The Hot Rats Sessions

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The Hot Rats Sessions
Released December 2019
See also: IINK Hot Rats Funky Nothingness The Hot Rats Book

Players

• Frank Zappa (guitar, octave base, percussion)
• John Balkin (bass)
• Captain Beefheart (vocals)
• Max Bennett (bass)
• Bunk Gardner (sax)
• Buzz Gardner (trumpet)
• Lowell George, uncredited (guitar)
• John Guerin (drums)
• Sugarcane Harris (electric violin)
• Paul Humphrey (drums)
• Shuggy Otis (bass)
• Jean-Luc Ponty (electric violin)
• Ron Selico (drums)
• Art Tripp III (drums)
• Ian Underwood (piano, organ, flute, clarinets, saxes)

Tracks

CD

Disc One

1. Piano Music (Section 1) (2:13)
2. Piano Music (Section 3) (5:42)
3. Peaches En Regalia (Prototype) (5:57)
4. Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, In Session) (10:49)
5. Peaches En Regalia (Section 1, Master Take) (2:05)
6. Peaches Jam - Part One (6:28)
7. Peaches Jam - Part Two (10:30)
8. Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, In Session) (6:57)
9. Peaches En Regalia (Section 3, Master Take) (2:07)
10. Arabesque (In Session) (7:01)
11. Arabesque (Master Take) (6:57)
12. Dame Margaret's Son To Be A Bride (In Session) (4:30)

Disc Two

1. It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, In Session) (8:22)
2. It Must Be A Camel (Part 1, Master Take) (2:17)
3. It Must Be A Camel (Intercut, In Session) (3:53)
4. It Must Be A Camel (Master Take, In Session) (4:02)
5. Natasha (In Session) (4:04)
6. Natasha (Master Take) (3:12)
7. Bognor Regis (Unedited Master) (10:59)
8. Willie The Pimp (In Session) (2:20)
9. Willie The Pimp (Unedited Master Take) (15:14)
10. Willie The Pimp (Guitar OD 1) (14:46)
11. Willie The Pimp (Guitar OD 2) (6:18)

Disc Three

1. Transition (Section 1, In Session) (6:17)
2. Transition (Section 1, Master Take) (2:25)
3. Transition (Section 2, Intercut, In Session) (1:50)
4. Transition (Section 2, Intercut, Master Take) (2:43)
5. Transition (Section 3, Intercut, In Session) (2:29)
6. Transition (Section 3, Intercut, Master Take) (2:13)
7. Lil' Clanton Shuffle (Unedited Master) (12:46)
8. Directly From My Heart To You (Unedited Master) (10:18)
9. Another Waltz (Unedited Master) (27:56)

Disc Four

1. Dame Margaret's Son To Be A Bride (Remake) (3:54)
2. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Take 1) (8:16)
3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (Master Take) (10:47)
4. Big Legs (Unedited Master Take) (32:42)
5. It Must Be A Camel (Percussion Tracks) (1:48)
6. Arabesque (Guitar OD Mix) (6:57)
7. Transition (Full Version) (6:22)
8. Piano Music (Section 3, OD Version) (5:41)

Disc Five

1. Peaches En Regalia (3:39) - 1987 Digital Remix
2. Willie The Pimp (9:17) - 1987 Digital Remix
3. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (9:00) - 1987 Digital Remix
4. Little Umbrellas (3:04) - 1987 Digital Remix
5. The Gumbo Variations (16:57) - 1987 Digital Remix
6. It Must Be A Camel (5:15) - 1987 Digital Remix
7. The Origins Of Hot Rats (0:35)
8. Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad 1 (1:02)
9. Peaches En Regalia (1969 Mono Single Master) (3:32)
10. Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad 2 (1:01)
11. Little Umbrellas (1969 Mono Single Master) (3:05)
12. Lil' Clanton Shuffle (1972 Whitney Studios Mix) (12:42)

Disc Six

1. Little Umbrellas (Cucamonga Version) (2:00)
2. Little Umbrellas (1969 Mix Outtake) (3:10)
3. It Must Be A Camel (1969 Mix Outtake) (5:23)
4. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Mix Outtake) (10:39)
5. More Of The Story Of Willie The Pimp (1:24)
6. Willie The Pimp (Vocal Tracks) (2:07)
7. Willie The Pimp (1969 Quick Mix) (14:29)
8. Dame Margaret's Son To Be A Bride (1969 Quick Mix) (3:46)
9. Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad 3 (0:52)
10. Bognor Regis (1970 Record Plant Mix) (8:11)
11. Peaches En Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) (4:24)
12. Son Of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) (10:40)
13. Little Umbrellas (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) (3:11)
14. Arabesque (Guitar Tracks) (6:57)
15. Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad 4 (0:59)

Release Notes

Recorded: T.T.G. Studios, LA; Sunset Sound Recorders, LA; Whitney Studios, Glendale, July-August, 1969 Original recordings produced by Frank Zappa
Produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
Engineers: Dick Kunc (Whitney Studios), Jack Hunt (T.T.G.), Cliff Goldstein (T.T.G.), Brian Ingoldsby (Sunset Sound Recorders)
Photo: Ed Caraeff
Cover design: Cal Schenkel
Interior design: John Williams

Versions

ZFT #	Version #	# discs	Format	Catalog #	Release (YYYY-MM-DD)	Barcode (EAN-13)	Artwork	Comment
115	1 Original Stereo	6	CD	Zappa/UMe ZR20032	2019-12-20	0824302003220	Cal Schenkel	US edition, deluxe box set.
		6	CD	Zappa/UMG Intl ZR20032	2019-12-20	0824302003220		EU edition, deluxe box set.
		n/a	CD-quality 44.1 kHz/16-bit lossless and lossy codecs	Zappa/UMG Recordings, Inc. No catalog number	2021	n/a		Digital download available from Amazon Music, Apple Music (AAC), Deezer, Qobuz and Tidal.

See Also

• Hot Rats
• Funky Nothingness
• The Hot Rats Book