Frank Zappa

180 GRAM VIRGIN VINYL

LIMITED GATEFOLD EDITION

The second solo album by Frank Zappa, Hot Rats (October 1969) is one of the most influential Jazz Fusion albums ever. It marked Zappa’s first recording project after the dissolution of the original version of The Mothers of Invention.

Multi-instrumentalist Ian Underwood is the only member of the Mothers to appear on the album and was the primary musical collaborator. Other featured musicians include bassists Max Bennett and Shuggie Otis; drummers John Guerin, Paul Humphrey and Ron Selico; and electric violinists Don “Sugarcane” Harris and Jean-Luc Ponty.

The first Frank Zappa album recorded on 16-track equipment, Hot Rats was included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, and was given a rating of 4½ stars in AllMusic, with Steve Huey stating that “few albums originating on the rock side of jazz-rock fusion flowed so freely between both sides of the equation, or achieved such unwavering excitement and energy”. The model on the cover is Miss Christine, from the group GTO’s.

PERSONNEL:

• FRANK ZAPPA - (guitar, octave bass, percussion)
• IAN UNDERWOOD - (piano, organus maximus, flute, all clarinets, all saxes)

• MUSICIANS:
• CAPTAIN BEEFHEART - (vocal on A2)
• SUGAR CANE HARRIS — (violin on A2 & B2)
• JEAN LUC PONTY — (violin on B3)
• JOHN GUERIN — (drums on A1, B1 & B3)
• PAUL HUMPHREY — (drums on A3 & B2)
• RON SELICO — (drums on A1)
• MAX BENNETT — (bass on A2, A3, B1, B2 & B3)
• SHUGGY OTIS — (bass on A1)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. PEACHES EN REGALIA
• A2. WILLIE THE PIMP
• A3. SON OF MR. GREEN GENES

• SIDE B
• B1. LITTLE UMBRELLAS
• B2. THE GUMBO VARIATIONS
• B3. IT MUST BE A CAMEL