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FRANK ZAPPA
THE HOT RATS SESSIONS
1969 – 2019
PLAYLIST

The Hot Rats Sessions is a 6-CD box set celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Frank Zappa album Hot Rats. It was released on December 20, 2019.

The first four discs contain recordings from during the making of the album. Disc five contains the 1987 digital remix of the album. This was the version available on CDs before the 2012 re-release.

The album also contains extended versions of many tracks from this period, such as « The Gumbo Variations » (here titled « Big Legs »), a section of « Little House I Used To Live In » (here titled « Another Waltz »), and « Toads of the Short Forest » (here titled « Arabesque »).

The rest of disc five and disc six consist of extras such as outtakes, radio ads, and track mixes. It also features an excerpt of an interview explaining the origin of the album title and further excerpts from an interview of Zappa explaining the character of Willie the Pimp: a part of this interview was featured on the posthumous album Mystery Disc.

Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.

Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa, released in October 1969. It was Zappa’s first recording project after the dissolution of the original version of the Mothers of Invention. Five of the six songs are instrumental, while « Willie the Pimp » features vocals by Captain Beefheart. In his original sleeve notes, Zappa described the album as « a movie for your ears ».

MUSICIANS:
• FRANK ZAPPA — guitar, octave bass, percussion
• IAN UNDERWOOD — piano, organ, flute, all clarinets, all saxes
• CAPTAIN BEEFHEART — vocal on “Willie The Pimp” (courtesy Straight Records)
• SUGAR CANE HARRIS — violin on “Willie The Pimp” & “The Gumbo Variations”
• JEAN LUC PONTY — violin on “It Must Be A Camel” (courtesy World Pacific Records)
• JOHN GUERIN — drums on “Willie The Pimp”, “Little Umbrellas” & “It Must Be A Camel”
• PAUL HUMPHREY — drums on “Son Of Mr. Green Genes” & “The Gumbo Variations”
• RON SELICO — drums on “Peaches En Regalia”
• MAX BENNETT — bass on “Willie The Pimp”, “Son Of Mr. Green Genes”, “Little Umbrellas”, “The Gumbo Variations” & “It Must Be A Camel”
• SHUGGIE OTIS — bass on “Peaches En Regalia”.

ENGINEERS:
• DICK KUNC — Whitney Studios
• JACK HUNT — T.T.G.
• CLIFF GOLDSTEIN — T.T.G.
• BRIAN INGOLDSBY — Sunset Sound .

• Recorded 16 track August through September 1969 •

• Director of Engineering for Bizarre: DICK KUNC
• Art Direction & Concept by Frank Zappa, NT&B.
• Cover design: CAL SCHENKEL
• Cover photos: ANDEE NATHANSON
• Interior design: JOHN WILLIAMS
• All Compositions composed & arranged by Frank Zappa, controlled worldwide by the Zappa Trust, dba Munchkin Music. All rights reserved.

THE HOT RATS SESSIONS

All original recordings Produced by Frank Zappa
Produced for release by Ahmet Zappa & Joe Travers
All 16 Track and 2 Track analog tape hi-res transfers by Joe Travers, UMRK & Joe’s Garage.

Original 1969 Recording Engineers:
T.T.G. Studios: Jack Hunt, Cliff Goldstein
Sunset Sound Studios: Brian Ingoldsby
Whitney Studios: Dick Kunc.

2019 mixes by Craig Parker Adams at Winslow Ct Studios
Mastered by Bob Ludwig, Gateway Mastering 2019.

Cover Photo & Additional Infrared Photos: ©1969 Andee Nathanson
Sessions Photography: 1969 Bill Gubbins
Tape & Tape Box Photography: Michael Mesker
Additional images courtesy of The Vault.

Art Direction & Design: Michael Mesker
Hot Rats Board Game by Fantoons Animation Studio
Project Manager: Melanie Starks
Special Thanks to Andee Nathanson, Bill Gubbins, Scott Parker, & Matt Groening.

« Directly From My Heart To You » written by Richard Wayne Penniman aka Little Richard.

Profound thanks to Ian Underwood. His collaboration with the composer and contribution to Hot Rats cannot be overstated. The album would not be what it is without his prodigious multiinstrumental abilities, high standards and complete commitment to the music.

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