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Uncle Meat
Uncle Meat cover
Studio album by The Mothers of Invention
Released April 21, 1969
Recorded October 1967–September 1968
Genre Jazz fusion, experimental rock
Length 120:44
Label Bizarre/Reprise
Producer Frank Zappa
Professional reviews
Frank Zappa chronology
Mothermania
(1969)		 Uncle Meat
(1969)		 Hot Rats
(1969)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
Mothermania
(1969)		 Uncle Meat
(1969)		 Burnt Weeny Sandwich
(1970)

Uncle Meat, released in 1969, is the soundtrack to The Mothers of Invention's long-delayed film of the same name; the front cover, designed by Cal Schenkel, included the words "(Most of the Music from the Mother's [sic] Movie of the Same Name Which We Haven't Got Enough Money to Finish Yet)". A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A dash is a Punctuation mark It is longer than a Hyphen and is used differently A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Fusion or more specifically jazz fusion or jazz rock, is a Musical genre that merges Jazz with elements of other styles of music particularly Experimental rock or avant-garde rock is a type of music based on rock which experiments with the basic elements of the genre and/or which pushes the boundaries In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Bizarre Records was a Record label formed for artists discovered by Frank Zappa and his business partner/manager Herb Cohen. Reprise Records is an American Record label, founded in 1960 by Frank Sinatra, which is owned by Warner Music Group, and operated In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Yahoo! Music, owned by Yahoo!, is the provider of a variety of music services including Internet radio music videos news artist information and original programming Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Mothermania (subtitled The Best of the Mothers) (1969 is a Compilation album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa Hot Rats is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969 The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Mothermania (subtitled The Best of the Mothers) (1969 is a Compilation album by The Mothers of Invention, led by Frank Zappa Burnt Weeny Sandwich is an Album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music) The Mothers of Invention was an American Rock and roll band active from 1964 to 1975 Uncle Meat is a film written and directed by Frank Zappa, released directly to video in 1987. Cal Schenkel is an artist specialising in album sleeve design The film was released straight to video in 1987.

Uncle Meat marked an evolution in frontman Frank Zappa's career, moving further into jazz and classical music—as Zappa saw them. Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21 1940 – December 4 1993 was an American Composer, Electric guitarist Record producer and Film director Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music It also contains half-mocking, half-homage elements of doo-wop, blues, rock and roll, and sound clips from the movie. For medieval usage see Homage (medieval and Commendation ceremony, or Homage (disambiguation Homage (from the French Doo-wop is a style of vocal-based Rhythm and blues music which developed in African-American communities in the 1940s and which achieved mainstream popularity both in the 1950s The Blues is a vocal and instrumental form of Music based on the use of the Blue notes It emerged as an accessible form of self-expression Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African The album is united by its dreamy melodies, stream of consciousness lyrics (many about places and events in suburban LA teenagers' lives), and a set of musical themes and subthemes and variations idiomatic of film soundtracks. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West It also features Suzy Creamcheese. Suzy Creamcheese was a fictionally credited vocalist and character on and in a number of albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention.

The CD version was released in 1987, and contained a new song, "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" (meaning "I've Got a Big Cock" in Sicilian), sung in Italian by Massimo Bassoli, and nearly 40 minutes' worth of sound-bites from the movie. Sicilian (scn '''''lu sicilianu''''' lingua siciliana, also known as Siculu or Calabro-Sicilian) is a Romance language. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. However, many fans have resented these additions, since "Tengo Na Minchia Tanta" was recorded in an entirely different time period, and the movie soundbites are considered by some to be superfluous to the listening tracks. Additionally, their additions force the reissue to use two discs, when the album in its original form could fit on just one disc. Many fans refer to these so-called bonuses as "penalty tracks. "

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

Vinyl release

Side one

  1. "Uncle Meat: 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 in London)" (Richard Berry) – 2:19
  8. "The Dog Breath Variations" – 1:48

Side two

  1. "Sleeping in a Jar" – 0:50
  2. "Our Bizarre Relationship" – 1:05
  3. "The Uncle Meat Variations" – 4:46
  4. "Electric Aunt Jemima" – 1:46
  5. "Prelude to King Kong" – 3:38
  6. "God Bless America" (Irving Berlin) – 1:10
  7. "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" – 1:29
  8. "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" – 5:05

Side three

  1. "Mr. King Kong is the name of a fictional giant ape from the fictional Skull Island, who has appeared in several works since 1933 Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters Green Genes" – 3:14
  2. "We Can Shoot You" – 2:03
  3. "If We'd All Been Living in California. . . " – 1:14
  4. "The Air" – 2:57
  5. "Project X" – 4:48
  6. "Cruisin' for Burgers" – 2:18

Side four

  1. "King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in a studio)" – 0:49
  2. "King Kong II (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild)" – 1:21
  3. "King Kong III (as Motorhead explains it)" – 1:44
  4. "King Kong IV (the Gardner Varieties)" – 6:17
  5. "King Kong V (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks)" – 0:34
  6. "King Kong VI (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival . . . the Underwood ramifications)" – 7:24

