various artists

21 burnt weeny sandwiches
    - all compositions by frank zappa

dedicated to jimmy carl black (1938 - 2008)

project co-ordinator: andrew greenaway
cd compiled by andrew greenaway
project catalyst: fraz knapp
realised by alan jenkins
cover concept and design: michelle greenaway
photography: steve greenaway

unless otherwise noted, music written or inspired by frank zappa

1. hans annéllsson: igor's holiday in the little house by the sea
   ('igor's boogie phase one, overture to a holiday in berlin, aybe sea, little house i used to live in) 
   hans annéllsson: all instruments

2. lee rosevere: burning of the sand witch  
   (overture to a holiday in berlin, theme from burnt weeny sandwich, igor's boogie phase two, holiday in berlin full blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in)
   lee rosevere: all instruments

3. doot!: radiouverture  
   (wplj (four deuces), igor's boogie phase one, holiday in berlin full blown, aybe sea, never the same 'cissoko), this is the cashab? (brunelli/chillemi)
   annemarieke schoonderwaldt: viola * stephen chillemi: keyboards, percussion * kilissa cissoko: piano * pete brunelli: percussion, programming * voice of cheez (performing wplj)

4. nigey lennon: opus one (little garage i used to live in)  
   (little house i used to live in (ian underwood's improvised solo))
   nigey lennon: piano ; an fz-approved master, recorded back in 1970, 'sonically cleansed' for the cd by dave mcmann

5. michel delville: jimmy's little dreamcatcher  
   (little house i used to live in)
   michel delville: guitar, piano, synth and electronics

6. dj goat: fried sausage butty (old grey mix)  
   (wplj (four deuces), piano introduction to little house i used to live in, aria section from holiday in berlin, valarie (jackie & the starlites))
   roddie gilliard has edited together performances by the four deuces, jackie and the starlights, tony whittaker and the muffinz (1995 version: rhino, waco, jumpy, roddie, mike and naraish)

7. zappatika: pink eazy weeny  
   (wplj (four deuces), overture to a holiday in berlin, theme from burnt weeny sandwich, igor's boogie phase two, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in, valarie (jackie & the starlites))

8. carl, fraz & ed: jimmy chile  
   (tomorrow never knows (lennon & mccartney), indian of the broup (black), little house i used to live in, voodoo chile (hendrix)
   carlo bowry * fraizer knapp * ed newton * gamma. recorded at the jimmy carl black tribute concert in london on 9 november 2008.

9. evil dick & the banned members: fraudulent free jazz extrapolations on white port and lemon deuce  
   (wplj (four deuces), igor's boogie phase one, overture to a holiday in berlin, theme from burnt weeny sandwich, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in)
   evil: drums/sampler * jools street: guitar/violin * brett richardson: bass/bassoon

10. caballero reynaldo: aybe sea  
    (aybe sea)
    ozcar mccuenca: trombones * luis g: all the rest

11. the whip it out ensemble: return of the son of the hunchback duke  
    (little house i used to live in)

12. in uniform: bureenich  
    (wplj (four deuces), theme from burnt weeny sandwich, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in, valarie (jackie & the starlites))
    david bruce: sax, keyboards, vocals and drums * adam camm: guitar, harmonica, vocals, drums * ian mcewan: bass * mark barrett: guitar

13. the frazknapp fusion project: the weenie zapp  
    (wplj (four deuces), igor's boogie phase two, theme from burnt weeny sandwich, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe seay, little house i used to live in, valarie (jackie & the starlites)
    fraizer knapp: drums/percussion * martin greenlee: keyboards * ed newton: bass * jason marcus: guitar * weztax: turntable/sounds * jon todd & chris moxey: vocals

14. j21: burnt weeny sandwich, phaze 21 
    (holiday in berlin full-blown, little house i used to live in, aybe sea)

15. low budget research kitchen: banger carbonara (slow-burn)  
    (igor's boogie phase one, theme from burnt weeny sandwich, overture to a holiday in berlin, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i  used to live in)
    pete dimosso: tenor sax * guido soprano: baritone sax * kubilai khan: guitar * dexter greenberg: guitar * johnny edgar zim: keyboards * lou serdozza: keyboards * tommy marks: keyboards * frankie figueroa: bass * tony carbone: drums * miguel amaral: guitar

16. john tabacco: burnt weenie sandwich remnants  
    (holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in (various melodies taken after the piano solo), igor's boogie phase one)

17. richard walshe & the pboys: variatons on little house  
    (little house i used to live in)

18. black bastard jenkins: "take that uniform off, man!"  
    (the jimmy carl black story (black/larsen), little house i used to live in)
    jimmy carl black * andrew greenaway * alan jenkins

19. the bogus pomp low budget semi-acoustic orchestra: holiday little house  
    (overture to a holiday in berlin, holida in berlin full-blown, little house i used to live in)
    recorded in hamburg in 2008

