Media Condition : Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Format : 3xLP, Album + Box
Genre : Rock
Style : Alternative Rock, Dialogue, Avantgarde, Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Parody
Label : EMI,EMI,EMI
Country : UK & Europe
Released: Dec 1984
Notes:
cat# on the spine: 24 0294 3 cat# on back of the box: 1A 3LP 198 24 0294 3 cat# on back of the box (UK): EX 24 0294 3 (cat# on back of the box for the cassette: 24 0294 9) Box Spine: FRANK ZAPPA: THING-FISH (Original Cast Recording) (3 Record Set & Libretto) Box Back: ℗©1984 Barking Pumpkin Records, ©1984 Munchkin Music, ASCAP. Marketed, Manufactured and Distributed by EMI [logo Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V., Uden. Box Contains: 20-page 12"x12" 'linen effect' matt paper lyric book, outlining scenes/acts, including 10 black & white photos. (Cover; 4-page 'linen' card with 16-page 'white linen' 2-stapled insert) 3xVinyls in black & white half-tone print paper liner wallets, imprinted on back with 'Barking Pumpkin Records' logo & on fronts with large Zappa 'join-the-dots' logo & 'Warning/Guarantee' stamp. Each wallet is numbered; Record 1, 24 0294 1 (Box 24 0294 3) Record 2, 24 0295 1 (Box 24 0294 3) Record 3, 24 0296 1 (Box 24 0294 3) 2-sided 11"x11" single sheet promo for "Old Masters Box One" issue. Full-color front, black & white half-tone on reverse, with '24 0294 3' printed bottom-left. ----- Since the release of this recording uncredited artists have emerged and have been listed accordingly on track titles. This album was preceeded by the Thing-Fish project coming to visual fruition via a 'Hustler' magazine pictorial spread, April 1984, financed by Larry Flynt. It featured 'Ample Annie', who had an act 'Slutty Suzy' & 'Sluts Are Us' and was selected for the promotional feature by Zappa. An 'On Broadway' Musical poster also appeared. See images.
Track List:
A1. Prologue 2:56
A2. The Mammy Nuns 3:50
A3. Harry & Rhonda 3:36
A4. Galoot Up-Date 5:29
B1. The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32
B2. That Evil Prince 1:17
B3. You Are What You Is 4:31
C1. Mudd Club 3:17
C2. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:14
C3. Clowns On Velvet 1:38
C4. Harry-As-A-Boy 2:51
C5. He's So Gay 2:48
D1. The Massive Improve'lence 5:07
D2. Artificial Rhonda 3:30
D3. The Crab-Grass Baby 3:48
D4. The White Boy Troubles 3:35
E1. No Not Now 5:50
E2. Briefcase Boogie 4:10
E3. Brown Moses 3:02
F1. Wistful With A Fist-Full 3:53
F2. Drop Dead 7:56
F3. Won Ton On 4:20