Release Date: 21/12/1984
CD Release 09/1986
RYKODISC RCD 10020/21
UPC: None US
CD 1
Part I
1.Prologue 2:57
2.The Mammy Nuns 3:31
3.Harry & Rhonda 3:36
4.Galoot Up-Date 5:27
5.The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32
6.That Evil Prince 1:17
7.You Are What You Is 4:31
8.Mudd Club 3:16
9.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
10.Clowns on Velvet 1:38
11.Harry-As-A-Boy 2:50
12.He's So Gay 2:46
Total Playing Time 45:35
CD 2
Part II
1.The Massive Improve'lence 5:08
2.Artificial Rhonda 3:33
3.The Crab-Grass Baby 3:48
4.The White Boy Troubles 3:33
5.No Not Now 5:50
6.Briefcase Boogie 4:09
7.Brown Moses 3:01
8.Wistful Wit a Fist-Full 4:02
9.Drop Dead 7:56
10.Won Ton On 4:17
Total Playing Time 45:17
The Musicians
Frank Zappa: guitar, synclavier
Steve Vai: guitar
Ray White: rhythm guitar, vocals
Ike Willis: rhythm guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars: keyboards
Chuck Wild: broadway piano
Arthur Barrow: bass
Scott Thunes: bass
Jay Anderson: string bass
Ed Mann: percussion
Chad Wackerman: drums
Steve De Furia: synclavier programmer
David Ocker: synclavier programmer
Bob Harris: keyboards, trumpet & high vocals (1.4,2.3,2.8)
Jim 'Motorhead' Sherwood: tenor sax (1.8)
Bobby Martin: keyboards, sax (1.10)
Denny Walley: slide guitar (1.9)
Roy Estrada: background vocal (1.14,2.3,2.8)
Don Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart): harmonica (1.14)
Ruth Underwood: synth (1.14)
The Cast
Ike Willis: Thing-Fish, Mammifield Evil Prince
Terry Bozzio: Harry, Mammifield Evil Prince
Dale Bozzio: Rhonda
Napoleon Murphy Brock: Evil Prince
Bob Harris: Harry-as-a-Boy
Johnny 'Guitar' Watson: Brown Moses
Ray White: Owl-Gonkwin-Jane-Cowhoon
Best Songs
None - No Song Got a Score of at Least 4/5
Good Songs
7.Brown Moses 3,5/5
12.He's So Gay 3/5
2.Artificial Rhonda 3/5
5.The 'Torchum' Never Stops 2,5/5
3.The Crab-Grass Baby 2,5/5
4.The White Boy Troubles 2,5/5
2.The Mammy Nuns 2/5
4.Galoot Up-Date 2/5
7.You Are What You Is 2/5
9.The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 2/5
1.The Massive Improve'lence 2/5
5.No Not Now 2/5
6.Briefcase Boogie 2/5
8.Wistful Wit a Fist-Full 2/5
Terrible Songs
3.Harry & Rhonda 1,5/5
6.That Evil Prince 1,5/5
8.Mudd Club 1,5/5
10.Clowns on Velvet 1,5/5
11.Harry-as-a-Boy 1,5/5
9.Drop Dead 1,5/5
1.Prologue 1/5
10.Won Ton On 0,5/5
Related Links
Disc 1
Matrix / Runout: RCD 10020 02! B 818 PUMPKIN
MOUTH TEXT: MADE IN USA BY PDO
Disc 2
Matrix / Runout: RCD 10021 02@ L 818 PUMPKIN
MOUTH TEXT: MADE IN USA BY PDO
Manufactured in Japan. (On Cover)