Frank Zappa
Hot Rats (LP)
Label: Zappa Records, Barking Pumpkin Records, Universal Music Group International
Format: LP
Genre: Psych
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2025 stock The second solo album by Frank Zappa, Hot Rats (October 1969) is one of the most influential Jazz fusion albums ever. It marked Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original version of The Mothers of Invention. Multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood is the only member of the Mothers to appear on the album and was the primary musical collaborator.
Other featured musicians include bassists Max Bennett and Shuggie Otis; drummers John Guerin, Paul Humphrey and Ron Selico; and electric violinists Don "Sugarcane" Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty. The first Frank Zappa album recorded on 16-track equipment, Hot Rats was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was given a rating of 4½ stars in Al/Music, with Steve Huey stating that "few albums originating on the rock side of jazz-rock fusion flowed so freely between both sides of the equation, or achieved such unwavering excitement and energy". The model on the cover is Miss Christine, from the group GTO's.
Issued in a gatefold cover. [Rear sleeve:] This album originally released 1969. All compositions controlled worldwide by the Zappa Family Trust, dba Munchkin Music. © 1969/℗ mmviii ZFT. Re-mastered [...] Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2008. Under exclusive license to Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings. Zappa, Frank Zappa, FZ, Grand Rights, Dweezil & [Zappa beard logo] are ZFT registered marks. Made in the EU. Source: Original 1969 analog master. This is Official Release #8. [Gatefold inside:] Recorded 16 track August through September 1969 Mastered 2008 [...] from FZ's original edited master. [Labels:] © 1969/℗ mmviii Zappa Family Trust. There's also an [url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8950242]US release[/url]. Note: Peaches En Regalia is listed with a running time of 3:58. It is actually 3:38. Runout details: Everything is stamped except hand-etched 'BG' (both sides), 'RS-6356-A' (side A) and 'RS-6356-B' (side B). At least some copies include a "Made in Germany" sticker on the shrink-wrap.
