The Mothers Of Invention - Uncle Meat FLAC
| Genre: |
Jazz / Rock |
| Performer: |
The Mothers Of Invention |
| Title: |
Uncle Meat |
| Style: |
Musique Concrète, Avantgarde, Fusion, Doo Wop, Experimental, Parody |
| Date of release: |
1969 |
| Label: |
Bizarre Records, Reprise Records |
| Catalog Number: |
2MS 2024, 2024 |
| Country: |
US |
| FLAC album size: |
2632 mb |
| MP3 album size: |
2086 mb |
Tracklist
| 1 | The Air | 2:57 |
| 2 | Project X | 4:47 |
| 3 | King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) | 0:29 |
| 4 | Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) | 5:08 |
| 5 | "If We'd All Been Living In California . . . " | 1:29 |
| 6 | The Uncle Meat Variations | 4:40 |
| 7 | 400 Days Of The Year | 5:56 |
| 8 | Our Bizarre RelationshipVoice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica | 1:05 |
| 9 | King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) | 6:17 |
| 10 | Zolar Czakl | 0:57 |
| 11 | Prelude To King Kong | 3:24 |
| 12 | The Mothers Play Louie Louie At The Royal Albert Hall In London | 2:28 |
| 13 | King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) | 1:44 |
| 14 | We Can Shoot You | 1:48 |
| 15 | A Pound For A Brown On The Bus | 1:29 |
| 16 | The Legend Of The Golden Arches | 1:24 |
| 17 | King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild) | 1:15 |
| 18 | Cruising For Burgers | 2:19 |
| 19 | Mr. Green Genes | 3:10 |
| 20 | Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme | 1:54 |
| 21 | Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague | 5:51 |
| 22 | The Voice Of CheeseVoice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica | 0:27 |
| 23 | King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) | 0:53 |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Sleeping In A Jar | 0:49 |
| 26 | God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go) | 1:22 |
| 27 | Electric Aunt Jemima | 1:53 |
| 28 | The Dog Breath Variations | 1:36 |
Credits
- Design [Package Designed By] – Cal Schenkel
- Drums [Cheerful Outlook & Specific Enquiries], Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block, Bells, Chimes [Small] – Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp
- Drums [Droll Humor, Poverty] – Jimmy Carl Black
- Drums [Some Tracks] – Billy (The Oozer) Mundi
- Electric Bass – Roy Estrada
- Electric Piano [Tarot Cards, Brown Rice] – Don (Dom DeWild) Preston
- Engineer – Richard Kunc, Jerry Hansen
- Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], Percussion – Frank Zappa
- Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks] – Ruth Komanoff
- Organ [Electric], Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Copyist [Special Assistance, Industrial Relations, Teen Appeal] – Ian Underwood
- Percussion [Effects] – Jerry Hansen
- Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon – Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner
- Producer – Frank Zappa
- Soprano Vocals – Nelcy Walker (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Pachuco Falsetto, Cheeseburgers] – Roy (tracks: A5, B3)
- Soprano Vocals [Swell Vocals] – Ray (tracks: A5, B3)
- Tenor Saxophone [Frenetic Stylings], Tambourine, Choreography [Pop Star, Obstinance], Technician [Equipment Setter-upper - When He's Not Hustling Local Groupies] – Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood
- Vocals – Ray Collins
- Written-By – Frank Zappa
- Written-By [Uncredited] – Irving Berlin (tracks: B6), Richard Berry (tracks: A7)
Notes
Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.
Issued with gatefold sleeve and 12-page color booklet (drawings, photos, paintings). Discs with Bizarre labels and liners.
First Category on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels, re 3rd Category.
(The 'Bizarre' label used Reprise cat system, whilst 'Straight' used its own through Reprise)
Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]
A3 (later titled "Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution")
as "400 Days Of The Year" on label
Drummer Billy Mundi is credited as "...on some pieces before he quit to join Rhinoceros"
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.
Barcodes
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, Runout, Side I): 30871 MS2024A -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 1, Runout, Side IV): 30874 MS2024D -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Runout, Side II): 30872 MS2024B -1A T1
- Matrix / Runout (Disc 2, Runout, Side III): 30873 MS2024C -1A T1
- Rights Society: BMI
Companies
- Published By – Frank Zappa Music
- Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
- Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
- Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
- Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute