Record Store Day, Black Friday, & Other Special Releases

November 23, 2012—"Why Don'tcha Do Me Right"/"Big Leg Emma"

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Black Friday 2012
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/UME BPR 1221

Side A

1. The Mothers Of Invention Big Leg Emma 2:32

Side B

1. The Mothers Of Invention Why Don'tcha Do Me Right? 2:38

Liner notes

1967 Mono Singles
From the Original Master Tape
Mastererd by Bernie Grundman, 2012

Record Store Day, 2012

DETAILS

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2012
Release Date: 11/23/2012
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: UMe
Quantity: 3000
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

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7" single, these two tracks appeared as bonus tracks on the 1989 CD reissue of Absolutely Free. Last released on 7" vinyl in 1967, this is also the first vinyl release from the 2012 Remasters. Gold embossed and numbered.

 

April 20, 2013—"I'm The Slime"/"Montana"

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Record Store Day 2013
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/UME BPR 1222

Side A

1. Frank Zappa I'm The Slime (Single Version) 3:02

Side B

1. Frank Zappa Montana (Single Edit) 5:04

Liner notes

1973 Stereo Singles
From Original Masters by FZ
Mastered by Chris Bellman, 2013

Record Store Day, 2013

DETAILS

Event: Record Store Day 2013
Release Date: 4/20/2013
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: Ume
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

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Frank Zappa & The Mothers rare single originally released in 1973
Available on vinyl for the first time in 40 years!
Remastered from the original analog sources.

Side A: I'm The Slime [non-LP track, also shorter than LP version]
Side B: Montana [2013 single edit featuring 25 additional seconds]

 

July 4, 2013—"Help, I'm A Rock/It Can't Happen Here"/"Who Are The Brain Police?"

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12", Barking Pumpkin Records/Zappa Records BPR 1223

Side A

1. Help I'm A Rock/It Can't Happen Here 8:42

Side B

1. Who Are The Brain Police? 3:24
2. Who Are The Brain Police?—Basic Tracks 3:42

Liner notes

FRANK ZAPPA & The Mothers of Invention
LIMITED EDITION

Side A
Help, I'm A Rock / It Can't Happen Here
Original mix, 1966 1/4'' analog master, transferred digitally by Frank Zappa w/ Bob Stone, 1987 UMRK
© 1966, mmvi zappa family trust. all rights reserved

Side B
Who Are The Brain Police?
Track 1 was originally as a single with Trouble Every Day in 1966.
Track 2* sees the light of day here first on vinyl. Direct from MOFO (4 Disc CD).
Sources for both: digital transfers by Joe Travers from 1966 1/4'' mono analog masters, 2004 UMRK
© 1966, mmvi zappa family trust. all rights reserved
* © mmvi zappa family trust. all rights reserved

Music & Lyrics by Frank Zappa, published by Munchkin Music.
Art by Noel Fielding—Acrylic on paper, 12''x12''
Text by nf & gz
Photography by Nigel Coan
Mastered by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2013

Special Thanks to Noel Fielding

Mog, "Fielding Paints New Zappa Cover," The Velvet Onion, May 12, 2013

As all good Boosh fans will know, there are a number of connections between the boys and Frank Zappa. Well now there's another one!

Noel Fielding has painted the cover of a new 12" 45rpm (red vinyl) release of Zappa's Help I'm a Rock & Who are the Brain Police? Both tracks originally appeared on Freak Out!, the 1966 debut album from The Mothers of Invention.

The record is available to pre-order via Barfko-Swill for $16 [...]. Please note that they expect this item to ship the week of 4th July 2013, so if you order the record you won't receive it straight away. [...]

Frank Zappa's image has featured a number of times in Noel Fielding's paintings, so it's pretty special to see a tie-up between the creative output of the two artists like this.

 

April 19, 2014—"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow"/"Down In De Dew"

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Record Store Day 2014
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/Zappa Records/UME BPR 1225

Side A

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 3:26

Side B

1. Down In De Dew 3:18

Liner notes

Side A:
Don't Eat The Yellow Snow 3:26
FZ's 1974 "Single" edit reissue.

