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UNCLE MEAT

The Mothers of Invention

release :1969

CONTENTS

Side 1
  1. UNCLE MEAT:Main Title Theme (1'54")
  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")
  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")
Side 2
  1. SLEEPING IN A JAR (0'49")
  2. OUR BIZARRE RELATIONSHIP (1'05")
  3. THE UNCLE MEAT VARIATIONS (4'40")
  4. ELECTRIC AUNT JEMINA (1'53")
  5. PRELUDE TO KING KONG (3'24")
  6. GOD BLESS AMERICA(Live at the Whisky A Go Go)
  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 3
  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 (4'47")
  6. CRUISING FOR THE BURGERS (2'19")
Side 4
  1. KING KONG ITSELF(as played by the Mother in a studio) (0'53")
  2. KING KONG(it's magnificence as interpreted by Dom 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 the a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival...the Underwood ramifications) (7'22")


Members

FRANK ZAPPA
guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
RAY COLLINS
swell vocals
JIMMY CARL BLACK
drums, droll humor, poverty
ROY ESTRADA
electric bass, cheeseburgers, 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, spesial 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
spesial thanks to:
RUTH KOMANOFF
who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks
NELCY WALKER
the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations

ucchi's COMMENT (in Japanese)

ザッパのエッセンスがてんこ盛りになった作品。この作品抜きにしてはザッパは語れない。 とにかく、既成の枠組みでは語りきれない音楽が、この2枚組の作品にぎっしり詰まって いる。大傑作であります。
Side 4 の KING KONG メドレーが圧巻。

This album is "Double Jacket".
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