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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.  
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{{Album Release Infobox |
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    Home          = [[Album History (by Cover)|Album History]] |
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    Previous album = [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Previous]] |
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    Next album    = [[Hot Rats|Next]] |
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    Cover          = 2MS_2024.jpg |
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    Name          = Uncle Meat |
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    Released      = April 1969 |
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    Related        = See also:<br>{{IINKLink|lyrics/Uncle_Meat.html}}, {{ZPLink|vinylvscds/uncle_meat.html}}, {{KURLink|fz-discography/uncle-meat}}<br>[[The Old Masters, Box II]]<br>[[Uncle Meat (The Film)]]
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While speaking to Bob Marshall on 10/22/88, Frank said that "the funny thing about [the title "Nine Types of Industrial Pollution"] is that at the time it was put on Uncle Meat, there was no such thing as a concern over industrial pollution. It hadn't even been brought up as a topic... [I used the name as] a joke after driving through New Jersey."
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==Players==
  
"Zolar Czakl" is the name of a rock-climbing route in Boulder Canyon, Colorado. It's unknown whether Frank named the piece after the route because he found the name amusing, or if the route was named after the piece.
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[[The Mothers]]:
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*[[Biography|Frank Zappa]] (guitar, 'low grade' vocals, percussion)
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*[[Ray Collins]] ('swell' vocals)
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*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] (drums, 'droll humor', 'poverty')
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*[[Roy Estrada]] (electric bass, 'chesseburgers', 'Pachuco falsetto')
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*[[Don Preston|Don (Dom De Wild) Preston]] (electric piano, 'tarot cards', 'brown rice')
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*[[Billy Mundi|Billy (The Oozer) Mundi]] (drums 'on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS')
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*[[Bunk Gardner|Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner]] (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon '(all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)')
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*[[Ian Underwood]] (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, 'special assistance', 'copyist', 'industrial relations' & 'teen appeal')
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*[[Arthur Tripp|Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp]] (drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, 'cheerful outlook' & 'specific enquiries')
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*[[Jim "Motorhead" Sherwood|Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood]] ('pop star', 'frenetic' tenor sax 'stylings', tambourine, choreography, 'obstinance' & 'equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies')
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Also:
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*[[Pamela Zarubica]] as [[Suzy Creamcheese]], uncredited (vocals)
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*[[Ruth Underwood]] (marimba and vibes with Artie 'on many of the tracks')
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*[[Nelcy Walker]] (soprano voice with Ray & Roy on [[Dog Breath]] & [[The Uncle Meat Variations]])
  