20. the todd grubbs group with ant-bee, bo smith and tony arnone: themes from burnt weeny sandwich  
    (overture to a holiday in berlin, theme from burnt weeny sandiwich, holiday in berlin full-blown, aybe sea, little house i used to live in, revenge of the knick knack people (billy james))
    the todd grubbs group * ant-bee * bo smith * tony arnone

21. pete brunelli & all of the above: weenyization phaze 21
    (bits from all of the above)

from Andrew Greenaway's "Idiot Bastard Son" website:

We set off on a journey through time and space some time back in 2008. We belatedly fastened our safety belts in 2009. And we had a smooth landing on Thursday 17 June 2010, around tea time. 'Twas Fraz Knapp what came up with the wizard wheeze of following-up the qualified success that was the 20 Extraordinary Renditions CD. And Cordelia Records was happy to do the biznis again. So for many months, I poked and prodded 20 artists until they condensed the whole of the Burnt Weeny Sandwich album into a 3-5 minute bite-sized snack, with a pinch of artistic licence (they didn't have to use a bit from every song, but at least something/anything from this wondrous album). Once done, Pete Brunelli of DOOT! twiddled some knobs of butter to concoct a mix of extracts from the 20 resultant pieces, inadvertently creating a whole new 21st interpretation of the album. And, as luck would have it, another wonderful sleeve concept ejaculated from the foolish young mind of our Hazel. We had a CD. And a free download. Here's what's what:

1. Igor's Holiday In The Little House By The Sea - Hans Annellsson. Hans was part of The Vegetarians last time out. His solo piece is a bloody great way to start things. You'll agree.

2. Burning Of The Sand Witch - Lee Rosevere. The artist formerly known as Fudge contributed his haunting ditty, having appeared on the CD that started all this madness (Lemme Take You To The Beach) with his surf version of The Orange County Lumber Truck. You can also hear him on Cordelia's Further Beyond The Sea CD performing Donna Lewis's I Love You Always Forever.

3. Radiouverture - DOOT! Features Annemarieke Schoonerwaldt (viola); Stephen Chillemi (keyboards, percussion); Kilissa Cissoko (piano); Pete Brunelli (percussion, programming); Voice Of Cheez (performing WPLJ); and the New Haven Improvisers Collective, conducted by Pete Brunelli. It includes portions of the following non-FZ compositions: WPLJ (Four Deuces); Never The Same (Cissoko); and This Is The Casbah? (Brunelli/Chillemi).

4. Opus One (Little Garage I Used To Live In) - Nigey Lennon. An FZ-approved master, based on Ian Underwood's improvised piano introduction to Little House, written by the Old Master. Recorded back in 1970, "before my college career fizzled out in a tepid burst of ennui.", and recorded for her composition class. The track was 'sonically cleansed' for the CD by Dave McMann.

5. Jimmy's Little Dreamcatcher - Michel Delville. Michel is of course a member of The Wrong Object, who appeared on the previous two discs in this unholy trilogy. On this track he plays guitar, piano, synth and electronics. It's kinda mellow, yet incendiary also.

6. Fried Sausage Butty (Old Grey Mix) - DJ Goat. Better known as Oldgreygoat (and sometimes Roddie Gilliard of the Muffin Men), DJ Goat has edited together performances by The Four Deuces, Jackie And The Starlights, Tony Whittaker and the MufFinZ (1995 version: Rhino, Waco, Jumpy, Roddie, Mike and Naraish). It was compiled in Megala Spilia, Crete and Birkenhead, England during December 2008. It makes me smile. A lot.

7. Pink Eazy Weeny - ZAPPATiKA. The band delivered this to me live on stage. In London. It's strange. But very true.

8. Jimmy Chile - Carl, Fraz & Ed. Former Muffin Man, Carlo Bowry, was FrazKnapp & Ed Newton's surprise special guest stunt guitarist at A Concert For Jimmy in London on 9 November 2008. He has edited together some pieces from their wonderful power trio set, which references songs connected to JCB. The almost-legendary Gamma makes a brief appearance. Please remain calm.

9. Fraudulent Free Jazz Extrapolations On White Port And Lemon Deuce - Evil Dick And The Banned Members. Mr Dick took the BWS album and squeezed the whole thing down to a five minute sound file. It sounded like a Nancarrow player piano piece. Using that as a template, he then ploughed through the notes and selected the ones he liked, in the ranges of the instruments he was arranging for, and The Banned Members - that is, Evil (drums/sampler), Jools Street (guitar/violin), Brett Richardson (bass/bassoon) - recorded them. "Then I decided there were too many notes, so slowed everything down again. Apart from the bassoon part, which I kept. It works out that the violins, guitars, bass and drums 'cover' WPLJ, whilst the bassoon covers about ? of the album!"