Side B:
Down In De Dew* 3:18
FZ's 1973 Alternate Mix. Previously unreleased.

Cut directly from 1/4'' 1974, 1973* Analog Tape Masters
by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2014

Record Store Day, 2014

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2014
Release Date: 4/19/2014
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: Zappa Records
Quantity: 3500
Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

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"Don't Eat The Yellow Snow" FZ 1974 single edit reissue | "Down In De Dew" FZ 1973 Alternate Mix—Previously unreleased

 

April 18, 2015—"Overture From Frank Zappa's '200 Motels'"

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Record Store Day 2015
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/Zappa Records/UME BPR 1226

Side A

1. Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor/L.A. Philharmonic "Overture" (200 Motels) 2:18

Side B

1. Frank Zappa/The Royal Philharmonic/Edgar Howarth, Conductor "What's The Name Of Your Group?" 3:00

Liner notes

Esa-Pekka Salonen, Conductor
L.A. PHILHARMONIC
Produced by Frank Filipetti & Gail Zappa
"Overture"
(200 MOTELS)
Disney Hall Performance
23 October 2013
BPR 1226 (Side A) 2:18 FRANK ZAPPA
Engineered/Mixed by Frank Filipetti, The Living Room, 2014
Mastering: Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2014
Pressed at Pallas, Germany

FRANK ZAPPA
The Royal Philharmonic
Elgar Howarth, Conductor
Produced by Frank Zappa
"What's The Name Of Your Group?"
BPR 1226 (Side B) 3:00 FRANK ZAPPA
Original Recording Engineer: Bob Auger, Pinewood Studios, England, 1971
Engineer: Barry Keene, Whitney Studios, 1971
Mastering: Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2014
Pressed at Pallas, Germany

Record Store Day, 2015

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2015
Release Date: 4/18/2015
Format: 7" Colored Vinyl
Label: Zappa Records
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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In October 2013, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen, recorded the music of composer Frank Zappa which he had originally scored for his cult-classic movie "200 Motels." This limited-edition, purple-colored 7" single contains the opening piece from the concert, "Overture" (from 200 Motels) and another gem from the Zappa canon on the B-side; the previously unreleased recording of "What's the Name of Your Group?" from the original score performed in 1971 by Zappa with the Royal Philharmonic.

 

November 27, 2015—Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison

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Black Friday 2015
12", Zappa Records/UME ZR20012-1

Side One

1. Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison 20:12

Side Two

1. Buffalo Voice 11:35
2. Secular Humanism 6:37

Record Store Day, 2015

DETAILS

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2015
Release Date: 11/27/2015
Format: LP
Label: Zappa Records
Quantity: 2500
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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"Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison" is a work originally intended for vinyl by Frank Zappa and realized on his Synclavier. (Consider FZ?s Grammy Awarding-winning "Jazz From Hell" as an introductory prequel, having been created earlier in the same year.) Cut directly from 1630 Digital Master by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2015. First time the three performance will appear on vinyl. Bright orange vinyl.

Track List
"Feeding the Monkies at Ma Maison", "Buffalo Voice", "Secular Humanism"

 

April 16, 2016—"My Guitar"/"Dog Breath"

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Record Store Day 2016
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/UME BPR 1227

Side A

1. My Guitar 3:07

Side B

1. Dog Breath 2:56

Liner notes

1969 Mono Single Versions From Original Masters by FZ. Mastered by Chris Bellman, 2015.

Record Store Day, 2016

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2016
Release Date: 4/16/2016
Format: 7" Colored Vinyl
Label: UMe/Zappa Records
Quantity: 5200
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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This Record Store Day release, in honor of Gail Zappa, reissues this 1969 single; remastered from original mono reels on 7" colored vinyl at 45 rpm in a picture sleeve, each individually numbered. This version is different from the one found on "Weasels Ripped My Flesh." Limited to 5200 copies. As a tribute to his father, Dweezil Zappa named his 1988 solo album after the song and also recorded of cover of it. The song has also been covered by Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and Eric Johnson. But like the old saying "often imitated, never duplicated," there's nothing like the original that this 45 RPM represents.

