Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

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A1	Peaches En Regalia Bass – Shuggy Otis*Drums – Ron Selico	3:58
A2	Willie The Pimp Bass – Max BennettDrums – John GuerinViolin – Sugar Cane Harris*Vocals – Captain Beefheart	9:25
A3	Son Of Mr. Green Genes Bass – Max BennettDrums – Paul Humphrey	8:58
B1	Little Umbrellas Bass – Max BennettDrums – John Guerin	3:09
B2	The Gumbo Variations Bass – Max BennettDrums – Paul HumphreyViolin – Sugar Cane Harris*	12:55
B3	It Must Be A Camel Bass – Max BennettDrums – John GuerinViolin – Jean Luc Ponty*	5:15

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Frank Zappa Music
• Copyright (c) – Frank Zappa Music
• Recorded At – T.T.G. Studios
• Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
• Engineered At – Whitney Recording Studios
• Engineered At – Sunset Sound Recorders
• Distributed By – Kinney Filipacchi Music S.A.

Credits

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

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

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RS 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	RS 6356	US	1969
208744	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Reprise Records	208744	Argentina	1979
RSLP 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album)	Bizarre Records, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Reprise Records	RSLP 6356	UK	1970
44 078, RS 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	44 078, RS 6356	Germany	1978
K 44078-5	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Pic, Unofficial)	Reprise Records	K 44078-5	France	2005

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