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Frank Zappa

200 Motels

£129.99

Released: 17th December 2021. Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' turns 50! In celebration of FZ's famous 1971 'Surrealistic Documentary', Zappa Records, UMe and MGM are pleased to present an extensive 6-disc box set. Contains the original soundtrack remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering along with a massive amount of never-before-heard audio documentary material surrounding the project. Unearthed from FZ's Vault are original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads along with newly discovered dialog reels revealing an early audio edit of the film. This incredible set contains a replica of the movie poster, a custom motel keychain, Do-Not-Disturb motel door hanger and the original 1971 soundtrack packaging along with new liner notes from Pamela Des Barres, Ruth Underwood and Vaultmeister, Joe Travers.

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    • Details

      Released:
      17th December 2021
      Category:
      Soundtracks
      Format:
      CD/Blu-ray Album
      Barcode:
      602438384136

    • Description

      Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' turns 50! In celebration of FZ's famous 1971 'Surrealistic Documentary', Zappa Records, UMe and MGM are pleased to present an extensive 6-disc box set. Contains the original soundtrack remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering along with a massive amount of never-before-heard audio documentary material surrounding the project. Unearthed from FZ's Vault are original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads along with newly discovered dialog reels revealing an early audio edit of the film. This incredible set contains a replica of the movie poster, a custom motel keychain, Do-Not-Disturb motel door hanger and the original 1971 soundtrack packaging along with new liner notes from Pamela Des Barres, Ruth Underwood and Vaultmeister, Joe Travers.

    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-Hollywood Overture
      Frank Zappa
      2.Mystery Roach
      Frank Zappa
      3.Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
      Frank Zappa
      4.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
      Frank Zappa
      5.Tuna Fish Promenade
      Frank Zappa
      6.Dance of the Just Plain Folks
      Frank Zappa
      7.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
      Frank Zappa
      8.The Sealed Tuna Bolero
      Frank Zappa
      9.Lonesome Cowboy Burt
      Frank Zappa
      10.Touring Can Make You Crazy
      Frank Zappa
      11.Would You Like a Snack?
      Frank Zappa
      12.Redneck Eats
      Frank Zappa
      13.Centerville
      Frank Zappa
      14.She Painted Up Her Face
      Frank Zappa
      15.Janet's Big Dance Number
      Frank Zappa
      16.Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
      Frank Zappa
      17.Mysterioso
      Frank Zappa
      18.Shove It Right In
      Frank Zappa
      19.Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
      Frank Zappa
      20.I'm Stealing the Towels
      Frank Zappa
      21.Dental Hygiene Dilemma
      Frank Zappa
      22.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
      Frank Zappa
      23.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
      Frank Zappa
      24.Penis Dimension
      Frank Zappa
      25.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
      Frank Zappa

      Disc 2

      Track name
      Artist
      1.A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
      Frank Zappa
      2.Magic Fingers
      Frank Zappa
      3.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
      Frank Zappa
      4.Dew On the Newts We Got
      Frank Zappa
      5.The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
      Frank Zappa
      6.The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
      Frank Zappa
      7.The Girl's Dream
      Frank Zappa
      8.Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
      Frank Zappa
      9.Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
      Frank Zappa
      10.Road Ladies
      Frank Zappa
      11.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
      Frank Zappa
      12.What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
      Frank Zappa
      13.Bwana Dik
      Frank Zappa
      14.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
      Frank Zappa
      15.Do You Like My New Car?
      Frank Zappa
      16.Magic Fingers
      Frank Zappa
      17.Phyllis & Aynsley
      Frank Zappa
      18.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Alternate Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      19.Tell Me You Love Me (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      20.Road Ladies (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      21.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Studio Outtakes)
      Frank Zappa
      22.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Alternate Take, Incomplete)
      Frank Zappa
      23."Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen"
      Frank Zappa
      24.Magic Fingers (Version B, Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      25.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      26.Tell Me You Love Me (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa

      Disc 3

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Scene 1-2: Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-Hollywood Overture
      Frank Zappa
      2.Scene 3: "What's the Deal?"
      Frank Zappa
      3.Mystery Roach
      Frank Zappa
      4.Scene 32: "It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This..."
      Frank Zappa
      5.Scene 14: What's the Name of Your Group? I
      Frank Zappa
      6.Scene 32: "We Haven't Formed the Group Yet"
      Frank Zappa
      7.Scene 15: What's the Name of Your Group? II
      Frank Zappa
      8.Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"
      Frank Zappa
      9.Scene 18: Went On the Road
      Frank Zappa
      10.Scene 19-20: "Special Delivery"
      Frank Zappa
      11.Scene 21: Centerville
      Frank Zappa
      12.Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
      Frank Zappa
      13.Scene 22: This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich
      Frank Zappa
      14.Scene 23-24: Tuna Fish Promenade
      Frank Zappa
      15.Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
      Frank Zappa
      16.Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
      Frank Zappa
      17.Scene 30: JCB & Rance
      Frank Zappa
      18.Scene 21: Larry the Dwarf
      Frank Zappa
      19.Scene 81: Magic Fingers
      Frank Zappa
      20.Scene 47: Larry the Dwarf in the Hotel Room
      Frank Zappa
      21.Scene 33: The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
      Frank Zappa
      22.Scene 40-41: The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
      Frank Zappa
      23.Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
      Frank Zappa
      24.Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
      Frank Zappa
      25.Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
      Frank Zappa
      26.Scene 87: "Penis!"
      Frank Zappa
      27.Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
      Frank Zappa
      28.Scene 60: Janet's Big Dance Number
      Frank Zappa
      29.Scene 61: Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
      Frank Zappa
      30.Scene 62: Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist
      Frank Zappa
      31.Scene 63: Shove It Right In
      Frank Zappa
      32.Scene 67: "I Am Bwana Dik!"
      Frank Zappa
      33.Scene 68-69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
      Frank Zappa
      34.Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
      Frank Zappa