"My Guitar"/"Dog Breath"

 

April 16, 2016—"Joe's Garage"/"Central Scrutinizer"

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7", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1224

Side A

1. Joe's Garage 4:06

Side B

1. Central Scrutinizer 3:27

Liner notes

Side A Joe's Garage (ZAPPA) 4:06
Side B Central Scrutinizer (ZAPPA) 3:27
PRODUCED BY FRANK ZAPPA

CAUTION
from Joe's Garage Acts 1, 2 & 3, 1979
Digital Transfer of Original Analog Single Master, UMRK, 2012
Remaster by Bernie Grundman, Grundman Mastering, Hollywood, 2013

 

November 25, 2016—"How Could I Be Such A Fool"/"Help, I'm A Rock, 3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here"

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Black Friday 2016
7", Barking Pumpkin Records/UME BPR 1228

Side A

1. How Could I Be Such A Fool 2:12

Side B

1. Help I'm A Rock 3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here 3:12

Liner notes

Cut directly from the original 1966 analog single master by Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering 2016 · Produced by Tom Wilson · Arranged and Conducted by Frank Zappa

Record Store Day, 2016

DETAILS

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2016
Release Date: 11/25/2016
Format: 7" Vinyl
Label: Ume/Zappa Records
Quantity: 3100
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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7" colored vinyl reissue of the first Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention single, celebrating 50 years since its original release

Track List
"How Could I Be Such A Fool?" / "Help, I'm A Rock 3rd Movement: It Can't Happen Here"

 

[BPR 1229]

 

April 22, 2017—"Rollo"/"Portland Improvisation"

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Record Store Day 2017
10", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1230

Side A

1. Rollo 9:04

Side B

1. Portland Improvisation 10:55

Liner notes

SIDE A:
Rollo 9:06 © 2004/1016 (P) 2016
Includes: Rollo/The Rollo Interior Area/Rollo Goes Out
Recorded Live in Kansas City, MO 12.2.72/Unknown
Mixed by Frank Zappa at the Utility Muffin Research Kitchen circa early '80s

SIDE B:
Portland Improvisation 10:55 ©(P) 2017
Previously Unreleased.
Recorded Live in Portland, OR 12.9.72
Mixed & Edited by Frank Zappa at The Record Plant, Los Angeles CA circa mid '70s

PLAYERS:
Frank Zappa—conductor, guitar, vocals
Malcolm McNab —trumpet
Gary Barone—trumpet
Tom Malone—tuba/saxes/piccolo trumpet/trumpet
Earl Dumler—woodwinds
Glenn Ferris—trombone
Bruce Fowler—trombone
Tony Duran—slide guitar
Dave Parlato—bass
Jim Gordon—drums, steel drum

Original Recordings Produced by Frank Zappa
Produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
1972 4-Track 1/2-inch analog tape show masters recorded by Barry Keene
Digital Transfers by Joe Travers, UMRK
Mastered by Bernie Grundman, Bernie Grundman Mastering—2016
Photos by Bernard Gardner
Package Design by Michael Mesker
Production Management by Melanie Starks

Record Store Day, 2017

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2017
Release Date: 4/22/2017
Format: 10" Vinyl
Label: UME
Quantity: 4000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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Zappa Records celebrates Record Store Day 2017 with an exclusive 10" clear vinyl reissue featuring The Petit Wazoo, a 10 piece band heavy on horn instrumentation, that Zappa toured with in late 1972. Side 1 is the song "Rollo" in its complete form, first released on Little Dots in 2016. Side 2 contains the unreleaed track "Portland Improvisation", prouced by FZ himself and mastered by Bernie Grundman.

"Rollo"/"Portland Improvisation"

 

April 21, 2018—Lumpy Gravy Primordial

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Record Store Day 2018
10", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1231

Liner notes

Mastered directly from the 1/4'' reel-to-reel mono analog master by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2017.