"Electric Aunt Jemima" was Frank's nickname for his guitar amplifier.
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==Tracks==
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{| cellspacing="30"
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|valign="top"|<div id="LP"><big>'''LP'''</big></div>
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'''Side One'''
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#[[Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme]] (1:54) - related to [[Uncle Meat (The Track)|Uncle Meat]]
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#[[The Voice Of Cheese]] (0:27)
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#[[Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution]] (5:56)
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#[[Zolar Czakl]] (0:57)
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#[[Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague]] (5:51) - related to [[Dog Breath]]
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#[[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus|The Legend Of The Golden Arches]] (1:24)
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#[[Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)]] (2:28)
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#[[The Dog Breath Variations]] (1:36) - related to [[Dog Breath]]
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'''Side Two'''
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#[[Sleeping In A Jar]] (0:49)
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#[[Our Bizarre Relationship]] (1:05)
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#[[The Uncle Meat Variations]] (4:40) - related to [[Uncle Meat (The Track)|Uncle Meat]]
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#[[Electric Aunt Jemima (The Track)|Electric Aunt Jemina]] (1:53)
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#[[Prelude To King Kong]] (3:24) - related to [[King Kong]]
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#[[God Bless America|God Bless America (Live At the Whisky A Go Go)]] (1:22)
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#[[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus]] (1:29)
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#[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)]] (5:08)
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'''Side Three'''
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#[[Mr. Green Genes (1968 - New York)|Mr. Green Genes]] (3:10)
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#[[We Can Shoot You]] (1:48)
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#[[If We'd All Been Living In California...|"If We'd All Been Living In California..."]] (1:29)
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#[[The Air]] (2:57)
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#[[Project X]] (4:49)
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#[[Cruising For Burgers]] (2:19)
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'''Side Four'''
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#[[King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)]] (0:53)
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#[[King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild)]] (1:15)
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#[[King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)]] (1:44)
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#[[King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)]] (6:17)
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#[[King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)]] (0:29)
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#[[King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival)|King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival...The Underwood ramifications)]] (7:22)
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|valign="top"|<div id="CD"><big>'''CD'''</big></div>
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'''Disc One'''
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#[[Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme]] (1:55) - related to [[Uncle Meat (The Track)|Uncle Meat]]
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#[[The Voice Of Cheese]] (0:26)
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#[[Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution]] (6:00)
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#[[Zolar Czakl]] (0:55)
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#[[Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague]] (3:59) - related to [[Dog Breath]]
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#[[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus|The Legend Of The Golden Arches]] (3:27)
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#[[Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London)]] (2:19)
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#[[The Dog Breath Variations]] (1:48) - related to [[Dog Breath]]
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#[[Sleeping In A Jar]] (0:51)
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#[[Our Bizarre Relationship]] (1:05)
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#[[The Uncle Meat Variations]] (4:46) - related to [[Uncle Meat (The Track)|Uncle Meat]]
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#[[Electric Aunt Jemima (The Track)|Electric Aunt Jemima]] (1:46)
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#[[Prelude To King Kong]] (3:38)
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#[[God Bless America|God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go)]] (1:11)
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#[[A Pound For A Brown On The Bus]] (1:29)
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#[[Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)]] (5:05)
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#[[Mr. Green Genes (1968 - New York)|Mr. Green Genes]] (3:14) - Remix
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#[[We Can Shoot You]] (2:03)
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#[[If We'd All Been Living In California...|"If We'd All Been Living In California..."]] (1:14)
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#[[The Air]] (2:57)
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#[[Project X]] (4:49)
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#[[Cruising For Burgers]] (2:18)
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'''Disc Two'''
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#[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt|Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I]] (37:34) - Bonus Track
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#[[Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (The Track)|Tengo Na Minchia Tanta]] (3:46) - Bonus Track
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#[[Uncle Meat Film Excerpt|Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II]] (3:51) - Bonus Track
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#[[King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)|King Kong Itself]] (0:51)
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#[[King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild)|King Kong II]] (1:19)
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#[[King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)|King Kong III]] (1:45)
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#[[King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)|King Kong IV]] (6:18)
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#[[King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)|King Kong V]] (0:34)
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#[[King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival)|King Kong VI]] (7:25)
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|}
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==Release Notes==
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Released April 1969.
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<br>Recorded: [[Apostolic Studios]], NYC, October 1967-February 1968.
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<br>Produced by Frank Zappa.
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<br>Engineer: [[Dick Kunc|Richard "Dynamite Dick" Kunc]].
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<br>Percussion overdubs at [[Sunset Sound Recorders]], LA, c. March-April, 1968.
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<br>Engineered by [[Jerry Hansen]].
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<br>Package designed by [[Cal Schenkel]].
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==Liner Notes==
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[[The Story Of Uncle Meat]]
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==Background Information==
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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.
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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.
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==Conceptual Continuity==
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[[The Story Of Uncle Meat|The liner notes]] for Uncle Meat explains the "origin" of the [[Cruising With Ruben & The Jets|Ruben & The Jets]] album cover.
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==Versions==
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{| {{Versions Table Header}}
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| rowspan="23" align="center" | 6
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| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''1<br>Original<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]'''
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Long playing record|LP]]
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| [[Warner Brothers|Warner]] [[Bizarre Records|Bizarre]]/[[Reprise_Records|Reprise]]<br>2MS&nbsp;2024
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| 1969-04
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| None
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| Cal Schenkel, NT&B
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| US edition. [[Matrix Numbers|Matrix #]]<br>Side1: MS-1-2024 WW1 #2<br>Side4: MS-4-2024 WW-1 #2<br>Side2: MS-2-2024 WW1 #3<br>Side3: MS-3-2024 WW-1 #●4
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>CRV&nbsp;2009 (RS&nbsp;2024)
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| 1969?
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| None
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| Cal Shenkel
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| French edition - manufactured by Vogue - red sticker on top left of the cover: ''The Mothers Of Invention Deux Albums 30cm'' -<br>Matrix #<br>Side1: CR 2024 A<br>Side4: CR 2024 D<br>Side2: CR 2024 B<br>Side3: CR 2024 C
