [[L. Ron Hoover]], Father Riley, Buddy Jones)
+
 
 +
*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (Central Scrutinizer, [[L. Ron Hoover]], Father Riley, Buddy Jones)
 
*[[Ike Willis]] (Joe)
 
*[[Ike Willis]] (Joe)
 
*[[Dale Bozzio]] (Mary)
 
*[[Dale Bozzio]] (Mary)
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*[[Warren Cuccurullo]] & [[Ed Mann]] (Sy Borg)
 
*[[Warren Cuccurullo]] & [[Ed Mann]] (Sy Borg)
 
*[[Terry Bozzio]] (Bald-Headed John)
 
*[[Terry Bozzio]] (Bald-Headed John)
*[[Al Malkin]], [[Warren Cuccurullo]], [[Dale Bozzio]], [[Geordie Hormel]], [[Barbara Issak]] & most of the people who work at [[Village Recorders]] ca 1979 ([[UMRK]] Chorus)
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*[[Al Malkin]], [[Warren Cuccurullo]], [[Dale Bozzio]], [[Geordie Hormel]], [[Barbara Issak]] & most of the people who work at [[The Village Recording Studios|Village Recorders]] ca 1979 ([[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen|UMRK]] Chorus)
  
 
==Tracks==
 
==Tracks==
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|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
 
|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
 
'''Side One (Act I)'''
 
'''Side One (Act I)'''
#[[The Central Scrutinizer]] (3:27)
+
#[[The Central Scrutinizer]] - xenocronised from [[My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama]] (3:27)
#[[Joe's Garage]] (6:10)
+
#[[Joe's Garage (Track)|Joe's Garage]] - unknown xenocrony (6:10)
#[[Catholic Girls]] (4:26)
+
#[[Catholic Girls]] - xenocronised from [[Jewish Princess]]? (4:26)
 
#[[Crew Slut]] (5:51)
 
#[[Crew Slut]] (5:51)
  
 
'''Side Two'''
 
'''Side Two'''
#[[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite|Wet T-Shirt Nite]] (5:26)
+
#[[Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite|Wet T-Shirt Nite]] - xenocronised from [[Inca Roads]] (5:26)
#[[On The Bus|Toad-O Line]] (4:18)
+
#[[On The Bus|Toad-O Line]] - xenocronised from [[Inca Roads]] (4:18)
#[[Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?]] (2:35)
+
#[[Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?]] - unknown xenocrony (2:35)
 
#[[Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up]] (7:17)
 
#[[Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up]] (7:17)
  
 
'''Side Three (Act II)'''
 
'''Side Three (Act II)'''
#[[A Token Of My Extreme]] (5:28)
+
#[[A Token Of My Extreme]] - xenocronised from [[Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)]] (5:28)
#[[Stick It Out]] (4:33)
+
#[[Stick It Out]] - unknown xenocrony (4:33)
#[[Sy Borg]] (8:50)
+
#[[Sy Borg]] - xenocronised from [[Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up]]? (8:50)
  
 
'''Side Four'''
 
'''Side Four'''
#[[Dong Work For Yuda]] (5:03)
+
#[[Dong Work For Yuda]] - unknown xenocrony (5:03)
#[[Keep It Greasey]] (8:22)
+
#[[Keep It Greasey]] - unknown xenocrony (8:22)
#[[Outside Now]] (5:52)
+
#[[Outside Now]] - unknown xenocrony (5:52)
  
 
'''Side Five (Act III)'''
 
'''Side Five (Act III)'''
#[[He Used To Cut The Grass]] (8:34)
+
#[[He Used To Cut The Grass]] - unknown xenocrony (8:34)
#[[Packard Goose]] (11:38)
+
#[[Packard Goose]] - unknown xenocrony (11:38)
  
 
'''Side Six'''
 
'''Side Six'''
 
#[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] (10:00)
 
#[[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] (10:00)
#[[A Little Green Rosetta]] (7:25)
+
#[[A Little Green Rosetta]] - unknown xenocrony (7:25)
  
 
|valign="top"|<div id="Current CD"><big>'''Current CD'''</big></div>
 
|valign="top"|<div id="Current CD"><big>'''Current CD'''</big></div>
 
'''Disc One'''
 
