The Mothers Of Invention
Uncle Meat (2CD)
Format2CDLabelZappa RecordsGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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This the fifth, and final before the break up, album released by The Mothers of Invention. It was released through Bizarre/Reprise on April 21, 1969 as a double album. It was meant to be the soundtrack to a film, that was sadly never finished.
The album was recorded from October 1967 to February 1968, the exceptions being the CD bonus tracks. Made up of both live and studio material, Uncle Meat has been praised by critics for the diversity of its compositions, the virtuosity of its performances, and its innovations in audio effects. A fan favorite, its tracks have been sampled (Madvillain used “Sleeping in a Jar” for “Meat Grinder”), covered (The Residents did a version of “King Kong”), and perhaps most famously redone by Zappa himself over the years (see “Son of Mr. Green Genes” especially). It introduced many new characters and motifs into the Zappa continuity, while also following up on old favorites like Suzy Creamcheese.
Format
This Soundtrack originally released in 1969.
Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master
This is Official Release #6.
Issued in a slim 2-CD set, including a 12-pages booklet and a (16-parts) fold-out poster of the original artwork.
The CD spine reads:
"ZAPPA / MOTHERS OF INVENTION UNCLE MEAT"
therefore I credited to both, even though it is originally a Mothers release.
Release notes
This Soundtrack originally released in 1969. Source: 1993 1630 Digital Master This is Official Release #6. Issued in a slim 2-CD set, including a 12-pages booklet and a (16-parts) fold-out poster of the original artwork. The CD spine reads: "ZAPPA / MOTHERS OF INVENTION UNCLE MEAT" therefore I credited to both, even though it is originally a Mothers release.
| 1-1 | Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme | 1:55 | |
| 1-2 | The Voice Of Cheese | 0:26 | |
| 1-3 | Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution | 6:00 | |
| 1-4 | Zolar Czakl | 0:54 | |
| 1-5 | Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague | 3:58 | |
| 1-6 | The Legend Of The Golden Arches | 3:27 | |
| 1-7 | Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London) | 2:19 | |
| 1-8 | The Dog Breath Variations | 1:48 | |
| 1-9 | Sleeping In A Jar | 0:50 | |
| 1-10 | Our Bizarre Relationship | 1:05 | |
| 1-11 | The Uncle Meat Variations | 4:45 | |
| 1-12 | Electric Aunt Jemima | 1:46 | |
| 1-13 | Prelude To King Kong | 3:38 | |
| 1-14 | God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go) | 1:10 | |
| 1-15 | A Pound For A Brown On The Bus | 1:29 | |
| 1-16 | Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen) | 5:05 | |
| 1-17 | Mr. Green Genes | 3:14 | |
| 1-18 | We Can Shoot You | 2:03 | |
| 1-19 | "If We'd All Been Living In California . . . " | 1:13 | |
| 1-20 | The Air | 2:56 | |
| 1-21 | Project X | 4:48 | |
| 1-22 | Cruising For Burgers | 2:17 | |
| 2-1 | Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I | 37:34 | |
| 2-2 | Tango Na Minchia Tanta | 3:46 | |
| 2-3 | Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part Ⅱ | 3:51 | |
| 2-4 | King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio) | 0:49 | |
| 2-5 | King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild) | 1:21 | |
| 2-6 | King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It) | 1:44 | |
| 2-7 | King Kong (The Gardner Varieties) | 6:17 | |
| 2-8 | King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks) | 0:34 | |
| 2-9 | King Kong (Live On A Flat Bed Diesel In The Middle Of A Race Track At A Miami Pop Festival ... The Underwood Ramifications) | 7:23 |
- Cal Schenkel
- Design [Package Designed By]
- Jimmy Carl Black
- Drums
- Billy (The Oozer) Mundi
- Drums [Some Tracks]
- Artie (With The Green Mustache) Tripp
- Drums, Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Xylophone, Wood Block, Bells, Chimes [Small]
- Roy Estrada
- Electric Bass, Soprano Vocals (1-5, 1-11)
- Ian Underwood
- Electric Organ, Piano, Harpsichord, Celesta, Flute, Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
- Don (Dom De Wild) Preston
- Electric Piano
- Richard Kunc
- Engineer
- Jerry Hansen
- Engineer, Percussion [Effects]
- Frank Zappa
- Guitar, Vocals [Low Grade], Percussion, Producer, Written-By
- Ruth Komanoff
- Marimba, Vibraphone [Many Tracks]
- Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner
- Piccolo Flute, Clarinet, Flute, Bass Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bassoon
- Joe Travers
- Research [Vaultmeisterment], Transferred By [1630 Transfers]
- Nelcy Walker
- Soprano Vocals (1-5, 1-11)
- Ray
- Soprano Vocals (1-5, 1-11), Vocals [Swell Vocals]
- Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood
- Tenor Saxophone, Tambourine
- Richard Berry
- Written-By (7)
