Frank Zappa ‎– Hot Rats
Label:
Bizarre Records ‎– RSLP 6356, Reprise Records ‎– RSLP 6356
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country:
UK
Released:
Nov 1969
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde
 
Tracklist
Position    Title/Credits    Duration
A1    Peaches En Regalia
Drums – Ron Selico
Electric Bass – Shuggy Otis*
3:58
A2    Willie The Pimp
Drums – John Guerin
Electric Bass – Max Bennett
Lyrics By – Frank Zappa
Violin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*
Vocals – Captain Beefheart
9:25
A3    Son Of Mr. Green Genes
Drums – Paul Humphrey
Electric Bass – Max Bennett
8:58
B1    Little Umbrellas
Drums – John Guerin
Electric Bass – Max Bennett
3:09
B2    The Gumbo Variations
Drums – Paul Humphrey
Electric Bass – Max Bennett
Violin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*
12:55
B3    It Must Be A Camel
Drums – John Guerin
Electric Bass – Max Bennett
Violin [Electric] – Jean-Luc Ponty
5:15
 
Record Company – Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd.
Distributed By – CBS Records
Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Printed By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Made By – MacNeill Press Ltd.
Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
Engineered At – Whitney Recording Studios
Engineered At – Sunset Sound
Design [Cover] – Cal Schenkel
Design [Interior Of Cover] – John Williams (30)
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
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 cat# 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.
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): RSLP 6356-A
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): RSLP 6356-B
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout stamped): RSLP 6356 A1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout stamped): RSLP 6356 B1
Rights Society: MCPS