'''Disc One'''
 
#[[The Central Scrutinizer]] (3:28)
 
#[[The Central Scrutinizer]] (3:28)
#[[Joe's Garage]] (6:10)
+
#[[Joe's Garage (Track)|Joe's Garage]] (6:10)
 
#[[Catholic Girls]] (4:19)
 
#[[Catholic Girls]] (4:19)
 
#[[Crew Slut]] (6:38)
 
#[[Crew Slut]] (6:38)
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|}
 
|}
  
==LP Tracks==
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==Release Notes==
Unknown
 
  
==Release Notes==
 
 
This edition regroups [[Joe's Garage Act I]] and [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]. However the tracks distribution was reconsidered across the discs, so CD 1 tracks are not these from Act I...
 
This edition regroups [[Joe's Garage Act I]] and [[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]. However the tracks distribution was reconsidered across the discs, so CD 1 tracks are not these from Act I...
 +
 +
1995 CDs are remastered and tracks 1.5 & 1.6 are retitled "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" & [[On The Bus]]. Track 9 is an additional track [[Scrutinizer Postlude]], making a total of 19 tracks. (Previous CDs having only 18 tracks).
 +
The 1987 UK 2xCD issue (CDFZ1 / CDS&nbsp;7-90087-2), has three incorrect titles; "A Token Of His Extreme", "Doing Work For Yuda" & "Keep It Greasy".
  
 
==Liner Notes==
 
==Liner Notes==
 +
 
==Background Information==
 
==Background Information==
Joe use to be a nice kid until he dscovered rock n roll
 
-------------------------------
 
Also
 
Joe's Girlfriend Mary leaves him for another rockstar.
 
in Anger Joe has sex with a slut and develop Gonorrhea
 
------
 
He is put jail ( got rape there) cause he couldn't pay for damage
 
of property
 
Soon after he's release from the cell music becomes illegal which Joe go's mad about. So he thinks about all the guitar notes he cannot play and a journalist documenting his thoughts
 
But Joe Soon comes to facts that music is gone
 
and begins frosted muffins at the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen, frosting muffins
 
  
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
 
==Conceptual Continuity==
 +
 +
==Alternate Cover==
 +
 +
[[Image:RCD 10530-31.jpg|none|thumb|150px|1995 CD]]
  
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
| rowspan=13 align="center" | 28 & 29
+
| rowspan="20" align="center" | 28 & 29
| rowspan=13 align="center" | Not sure
+
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original Stereo'''
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>SWCL 74206
+
| [[Barking Pumpkin Records]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|723252|SWCL&nbsp;74206}}
 
| 1987-06
 
| 1987-06
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
 
| US edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
 +
| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1435037|RCD&nbsp;10060/61}}
 +
| 1987-06
 +
| None
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| US edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CD1: 818 PUMPKIN RCD10060 01! MADE IN USA BY PDO ;<br>CD2: 818 PUMPKIN RCD10061 01! MADE IN USA BY PDO
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="1" align="center" | Unknown
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[EMI Records|EMI]]<br>FZAP1
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| [[EMI]]
| ?
+
| 1988-07
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| UK edition.
 
| UK edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 1.2<br>Original Stereo<br>with edit
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
+
| align="center" | CD
| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10060/61
+
| EMI<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1756914|CDS&nbsp;7-90087-2}}
| 1987-06
+
| 1987?
 +
| 0077779008704
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK edition (CDFZ1).<br>Matrix # CD1: CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90088&nbsp;2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS ;CD2: CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90089&nbsp;2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS<br>Track 2:Joe's Garage, the last words "social activities" are repeated twice.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| [[Toshiba-EMI Limited|Toshiba EMI]]<br>CP25-5662•63
 +
| 1988-07-24
 +
| 4988006624856
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition.
+
| Japanese edition.<br>Track 2:Joe's Garage, the last words "social activities" are repeated twice.  
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| rowspan="11" align="center" | '''1.1<br>Original Stereo'''
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | 3
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>ZAPPA 20
+
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| 5016583602017?
 
