The Mothers Of Invention* – Uncle Meat

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Label:	Reprise Records – J5 2024
Format:	Cassette , Album, Stereo
Country:	US
Released:	1969
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Parody

Tracklist

A1	Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme	1:54
A2	The Voice Of Cheese Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica	0:27
A3	400 Days Of The Year	5:56
A4	Zolar Czakl	0:57
A5	Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague	5:51
A6	The Legend Of The Golden Arches	1:24
A7	The Mothers Play Louie Louie At The Royal Albert Hall In London	2:28
A8	The Dog Breath Variations	1:36
A9	Sleeping In A Jar	0:49
A10	Our Bizarre Relationship Voice [Uncredited] – Pamela Zarubica	1:05
A11	The Uncle Meat Variations	4:40
A12	Electric Aunt Jemima	1:53
A13	Prelude To King Kong	3:24
A14	God Bless America (Live At The Whisky A Go Go)	1:22
A15	A Pound For A Brown On The Bus	1:29
A16	Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live On Stage In Copenhagen)	5:08
B1	Mr. Green Genes	3:10
B2	We Can Shoot You	1:48
B3	"If We'd All Been Living In California . . . "	1:29
B4	The Air	2:57
B5	Project X	4:47
B6	Cruising For Burgers	2:19
B7	King Kong Itself (As Played By The Mothers In A Studio)	0:53
B8	King Kong (Its Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom DeWild)	1:15
B9	King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)	1:44
B10	King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)	6:17
B11	King Kong (As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)	0:29
B12	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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Published By – Frank Zappa Music
Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
Recorded At – Apostolic Studios
Overdubbed At – Sunset Sound Recorders

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 – 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] – Richard Berry (tracks: A7)

Notes

Original Bizarre/Reprise Records release.

Side 1 - 41:03
Side 2 - 35:51

Recorded at Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968
Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
March-April, 1968 [Note: Sunset Sound Recorders in 1968]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Rights Society: BMI
Other (Label reference code): REP

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo, CTH, 400, Autocoupled)	Reprise Records	2MS 2024, 2024	US	1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album)	Transatlantic Records	TRA 197	UK	1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Stereo)	Reprise Records	MS 2024		1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, CSM, 400, Autocoupled)	Reprise Records	2024, 2MS 2024	US	1969
Recently Edited	Uncle Meat (2×LP, Album, Promo, Stereo, Santa Maria Pressing, Auto-Coupled)	Bizarre Records	2MS 2024, 2024	US	1969

Reviews

93wergo Apr 1, 2025
The 1969 release (if in fact it was release on cassette at the time) would have been an Ampex tape in a snap box. Warner/Kinney didn't start using the plastic cases with the tape sliding in on the side until about 1972.