Meat Light - The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
November 4th 2016
Zappa Records
King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival... the Underwood ramifications)
444
*Mono
Official Release #107
Catalog Number: ZR 20024
Written & Produced by FRANK ZAPPA
Recording Engineers: Dick Kunc, Jerry Hansen
Studios: Apostolic Studios, NYC; Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
Original package designed by Cal Schenkel, NT&B
THE MOTHERS at the time of this recording were:
FRANK ZAPPA — guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
RAY COLLINS — swell vocals
JIMMY CARL BLACK — drums, droll humor, poverty
ROY ESTRADA — electric bass, cheeseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
DON (Dom De Wild) PRESTON — electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
BILLY (The Oozer) MUNDI — drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
BUNK (Sweatpants) GARDNER — piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or nonelectric depending)
IAN UNDERWOOD — electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistance, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
ARTIE (With the Green Mustache) TRIPP — drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific enquires
EUCLID JAMES (Motorhead/Motorishi) SHERWOOD — pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he’s not hustling local groupies
Special Thanks to:
RUTH KOMANOFF who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks,
and
NELCY WALKER the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on Dog Breath & The Uncle Meat Variations.
The Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary
Compiled & Produced by Gail Zappa & Joe Travers
Mastering:
Disc One - Chris Bellman, Bernie Grundman Mastering 2013
Disc Two & Three - John Polito, Audio Mechanics 2013
Cover and Interior Paintings by: Theo Holdt
Photography: Michael Ochs Archive; Additional Photos Courtesy of: The Vault
Package Design: Michael Mesker
Production Manager: Melanie Starks
Special Thanks: Ahmet & Diva, Holland Greco, Kurt Morgan
Vaultmeister Notes:
All material for this release was taken entirely from ¼” mono & stereo analog tapes except Disc Three, Track 24, taken from the original 12 track analog master (Mixed by Joe Travers, UMRK 2013). All transfers by Joe Travers at UMRK 2012-2013, 96K 24B .WAV (except Disc One- transferred 2005). The original analog tape edit master for Uncle Meat unfortunately suffers in sections from oxide loss due to tape age and bad storage conditions. A new hi-res digital patchwork edit master was created in 2013 with all damaged sections restored from safety tapes found in the vault for best sonics!
MEAT LIGHT is project/object #5 in the series of 4tieth Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries