Joe’s Garage Acts I, II & III

May 1st 1987
Joe’s Garage Acts I, II & III

Tracks

  • The Central Scrutinizer
  • Joe's Garage
  • Catholic Girls
  • Crew Slut
  • Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt
  • On The Bus
  • Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
  • Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
  • Scrutinizer Postlude
  • A Token Of My Extreme
  • Stick It Out
  • Sy Borg
  • Dong Work For Yuda
  • Keep It Greasey
  • Outside Now
  • He Used To Cut The Grass
  • Packard Goose
  • Watermelon In Easter Hay
  • A Little Green Rosetta
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Official Releases #28 & #29
Catalog Number: ZR 3861
Produced, Composed & Written by Frank Zappa
 
Joe’s Garage Act I originally released September 3, 1979.
Joe's Garage Acts II & III originally released November 19, 1979
 
Joe’s Garage Acts 1, 2 & 3 was released as a digitally remastered 3LP or 2CD box set in May 1987.
 
Note: On the vinyl, the tracks "Wet T-Shirt Nite" & "Toad-O-Line" were retitled "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" & "On The Bus" respectively, by the time this work reached CD sets. "Scrutinizer Postlude" was added too.
 
 
The Musicians - Act 1
Frank Zappa–lead guitar, vocals
Warren Cuccurullo–rhythm guitar, vocals
Denny Walley–slide guitar, vocals
Ike Willis–lead vocals
Peter Wolf–keyboards
Tommy Mars–keyboards
Arthur Barrow–bass, vocals
Ed Mann–percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta–drums, combustible vapors
Jeff–tenor sax
Marginal Chagrin–baritone sax
Stumuk–bass sax
Dale Bozzio–vocals
Al Malkin–vocals
Craig Steward–harmonica

The Musicians - Act 2 & 3
Frank Zappa–lead guitar, vocals
Warren Cuccurullo–rhythm guitar, vocals
Denny Walley–slide guitar, vocals
Ike Willis–lead vocals
Peter Wolf–keyboards
Arthur Barrow–bass, vocals
Ed Mann–percussion, vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta–drums, optometric abandon
Patrick O’Hearn–bass on “Outside Now”


THE CAST
Central Scrutinizer
Larry
L. Ron Hoover
Father Riley
& Buddy Jones
Frank Zappa

Joe
Ike Willis

Mary
Dale Bozzio

Mrs. Borg
Denny Walley

Officer Butzis
Al Malkin

Sy Borg
Warren Cuccurullo & Ed Mann

Bald-Headed John
Terry Bozzio
 
The Utility Muffin Research Kitchen Chorus
Al Malkin, Warren Cuccurullo, Dale Bozzio,
Geordie Hormel, Barbara Issak & most of the people
who work at Village Recorders (circa 1979).


 
 
studios–Village Recorders “B” & Ken-Dun “D”
recording engineer–Joe Chicarelli
re-mix engineers–Mick Glossop & Steve Nye
special engineering–Claus Wiedemann & David Gray
assistants–Barabara Issak, Tom Cummings & Thomas Nordegg
monitor system–Stumuk & Jim
cover photo–Norman Seeff
art director/illustrator–John Williams
 
special thanks to Joe Chicarelli for the word “Appliantology”
special thanks to Ike Willis for the word “plook”
special thanks to Phil Kaufman for asking the eternal question:
“Why does it hurt when I pee?”
special thanks to Ann Knowlins for the word “ninnies”
 
Mastered by Doug Sax, 2012.