((Zappa, 3LP, Barking Pumpkin SKCO-74201, November 21, 1984)
CD Listing:
DISC 1:
1. Prologue 2:56
2. The Mammy Nuns 3:31
3. Harry & Rhonda 3:36
4. Galoot Up-Date 5:27
5. The ‘Torchum’ Never Stops 10:33
6. That Evil Prince 1:17
7. You Are What You Is 4:31
8. Mudd Club 3:17
9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
10. Clowns On Velvet 1:51
11. Harry-As-A-Boy 2:34
12. He’s So Gay 2:45
13. The Massive Improve’lence 5:08
14. Artificial Rhonda 3:29
DISC 2:
1. The Crab-Grass Baby 3:47
2. The White Boy Troubles 3:34
3. No Not Now 5:49
4. Briefcase Boogie 4:10
5. Brown Moses 3:00
6. Wistful Wit A Fist-Full 4:00
7. Drop Dead 7:56
8. Won Ton On 4:18
Recorded c. 1982-84
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Book & lyrics, music, arrangements, direction of characterizations and album production by FZ
recording engineers: Mark Pinske & Bob Stone
“Thing-Fish” & “Sister Ob’dwella ‘X’” prosthetics by Jene Omens
costumes by Robert Fletcher
cover photo by Ladi Von Jansky
the musicians:
FZ—guitar, synclavier
Steve Vai—guitar
Ray White—guitar
Tommy Mars—keyboards
Chuck Wild—Broadway piano
Arthur Barrow—bass
Scott Thunes—bass
Jay Anderson—string bass
Ed Mann—percussion
Chad Wackerman—drums
Steve De Furia—Synclavier programmer
David Ocker—Synclavier programmer
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Bob Harris—keyboards, trumpet & high vocals (uncredited on “Galoot Up-Date,” “No Not Now” and “Won Ton On”)
Motorhead Sherwood—tenor sax (uncredited on “Mudd Club”)
Bobby Martin—keyboards, sax (uncredited on “Clowns On Velvet”)
Denny Walley—slide guitar (uncredited on “The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing”)
Roy Estrada—bg. vocal (uncredited on “Artificial Rhonda,” “No Not Now” and “Won Ton On”)
Donnie Vliet—harmonica (uncredited on “Artificial Rhonda”)
Ruth Underwood—synth (uncredited on “Artificial Rhonda”)
(Ed. note: the uncredited musicians and the ones listed on each song except for Mr. Barrow who confirmed his participation, are only guesses)
THING FISH—Ike Willis
HARRY—Terry Bozzio
RHONDA—Dale Bozzio
EVIL PRINCE—Napoleon Murphy Brock
MAMMIFIED EVIL PRINCE—Terry Bozzio, Ike Willis
HARRY-AS-A-BOY—Bob Harris
BROWN MOSES—Johnny “Guitar” Watson
OWL-GONKWIN-JANE COWHOON—Ray White
