V:NM / C:NM
Zappa – Thing-Fish
Tracklist
A1 | Prologue | 2:56 |
A2 | The Mammy Nuns | 3:50 |
A3 | Harry & Rhonda | 3:36 |
A4 | Galoot Up-Date
|
5:29 |
B1 | The ‘Torchum’ Never Stops | 10:32 |
B2 | That Evil Prince | 1:17 |
B3 | You Are What You Is | 4:31 |
C1 | Mudd Club
|
3:17 |
C2 | The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
|
3:14 |
C3 | Clowns On Velvet
|
1:38 |
C4 | Harry-As-A-Boy | 2:51 |
C5 | He’s So Gay | 2:48 |
D1 | The Massive Improve’lence | 5:07 |
D2 | Artificial Rhonda
|
3:30 |
D3 | The Crab-Grass Baby | 3:48 |
D4 | The White Boy Troubles | 3:35 |
E1 | No Not Now
|
5:50 |
E2 | Briefcase Boogie | 4:10 |
E3 | Brown Moses | 3:02 |
F1 | Wistful Wit A Fist-Full | 3:53 |
F2 | Drop Dead | 7:56 |
F3 | Won Ton On
|
4:20 |
Companies, etc.
- Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
- Phonographic Copyright (p) – Barking Pumpkin Records
- Published By – Munchkin Music
- Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8309
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8310
- Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8311
Credits
- Artwork [Costumier] – Robert Fletcher (3)
- Assemblage [Prosthetics For Thing Fish & Sister Ob’dewlla ‘x’] – Jene Omens
- Bass Guitar – Arthur Barrow, Scott Thunes
- Double Bass – Jay Anderson
- Drums – Chad Wackerman
- Electric Guitar – Ray White, Steve Vai
- Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Frank Zappa
- Engineer – Bob Stone, Mark Pinske
- Keyboards – Tommy Mars
- Lacquer Cut By – jm*
- Percussion – Ed Mann
- Photography By [Cover & Liner Insets] – Ladi Von Jansky
- Piano [Broadway] – Chuck Wild
- Producer [Album Production, Direction Of Characterizations & Book], Music By, Arranged By, Lyrics By– Frank Zappa
- Technician [Synclavier Programming] – David Ocker, Steve De Furia*
- Vocals – Johnny Guitar Watson
- Voice Actor [Brown Moses] – Johnny Guitar Watson
- Voice Actor [Evil Prince] – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
- Voice Actor [Harry- As- A- Boy] – Bob Harris
- Voice Actor [Harry] – Terry Bozzio
- Voice Actor [Owl- Gonkwin- Jane Cowhoon] – Ray White
- Voice Actor [Rhonda] – Dale Bozzio
- Voice Actor [Thing Fish] – Ike Willis
Notes
16-page 12″x12″ ‘linen effect’ matte paper lyric book, outlining scenes/acts, including 10 black & white photos.
LPs in black & white glossy jackets, imprinted on back with ‘Barking Pumpkin Records’ logo & on front with large Zappa ‘join-the-dots’ logo & ‘Warning/Guarantee’ stamp.Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI Inc., USA
In runout of all sides: 818-PUMPKIN
Since the release of this recording uncredited artists have emerged and have been listed accordingly on track titles.