| Artist |
Frank Zappa; The Mothers of Invention |
| Album Title: |
Uncle Meat |
| Album Cover: |
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| Primary Genre |
Jazz |
| Format |
Vinyl (2) |
| Released |
04/21/1969 |
| Label |
Bizarre Records |
| Catalog No |
2MS 2024 |
| Bar Code No |
none |
| Packaging |
Gatefold LP Sleeve |
| Tracks |
| Uncle Meat (Disc 1) |
| A1.
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Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme (1:54)
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| A2.
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The Voice Of Cheese (0:27)
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| A3.
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9 Types Of Industrial Pollution (5:56)
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| A4.
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Zolar Czakl (0:57)
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| A5.
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Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (5:51)
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| A6.
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The Legend Of The Golden Arches (1:24)
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| A7.
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The Mothers Play Louie Louie At The Royal Albert Hall In London (2:28)
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| A8.
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The Dog Breath Variations (1:36)
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| B1.
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Sleeping In A Jar (0:49)
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| B2.
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Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
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| B3.
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The Uncle Meat Variations (4:40)
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| B4.
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Electric Aunt Jemima (1:53)
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| B5.
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Prelude To King Kong (3:24)
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| B6.
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God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go) (1:22)
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| B7.
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A Pound For A Brown On The Bus (1:29)
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| B8.
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Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) (5:08)
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| Uncle Meat (Disc 2) |
| A1.
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Mr. Green Genes (3:10)
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| A2.
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We Can Shoot You (1:48)
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| A3.
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"If We'd All Been Living In California . . . " (1:29)
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| A4.
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The Air (2:57)
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| A5.
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Project X (4:47)
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| A6.
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Cruising For Burgers (2:19)
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| B1.
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King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) (0:53)
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| B2.
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King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild) (1:15)
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| B3.
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King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) (1:44)
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| B4.
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King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) (6:17)
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| B5.
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King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) (0:29)
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| B6.
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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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| Date Acquired |
00/00/1974 |
| Personal Rating |
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| Acquired from |
Wax Museum |
| Purchase Price |
3.25 |
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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 cat# on labels and spine, second on front cover and inside the gatefold.
Reprise W7Arts roundel logo on labels, re 3rd cat#.
(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.
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
Effects [Percussion Effects] – Jerry Hansen
Electric Bass – Roy Estrada
Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Copyist [Special Assistance, Industrial Relations, Teen Appeal] – Ian Underwood
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
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)
Companies, etc.
Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders
Matrix / Runout (Runout side A): T 30871 MS2024A -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side D): T 0 30874 MS2024D -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side B): T 0 30872 MS2024B -1A
Matrix / Runout (Runout side C): T 30873 MS2024C -1A
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| Reviews |
All Music Guide Review by Steve Huey:
Just three years into their recording career, the Mothers of Invention released their second double album, Uncle Meat, which began life as the largely instrumental soundtrack to an unfinished film. It's essentially a transitional work, but it's a fascinating one, showcasing Frank Zappa's ever-increasing compositional dexterity and the Mothers' emerging instrumental prowess. It was potentially easy to overlook Zappa's melodic gifts on albums past, but on Uncle Meat, he thrusts them firmly into the spotlight; what few lyrics there are, Zappa says in the liner notes, are in-jokes relevant only to the band. Thus, Uncle Meat became the point at which Zappa began to establish himself as a composer and he would return to many of these pieces repeatedly over the course of his career. Taken as a whole, Uncle Meat comes off as a hodgepodge, with centerpieces scattered between variations on previous pieces, short concert excerpts, less-realized experiments, doo wop tunes, and comedy bits; the programming often feels as random as the abrupt transitions and tape experiments held over from Zappa's last few projects. But despite the absence of a conceptual framework, the unfocused sprawl of Uncle Meat is actually a big part of its appeal. It's exciting to hear one of the most creatively fertile minds in rock pushing restlessly into new territory, even if he isn't always quite sure where he's going. However, several tracks hint at the jazz-rock fusion soon to come, especially the extended album closer "King Kong"; it's his first unequivocal success in that area, with its odd time signature helping turn it into a rhythmically kinetic blowing vehicle. Though some might miss the gleeful satire of Zappa's previous work with the Mothers, Uncle Meat's continued abundance of musical ideas places it among his most intriguing works.
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