Uncle Meat

Release info

Uncle Meat

Released April 1969.

Recorded: Apostolic Studios, NYC, October 1967-February 1968.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineer: Richard "Dynamite Dick" Kunc.
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA, c. March-April, 1968.
Engineered by Jerry Hansen.
Package designed by Cal Schenkel.

Tracks

Disc One

1. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (01:56) - related to Uncle Meat
2. The Voice Of Cheese (00:27)
3. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution (06:00)
4. Zolar Czakl (00:55)
5. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (05:51) - related to Dog Breath
6. The Legend Of The Golden Arches (03:28) - related to A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
7. Louie Louie (02:19)
8. The Dog Breath Variations (01:49) - related to Dog Breath
9. Sleeping In A Jar (00:51)
10. Our Bizarre Relationship (01:05)
11. The Uncle Meat Variations (04:46) - related to Uncle Meat
12. Electric Aunt Jemima (01:46)
13. Prelude To King Kong (03:39) - related to King Kong
14. God Bless America (Live At The Whisky-A-Go-Go) (01:11)
15. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (01:29)
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) (05:06)
17. Mr. Green Genes (03:14)
18. We Can Shoot You (02:03)
19. If We'd All Been Living In California... (01:14)
20. The Air (02:57)
21. Project X (04:49)
22. Cruising For Burgers (02:18)

Disc Two

1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part 1 (37:35) - 1987 CD
2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (03:46) - 1987 CD
3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part 2 (03:51) - 1987 CD
4. King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) (00:51) - related to King Kong
5. King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild) (01:19) - related to King Kong
6. King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) (01:45) - related to King Kong
7. King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) (06:18) - related to King Kong
8. King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) (00:34) - related to King Kong
9. King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival) (07:25) - related to King Kong

Players

THE MOTHERS at the time of this recording were:

• Frank Zappa guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
• Ray Collins swell vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black drums, droll humor, poverty
• Roy Estrada electric bass, chesseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
• Don (Dom De Wild) Preston electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
• Billy (The Oozer) Mundi drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
• Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)
• Ian Underwood electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
• Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquiries
• Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies

<be>Special thanks to:

• Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
• Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations

Uncredited: Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese.

Background

The teeth motif on the front and back covers satirized the old teenybopper posters that had featured "kissable close-ups" of the Beatles' lips, gums and teeth.

Or It could be that Cal Schenkel had just moved into a new studio on Melrose Avenue that was formerly a dentist's office and had loads of dental stuff still in there just waiting to be used.

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
6	1 Original Stereo	2	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise 2MS 2024	1969	None	Cal Schenkel, NT&B	Matrix # Side1: MS-1-2024 WW1 #2 Side4: MS-4-2024 WW-1 #2 Side2: MS-2-2024 WW1 #3 Side3: MS-3-2024 WW-1 #●4
		2	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise CRV 2009 (RS 2024)	1969?	None	Cal Shenkel	French edition - manufactured by Vogue - red sticker on top left of the cover: The Mothers Of Invention Deux Albums 30cm - Matrix # Side1: CR 2024 A Side4: CR 2024 D Side2: CR 2024 B Side3: CR 2024 C
		2	LP	Warner Bizarre/Reprise REP 64005 (MS 2024)	?	None	Cal Shenkel	German edition - manufactured by WEA Musik GMBH - Matrix # Side1: 030871 Side2: 030872 Side3: WEA - 64005-C PF Side4: 030874
	Unknown	2	LP	Barking Pumpkin BPR 8888-1	1986-11-25			Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
	2 Important Remastering	2	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10064/5	1987-10	0014431006425		US edition.
		2	CD	Zappa CDDZAP 3	1987-10?	5016583600327		UK edition.
		2	CD	Intercord i.r.s. 970703? i.r.s. 973703?	?			German edition
		2	CD	VideoArts VACK 5025/6	1994-10-26	4988112405288		Japanese edition.
		2	CS	Rykodisc RAC 10506/7	1995-05-02	0014431050640		US edition.
		2	CD	Rykodisc RCD 10506/7	1995-05-02	0014431050626		US edition. Matrix # CD1: IFPI 2U3K WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L903 Y11982 A4 P2 310506-2.1 02 M1S3 ; CD2: IFPI 2U3K WEA mfg. OLYPHANT ifpi L902 X12068 A4 P2 310506-2.2 01 M1S1
		2	CD	VideoArts VACK 5109/10	1995-09-25	4988112407732		Japanese edition.
		2	CD	VideoArts VACK 5244/45	1996-06-01	4988112408449		Japanese edition.
		2	CD	VideoArts VACK 1208	2001-09-21	4988112412644		Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.