Frank Zappa – 200 Motels

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Label:	Bizarre Records – 5C 188-92854/55
Format:	2 x Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo , Gatefold
Country:	Netherlands
Released:	1971
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 Vocals – Jimmy 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) Vocals – Theodore Bikel	11:10

Companies, etc.

Record Company – United Artists Records, Inc.
Manufactured By – Bovema-EMI
Produced For – United Artists Records
Recorded By – Rolling Stones Mobile
Overdubbed At – Whitney Recording Studios
Remixed At – Whitney Recording Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 16.041
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 16.042
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 16.049
Lacquer Cut At – Bovema / EMI Studios – 16.050

Credits

Artwork [Cover & Poster], Illustration – The Institute, Inc.
Artwork [Packaging & Book Design] – Cal Schenkel
Bass – Martin Lickert
Choir – The Top Score Singers
Chorus Master – David Van Asch
Conductor – Elgar Howarth
Drum [Orchestra Drum Set] – Ruth Underwood
Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
Engineer [Overdubs & Remix] – Barry Keene
Featuring – The Mothers Of Invention*
Guitar, Bass – Frank Zappa
Keyboards, Trombone – George Duke
Keyboards, Woodwind [Winds] – Ian Underwood
Lacquer Cut By – M (111)
Management [Bizarre Business] – Herb Cohen
Management [Road] – Dick Barber
Narrator [Narrated By] – Theodore Bikel
Photography By – Mark Volman
Producer – Frank Zappa
Recorded By [Live] – Bob Auger
Supervised By [Classical Guitar Ensemble] – John Williams (7)
Technician – Paul 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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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	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
Recently Edited	200 Motels (2×LP, Album)	United Artists Records	UAS 29 218/19 XD		1971
Recently Edited	200 Motels (2×LP, Album, Gatefold)	United Artists Records	UAS 29 218/9		1971
New Submission	200 Motels: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (8-Track Cartridge, Album)	United Artists Records	8-04020, 04020	US	1971