      Disc 4

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
      Frank Zappa
      2.Scene 84-85: Penis Dimension
      Frank Zappa
      3.Scene 32: Mystery Roach (Acoustic)/"Yeah? Well Fine!"
      Frank Zappa
      4.Scene 71: What Will the Evening Bring Me This Morning
      Frank Zappa
      5.Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out/I'm Stealing the Room
      Frank Zappa
      6.Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
      Frank Zappa
      7.Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
      Frank Zappa
      8."I Was Gonna Make a Movie One Time..."
      Frank Zappa
      9.200 Motels Movie Ad #1
      Frank Zappa
      10.What's the Name of Your Group? (FZ Edit)
      Frank Zappa
      11.200 Motels Movie Ad #2
      Frank Zappa
      12.FZ On Ringo Starr
      Frank Zappa
      13.Ringo Starr On 200 Motels
      Frank Zappa
      14.200 Motels Movie Ad #3
      Frank Zappa
      15.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      16.Looking for Newts
      Frank Zappa
      17."They Are Only in It for the Money"
      Frank Zappa
      18.200 Motels Movie Ad #4
      Frank Zappa
      19.200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
      Frank Zappa
      20.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      21."I Shall Ruin All the Tapes"
      Frank Zappa
      22.Janet's Big Dance Number (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      23.Martin Lickert Voice-over
      Frank Zappa
      24.Touring Can Make You Crazy (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      25.Penis Dimension (Instrumental Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      26.Centerville (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      27.Mystery Roach (Alternate Master)
      Frank Zappa
      28.Magic Fingers (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      29.200 Motels Movie Ad #5
      Frank Zappa

      Disc 5

      Track name
      Artist
      1."What Is 200 Motels?"
      Frank Zappa
      2.Theodore Bikel Voice-over
      Frank Zappa
      3.Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-hollywood Overture (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      4.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part I)
      Frank Zappa
      5.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part II)
      Frank Zappa
      6.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part III)
      Frank Zappa
      7.Can I Help You With This Dummy?
      Frank Zappa
      8.Pianos for the Pleated Gazelle
      Frank Zappa
      9.Synth Tracks (Part I)
      Frank Zappa
      10.Would You Like a Snack? (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      11.Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice-over
      Frank Zappa
      12.Centerville (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      13.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue, Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      14.Tuna Fish Promenade (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      15.The Sealed Tuna Bolero (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      16.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      17.Naval Aviation in Art?
      Frank Zappa
      18.Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      19.Mystery Roach (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      20.I Have Seen the Pleated Gazelle
      Frank Zappa
      21.Dew On the Newts We Got (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      22.The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      23.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      24.The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth (Rough Mix, Alternate Ending)
      Frank Zappa
      25.The Girl's Dream (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      26.Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Courduroy Ponce
      Frank Zappa
      27.Scene 43: A Cardboard Box
      Frank Zappa
      28.Scene 44
      Frank Zappa
      29.A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (Rough Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      30.She Painted Up Her Face (Compressed Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      31.The Secret Stare
      Frank Zappa
      32.Half a Dozen Provocative Squats (Compressed Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      33.Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      34.Shove It Right In (Compressed Mix)
      Frank Zappa
      35.Postlude (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      36.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa

      Disc 6

      Track name
      Artist
      1.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      2.Magic Fingers (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      3.Penis Dimension (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      4.Scene 86
      Frank Zappa
      5.Scene 87 (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      6.Synth Tracks (Part II)
      Frank Zappa
      7.I'm Stealing the Towels (Basic Tracks, Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      8.Scene 94: "He's Always Watching Me"
      Frank Zappa
      9.Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part I, Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      10.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (Mix Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      11.Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part II, Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      12.Strictly Genteel (Basic Tracks)
      Frank Zappa
      13.200 Motels Finale (Alternate Take)
      Frank Zappa
      14.200 Motels Finale (Basic Tracks, Unedited Ending)
      Frank Zappa
      15.Movie Theater Skit (Commercial Session Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      16.200 Motels Album Ad #1
      Frank Zappa
      17.Script Rehearsal Trim
      Frank Zappa
      18.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1969)
      Frank Zappa
      19.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1970)
      Frank Zappa
      20.200 Motels Album Ad #2
      Frank Zappa
      21.Penis Dimension Jingle Music
      Frank Zappa
      22.Tv Hype (Commercial Session Outtake)
      Frank Zappa
      23.200 Motels Movie Ad # 6
      Frank Zappa

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