| 5016583602017?
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Zappa<br>CDDZAP 20
+
| Zappa<br>CDDZAP&nbsp;20
| ?
+
| 1990-09<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref>
 
| 5016583602024
 
| 5016583602024
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition.
+
| UK edition. Matrix # CD1: CDD&nbsp;ZAP&nbsp;20 CD 1 MPO 03 '''?''' ; CD2: CDD&nbsp;ZAP&nbsp;20 CD 2 MPO 07 @@
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
| Zappa<br>TZAPPA 20
+
| Zappa<br>TZAPPA&nbsp;20
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| 5016583602048?
 
| 5016583602048?
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Intercord Record Service|I.R.S.]]<br>i.r.s. 973720?
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| [[Intercord Record Service|I.R.S.]]<br>i.r.s.&nbsp;973720?
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| German edition.
 
| German edition.
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| [[Toshiba-EMI Limited|Toshiba EMI]]<br>CP25-5662•63
 
| 1988-07-24
 
| 4988006624856
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition.
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CS
 
| align="center" | CS
| Barking Pumpkin<br>4XWB 74206
+
| Barking Pumpkin<br>4XWB&nbsp;74206
 
| 1990-10-17
 
| 1990-10-17
 
| 0013347420646
 
| 0013347420646
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition.
+
| US edition, [[wikipedia:XDR (audio)|XDR]].
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5039/40
+
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5039/40
| 1994-11-25
+
| 1994-11-26
 
| 4988112405813
 
| 4988112405813
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Rykodisc<br>RCD 10530/11
+
| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|371153|RCD&nbsp;10530/31}}
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 0014431053023
 
| 0014431053023
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CD1: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X12086 A4 P2 310530-2.1 03 M1S4 ; CD2: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L901 W5245 A4 P2 310530-2.2 01 M1S4
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| US pressing edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X12086 A4 P2 310530-2.1 03 M1S4 ;<br>CD2: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L901 W5245 A4 P2 310530-2.2 01 M1S4<br>''4-part numeric barcode display. Remastered''
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Rykodisc<br>RCD&nbsp;10530/31
 +
| 1995
 +
| 0014431053023
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK pressing edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI L502 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10530/31 ONE 01; <br>CD2: IFPI L503 IFPI 8711 DISCTRONICS RCD 10530/31 TWO 02<br>''3-part numeric barcode display (Untinted 3-part deep case). Remastered''
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5127/8
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/19911-Eldorado Gravadora Eldorado]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2078618|968013}}
 +
| 1995
 +
| 7897181221385
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| Brazilian edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 2
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5127/8
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 1995-10-25
 
| 4988112407879
 
| 4988112407879
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| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | 2
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5262/3
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5262/3
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 1996-05-30
 
| 4988112408623
 
| 4988112408623
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition.
 
| Japanese edition.
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''2012 Remaster<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<ref name="2012glitch">According to Zappa Forum members, some 2012 CDs may/may not have a glitch on [[Watermelon In Easter Hay]] "at the point when the solo ends and the clean guitar comes back in (5:53)".</ref>
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMe]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|3940371|ZR&nbsp;3861}}
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386125
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[Zappa Family Trust|ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238612
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386125
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3861, manufactured in Germany.
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | Unknown
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
 +
| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9484648|ZR&nbsp;3861-1}}
 +
| 2016-12-09
 +
| 0824302386118
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| US edition, pressed in Germany by [http://pallasusa.com Pallas-USA]. Source: 1979 Analog Master Tape Safety. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g?)
 +
| Zappa/UMG&nbsp;Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|9485743|ZR&nbsp;3861-1}}
 +
| 2016-12-09
 +
| 0824302386118
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3861-1.
 
