The Hot Rats Sessions (50th anniversary edition)

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

Tracklist

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1Transition (section 1, in session)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
6:17
2Transition (section 1, master take)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:25
3Transition (section 2, intercut, in session)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
1:50
4Transition (section 2, intercut master take)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:43
5Transition (section 3, intercut, in session)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:29
6Transition (section 3, intercut master take)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Twenty Small Cigars (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:13
7Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (unedited master)
bass:
Max Bennett (US jazz bassist and session musician) (on 1969-07-29)
drums (drum set):
John Guerin (on 1969-07-29)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-29)
piano:
Ian Underwood (on 1969-07-29)
violin:
Don “Sugarcane” Harris (on 1969-07-29)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-29)
recording of:
Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (on 1969-07-29)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
12:46
8Directly From My Heart to You (unedited master)
engineer:
Cliff Goldstein (on 1969-07-30) and Jack Hunt (engineer) (on 1969-07-30)
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black (on 1969-07-30)
electric bass guitar:
Roy Estrada (on 1969-07-30)
electric guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-30)
electric violin and lead vocals:
Don “Sugarcane” Harris (on 1969-07-30)
electronic organ:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention) (on 1969-07-30)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1969-07-30)
cover recording of:
Directly From My Heart (to You) (on 1969-07-30)
lyricist and composer:
Richard Wayne Penniman (in 1955-09)
10:18
9Another Waltz (unedited master)
bass:
Roy Estrada (on 1969-07-30)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black (on 1969-07-30)
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) (on 1969-07-30)
organ:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention) (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 Little House I Used to Live In (on 1969-07-30)
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
27:56
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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]