Weasels Ripped My Flesh | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Tracklist
A1        Didja Get Any Onya?
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Lowell George
3:44
A2        Directly From My Heart To You
Electric Violin, Vocals [Vocal] – Don "Sugar Cane" Harris*
Written-By – R.W. Penniman*
5:17
A3        Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask
Vocals – Roy Estrada
3:35
A4        Toads Of The Short Forest    4:48
A5        Get A Little    2:35
B1        The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue    6:53
B2        Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula    2:12
B3        My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Vocals – Frank Zappa
3:35
B4        Oh No
Vocals – Ray Collins
1:46
B5        The Orange County Lumber Truck    3:18
B6        Weasels Ripped My Flesh    2:05

Distributed By – Universal Music Distribution
Pressed By – Pallas – 39764
Manufactured By – Pallas USA
Mastered At – Bernie Grundman Mastering
Alto Saxophone – Ian Underwood
Baritone Saxophone, Vocals [Snorks] – Motorhead Sherwood
Bass – Roy Estrada
Cover – Neon Park
Drums – Art Tripp, Jimmy Carl Black
Lead Guitar, Keyboards – Frank Zappa
Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
Piano, Organ, Effects [Electronic Effects] – Don Preston
Producer – Frank Zappa
Tenor Saxophone – Bunk Gardner
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Buzz Gardner
Written-By – Frank Zappa (tracks: A1, A3 to B6)
Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, 2016.
Source: Original 1970 Analog Master.
This is Zappa Family Archival Master In Living Ylem.
This is Official Release #10.

After getting over the colorful, disconcerting Neon Parks album cover illustration on WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH, the listener is faced with following the whiplash-inducing, genre-jumping gymnastics inside. A mix of live tracks with studio cuts made with the original Mothers of Invention, WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH is one of Frank Zappa's most eclectic, varied, and experimental early releases. From the perplexing Germanic interlude of the opener, "Didja Get Any Onya?" to the complex xylophone changes of "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue," Zappa combines avant garde music, jazz, R&B, novelty elements, and plenty of flippant rock attitude. Interestingly, there are some straight-up rock tracks too, such as the interpretation of Little Richard's "Directly From My Heart To You," and the guitar-led attack of "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama," balancing highbrow conceptualism with unpretentious directness in Zappa's inimitable fashion.

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ROCK
• Format Type: LP
• Released: 12/09/2016