|}
 
|}
  
== See Also ==
+
==Notes==
 +
 
 +
<references/>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
[[wikipedia:Kevin Murphy (screenwriter)|Kevin Murphy]] and Dan Studney wrote a musical based on the 1938 cult classic "Reefer Madness". They [http://www.reefermadness.org/critics/theatremania.html claim] they were inspired to do so while listening to Zappa's Joe's Garage album during a car trip: ""Joe’s Garage" was like Zappa’s attempt at a musical", said Studney, "and I was thinking I’d love to stage it. Then there was some line about reefer or anti-authority or whatever, and I said to Kevin, ‘How come nobody’s ever done "Reefer Madness" as a musical?’"
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 +
 
 +
The German comic strip artist Wittek drew [http://wittek0815comix.blogspot.com/2010/12/frank-zappa-joes-garage.html a comic strip] album based on Zappa's Joe's Garage album. Each track was illustrated in collage art, similar to the art work inside "Joe's Garage" itself.
 +
 
 +
==See Also==
 +
 
 +
*[[Welcome To... Joe's Garage Act I]]
 +
*[[Zappa Records MK 129]]
 
*[[Joe's Garage Act I]]
 
*[[Joe's Garage Act I]]
 
*[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]
 
*[[Joe's Garage Acts II & III]]
*[[Welcome To Joe's Garage]]
+
*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
*[[Zappa Records MK 129]]
+
*[[Zappa Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
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[[Category:1979]]
 
[[Category:Box Set Albums]]
 
[[Category:Box Set Albums]]

Revision as of 08:30, 6 October 2021

Box Set Albums
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Joe's Garage Acts I, II & III
Released June 1987
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
Welcome To... Joe's Garage Act I
Zappa Records MK 129
Joe's Garage Act I
Joe's Garage Acts II & III
Specialized Digital Audio Gratification
Zappa Busy As Ever While Coming Out of Joe's Garage

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One (Act I)

  1. The Central Scrutinizer - xenocronised from My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama (3:27)
  2. Joe's Garage - unknown xenocrony (6:10)
  3. Catholic Girls - xenocronised from Jewish Princess? (4:26)
  4. Crew Slut (5:51)

Side Two

  1. Wet T-Shirt Nite - xenocronised from Inca Roads (5:26)
  2. Toad-O Line - xenocronised from Inca Roads (4:18)
  3. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? - unknown xenocrony (2:35)
  4. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (7:17)

Side Three (Act II)

  1. A Token Of My Extreme - xenocronised from Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme) (5:28)
  2. Stick It Out - unknown xenocrony (4:33)
  3. Sy Borg - xenocronised from Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up? (8:50)

Side Four

  1. Dong Work For Yuda - unknown xenocrony (5:03)
  2. Keep It Greasey - unknown xenocrony (8:22)
  3. Outside Now - unknown xenocrony (5:52)

Side Five (Act III)

  1. He Used To Cut The Grass - unknown xenocrony (8:34)
  2. Packard Goose - unknown xenocrony (11:38)

Side Six

  1. Watermelon In Easter Hay (10:00)
  2. A Little Green Rosetta - unknown xenocrony (7:25)
Current CD

Disc One

  1. The Central Scrutinizer (3:28)
  2. Joe's Garage (6:10)
  3. Catholic Girls (4:19)
  4. Crew Slut (6:38)
  5. Fembot in A Wet T-Shirt Nite (4:44)
  6. On The Bus (4:32)
  7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee? (2:23)
  8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (5:43)
  9. Scrutinizer Postlude (1:35)
  10. A Token Of My Extreme (5:29)
  11. Stick It Out (4:34)
  12. Sy Borg (8:56)

Disc Two

  1. Dong Work For Yuda (5:04)
  2. Keep It Greasey (8:22)
  3. Outside Now (5:49)
  4. He Used To Cut The Grass (8:35)
  5. Packard Goose (11:31)
  6. Watermelon In Easter Hay (9:05)
  7. A Little Green Rosetta (8:15)

Release Notes

This edition regroups Joe's Garage Act I and Joe's Garage Acts II & III. However the tracks distribution was reconsidered across the discs, so CD 1 tracks are not these from Act I...