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP
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| Warner Bizarre/Reprise<br>REP&nbsp;64005 (MS&nbsp;2024)
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| ?
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| None
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| Cal Shenkel
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| German edition - manufactured by WEA Musik GMBH -<br>Matrix #<br>Side1: 030871<br>Side2: 030872<br>Side3: WEA - 64005-C [https://www.discogs.com/label/265018-Tonstudio-Pfanz PF]<br>Side4: 030874
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Wikipedia:Transatlantic Records|Transatlantic]]<br>TRA&nbsp;197
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| 1969-09<ref name="MStrong">Martin C. Strong, 2004, ''The Great Rock Discography'', p. 1720.</ref>
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| None
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| Cal Shenkel
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | '''1.2<br>Remaster<br>[[wikipedia:Stereophonic sound|Stereo]]<br><small>Disc 1:Track 6<br>is reverbed mix
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP
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| [[Barking Pumpkin Records|Barking Pumpkin]]<br>BPR&nbsp;8888-1
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| 1986-11-25
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| Included in [[The Old Masters, Box II]] set.
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|-
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| rowspan=4 align="center" | '''2<br>Important<br>[[wikipedia:Remastering|Remastering]],'''<br><small>CD1: Track 6<br>is reverbed mix,<br>Track17 is remixed,<br>CD2: Tracks<br>1, 2 & 3<br>are bonuses</small>
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact disc|CD]]
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| [[Rykodisc]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|926775|RCD&nbsp;10064/5}}
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| 1987-10
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| 0014431006425<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[Zappa Records|Zappa]]<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|746158|CDDZAP&nbsp;3}}
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| 1987-10<ref name="MStrong"/>
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| 5016583600327<br>(not printed)
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition, [[wikipedia:SPARS Code|ADD]].
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[Intercord Record Service|Intercord]]<br>i.r.s.&nbsp;970703?<br>i.r.s.&nbsp;973703?
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| ?
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| &nbsp;
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| &nbsp;
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| German edition
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|-
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| align="center" | 2?
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| align="center" | [[wikipedia:Compact audio cassette|CS]]
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| Zappa<br>TZAPPA&nbsp;3
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| ?
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| 5016583600341?
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| &nbsp;
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| UK edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | Unknown
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| align="center" | ?
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| align="center" | CS
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| Barking Pumpkin<br>D4&nbsp;74210
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| 1990-10-17?
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| 0013347421049
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| rowspan="8" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important<br>Remastering,'''<br><small>CD1: Track 6<br>is Original mix<br>Track 17 is remixed<br>CD2: Tracks<br>1, 2 & 3<br>are bonuses</small>
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| [[VideoArts]]<br>VACK&nbsp;5025/6
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| 1994-10-26
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| 4988112405288
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|956760|RCD&nbsp;10506/7}}
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| 1995-05-02
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| 0014431050626
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| &nbsp;
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| 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
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CS
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| Rykodisc<br>RAC&nbsp;10506/7
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| 1995-05-02
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| 0014431050640
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| [https://www.discogs.com/label/19911-Eldorado Gravadora Eldorado]/Rykodisc<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2079385|968023}}
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| 1995
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| 7897181221705
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| &nbsp;
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| Brazilian edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5109/10
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| 1995-09-25
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| 4988112407732
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>VACK&nbsp;5244/45
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| 1996-06-01
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| 4988112408449
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10506/07 repackaged with an [[wikipedia:obi strip|obi strip]] and extra liner notes in Japanese
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{MLPLink|zappa-frank/uncle-meat-vack-1208|VACK&nbsp;1208}}
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| 2001-09-21
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| 4988112412644
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| VideoArts<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|2923905|VACK&nbsp;1330/31}}
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| 2008-06-18
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| 4988112417731
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition,<br>mini-album papersleeve.
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|-
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| rowspan="3" align="center" | '''2.2<br>Important<br>Remastering,'''<br><small>CD1: Track 6<br>is Original mix<br>Track 17<br>is remixed<br>CD2: Tracks<br>1, 2 & 3<br>are bonuses</small>
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Enterprises|UMe]]<br>ZR&nbsp;3839
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302383926
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| &nbsp;
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| 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>.<br>Source: 1993 [[wikipedia:U-matic|1630]] Digital Master.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[[wikipedia:Universal Music Group|UMG&nbsp;Intl]]<br>0238392
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| 2012-07-31
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| 0824302383926
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| &nbsp;
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| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3839, manufactured in Germany.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | CD
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| Zappa/[http://www.universal-music.co.jp/ Universal Music Japan]<br>UICY-75355
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| 2012-11-28
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| 4988005737540
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| &nbsp;
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| Japanese edition, audiophile [[wikipedia:Super High Material CD|SHM-CD]], mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
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|-
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| rowspan="2" align="center" | Unknown
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMe<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5205659|ZR&nbsp;3839-1}}
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| 2013-11-25
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| 0824302383919
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| &nbsp;
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| US edition. Source: Original 1968 Analog Stereo Master Digital Transfer. Mastered by [https://www.discogs.com/artist/359447-Chris-Bellman Chris Bellman], Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013.
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|-
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| align="center" | 2
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| align="center" | LP<br>(180&nbsp;g)
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| Zappa/UMG&nbsp;Intl<br>{{DiscogsPicLink|5300803|0238391}}
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| 2013-11-25
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| 0824302383919
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| &nbsp;
 +
| EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR&nbsp;3839-1, manufactured in Germany.<br>Matrix # (bold characters are stamped)<br>Side1: '''-29120- P. USA''' FVZ-2013-4-A<sup>2</sup> ZAPPA.COM Bernie Grundman|GB <br>Side2: '''-29120- P. USA''' FVZ-2013-4-B ZAPPA.COM GB<br>Side3: '''-29121- P. USA''' FVZ-2013-4-C-2 Zappa.com GB<br>Side4: '''-29121- P. USA''' FVZ-2013-4-D ZAPPA.COM GB
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|}
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==Notes==
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<references/>
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==See Also==
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In 2008, a Dutch magazine Wah-Wah asked some people which record they would like to take to a desert island - for some unexplained reason. The Dutch author Nanne Tepper chose this one.
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[[Category:Discography]]
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[[Category:Original Albums]]
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[[Category:1969]]
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[[Category:The Real Frank Zappa Book (The List)]]

