Title from discs. Compact discs. "This is official release #107"--Back of container. The Mothers (at the time of this recording were:) Frank Zappa (guitar, low grade vocals, percussion) ; Ray Collins (swell vocals) ; Jimmy Carl Black (drums, droll humor, poverty) ; Roy Estrada (electric bass, cheeseburgers, Pachuco falsetto) ; Don (Dom De Wild) Preston (electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice) ; Billy (The Oozer) Mundi (drums on some pieces before he quit to join Rhinoceros) ; Bunk (Sweatpants) Gardner (piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or non-electric depending) ; Ian Underwood (electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal) ; Artie (with the Green Mustache) Tripp (drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquires) ; Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood (pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies) -- Special thanks to: Ruth Komanoff (who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks) and Nelcy Walker (soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations).
Contents:
(7:24) -- King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival...the Underwood ramifications) (75:43). Uncle Meat: Main title theme (1:56) ; The voice of cheese (0:26) ; Nine types of industrial pollution (6:02) ; Zolar Czackl (0:54) ; Dog breath, in the year of the plague (3:59) -- The legend of the golden arches (3:27) ; Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (2:18) ; The dog breath variations (1:50) ; Sleeping in a jar (0:50) ; Our bizarre relationship (1:05) ; The Uncle Meat variations (4:46) ; Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46) ; Prelude to King Kong (3:39) ; God bless America (Live at the Whiskey A Go Go) (1:10) ; A pound for a brown on the bus (1:29) ; Ian Underwood whips it out (Live on stage in Copenhagen) (5:09) ; Mr. Green Genes (3:13) ; We can shoot you (2:03) ; "If we'd all been living in California..." (1:14) ; The air (2:57) ; Project X (4:49) ; Cruising for burgers (2:18) ; King Kong (as played by the Mothers in a studio) (0:51) ; King Kong (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) (1:19) ; King Kong (as Motorhead explains it) (1:45) ; King Kong (the Gardner varieties) (6:14) ; King Kong (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor trucks) (0:37) ; King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival...the Underwood ramifications) (7:24) -- (0:47) -- Zolar Czakl (58:14). Part One. Dog breath, in the year of the plague (2:55) ; The legend of the golden arches (3:16) ; The voice of cheese (0:26) ; Whiskey wah (1:34) ; Nine types of industrial pollution (6:03) ; Louie Louie (Live at the Royal Albert Hall in London) (2:27) ; The dog breath variations (1:51) ; Shoot you percussion item (1:28) ; Part two. The whip (5:03) ; The Uncle Meat variations (4:47) ; King Kong (10:46) ; Part three. Project X minus .5 (1:47) ; A pound for a brown on a bus (1:29) ; Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46) ; Prelude to King Kong (3:39) ; God bless America (Live at the Whiskey A Go Go) (1:11) ; Sleeping in a jar (0:51) ; Cops and buns (5:56) ; Zolar Czakl (0:47) -- (1:46). The dog breath variations (mix outtake) (73:39). Part Four. We can not shoot you (1:16) ; Mr. Green Genes (3:13) ; "PooYeahrg" (0:32) ; Uncle Meat: Main title theme (1:27) ; Our bizarre relationship (1:10) ; "Later we can shoot you" (0:15) ; "If we'd all been living in California..." (1:19) ; 'Ere Ian whips it/JCB spits it/Motorhead rips it (2:30) ; The air (2:58) ; Project X .5 (2:38) ; Cruising for burgers (2:23) ; From the vault. "A bunch of stuff" (1:40) ; Dog breath (single version-stereo) (2:55) ; Tango (0:24) ; The string quartet (3:06) ; Electric Aunt Jemima (mix outtake) (1:40) ; Exercise 4 variant (4:32) ; Zolar Czackl (mix outtake) (0:45) ; "More beer!" (0:17) ; Green Genes snoop (1:13) ; Mr. Green Genes (mix outtake) (3:11) ; Echo pie (2:16) ; 1/4 tone unit (1:06) ; Sakuji's march (0:35) ; No. 4 (1:52) ; Prelude to King Kong (extended version) (5:24) ; Blood unit (1:22) ; My guitar (proto I excerpt) (2:12) ; Nine types of industrial pollution (guitar track, normal speed) (9:53) ; Uncle Meat (live at Columbia University 1969) (4:44) ; Dog breath (instrumental) (2:50) ; The dog breath variations (mix outtake) (1:46).
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