1995 CDs are remastered and tracks 1.5 & 1.6 are retitled "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" & On The Bus. Track 9 is an additional track Scrutinizer Postlude, making a total of 19 tracks. (Previous CDs having only 18 tracks). The 1987 UK 2xCD issue (CDFZ1 / CDS 7-90087-2), has three incorrect titles; "A Token Of His Extreme", "Doing Work For Yuda" & "Keep It Greasy".

Liner Notes

Background Information

Conceptual Continuity

Alternate Cover

1995 CD

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
28 & 29 1.1
Original Stereo
3 LP Barking Pumpkin Records
SWCL 74206
1987-06     US edition.
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10060/61
1987-06 None   US edition, AAD. Matrix # CD1: 818 PUMPKIN RCD10060 01! MADE IN USA BY PDO ;
CD2: 818 PUMPKIN RCD10061 01! MADE IN USA BY PDO
Unknown 3 LP EMI 1988-07     UK edition.
1.2
Original Stereo
with edit
2 CD EMI
CDS 7-90087-2
1987? 0077779008704   UK edition (CDFZ1).
Matrix # CD1: CDP 7 90088 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS ;CD2: CDP 7 90089 2 · MASTERED BY NIMBUS
Track 2:Joe's Garage, the last words "social activities" are repeated twice.
2 CD Toshiba EMI
CP25-5662•63
1988-07-24 4988006624856   Japanese edition.
Track 2:Joe's Garage, the last words "social activities" are repeated twice.
1.1
Original Stereo
3 LP Zappa ? 5016583602017?   UK edition.
2 CD Zappa
CDDZAP 20
1990-09[1] 5016583602024   UK edition. Matrix # CD1: CDD ZAP 20 CD 1 MPO 03 ? ; CD2: CDD ZAP 20 CD 2 MPO 07 @@
2 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 20
? 5016583602048?   UK edition.
2 CD I.R.S.
i.r.s. 973720?
      German edition.
2 CS Barking Pumpkin
4XWB 74206
1990-10-17 0013347420646   US edition, XDR.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5039/40
1994-11-26 4988112405813   Japanese edition.
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10530/31
1995-05-02 0014431053023   US pressing edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X12086 A4 P2 310530-2.1 03 M1S4 ;
CD2: IFPI 2U4H WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L901 W5245 A4 P2 310530-2.2 01 M1S4
4-part numeric barcode display. Remastered
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10530/31
1995 0014431053023   UK pressing edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI L502 IFPI 8725 DISCTRONICS RCD 10530/31 ONE 01;
CD2: IFPI L503 IFPI 8711 DISCTRONICS RCD 10530/31 TWO 02
3-part numeric barcode display (Untinted 3-part deep case). Remastered
2 CD Gravadora Eldorado/Rykodisc
968013
1995 7897181221385   Brazilian edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5127/8
1995-10-25 4988112407879   Japanese edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5262/3
1996-05-30 4988112408623   Japanese edition.
2012 Remaster
Stereo
[2]
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3861
2012-09-25 0824302386125   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[3].
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238612
2012-09-25 0824302386125   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3861, manufactured in Germany.
Unknown 1 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMe
ZR 3861-1
2016-12-09 0824302386118   US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: 1979 Analog Master Tape Safety. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
1 LP
(180 g?)
Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3861-1
2016-12-09 0824302386118   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3861-1.

Notes

  1. Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1722.
  2. According to Zappa Forum members, some 2012 CDs may/may not have a glitch on Watermelon In Easter Hay "at the point when the solo ends and the clean guitar comes back in (5:53)".
  3. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.


Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney wrote a musical based on the 1938 cult classic "Reefer Madness". They claim they were inspired to do so while listening to Zappa's Joe's Garage album during a car trip: ""Joe’s Garage" was like Zappa’s attempt at a musical", said Studney, "and I was thinking I’d love to stage it. Then there was some line about reefer or anti-authority or whatever, and I said to Kevin, ‘How come nobody’s ever done "Reefer Madness" as a musical?’"


The German comic strip artist Wittek drew a comic strip album based on Zappa's Joe's Garage album. Each track was illustrated in collage art, similar to the art work inside "Joe's Garage" itself.

See Also