the mothers of invention

uncle meat (7)

apostolic studios, nyc
august 1967 - february 1968

percussion overdubs at sunset sound, l.a.
march-april, 1968

released march 1969

lyrics & extra info:
  http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/Uncle_Meat.html

    frank zappa: guitar, vocals, percussion
    ray collins: swell vocals
    jimmy carl black: drums, droll humor, poverty
    roy estrada: electric bass, cheeseburgers, pachuto falsetto
    don (dom dewilde) preston: electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
    billy (the oozer) mundi: drums
    bunk (sweetpants) gardner: piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon
    ian underwood: electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance,...
    artie (with the green moustache) tripp: drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes,...
    motorhead sherwood: pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment ...
special thanks to:
    ruth komanoff who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks
    nelcy walker the soprano voice with ray & roy on 'dog breath' & 'the uncle meat variations'
uncredited:
    pamela zarubica as suzy creamcheese

all compositions by frank zappa except where noted

produced by frank zappa

engineer: richard "dick dynamite" kunc

overdubs engineered by jerry hansen

package designed by cal schenkel

1. uncle meat - main title theme
2. the voice of cheese
3. nine types of industrial pollution
4. zolar czakl
5. dog breath, in the year of the plague
6. the legend of the golden arches
7. louie louie (at the royal albert hall in london) (berry)
8. the dog breath variations
9. sleeping in a jar
10. our bizarre relationship
11. the uncle meat variations
12. electric aunt jemima
13. prelude to king kong
14. god bless america (live at the whisky a go go) (berlin)
15. a pound for a brown on the bus
16. ian underwood whips it out (live on stage in copenhagen)
17. mr. green genes
18. we can shoot you
19. "if we'd all been living in california..."
20. the air
21. project x
22. cruising for burgers
    
23. uncle meat film excerpt, part 1
24. tengo na minchia tanta
25. uncle meat film excerpt, part 2
26. king kong itself (as played by the mothers in a studio)
27. king kong (it's magnificence as interpreted by dom dewild)
28. king kong (as motorhead explains it)
29. king kong (the gardner varieties
30. king kong (as played by 3 deranged good humor trucks)
31. king kong (live on a flat bed diesel inthe middle on a race track at a miami pop festival - the underwood ramifications)