The Man From Utopia

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The Man From Utopia
Released March 1983
See also:
The Man from Utopia Sampler
The Man from Utopia Promo

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Cocaine Decisions (2:56)
  2. The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51)
  3. Tink Walks Amok (3:40)
  4. The Radio Is Broken (5:52)
  5. Mõggio (3:05)

Side Two

  1. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:19)
  2. Stick Together (3:50)
  3. SEX (3:00)
  4. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:30)
  5. We Are Not Alone (3:31)
Current CD
  1. Cocaine Decisions (3:54)
  2. SEX (3:43)
  3. Tink Walks Amok (3:39)
  4. The Radio Is Broken (5:51)
  5. We Are Not Alone (3:18)
  6. The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51)
  7. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:22)
  8. Stick Together (3:14)
  9. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:29)
  10. Luigi & The Wise Guys (3:25)
  11. Moggio (2:36)

Release Notes

Liner Notes

Background Information

Tink Walks Amok is titled after Arthur Barrow’s childhood nickname, which Frank learned of from easy-pop singer Christopher Cross and found hilarious. The main lick of the first section used to be called Atomic Paginini. Barrows described the session: “[Frank] would point to different strings and frets on my bass and tell me where to take the lick next. He was writing it as we were recording!” Also interpolated, toward the end, is an early 1980s piece called 13.

The title of Moggio came from Frank’s daughter Diva; she crawled into bed with her parents and dreamt that she had a tiny father named Moggio who lived under her pillow.

The opening song on the original side 2 is a studio medley of two R&B oldies, The Man From Utopia by Donald Woods and the Vel-Aires (1955) and Mary Lou by Young Jessie from around the same time.

Stick Together is a slogan used with some sarcasm, since it’s usually a pro-union motto.

The songs are heard in a different order on the 1995 CD than on the original album, and Luigi and the Wise Guys is added.

The cover art was made by Liberatore, a famous italian comics author and illustrator. The painted character is half RanXerox, half Frank Zappa.

Conceptual Continuity

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
36 1.1
Original
Stereo
1 LP Barking Pumpkin
FW 38403
1983-03-28     US edition. Matrix #
Side1: FW-38403-A5B5-Re1 (2) | Dinkum /\
Side2: FW-38403-B5A5-Re1 | (2) Dinkum.
1 LP CBS
25251
1983     Dutch edition.
1 LP CBS
20459
?     Argentinian edition,
titled El Hombre De Utopia.
1 CS CBS
60459
?     Argentinian edition,
titled El Hombre De Utopia.
1.2
Mõggio
Track
Remixed
1 LP EMI
1C 064 26 0815 1
1981 5099926081519   Dutch edition, digitally remastered.
Matrix #
Side1: 2608151-A1
Side2: 2608151-BB1
1 CD EMI
CDP 7 90074 2
Unknown 0077779007424   UK edition, coupled with Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch. Matrix # CDP 7 90074 2 · ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS·
Unknown 1 LP SNC 3085 1993     Russian limited edition of 5000 copies, released under license from FZ.
2
Important
Remix,
1 Bonus
Track
1 CD Barking Pumpkin
D2 74245
1993 0013347424521   US edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 53
1993-01-11 5016583605322   UK edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10538
1995-05-02 0014431053825   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L501 IFPI 8732 DISCTRONICS RCD 10538 01
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5089
1995-06-25 4988112406865   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5224
1996-05-24? 4988112408241   Japanese edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1244
2002-05-29 4988112413290   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.

See Also