(The Mothers Of Invention, February 1970)
Produced and conducted by Frank Zappa
Cover art by Cal
Schenkel
Album design by John Williams
THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION
SINCERELY REGRET TO INFORM YOU
Frank Zappa guitar,
vocals
Lowell George guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada bass, vocals
Don Preston keyboards, Minimoog
Ian Underwood keyboards, clarinet,
piano
Buzz Gardner trumpet
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood saxophone,
vocals
Jimmy Carl Black drums, trumpet,
vocals
Art Tripp drums, percussion
Sugar Cane Harris violin solo
on Little House I Used To Live In
Gabby Furggy (Janet Ferguson)
sings "Dit-Dit-Doo-Way-Doo" on WPLJ
[NOTE FROM THE MAINTAINER:
Since there's no information about who plays in each song and when they were
recorded, the musicians and recording dates listed below on each song are only
guesses based on close listening and information found here and there.]
TTG Studios
July 24, 1969
FZ guitar, vocals
Lowell George guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada vocals
Janet Ferguson vocals ("Dit-Dit-Doo-Way-Doo")
Buzz Gardner trumpet
Ian Underwood sax, keyboards
Bunk Gardner sax
John Balkin bass
Art Tripp drums
I say WPLJ, really taste good to me
WPLJ, won't you take a drink with me
Well, it's a good good wine
It really make you feel so fine
(So fine, so fine, so fine)
I went to the store when they opened up the door
I said, "Please please please gimme some more"
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!
You take the bottle, you take the can
Shake it up fine, you get a good good wine.
White Port & Lemon Juice,
(Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah . . . )
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!
The W is the White,
The P is the Port,
The L is the Lemon,
The J is the Juice
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!
Well I feel so good, I feel so fine
I got plenty lemon, I got plenty wine
White Port & Lemon Juice,
White Port & Lemon Juice,
I said White Port & Lemon Juice,
Ooh what it do to you!
Roy: Por qué no consigues tu . . . tu carnal que
nos compre some wine ese, ándale, pinche bato, puto, hombre,
no te hagas nalga, hombre . . . (chale!) no seas tan denso, hombre
(chale!), ándale, dile, porque no merecer, ándale, pinche
vino, más sua . . . más suave es, más . . . más
lindo que la chingada, hombre, ándale, pinche bato, hombre, quiere
tu carnal, hombre, tu carnal ese, tú, tú sabes, tú sabes
esto de la movida, tú sabes la movida, ese, tú sabes cómo
es, tú sabes, pinche vino, puta, ándale, pinche bato, cabrón,
ándale
?: . . . get my chort.
Roy: Ándale, hombre, por qué no, hombre?
?: Chort!
Roy: Te digo que sí, hombre, te digo, chingao ese,
está más . . . está más meco, hombre, ponemos
más mecos que la chingada, ay! Ay, bato pinche, ay!
God, that's--They get to you after a while
Buzz Gardner
trumpet
Ian Underwood woodwinds
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Art Tripp drums
The
Old Masters Box Two Mystery Disc
Ahead Of Their Time
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
200 Motels
London Symphony Orchestra Vol.
II
FZ acoustic guitar
Don Preston piano
Ian Underwood harpsichord,
woodwinds
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood baritone sax
Roy Estrada bass
John Balkin string bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Art Tripp drums, percussion
basic track:
Mayfair and/or Apostolic Studios, NYC
August-October, 1967
FZ lead and acoustic
guitar
Don Preston organ
Roy Estrada bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Billy Mundi drums?
Art Tripp percussion (overdubbed)
Ruth Komanoff percussion (overdubbed)?
Buzz Gardner
trumpet
Ian Underwood woodwinds
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
The
Old Masters Box Two Mystery Disc
Ahead Of Their Time
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
200 Motels
London Symphony Orchestra Vol.
II
0:00
FZ guitar
Don Preston piano
Ian Underwood woodwinds
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood baritone sax
Roy Estrada bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Art Tripp drums
2:20
Ian Underwood
piano
Art Tripp drums, percussion
2:47
Guitar solo from The Ark, Boston
July 8, 1969
FZ lead guitar
Don Preston organ
Roy Estrada bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Art Tripp drums
FZ: ABC . . . ABC
FZ acoustic guitars
Ian Underwood harpsichord,
piano solo
You
Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5
Fillmore East, June 1971
0:00
Ian Underwood piano solo
1:43
FZ guitar
Lowell George guitar
Don Preston organ
Buzz Gardner trumpet
Ian Underwood woodwinds
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Roy Estrada bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Art Tripp drums
4:18
FZ lead guitar
Art Tripp drums
5:13
Sugar Cane Harris
violin solo
Don Preston piano solo
Roy Estrada bass
Jimmy Carl Black drums
13:35
FZ guitar
Ian Underwood harpsichord,
woodwinds
Buzz Gardner trumpet
Bunk Gardner woodwinds
Art Tripp percussion
14:54
includes Aybe Sea
FZ organ solo; guitar
track
Roy Estrada bass
Art Tripp drums
17:12
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
June 6, 1969
FZ: Thank you, good night . . . Thank you, if you'll
. . . if you sit down and be quiet, we'll make an attempt to, ah, perform
Brown Shoes Don't Make It.
Man In Uniform: Back on your seats, come on, we'll help
you back to your seats, come on . . .
Guy In The Audience: Take that man out of here! Oh! Go
away! Take that uniform off man! Take off that uniform before it's fuckin'
too late, man!
FZ: Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't
kid yourself.
Guy In The Audience: . . . man!
FZ: You'll hurt your throat, stop it!
A&R Studios, NYC
June, 1969
FZ guitar, vocals
Lowell George guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada bass, vocals
Don Preston electric piano
Buzz Gardner trumpet
Ian Underwood alto sax
Bunk Gardner tenor sax
Motorhead Sherwood baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black drums
Art Tripp drums?
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la la
Although you don't want me no more
Oh, but it's alright, alright with me
'Cause you know, you're gonna want me some day
Yes, you will want me, and I'll run away
Oh, Valarie
(Valarie)
Valarie
(Valarie)
Valarie
Don't you want me?
Don't you need me?
Valarie
Valarie
Valarie
Valarie
Although you don't want me no more
Oh, but it's alright, it's alright with me
'Cause you know, you're gonna want me some day
Oh, you will want me, and I'll run away
Oh, Valarie
Valarie
Valarie
Valarie
All compositions by Frank Zappa except as noted