Frank ZappaHot Rats

Label:

Bizarre Records – N° 44078

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold

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Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Prog Rock

Tracklist

A1 Peaches En Regalia
BassShuggy Otis*
DrumsRon Selico
3:58
A2 Willie The Pimp
BassMax Bennett
DrumsJohn Guerin
ViolinSugar Cane Harris*
VocalsCaptain Beefheart
9:25
A3 Son Of Mr. Green Genes
BassMax Bennett
DrumsPaul Humphrey
8:58
B1 Little Umbrellas
BassMax Bennett
DrumsJohn Guerin
3:09
B2 The Gumbo Variations
BassMax Bennett
DrumsPaul Humphrey
ViolinSugar Cane Harris*
12:55
B3 It Must Be A Camel
BassMax Bennett
DrumsJohn Guerin
ViolinJean Luc Ponty*
5:15

Companies, etc.

  • Published ByFrank Zappa Music
  • Copyright ©Frank Zappa Music
  • Recorded AtT.T.G. Studios
  • Engineered AtT.T.G. Studios
  • Engineered AtWhitney Recording Studios
  • Engineered AtSunset Sound Recorders
  • Distributed ByKinney Filipacchi Music S.A.
  • Printed ByOffset

Credits

  • Cover, DesignCal Schenkel
  • Crew [Uncredited, Cover Artiste]Christine Frka
  • Engineer [Sunset]Brian Ingoldsby
  • Engineer [T. T. G.]Jack Hunt
  • Engineer [Whitney], Recording Supervisor [Engineering For Bizarre]Dick Kunc
  • Guitar, Bass [Octave], Percussion, Composed By, Arranged By, ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Photography By [Inside Half-tone]Bruce Linton
  • Photography By [Uncredited, Beefheart Inset]Ed Caraeff
  • Piano, Organ, Flute, Clarinet, SaxophoneIan Underwood
  • Sleeve, Design [Interior]John Williams (30)

Notes

Gatefold cover, with the 'W.R' roundel logo of 7arts/Reprise.
(Cover featuring FZ's Log Cabin house-keeper & 'GTO's' member emerging from disused Hollywood swimming pool)

Track duration of "It Must Be A Camel" on center label and back cover: 5:15; on inner cover: 5:18.

"Distribution Kinney Filipacchi Music S.A." on back cover (black over-print, centered at bottom).

1st cat.# on cover (front, spine and back).
On front the cat.# is contained within an o/p black rectangle (using reworked film seps).
2nd cat.# on center labels.

Color of center labels is a darker orange than usually.
Label radial text in English, not French.

Recorded 16 track August through September 1969
Studios & Engineering: Whitney Studios; T.T.G.; Sunset Sound

All compositions & arrangements copyright 1969 by Frank Zappa Music Inc., a subsidiary of Third Story Music Inc., BMI.
℗ 1971

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (A-Side Label): 30926
  • Matrix / Runout (B-Side Label): 30927
  • Matrix / Runout (A-Side Runout): 30926 A
  • Matrix / Runout (B-Side Runout): 30927 B
  • Rights Society: BMI
  • Rights Society: SACEM / SDRM / SACD / SGDL
  • Price Code (Circled): B

Other Versions (5 of 237)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Hot Rats (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold Santa Maria Pressing) Reprise Records RS 6356 US 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Gatefold, Tri-Color Labels) Reprise Records RSLP 6356 UK 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Gatefold Santa Maria Pressing) Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records RS 6356 US 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Tri-Color Labels, Gatefold) Reprise Records RS 6356 Canada 1969
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Hot Rats (LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) Bizarre Records RS 6356 1969

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