The Hot Rats Sessions

Release Date: 20/12/2019

Frank Zappa

CD Release 20/12/2019

ZAPPA RECORDS ZR 20032

UPC: 824302003220 EU

Official Release #115

CD 1

Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA 7-18-69

1.Piano Music (Section 1) 2:12
2.Piano Music (Section 3) 5:42

Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA 7-28-69
3.Peaches en Regalia (Prototype) 5:57
4.Peaches en Regalia (Section 1, In Session) 10:48
5.Peaches en Regalia (Section 1, Master Take) 2:04
6.Peaches Jam - Part 1 6:27
7.Peaches Jam - Part 2 10:30
8.Peaches en Regalia (Section 3, In Session) 6:56
9.Peaches en Regalia (Section 3, Master Take) 2:07
10.Arabesque (In Session) 7:01
11.Arabesque (Master Take) 6:57
12.Dame Margret's Son to be a Bride (In Session) 4:29

Total Playing Time 71:10

CD 2

Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA 7-29-69
1.It Must Be a Camel (Part 1, In Session) 8:22
2.It Must Be a Camel (Part 1, Master Take) 2:16
3.It Must Be a Camel (Intercut, In Session) 3:53
4.It Must Be a Camel (Intercut, Master Take) 4:02
5.Natasha (In Session) 4:03
6.Natasha (Master Take) 3:11
7.Bognor Regis (Unedited Master) 10:59
8.Willie the Pimp (In Session) 2:20
9.Willie the Pimp (Unedited Master Take) 15:13
10.Willie the Pimp (Guitar OD 1) 14:45
11.Willie the Pimp (Guitar OD 2) 6:17

Total Playing Time 75:21

CD 3
1.Transition (Section 1, In Session) 6:17
2.Transition (Section 1, Master Take) 2:24
3.Transition (Section 2, Intercut, In Session) 1:50
4.Transition (Section 2, Intercut, Master Take) 2:42
5.Transition (Section 3, Intercut, In Session) 2:28
6.Transition (Section 3, Intercut, Master Take) 2:13
7.Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (Unedited Master) 12:45

Basic Track Recording Sessions, TTG Studios Hollywood, CA 7-30-69
8.Directly from My Heart to You (Unedited Master) 10:17
9.Another Waltz (Unedited Master) 27:56

Total Playing Time 68:52

Go Back

Frank Zappa: guitar, octave bass, percussion
Ian Underwood: piano, organus maximus, flute, clarinets, saxes

Max Bennett: bass (2,3,4,5,6)

John Guerin: drums (2,4,6)

Don 'Sugarcane' Harris: violin (2,5)

Paul Humphrey: drums (3,5)
Captain Beefheart: vocals (2)
Jean-Luc Ponty: violin (6)

Shuggy Otis: bass (1)
Ron Selico: drums (1)

Lowell George: rhythm guitar (uncredited) (1)

John Balkin: bass
Don Preston: piano, organ
Jimmy Carl Black: drums
Annie Zannus: vocals
Cynthia Dobson: vocals

Best Songs

1.Peaches en Regalia 4,5/5

2.Willie the Pimp 4/5

Good Songs

4.Little Umbrellas 3,5/5
5.The Gumbo Variations 3/5
3.Son of Mr. Green Genes 2,5/5
6.It Must Be a Camel 2/5

Terrible Songs

None - No Song Got a Score Lower Than 2/5

Personal Score 3,25 / 5

"Hot Rats Extended Album" Jany

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CD 4
1.Dame Margret’s Son to be a Bride (Remake) 3:54
2.Son of Mr. Green Genes (Take 1) 8:15
3.Son of Mr. Green Genes (Master Take) 10:47
4.Big Legs (Unedited Master Take) 32:42
5.It Must Be a Camel (Percussion Tracks) 1:47
6.Arabesque (Guitar OD Mix) 6:57
7.Transition (Full Version) 6:22
8.Piano Music (Section 3, OD Version) 5:41

Total Playing Time 76:25

CD 5

From The Vault - Part 1

Hot Rats 1987 Digital Remix
1.Peaches en Regalia (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 3:39
2.Willie the Pimp (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 9:16
3.Son of Mr. Green Genes (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 9:00
4.Little Umbrellas (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 3:04
5.The Gumbo Variations (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 16:56
6.It Must Be a Camel (1987 Digital Re-Mix) 5:15
7.The Origin of Hot Rats 0:35
8.Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #1 1:01
9.Peaches en Regalia (1969 Mono Single Master) 3:31
10.Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #2 1:00
11.Little Umbrellas (1969 Mono Single Master) 3:04
12.Lil' Clanton Shuffle (1972 Whitney Studios Mix) 12:42

Total Playing Time 69:03

CD 6

From The Vault - Part 2
1.Little Umbrellas (Cucamonga Version) 1:59
2.Little Umbrellas (1969 Mix Outtake) 3:09
3.It Must Be a Camel (1969 Mix Outtake) 5:23
4.Son of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Mix Outtake) 10:38
5.More of the Story of Willie the Pimp 1:23
6.Willie the Pimp (Vocal Tracks) 2:06
7.Willie the Pimp (1969 Quick Mix) 14:28
8.Dame Margret's Son to Be a Bride (1969 Quick Mix) 3:46
9.Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #3 0:52
10.Bognor Regis (1970 Record Plant Mix) 8:10
11.Peaches en Regalia (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) 4:23
12.Son of Mr. Green Genes (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) 10:40
13.Little Umbrellas (1969 Rhythm Track Mix) 3:10
14.Arabesque (Guitar Tracks) 6:56
15.Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #4 0:58

Total Playing Time 78:01

#008. Hot Rats