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     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]] |
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     Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Ship_Arriving_Too_Late_To_Save_A_Drowning_Witch.html}},{{ZPLink|vinylvscds/drowning_witch.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/ship-arriving-too-late-to-save-a-drowning-witch}}<br>[[Chalk Pie]]<br>[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]<br>[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]] |
 
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==Players==
 
==Players==
  
*[[Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
+
*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (lead guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Steve Vai]] (guitar)
 
*[[Steve Vai]] (guitar)
 
*[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
 
*[[Ray White]] (rhythm guitar, vocals)
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'''Side One'''
 
'''Side One'''
 
#[[No Not Now]] (5:50)
 
#[[No Not Now]] (5:50)
#[[Valley Girl]] (4:59)
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#[[Valley Girl]] (4:58) [actually 4:50]
 
#[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:20)
 
#[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:20)
  
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*Tracks 11 to 16 : [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch#Current CD|Current CD tracks]] list
 
*Tracks 11 to 16 : [[Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch#Current CD|Current CD tracks]] list
  
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|valign="top"|<div id="CS"><big>'''Cassette (UK edition)'''</big></div>
 +
'''Side One'''
 +
#[[No Not Now]] (5:51)
 +
#[[Valley Girl]] (4:50)
 +
#[[I Come From Nowhere]] (6:17)
 +
'''Side Two'''
 +
#[[Drowning Witch]] (12:04)
 +
#[[Envelopes]] (2:46)
 +
#[[Teen-age Prostitute]] (2:40)
 +
 +
|}
 +
 +
==Release Notes==
 +
 +
==Liner Notes==
 +
 +
==Background Information==
 +
 +
{|
 +
| valign="top" |<blockquote>"...the title of the album is going to be Drowning Witch. A long time ago there was this guy called [[wikipedia:Roger Price (comedian)|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>
 +
| [[Image:Lucky_Droodle.png|none|thumb|150px|1953 Droodle by Roger Price]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
== Release Notes ==
+
from a [[KPFM-FM Radio Interview, 84/5|KPFM-FM Radio Interview]]:
== Liner Notes ==
+
 
== Background Information ==
+
CA: "I've noticed that … ah … you've got a credit here for droodles, copyright 1953."
<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>
+
FZ: "Yeah, the illustration on the cover, yeah."
<div align=right>Frank Zappa: Record Review magazine interview in 1982</div>
+
 
 +
CA: "Oh, is it this old things like on party napkins?"
 +
 
 +
FZ: "Right, yeah!"
 +
 
 +
CA: "Really, droodles!" [laughs]
 +
 
 +
FZ: "Yeah, I remembered that one, that one was my favorite droodle of all time, is that one right there. And, and I went on a search to find Roger Price, the guy who did those things and found out that he lived in the San Fernando Valley and works for a publishing company down there and … ah … licensed the right to use that droodle on the cover. That's the original droodle!"
 +
 
 +
==Conceptual Continuity==
  
== Conceptual Continuity ==
 
 
==Versions==
 
==Versions==
  
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
 
{| {{Versions Table Header}}
| rowspan=18 align="center" | 35
+
| rowspan="25" align="center" | 35
| rowspan=18 align="center" | '''1<br>Original<br>[[Wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
+
| rowspan="12" align="center" | '''1.1<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 38066
+
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/shiparriving.JPG|FW&nbsp;38066}}
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| None
 
| None
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
+
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
| Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT 38066
+
| Barking Pumpkin<br>FWT&nbsp;38066
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| 1982-05-03
 
| None
 
| None
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>CBS 85804
+
| [[CBS Records|CBS]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/drowningwitch_uk.jpg|CBS&nbsp;85804}}
 +
| 1982-06<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1722.</ref>
 +
| None
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK edition. Some first copies had a bonus 7" promotional single named [[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| CBS<br>CBS&nbsp;40-85804
 +
| 1982-06<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| None
 
| None
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[CBS/Sony]]<br>25AP 2362
+
| [[CBS/Sony]]<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/drowningwitch_japan_25AP_2362.jpg|25AP&nbsp;2362}}
| &nbsp;
+
| ?
 
| None
 
| None
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[EMI Records|EMI]]/Fame<br>5318 51 2608141
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| [[EMI Records|EMI]]/Fame<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/shiparriving_argentinia.jpg|5318&nbsp;51&nbsp;2608141}}
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| None
 
| None
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CS
 
| align="center" | CS
| EMI/Fame<br>15318 51 2608144
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| EMI/Fame<br>15318&nbsp;51&nbsp;2608144
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| None
 
| None
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|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
| align="center" | [[Wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
+
| align="center" | LP
| EMI<br>CDP 7&nbsp;90074&nbsp;2
+
| EMI<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/Shiparriving_UK_EMC_3501.jpg|EMC&nbsp;3501}}
| Unknown
+
| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| EMI<br>TCEMC&nbsp;3501
 +
| 1986-02<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 2<sup>nd</sup> edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
 +
| EMI<br>CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90074&nbsp;2
 +
| ?
 
| 0077779007424
 
| 0077779007424
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| UK edition, coupled with [[The Man From Utopia]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
+
| UK edition, coupled with [[The Man From Utopia]]. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]] CDP&nbsp;7&nbsp;90074&nbsp;2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | LP
 +
| Fame<br>{{SUTCLink|pictures/SATLTSADW_Fame_label.jpg|FA&nbsp;3180}}
 +
| 1987-06<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CS
 +
| Fame<br>TCFA&nbsp;3180
 +
| 1987-06<ref name="MStrong"/>
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| UK 3<sup>rd</sup> edition.
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| rowspan="11" align="center" | '''1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)</small>
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2 74235
+
| [[Barking Pumpkin]]<br>D2&nbsp;74235
 
| 1991
 
| 1991
| 0013347423524?
+
| 0013347423524
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| US edition.
 
