(Frank Zappa, LP, Bizarre/Reprise RS 6356, October 10, 1969)
Song timings and track separations based on the UME 2012 CD version.
T.T.G., LA; Sunset Sound, LA; Whitney Studios, Glendale
July-August 1969
Produced by Frank Zappa
Engineers:
Dick Kunc—Whitney Studios
Jack Hunt—T.T.G.
Cliff Goldstein—T.T.G.
Brian Ingoldsby—Sunset Sound
Cover photo: Andee Nathanson
Liner photography: Cal Schenkel, Ed Caraeff, Bruce Linton
Cover design: Cal Schenkel
Interior design: John Williams
FZ—guitar, octave bass, percussion
Ian Underwood—piano, organus maximus, all clarinets, all saxes
Basic track:
T.T.G. Studios, LA, CA
July 28, 1969
Ian Underwood—piano
Shuggie Otis—bass
Ron Selico—drums
Overdubs:
Sunset Sound Studios, LA, CA
August 26, 1969
Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
c. August 28-30, 1969
FZ—guitars, octave bass, percussion
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, organ, organus maximus
Basic tracks:
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 29, 1969
FZ—guitar
Ian Underwood—tack piano
Don "Sugarcane" Harris—violin
Max Bennett—bass
John Guerin—drums
Overdubs:
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 29, 1969
FZ—guitar
Captain Beefheart—vocal
prob. Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA and/or Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
c. August 25-30, 1969
FZ—percussion
I'm a little pimp with my hair gassed back
Pair a khaki pants with my shoe shined black
Got a little lady . . . walk the street
Tellin' all the boys that she cain't be beat
Twenny dollah bill (I can set you straight)
Meet me onna corner boy 'n don't be late
Man in a suit with a bow-tie neck
Wanna buy a grunt with a third party check
Standin' onna porch of the Lido Hotel
Floozies in the lobby love the way I sell
Hot meat
Hot rats
Hot cats
Hot ritz
Hot roots
Hot soots
Hot meat
Hot rats
Hot cats
Hot zitz
Hot roots
Hot soots
Basic tracks:
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 30, 1969
FZ—guitar
Ian Underwood—piano
Max Bennett—bass
Paul Humphrey—drums
Overdubs:
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA and/or Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
c. August 25-30, 1969
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, keyboards
FZ—percussion
Basic tracks:
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 29, 1969
Ian Underwood—piano
Max Bennett—bass
John Guerin—drums
Overdubs:
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA and/or Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
c. August 25-30, 1969
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, keyboards
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 30, 1969
FZ—guitar
Ian Underwood—sax, organ
Don "Sugarcane" Harris—organ, violin
Max Bennett—bass
Paul Humphrey—drums
Take 2.
How many bars?
FZ: Uh . . . Why don't you count it off?
All right.
FZ: Just every— You three start together on this.
All right.
One . . . Two . . . One, two . . .
Basic tracks:
T.T.G. Studios, Los Angeles, CA
July 29, 1969
Ian Underwood—piano
Max Bennett—bass
John Guerin—drums
Overdubs:
Sunset Sound, Los Angeles, CA
August 25, 1969
FZ—guitars
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, keyboards
prob. Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
August 28-30, 1969
FZ—percussion
Jean-Luc Ponty—violin
All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted