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THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION: UNCLE MEAT

Studio Album, released in 1969

Songs / Tracks Listing

Disc 1 Time: 57:21
1. Main Title Theme (1:56)
2. The Voice of Cheese (0:26)
3. Nine Types of Industrial Pollution (6:00)
4. Zolar Czakl (0:54)
5. Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague (3:59)
6. The Legend of the Golden Arches (3:28)
7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall) (2:19)
8. The Dog Breath Variations (1:48)
9. Sleeping in a Jar (0:50)
10. Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
11. The Uncle Meat Variations (4:46)
12. Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46)
13. Prelude to King Kong (3:38)
14. God Bless America (1:10)
15. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus (1:29)
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (5:05)
17. Mr. Green Genes (3:14)
18. We Can Shoot You (2:03)
19. If We'd All Been Living in California... (1:14)
20. The Air (2:57)
21. Project X (4:48)
22. Cruisin' for Burgers (2:18)


1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 1 (37:34)
2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:46)
3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 2 (3:50)
4. King Kong Itself [Played by the Mothers] (0:49)
5. King Kong II [Interpreted by Tom Dewild] (1:21)
6. King Kong III [Motorhead Explains It] (1:44)
7. King Kong IV [Gardner Varieties] (6:17)
8. King Kong V (0:34)
9. King Kong VI [Live at Miami Pop Festival] (7:24)

Total Time: 120:26

Line-up / Musicians

- Ray Collins / vocals
- Frank Zappa / guitar, percussion, vocals, producer
- Don Preston / electric piano
- Ian Underwood / organ, piano, celesta, harpsichord, clarinet, flute, alto & baritone saxes
- Bunk Gardner / bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, piccolo, tenor, alto & soprano saxes
- Euclid James Sherwood / tenor sax, tambourine
- Roy Estrada / bass, vocals (Pachuco falsetto)
- Billy Mundi / drums
- Jimmy Carl Black / drums, voices
- Art Tripp / drums, marimba, xylophone, timpani, vibraphone, wood blocks, chimes, bells

With:
- Nelcy Walker / soprano vocals (5,11)
- Ruth Komanoff (Underwood) / vibes, marimba
- Pamela Zarubica (uncredited) / Suzy Creamcheese voice (2,10)
- Jerry Hansen / percussion Fx, engineer

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