10. Aybe Sea - Caballero Reynaldo. I met Luis Gonzalez in Paris mid-November 2009 and asked if he'd like to be involved; by 2 December, he had sent me his specially recorded country contribution, featuring oZcar McCuenca on trombones - and Luis G, all the rest. It's wondrous, and makes me want to listen even more to The Grand Kazoo: Unmatched Vol. X.

11. Return Of The Son Of The Hunchback Duke - Whip It Out Ensemble. Michael Green & Co return with a rousing live rendition that makes me all sweaty.

12. BurEenIch - In Uniform. My buddy David Bruce put together a temporary band, comprising himself (on sax, keyboards, vocals and drums), Adam Camm (guitar, harmonica, vocals, drums), Ian McEwan (bass) and (another old friend) Mark Barrett (guitar). Together they munched their way through a piece which sticks very closely to Fraz's original vision. It's a reet tasty little sucker, I tell thee.

13. The Weenie Zapp - The FrazKnapp Fusion Project. Fraz is to blame for all this. Here's what he said when first floating the idea: "Imagine...Burnt Weeny Sandwich (anniversary)...the entire album in one song x by 20 artists or so...each artist creatively fits in all the melody's and arrangements into a 3-4 min piece, then a choice producer compiles his choice of each piece from all of the contributions to compile his own version of the album...may sound a bit weird but I've been playing with it and it could work...ie. set out some of the grooves from the album and go about fitting the melody's etc. over the top and inbetweens?" And he and his Fusion Project - that is, Fraizer (drums/percussion), Martin Greenlee (keyboards), Ed Newton (bass), Jason Marcus (guitar), WezTax (turntable/sounds), Jon Todd & Chris Moxey (vocals) - came up trumps. It knocked my nadgers off. Literally.

14. Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Phaze 21 - J21. AKA Joseph Diaz, J21 whipped out his blistering ditty in his new studio. It rocks. Seriously. You should check out his debut solo album, Yellow Mind : Blue Mind (featuring Ed Mann) on Voiceprint Records.

15. Banger Carbonara (Slow-Burn) - Low Budget Research Kitchen. The boys worked long and hard to produce their track. Arranged and sequenced by Tony Carbone, it includes instrumental excerpts from improvisation sections of two different LBRK concerts (so in the opening segment, Lou Serdozza is playing keyboards, while in the closing one - from another concert - it's Tommy Marks). The musicians of the LBRK are: Pete diMosso (tenor sax); Guido Soprano (baritone sax); Kubilai Khan (guitar); Dexter Greenberg (guitar); Johnny Edgar Zim (keyboards); Lou Serdozza (keyboards); Tommy Marks (keyboards); Frankie Figueroa (bass); Tony Carbone (drums). And for this project, they recruited special guest Miguel Amaral, who played some splendid Portuguese guitar. And finally, a snippet of Richard Milhous Nixon's State Of The Nation address from 22 January 1970. Belter.

16. Burnt Weenie Sandwich Remnants - John Tabacco. After his rather splendid extraordinary rendition, John knocked this off "while waiting for a client". You won't believe it. I still don't.

17. Variatons On Little House - Richard Walshe & The Pboys. This is quite mad, and surprised me a lot. In a very good way.

18. "Take that uniform off, man!" - Black Bastard Jenkins. Who they? They be Jimmy Carl Black (all thanks to Jon Larsen), Andrew Greenaway (never heard of him), and Alan Jenkins (of The Thurston Lava Tube and Cordelia fame).

19. Holiday Little House - The Bogus Pomp Low Budget Semi-Acoustic Orchestra. Recorded in Hamburg in 2008 and beautifully edited by Jerry Outlaw and Bill Ehrsam at Mindshaft Studios in Tarpon Springs Florida.

20. Themes From Burnt Weeny Sandwich - The Todd Grubbs Group with ANT-BEE, Bo Smith and Tony Arnone. An epic featuring a 'percussion wash' by Billy James (which is a piece called Return Of The Knick Knack People in tribute to Frank's Revenge Of... from Läther) and made the hairs on the back of my neck tingle.

21. Weenyization Phaze 21 - Pete Brunelli & All Of The Above. This is the afore-mentioned megamix, made up of excerpts from the above 20 tracks, with a few outtakes and other bits and bobs thrown in: onesuch being from that-man-again, Gamma, recorded at Tami Studios by Michael Lorek in the company of Buzzo Landi. This is available for download only. Read Pete's blog about it at http://petebrunelli.blogspot.com/2010/04/burn-that-weeny.html

Sadly, since the project commenced, our very good pal Jimmy Carl Black - who appears all over The Mothers' Burnt Weeny album - passed away. The disc is now dedicated with mucho love to his sweet memory.