Difference between revisions of "Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch"

From Zappa Wiki Jawaka
Jump to navigation Jump to search
m
Line 8: Line 8:
 
     Name          = Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch |
 
     Name          = Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch |
 
     Released      = May 1982 |
 
     Released      = May 1982 |
     Related        = See also:<br>[[Chalk Pie]]<br>[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]] |
+
     Related        = See also:<br>[[Chalk Pie]]<br>[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
 
}}
 
}}
 
</div>
 
</div>
Line 71: Line 71:
 
|}
 
|}
  
== Release Notes ==
+
==Release Notes==
== Liner Notes ==
+
 
== Background Information ==
+
==Liner Notes==
<blockquote>
+
 
...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.</blockquote>
+
==Background Information==
<div align=right>Frank Zappa: Record Review magazine interview in 1982</div>
+
 
 +
<blockquote>"...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."</blockquote>
 +
<div align=right>Frank Zappa, Record Review magazine interview, 1982.</div>
 +
 
 +
==Conceptual Continuity==
  
== Conceptual Continuity ==
 
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
| rowspan=18 align="center" | 35
+
| rowspan="18" align="center" | 35
| rowspan=18 align="center" | '''1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
+
| rowspan="18" align="center" | '''1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
 
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW&nbsp;38066
 
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>FW&nbsp;38066
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| 1982-05-03
Line 93: Line 96:
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
 
| Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT&nbsp;38066
 
| Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT&nbsp;38066
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| 1982-05-03
Line 228: Line 231:
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
==See Also==
 +
 +
*[[Chalk Pie]]
 +
*[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]
 +
*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]

Revision as of 15:30, 20 November 2010

Album History
Previous Next
Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Released May 1982
See also:
Chalk Pie
The Frank Zappa E.P.
Specialized Digital Audio Gratification

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. No Not Now (5:50)
  2. Valley Girl (4:59)
  3. I Come From Nowhere (6:20)

Side Two

  1. Drowning Witch (12:01)
  2. Envelopes (2:44)
  3. Teen-age Prostitute (2:40)
Current CD
  1. No Not Now (5:51)
  2. Valley Girl (4:50)
  3. I Come From Nowhere (6:09)
  4. Drowning Witch (12:03)
  5. Envelopes (2:45)
  6. Teen-age Prostitute (2:42)
1986 CD, coupled with The Man From Utopia
Cassette (UK edition)

Side One

  1. No Not Now (5:51)
  2. Valley Girl (4:50)
  3. I Come From Nowhere (6:17)

Side Two

  1. Drowning Witch (12:04)
  2. Envelopes (2:46)
  3. Teen-age Prostitute (2:40)

Release Notes

Liner Notes

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, 1982.

Conceptual Continuity

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 CS Barking Pumpkin
FWT 38066
1982-05-03 None   US edition.
1 LP CBS
CBS 85804
  None   UK edition. Some first copies had a bonus 7" promotional single named The Frank Zappa E.P.
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 = Rykodisc RCD 10537 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1243
2002-05-29 4988112413283   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.

See Also