Uno Zappa al giorno leva il medico di torno (ct. Anonimo livornese) - Capitolo 7

Uncle Meat

(The Mothers Of Invention, 2LP, Bizarre/Reprise 2MS 2024, April 21, 1969)

disc 1

1. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme 1:55
2. The Voice Of Cheese 0:26
3. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution 6:00
4. Zolar Czakl 0:54
5. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague 3:59
6. The Legend Of The Golden Arches 3:27
7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (Berry) 2:18
8. The Dog Breath Variations 1:48
9. Sleeping In A Jar 0:50
10. Our Bizarre Relationship 1:05
11. The Uncle Meat Variations 4:46
12. Electric Aunt Jemima 1:46
13. Prelude To King Kong 3:38
14. God Bless America (Live at the Whisky A Go Go) (Berlin) 1:10
15. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus 1:29
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on stage in Copenhagen) 5:05
17. Mr. Green Genes 3:14
18. We Can Shoot You 2:03
19. "If We'd All Been Living In California . . . " 1:14
20. The Air 2:57
21. Project X 4:48
22. Cruising For Burgers 2:18

disc 2

1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I 37:34
2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta 3:46
3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II 3:51
4. King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in a studio) 0:51
5. King Kong (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) 1:19
6. King Kong (as Motorhead explains it) 1:45
7. King Kong (the Gardner Varieties) 6:17
8. King Kong (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks) 0:33
9. King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival . . . the Underwood ramifications) 7:25

Apostolic Studios, NYC
October 1967-February 1968

Produced by Frank Zappa
Engineer: Richard "Dynamite Dick" Kunc

Percussion overdubs at Sunset Sound, LA
c. March-April, 1968
Engineered by Jerry Hansen

Package designed by Cal Schenkel

THE MOTHERS at the time of this recording were:

FZ--guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
Ray Collins--swell vocals
Jimmy Carl Black--drums, droll humor, poverty
Roy Estrada--electric bass, chesseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
Don (Dom De Wild) Preston--electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
Billy (The Oozer) Mundi--drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner--piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending)
Ian Underwood--electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp--drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquiries
Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood--pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies

Special thanks to:
Ruth Komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
Nelcy Walker the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations

Uncredited:
Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese