Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

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A1	Peaches En Regalia Drums – Ron SelicoElectric Bass – Shuggy Otis*	3:58
A2	Willie The Pimp Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max BennettLyrics By – Frank ZappaViolin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*Vocals – Captain Beefheart	9:25
A3	Son Of Mr. Green Genes Drums – Paul HumphreyElectric Bass – Max Bennett	8:58
B1	Little Umbrellas Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max Bennett	3:09
B2	The Gumbo Variations Drums – Paul HumphreyElectric Bass – Max BennettViolin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*	12:55
B3	It Must Be A Camel Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max BennettViolin [Electric] – Jean-Luc Ponty	5:15

Companies, etc.

• Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
• Engineered At – Whitney Recording Studios
• Engineered At – Sunset Sound
• Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
• Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
• Distributed By – CBS Records
• Record Company – Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd.

Credits

• Design [Cover] – Cal Schenkel
• Design [Interior Of Cover] – John Williams
• Engineer [At Sunset] – Brian Ingoldsby
• Engineer [At T. T. G.] – Cliff Goldstein, Jack Hunt
• Engineer [At Whitney] – Dick Kunc
• Engineer [Engineering Directed For Bizarre] – Dick Kunc
• Guitar, Bass [Octave], Percussion – Frank Zappa
• Management – Herb Cohen
• Other [Dedicated To] – Dweezil, Bub & Gil
• Other [Uncredited, Cover Model] – Christine Frka
• Photography By [Cover & Beefheart Inset] – Ed Caraeff
• Photography By [Zappa Black & White] – Bruce Linton
• Piano, Organ [Organus Maximus], Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Ian Underwood
• Producer – Frank Zappa
• Written-By, Directed By – Frank Zappa

Notes

UK 1st press, with tri-color quadrant labels.
(The Pye distribution text on labels blocked out with black overprint)

Gatefold cover has Bizarre logo + Warner Arts & Reprise combined roundel (top right), with Category below it.
Back of cover, 3 lines of text:
"Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd
Distributed by CBS Records
Printed and made by MacNeill Press Ltd., London, S.E.1"

Inner text:
"Recorded 16 track August through September 1969".
"This movie for your ears was produced & directed by..."
Lyrics also printed for track A2 in inset panel on inside-left spread.

Engineered at T.T.G. Studio, Whitney Studios and Sunset Sound Studio, in L.A., C.A., U.S.A.

The 16-track used on this at T.T.G. [Two Terrible Guys] Studio was unique at the time.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A-Side run-out, Stamped): RSLP 6356 A1
• Matrix / Runout (B-Side run-out, Stamped): RSLP 6356 B1
• Rights Society: MCPS

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
RS 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	RS 6356	US	1969
208744	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Reprise Records	208744	Argentina	1979
44 078, RS 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	44 078, RS 6356	Germany	1978
K 44078-5	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Pic, Unofficial)	Reprise Records	K 44078-5	France	2005
RS6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat)	Barking Pumpkin Records	RS6356	US	2009

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