Frank Zappa200 Motels

Label:

Bizarre Records – 5C 188-92854/55

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold

Country:

Netherlands

Released:

Genre:

Stage & Screen

Style:

Experimental

Tracklist

A1 Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture 1:59
A2 Mystery Roach 2:32
A3 Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers 0:48
A4 This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) 0:55
A5 Tuna Fish Promenade 2:29
A6 Dance Of The Just Plain Folks 4:40
A7 This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise) 0:58
A8 The Sealed Tuna Bolero 1:40
A9 Lonesome Cowboy Burt
VocalsJimmy Carl Black
3:59
B1 Touring Can Make You Crazy 2:52
B2 Would You Like A Snack? 1:23
B3 Redneck Eats 3:02
B4 Centerville 2:31
B5 She Painted Up Her Face 1:41
B6 Janet's Big Dance Number 1:18
B7 Half A Dozen Provocative Squats 1:57
B8 Mysterioso 0:48
B9 Shove It Right In 2:32
B10 Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude 4:01
C1 I'm Stealing The Towels 2:14
C2 Dental Hygiene Dilemma 5:11
C3 Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? 2:59
C4 Daddy, Daddy, Daddy 3:11
C5 Penis Dimension 4:37
C6 What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning 3:32
D1 A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes 1:08
D2 Magic Fingers 3:53
D3 Motorhead's Midnight Ranch 1:28
D4 Dew On The Newts We Got 1:09
D5 The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts 0:41
D6 The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth 1:10
D7 The Girl's Dream 0:54
D8 Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce 1:00
D9 Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
VocalsTheodore Bikel
11:10

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyUnited Artists Records, Inc.
  • Manufactured ByBovema-EMI
  • Produced ForUnited Artists Records
  • Recorded ByRolling Stones Mobile
  • Overdubbed AtWhitney Recording Studios
  • Remixed AtWhitney Recording Studios
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 16.041
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 16.042
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 16.049
  • Lacquer Cut AtBovema / EMI Studios – 16.050

Credits

  • Artwork [Cover & Poster], IllustrationThe Institute, Inc.
  • Artwork [Packaging & Book Design]Cal Schenkel
  • BassMartin Lickert
  • ChoirThe Top Score Singers
  • Chorus MasterDavid Van Asch
  • ConductorElgar Howarth
  • Drum [Orchestra Drum Set]Ruth Underwood
  • DrumsAynsley Dunbar
  • Engineer [Overdubs & Remix]Barry Keene
  • FeaturingThe Mothers Of Invention*
  • Guitar, BassFrank Zappa
  • Keyboards, TromboneGeorge Duke
  • Keyboards, Woodwind [Winds]Ian Underwood
  • Lacquer Cut ByM (111)
  • Management [Bizarre Business]Herb Cohen
  • Management [Road]Dick Barber
  • Narrator [Narrated By]Theodore Bikel
  • Photography ByMark Volman
  • ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Recorded By [Live]Bob Auger
  • Supervised By [Classical Guitar Ensemble]John Williams (7)
  • TechnicianPaul Hof
  • Vocals, Other [Special Material]Mark Volman
  • Voice [Voice of the "Bad Conscience"]Jim Pons

Notes

Original packaging includes gatefold jacket, booklet and folded poster

Orchestra recorded at Pinewood Studios, London
January 28-February 5, 1971

Overdubs: Whitney Studios, L.A. Summer 1971
Reduction facilities: Whitney Studios, LA.

live recording facilities: The Rolling Stones Mobile.

The runouts are etched; the separate digits behind the string are stamped and partially mirrored.

Special thanks to Jeff Simmons from all of the group.
This album is dedicated to anybody who was ever in the Mothers.
Don't forget to to vote.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Rights Society: BIEM
  • Other (Catalog # record 1): 5C 188-92854
  • Other (Catalog # record 2): 5C 188-92855
  • Matrix / Runout (Side A, Label): 5C 188-92854-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side B, Label): 5C 188-92854-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Side C, Label): 5C 188-92855-A
  • Matrix / Runout (Side D, Label): 5C 188-92855-B
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 5C 188-92854A//HM16.041-1-Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 5C 188-92854B//H16.042-1-Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 1): 5C 188-92855A//HM16.049-1-Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 1): 5C 188-92855B//HM16.050-1-Y
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 5C 188-92854A//HM16.041-1-Y 2 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 5C 188-92854B//H16.042-1-Y 3 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side C, variant 2): 5C 188-92855A//HM16.049-1-Y 1 1 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Runout side D, variant 2): 5C 188-92855B//HM16.050-1-Y 3 1 1

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200 Motels (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) United Artists Records UAS 9956 US 1971
200 Motels (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold, Booklet, Poster) United Artists Records UDF 50003, UAS 9956 UK 1971
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200 Motels (2×LP, Album) United Artists Records UAS 29 218/19 XD 1971
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200 Motels (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) United Artists Records UAS 29 218/9 1971
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200 Motels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (8-Track Cartridge, Album) United Artists Records 8-04020, 04020 US 1971

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