One Size Fits All

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One Size Fits All
Released June 1975
See also:
IINK, Patio, KUR
The Old Masters, Box III
One Size Fits All - Au20

Players

Tracks

LP

Side One

  1. Inca Roads (8:45)
  2. Can't Afford No Shoes (2:37)
  3. Sofa No. 1 (2:38)
  4. Po-Jama People (7:38)

Side Two

  1. Florentine Pogen (5:23)
  2. Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:05)
  3. San Ber'dino (5:51)
  4. Andy (6:03)
  5. Sofa No. 2 (2:38)
CD
  1. Inca Roads (8:45)
  2. Can't Afford No Shoes (2:38)
  3. Sofa No. 1 (2:39)
  4. Po-Jama People (7:43)
  5. Florentine Pogen (5:27)
  6. Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:04)
  7. San Ber'dino (5:57)
  8. Andy (6:03)
  9. Sofa No. 2 (2:47)

Release Notes

Recorded: Record Plant, LA; Caribou Ranch, Nederland, Colorado; Paramount Studios, LA, December, 1974-April, 1975.
Produced by Frank Zappa.
Engineers: Kerry McNabb, Gary O. Jukka, Michael Braunstein.
Cal Schenkel Design & Fresco.
Lynn Lascaro Sofa Upholstery.

Liner Notes

Background Information

Cover art: the "OSFA Universe!"

Back cover art:

Star Map

"The Frank I Remember": "I began working as Frank's recording engineer on January 3, 1975, when Kerry McNabb (arguably the best engineer Frank ever had) began his slow withdrawal from the scene and subsequently from engineering entirely. Because of a contractual obligation to Kerry, Marty Perellis (Frank's then-manager) insisted on listing me as 'recordist' on the One Size Fits All LP, though I did much of the actual engineering. I went on to engineer all or part of six or so albums with Frank."

Michael Braunstein, Letters To Mix, 2003.

Conceptual Continuity

  • SOFA is an anagram of One Size Fits All's initials

Versions

ZFT # Version # # discs Format Catalog # Release
(YYYY-MM-DD)
Barcode
(EAN-13)
Artwork Comment
20 1
Original
Stereo
1 LP Warner DiscReet
DS 2216
1975-06-25 None[1]   US edition.
1 8T Warner DiscReet
DIS M8D 2216
1975? None[1]   US edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
K 59207
1975-08[2] None[1]   UK edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet
DIS 59 207 (Z)
  None[1]   German edition.
1 LP Warner-Pioneer DiscReet
P-10045D
  None[1]   Japanese edition.
1 LP Warner DiscReet/Music-Hall
50-14.183
  None[1]   Argentinian edition, titled Una Medida Adecuada A Todo.
1a
Slight
Remaster
1 LP Barking Pumpkin
BPR 9999-6
1987-12-30 None[1]   Included in The Old Masters, Box III set.
1 CS Barking Pumpkin
D4 74216
1988 0013347421643   US edition, XDR.
1 CS Zappa
TZAPPA 11
1988 5016583601140   UK edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10095
1988. 0014431009525   US edition.
1 CD Zappa
CDZAP 11
1989-01[2] 5016583601126   UK & French editions, AAD. Matrix # ZAP 11 MPO 06 @
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5035
1994-10-26 4988112405776   Japanese edition.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10521[3]
1995-05-02 0014431052125   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5106
1995-09-25 4988112407008   Japanese edition.
1 CD Festival/ Rykodisc
D31400
1995 93999603140024   Australian edition.
1 CS Rykodisc
RAC 10521
1996-02-27? 0014431052149   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5241
1996-05-30 4988112408418   Japanese edition = Rykodisc RCD 10521[3] repackaged with an obi strip and extra liner notes in Japanese
Unknown 1 CD Warner Music Argentina/ Rykodisc
1443-10521-2
1995? 0014431052125   Argentinian edition.
1
Original
Stereo
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 80521
1996-07-02 0014431852121   US edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD). Matrix # IFPI8102 DADR 0SC81<910>RCD80521 IFPI L481
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 5286
1996-07-24 4988112404779   Japanese edition, Au20 (20 bit master / 24K gold CD).
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10521[3]
1998? 0014431052125   US edition. Matrix # IFPI L502 IFPI 8711 DISCTRONICS RCD 10521 01
1a
Slight
Remaster
1 CD 2001?   US edition.
1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1220
2001-10-24 4988112412767   Japanese edition, mini-album papersleeve.
1 CD Rykodisc
RCD 10902
2005-08-16 0014431090226   = VideoArts VACK 1220, the barcode is a sticker, the Ryko reference is not printed
Unknown 1 CD VideoArts
VACK 1324
2008-05-21 4988112417687   Japanese edition,
mini-album papersleeve.
1.0
Remastered
Original Stereo
1 CD Zappa/UMe
ZR 3853
2012-08-28 0824302385326   US edition, manufactured and distributed by UMe[4].
Source: Original 1975 Analog Master. Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering, 2012.
1 CD Zappa/UMG Intl
0238532
2012-08-28 0824302385326   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3853, manufactured in Germany. Matrix # 4 x Universal logo IFPI LV26 08243 023 853-2 01 * 52991198 MADE IN GERMANY BY EDC A IFPI 0113
Unknown 1 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMe
ZR 3853-1
2015-10-16 0824302385319   US edition, pressed in Germany by Pallas-USA. Source: 1975 ¼" Stereo Master Tape. Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2015.
1 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3853
2015-10-16 0824302385319   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3853-1, back cover with tracklist.
1 LP
(180 g)
Zappa/UMG Intl
ZR 3853
2015-10-16 0824302385319   EU edition = Zappa/UMe ZR 3853-1, back cover without tracklist.

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 The back cover drawing by Cal Schenkel represents a fake barcode 6234 9909 with a wrong check digit. This one can also be seen on the back of the CD inserts.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Martin C. Strong, 2004, The Great Rock Discography, p. 1721.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 According to the Zappa Patio, the only way to distinguish the 1995 (= 2001) and 1998 Ryko RCD 10521 is to listen to the discs.
  4. Email announcement by the ZFT on July 31st, 2012.

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