The Hot Rats Sessions (50th anniversary edition)

~ Release by Frank Zappa (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Dame Margret’s Son to Be a Bride (remake)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Paul Humphrey (jazz, r&b drummer) (on 1969-07-30)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-30)
recording of:
Dame Margret's Son to Be a Bride (on 1969-07-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:54
2Son of Mr. Green Genes (take 1)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Humphrey (American drummer and teacher) (on 1969-07-30)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-30)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-30)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-30)
recording of:
Son of Mr. Green Genes (on 1969-07-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
arrangement of:
Mr. Green Genes
8:16
3Son of Mr. Green Genes (master take)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Humphrey (American drummer and teacher) (on 1969-07-30)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-30)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-30)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-30)
recording of:
Son of Mr. Green Genes (on 1969-07-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
arrangement of:
Mr. Green Genes
10:47
4Big Legs (unedited master take)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Paul Humphrey (jazz, r&b drummer) (on 1969-07-30)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-30)
organ:
Don “Sugarcane” Harris (on 1969-07-30) and Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-30)
saxophone:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-30)
violin:
Don “Sugarcane” Harris (on 1969-07-30)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-30)
recording of:
The Gumbo Variations (on 1969-07-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
32:42
5It Must Be a Camel (percussion tracks)
percussion:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (from 1969-08-28 until 1969-08-30)
recording of:
It Must Be a Camel (from 1969-08-28 until 1969-08-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
publisher:
Munchkin Music Co.
1:48
6Arabesque (guitar OD mix)
bass:
Shuggie Otis (on 1969-07-28)
drums (drum set):
Ron Selico (on 1969-07-28)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
tack piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-28)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-28) and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
recording of:
Toads of the Short Forest (from 1969-07-28 until 1969-08-26)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
6:57
7Transition (full version)
bass:
Shuggie Otis (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
Ron Selico (on 1969-07-29)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
tack piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29) and Sunset Sound in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1969-08-25 until 1969-08-26)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (from 1969-07-29 until 1969-08-26)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
6:22
8Piano Music (section 3, OD version)
acoustic guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-21)
harpsichord and woodwind:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-21)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-18)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-18, on 1969-07-21)
recording of:
The Little House I Used to Live In (from 1969-07-18 until 1969-07-21)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:41
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Credits

Release

liner notes:Matt Groening
producer:Joe Travers (American drummer, engineer, “vaultmeister”/ archivist & researcher for the Zappa Family Trust) (task: release producer)
Ahmet Zappa (task: release producer)
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (task: original recordings)
audio director:Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
distributed by:Universal Music Enterprises (not for release label use; catalog/reissue division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
copyrighted (©) by and phonographic copyright (℗) by:UMG Recordings, Inc. (operational headquarters of Universal Music Group, based in Santa Monica, USA; read annotations) (in 2019)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/14550137 [info]
ASIN:UK: B07YTDDCHV [info]
US: B07YTDDCHV [info]
discography entry:https://www.zappa.com/news/frank-zappas-legendary-1969-album-hot-rats-celebrated-massive-50th-anniversary-six-disc [info]
Allmusic:https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/mr0005128108 [info]

Release group

dedicated to:Dweezil
part of:Zappa Official Release (number: 115) (order: 23)
Wikidata:Q112685308 [info]