Latest revision as of 15:24, 3 November 2022

Album History
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Uncle Meat
Released April 1969
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box II
Uncle Meat (The Film)

Players

The Mothers:

Also:

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (1:54) - related to Uncle Meat
  2. The Voice Of Cheese (0:27)
  3. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution (5:56)
  4. Zolar Czakl (0:57)
  5. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (5:51) - related to Dog Breath
  6. The Legend Of The Golden Arches (1:24)
  7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (2:28)
  8. The Dog Breath Variations (1:36) - related to Dog Breath

Side Two

  1. Sleeping In A Jar (0:49)
  2. Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
  3. The Uncle Meat Variations (4:40) - related to Uncle Meat
  4. Electric Aunt Jemina (1:53)
  5. Prelude To King Kong (3:24) - related to King Kong
  6. God Bless America (Live At the Whisky A Go Go) (1:22)
  7. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (1:29)
  8. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) (5:08)

Side Three

  1. Mr. Green Genes (3:10)
  2. We Can Shoot You (1:48)
  3. "If We'd All Been Living In California..." (1:29)
  4. The Air (2:57)
  5. Project X (4:49)
  6. Cruising For Burgers (2:19)

Side Four

  1. King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) (0:53)
  2. King Kong (It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Don DeWild) (1:15)
  3. King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) (1:44)
  4. King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) (6:17)
  5. King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) (0:29)
  6. King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival...The Underwood ramifications) (7:22)
CD