CD release

Disc one

  1. "Uncle Meat: 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 in London)" (Richard Berry) – 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" (Irving Berlin) – 1:10
  15. "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" – 1:29
  16. "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" – 5:05
  17. "Mr. Richard Berry ( April 11, 1935 &ndash January 23, 1997) was an American Singer and Songwriter, best known as the Irving Berlin (11 May 1888 &ndash 22 September 1989 was a Russian-born American Composer and Lyricist, and one of the most prolific American songwriters 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

Disc two

  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 (as played by the Mothers in a studio)" – 0:49
  5. "King Kong II (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild)" – 1:21
  6. "King Kong III (as Motorhead explains it)" – 1:44
  7. "King Kong IV (the Gardner Varieties)" – 6:17
  8. "King Kong V (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks)" – 0:34
  9. "King Kong VI (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival . . . the Underwood ramifications)" – 7:24

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1969 Pop Albums 43

Cover versions

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He started his musical career singing falsetto backup vocals for various 'doo-wop' groups in the Los Angeles area including Roy Estrada also known as Roy Ralph Moleman Guacamole Guadalupe Hidalgo Estrada and Oréjon (born April 17, 1943 in Santa Ana California The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The clarinet is a Musical instrument in the Woodwind family The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its The bass clarinet is a Musical instrument of the Clarinet family The piccolo is a small Flute. Like the flute the piccolo is normally pitched in the key of C one octave above the concert flute (making it effectively a sopranino The alto saxophone is a member of the Saxophone a family of Woodwind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax. The soprano saxophone was invented in 1840 and is a variety of the Saxophone, a Woodwind instrument. The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the Saxophone family a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s Ruth Underwood (born Ruth Komanoff on May 23, 1946) is a retired professional musician best known for playing Xylophone, Marimba In some parts of Africa the term "marimba" refers to the Kalimba. Vibes is a Comedy film released in 1988 starring pop icon and Singer Cyndi Lauper, Actor Jeff Goldblum, Donald Ward Preston also known as Dom DeWilde or Biff Debrie born September 21, 1932 in Flint Michigan An electric piano is an electric Musical instrument. The popularity of the electric piano began to grow in the late 1960s, reaching its greatest height during the The tambourine or Marine is a Musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame often of wood or plastic with pairs of small metal jingles See also, Choreography (literally "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" (circular dance see chorea) and "γραφή" Arthur Dyer Tripp III (aka Ed Marimba Ted Cactus Artie "With the green mustache" Tripp (born 10 September 1944 in Athens, Ohio) The xylophone (from the Greek words ξύλον - xylon, "wood" + φωνή - phone, "voice" meaning "wooden Timpani (also known colloquially as kettledrums or kettle drums) are Musical instruments in the percussion family The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a Musical instrument in the mallet subfamily of the percussion family Ian Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a Saxophonist, Flautist and Pianist. The celesta (pronounced /səˈlɛstə/ or celeste (pronounced /səˈlɛst/ is a struck Idiophone operated by a keyboard. A harpsichord is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. The baritone saxophone, often called " bari sax " (to avoid confusion with the Baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as "baritone" is An electronic organ is an Electronic keyboard instrument originally designed to imitate the sound of a Pipe organ. Suzy Creamcheese was a fictionally credited vocalist and character on and in a number of albums by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Babe Ruth were a Rock music group active in the 1970s from Hatfield Hertfordshire, England. First Base was the album by the Rock music group Babe Ruth. Produced by Alan Shacklock and Nick Mobbs recorded in 1972 released in 1973 It was also covered by The Residents in 1971; their version is available on The Residents Radio Special cassette and CD release, as well as on internet-only bootlegs such as the still-officially-unreleased Baby Sex. The Residents is an American Avant-garde music and Visual arts collective who have created over sixty albums created numerous musical short films The Residents Radio Special is an album released by The Residents, released in 1979 Other cover versions of the song include one by the keyboard trio Niacin on their album "Organik" and one by Zappa collaborator Jean-Luc Ponty. Jean-Luc Ponty (born September 29, 1942, Avranches, France) is a virtuoso French Violinist and Jazz Composer The composition was also featured as a sax solo gag in the opening credits of four episodes of The Simpsons, beginning with Simpsons Bible Stories. The Simpsons opening sequence is an element of the American TV show The Simpsons. " Simpsons Bible Stories " is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons ' tenth season. [1]

Independent hip-hop producer Madlib, who often references Zappa's work, samples "Sleeping in a Jar" on the Madvillain track "Meat Grinder. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Madlib ( M ind A ltering D emented L essons I n B eats (born Otis Jackson Jr Madvillain is a Hip hop group consisting of MF DOOM (MC/producer and Madlib (MC/producer "

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