| US edition.
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CS
 
| align="center" | CS
| Barking Pumpkin<br>D4 74235
+
| Barking Pumpkin<br>D4&nbsp;74235
 
| 1991
 
| 1991
 
| 0013347423548
 
| 0013347423548
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | LP
 
| align="center" | LP
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>ZAPPA 42
+
| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>ZAPPA&nbsp;42
 
| ?
 
| ?
| 5016583604219?
+
| 5016583604219
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| UK edition.
 
| UK edition.
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Zappa<br>CDZAP 42
+
| Zappa<br>CDZAP&nbsp;42
| 1991?
+
| 1991-08<ref name="MStrong"/>
 
| 5016583604226
 
| 5016583604226
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| French edition. Matrix # ZAP CD 42 MPO 01 @
+
| UK/French edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|AAD]]. Matrix # ZAP&nbsp;CD&nbsp;42 MPO 01 @
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CS
 
| align="center" | CS
| Zappa<br>TZAPPA 42
+
| Zappa<br>TZAPPA&nbsp;42
| 1991?
+
| 1991
| 5016583604240?
+
| 5016583604240
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| UK edition.
 
| UK edition.
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| Barking Pumpkin/[[Music Scene Incorporated|MSI]]<br>MSI 80046
+
| Barking Pumpkin/[[Music Scene Incorporated|MSI]]<br>MSI&nbsp;80046
| &nbsp;
+
| ?
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Intercord Record Service|Intercord]]<br>i.r.s. 970742
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| [[Intercord Record Service|Intercord]]<br>i.r.s.&nbsp;970742
| &nbsp;
+
| ?
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[Rykodisc]]<br>RCD 10537
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|1951096|RCD&nbsp;10537}}
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 1995-05-02
 
| 0014431053726
 
| 0014431053726
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10537 01
+
| US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD&nbsp;10537 01
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK 5088
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5088
 
| 1995-06-25
 
| 1995-06-25
 
| 4988112406858
 
| 4988112406858
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| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 5223
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5223
 
| 1996-04-15?
 
| 1996-04-15?
 
| 4988112408234
 
| 4988112408234
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
| Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10537 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese
+
| Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD&nbsp;10537 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese
 
|-
 
|-
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | 1
 
| align="center" | CD
 
| align="center" | CD
| VideoArts<br>VACK 1243
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/ship-arriving-too-late-vack-1243|VACK&nbsp;1243}}
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 2002-05-29
 
| 4988112413283
 
| 4988112413283
 
| &nbsp;
 
| &nbsp;
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 
| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
 +
|-
 +
| rowspan="2" align="center" | '''1.2<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''<br><small>(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)</small>
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>ZR&nbsp;3865
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386521
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe<ref name="ZFTEmail">Email announcement by the [[ZFT]] on July 31<sup>st</sup>, 2012.</ref>.
 +
|-
 +
| align="center" | 1
 +
| align="center" | CD
 +
| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238652
 +
| 2012-09-25
 +
| 0824302386521
 +
| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3865, manufactured in Germany.
 
|}
 
|}
 +
 +
==Notes==
 +
 +
<references/>
 +
 +
==See Also==
 +
 +
*[[Chalk Pie]]
 +
*[[The Frank Zappa E.P.]]
 +
*[[Specialized Digital Audio Gratification]]
  
 
[[Category:Discography]]
 
[[Category:Discography]]
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[[Category:1982]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]
 
[[Category:Original Albums]]

Revision as of 20:55, 16 July 2021

Album History
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch
Released May 1982
See also:
IINK,Patio, KUR
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 (4:58) [actually 4:50]
  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.
1953 Droodle by Roger Price

from a KPFM-FM Radio Interview:

CA: "I've noticed that … ah … you've got a credit here for droodles, copyright 1953."

FZ: "Yeah, the illustration on the cover, yeah."

CA: "Oh, is it this old things like on party napkins?"

FZ: "Right, yeah!"

CA: "Really, droodles!" [laughs]

FZ: "Yeah, I remembered that one, that one was my favorite droodle of all time, is that one right there. And, and I went on a search to find Roger Price, the guy who did those things and found out that he lived in the San Fernando Valley and works for a publishing company down there and … ah … licensed the right to use that droodle on the cover. That's the original droodle!"

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
35 1.1
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
1982-06[1] None   UK edition. Some first copies had a bonus 7" promotional single named The Frank Zappa E.P.
1 CS CBS
CBS 40-85804
1982-06[1] 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 LP EMI
EMC 3501
1986-02[1]     UK 2nd edition.
1 CS EMI
TCEMC 3501
1986-02[1]     UK 2nd edition.
1 CD EMI
CDP 7 90074 2
? 0077779007424   UK edition, coupled with The Man From Utopia. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
1 LP Fame
FA 3180
1987-06[1]     UK 3rd edition.
1 CS Fame
TCFA 3180
1987-06[1]     UK 3rd edition.
1.2
Original
Stereo

(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)
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
1991-08[1] 5016583604226   UK/French edition, AAD. 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.
1.2
Original
Stereo

(I Come From Nowhere is shortened)
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3865
2012-09-25 0824302386521   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[2].
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238652
2012-09-25 0824302386521   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3865, manufactured in Germany.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1722.
  2. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

See Also