Disc One

  1. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (1:55) - related to Uncle Meat
  2. The Voice Of Cheese (0:26)
  3. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution (6:00)
  4. Zolar Czakl (0:55)
  5. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (3:59) - related to Dog Breath
  6. The Legend Of The Golden Arches (3:27)
  7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (2:19)
  8. The Dog Breath Variations (1:48) - related to Dog Breath
  9. Sleeping In A Jar (0:51)
  10. Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
  11. The Uncle Meat Variations (4:46) - related to Uncle Meat
  12. Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46)
  13. Prelude To King Kong (3:38)
  14. God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go) (1:11)
  15. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (1:29)
  16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) (5:05)
  17. Mr. Green Genes (3:14) - Remix
  18. We Can Shoot You (2:03)
  19. "If We'd All Been Living In California..." (1:14)
  20. The Air (2:57)
  21. Project X (4:49)
  22. Cruising For Burgers (2:18)

Disc Two

  1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I (37:34) - Bonus Track
  2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:46) - Bonus Track
  3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II (3:51) - Bonus Track
  4. King Kong Itself (0:51)
  5. King Kong II (1:19)
  6. King Kong III (1:45)
  7. King Kong IV (6:18)
  8. King Kong V (0:34)
  9. King Kong VI (7:25)

Release Notes

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 Recorders, LA, c. March-April, 1968.
Engineered by Jerry Hansen.
Package designed by Cal Schenkel.

Liner Notes

The Story Of Uncle Meat

Background Information

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.

Conceptual Continuity

The liner notes for Uncle Meat explains the "origin" of the Ruben & The Jets album cover.

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
1969-04 None Cal Schenkel, NT&B US edition. 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
2 LP Transatlantic
TRA 197
1969-09[1] None Cal Shenkel UK edition.
1.2
Remaster
Stereo
Disc 1:Track 6
is reverbed mix
2 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 8888-1
1986-11-25     Included in The Old Masters, Box II set.
2
Important
Remastering,

CD1: Track 6
is reverbed mix,
Track17 is remixed,
CD2: Tracks
1, 2 & 3
are bonuses
2 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10064/5
1987-10 0014431006425
(not printed)
  US edition.
2 CD Zappa
CDDZAP 3
1987-10[1] 5016583600327
(not printed)
  UK edition, ADD.
2 CD Intercord
i.r.s. 970703?
i.r.s. 973703?
?     German edition
2? CS Zappa
TZAPPA 3
? 5016583600341?   UK edition.
Unknown ? CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74210
1990-10-17? 0013347421049   US edition.
2.2
Important
Remastering,

CD1: Track 6
is Original mix
Track 17 is remixed
CD2: Tracks
1, 2 & 3
are bonuses
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5025/6
1994-10-26 4988112405288   Japanese 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 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10506/7
1995-05-02 0014431050640   US edition.
2 CD Gravadora Eldorado/Rykodisc
968023
1995 7897181221705   Brazilian edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5109/10
1995-09-25 4988112407732   Japanese edition.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 5244/45
1996-06-01 4988112408449   Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10506/07 repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 1208
2001-09-21 4988112412644   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
2 CD VideoArts
VACK 1330/31
2008-06-18 4988112417731   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
2.2
Important
Remastering,

CD1: Track 6
is Original mix
Track 17
is remixed
CD2: Tracks
1, 2 & 3
are bonuses
2 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3839
2012-07-31 0824302383926   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[2].
Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master.
2 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238392
2012-07-31 0824302383926   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3839, manufactured in Germany.
2 CD Zappa/Universal Music Japan
UICY-75355
2012-11-28 4988005737540   Japanese edition, audiophile SHM-CD, mini-album papersleeve with an obi strip and liner notes in Japanese.
Unknown 2 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMe
ZR 3839-1
2013-11-25 0824302383919   US edition. Source: Original 1968 Analog Stereo Master Digital Transfer. Mastered by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013.
2 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMG Intl
0238391
2013-11-25 0824302383919   GB
Side2: -29120- P. USA FVZ-2013-4-B ZAPPA.COM GB
Side3: -29121- P. USA FVZ-2013-4-C-2 Zappa.com GB
Side4: -29121- P. USA FVZ-2013-4-D ZAPPA.COM GB

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1720.
  2. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

See Also

In 2008, a Dutch magazine Wah-Wah asked some people which record they would like to take to a desert island - for some unexplained reason. The Dutch author Nanne Tepper chose this one.