Zappa / Beefheart / Mothers - Bongo Fury

Tracklist

A1	Debra Kadabra	3:54
A2	Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy	6:02
A3	Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top	2:50
A4	Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead	3:06
A5	200 Years Old	4:34
B1	Cucamonga	2:24
B2	Advance Romance	11:20
B3	Man With The Woman Head	1:29
B4	Muffin Man	5:37

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – DiscReet Records, Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Copyright (c) – Munchkin Music
• Published By – Beefheart Music
• Copyright (c) – Beefheart Music
• Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
• Recorded At – Armadillo World Headquarters
• Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Overdubbed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders

Credits

• Bass, Other [Also Dancing] – Tom Fowler
• Design – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Chester Thompson (tracks: A5, B1)
• Drums, Other [Moisture] – Terry Bozzio
• Engineer – Davey Moire, Frank Hubach, Kelly Kotera, Kerry McNab*, Mike Braunstein*, Mike Stone
• Harmonica [Harp], Vocals, Other [Shopping Bags] – Captain Beefheart
• Keyboards, Vocals – George Duke
• Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
• Management [In DiscReetion] – Herb Cohen
• Mastered By [Kendun] – Kent Duncan
• Photography By – John Williams
• Producer – Frank Zappa
• Recorded By – Record Plant Remote
• Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley
• Trombone, Other [Fantastic Dancing] – Bruce Fowler
• Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: A3, B3), Frank Zappa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4)

Notes

Tracks A1 to A4, B2 to B4: "Recorded live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Texas, May 20th & 21st, 1975".
"Plus Selected Studio Wonderment"
A5, B1 & B4 intros were recorded in January & February 1974, at The Record Plant, L.A.

Special thanks to the kitchen staff at The Armadillo, especially Jan Beeman

Made in U.S.A.
© 1975 DiscReet Records, Inc.

On labels: ℗ 1975 Warner Brothers Records Inc. [sic]
Tracks A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4: © 1975 Munchkin Music - ASCAP
Tracks A3, B3 © 1973 Beefheart Music - BMI

Some copies have a transparent sticker, with the title and text in black print, affixed to the front cover.

This is the release with Kendun Mastering credits. Other US versions with the same catalog number and almost identical labels:
Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury - release pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester (WW in the runouts)
Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury - release pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville (JW in the runouts)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: BMI
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 1] A-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31936-1B Ⓑ    SX  [KENDUN B stamped]  A
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 1] B-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31937-1B Ⓑ    SX [KENDUN B stamped]   D
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 2] A-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31936-1A Ⓐ SX [KENDUN B stamped] A
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 2] B-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31937-1B Ⓑ SX [KENDUN B stamped] B
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 3] A-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31936-1B Ⓑ SX [KENDUN A stamped] A
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 3] B-Side runout, hand-etched): DS 2234 - 31937-1A Ⓐ SX [KENDUN B stamped] B
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 4] A-side runout, hand-etched): 1S DS 2234-31936-1B Ⓑ [KENDUN B stamped] A2
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 4] B-side runout, hand-etched): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ [KENDUN B stamped] A4
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 5] A-side runout, hand-etched): 1S DS 2234-31936-1A Ⓐ SX [KENDUN A stamped] C
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 5] B-side runout, hand-etched): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ SX [KENDUN B stamped]
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 6] A-side runout, hand-etched): 2S DS 2234-31936-1A Ⓐ SX [KENDUN A stamped] A
• Matrix / Runout ([Variant 6] B-side runout, hand-etched): 2S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ SX [KENDUN B stamped] B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DS 2234	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Discreet	DS 2234	US	1975
DIS 59209, DS 2234	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Discreet, Discreet	DIS 59209, DS 2234	France	Unknown
ANPC-9909002	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	ArsNova	ANPC-9909002	Russia	1999
968010	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Eldorado, Rykodisc	968010	Brazil	1995
RAC 10522	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Ryko Analogue, Rykodisc	RAC 10522	Canada	1996

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