Record Store Day, 2018

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2018
Release Date: 4/21/2018
Format: LP
Label: Zappa
Quantity: 4000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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Lumpy Gravy: Primordial contains Frank Zappa's first orchestral-only edit of the music sessions recorded at Capitol Studios during 1967. This self-described "Ballet" was never officially issued until 2008 on the posthumous collection Lumpy Money. Here it makes its debut on limited edition 45rpm burgundy vinyl with FZ's original album design.

Side A: "Lumpy Gravy" / Side B: "Primordial"

 

November 23, 2018—We're Only In It For The Money (Mono)

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Black Friday 2018
12", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1232

Liner notes (sticker)

WE'RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY
THE ORIGINAL MONO MIX

Frank Zappa's rare MONO mix pressed on vinyl for the first time since 1968. This package randomly contains one of four different picture discs featuring unseen art from the Vault! Mastered by Bernie Grundman in 2018. Just in time for its 50th Anniversary. Hotcha!

BPR1232

Record Store Day, 2018

DETAILS

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2018
Release Date: 11/23/2018
Format: 12" Picture Disc
Label: UMe
Quantity: 4000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

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The rare mono mix of We're Only In It For The Money. Pressed on vinyl for the first time since 1968 as a collectable variable picture disc, featuring four versions of unseen art from the Vault (and one exclusive picture in Europe). Mastered by Bernie Grundman in 2018. Just in time for it's 50th Anniversary. Hotcha!

Absolutely Free/ Bow Tie Daddy/ Concentration Moon/ Flower Punk/ Harry, You're A Beast/ Hot Poop/ Let's Make The Water Turn Black/Lonely Little Girl/ Mom & Dad/ Mother People/ Nasal Retentive Calliope Music/Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance/ Telephone Conversation/ The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny/ The Idiot Bastard Son/ What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?/ Are You Hung Up?/ What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?/ Who Needs The Peace Corps?

 

April 13, 2019—The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa

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Record Store Day 2019
12", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1233

Side One

1. Sleep Dirt 3:17
2. Friendly Little Finger 4:17
3. Excerpt From Revised Music For Guitar And Low-Budget Orchestra 1:40
4. Things That Look Like Meat 6:06

Side Two

1. Down In De Dew 2:54
2. A Solo From Heidelberg 4:46
3. A Solo From Cologne 4:31
4. A Solo From Atlanta 4:05

Liner notes

Vinyl masterd by CHRIS BELLMAN, Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2019

[...] Source: 1630 Digital Master.

Record Store Day, 2019

DETAILS

Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2019
Release Date: 4/13/2019
Format: LP
Label: Ume
Quantity: 4000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

 

November 29, 2019—"Peaches En Regalia"

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Black Friday 2019
10", Zappa Records/UME BPR 1234

Side One

1. Peaches En Regalia—Mono Single Master 3:33
2. Little Umbrellas—Mono Single Master 3:06

Side Two

1. Peaches En Regalia—Rhythm Track Mix 4:16
2. Little Umbrellas—Rhythm Track Mix 3:06

Sticker

FRANK ZAPPA
PEACHES EN REGALIA E.P.
Rare and Previously Unreleased mixes taken from THE HOT RATS SESSIONS a 50th Anniversary celebration of the 1969 album HOT RATS. Mastered by Bernie Grundman.
10'' 45RPM PICTURE DISC
RSD BLACK FRIDAY

Record Store Day, 2019

Event: BLACK FRIDAY 2019
Release Date: 11/29/2019
Format: 10" Picture Disc
Label: UMe
Quantity: 4000
Release type: 'RSD First' Release

In celebration of HOT RATS' fiftieth anniversary, "Peaches En Regalia" and "Little Umbrellas" get their first-ever single release.

Side A
Peaches En Regalia (1969 Mono Single Master)/Little Umbrellas (1969 Mono Single Master)
Side B
Peaches En Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix)/Little Umbrellas (1969 Rhythm Track Mix)