Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
Uncle Meat Demos - 1968
Studio recordings @320
Quality B- (?)
The Mothers Of Invention at the time of this recording were:
Frank Zappa 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
Track List:
01 Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague (different ending)
02 Legend Of The Golden Arches
03 Louie Louie (At The Royal Albert Hall In London)
04 Dog Breath Variations
05 Project X excerpt
06 Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
07 A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
08 Electric Aunt Jemima
09 Our Bizarre Relationship (end)
10 We Can Shoot You (end)
11 If We'd All Been Living In California (slightly extended)
12 Ian Underwood Whips It Out (monologue only)
13 "All The Way Down The Tonsils"
14 The Air
15 Mr. Green Genes (w/ spoken intro from We Can Shoot You)
15a unknown (probably Right There ?)
16 Uncle Meat Variations
17 Our Bizarre Relationship ???
18 Sleeping In A Jar
19 Cops And Buns
20 King Kong Itself As Played By The Mothers In A Studio
20a King Kong It's Magnificence As Interpreted By Dom Dewild
20b King Kong As Motorhead Explains It
20c King Kong The Gardner Varieties
20d King Kong As Played By 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks