FRANK ZAPPA HOT RATS REPRISE TELDEC Gatefold 12" LP VINYL ALbum

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Gatefold (FOC) cover design with artwork / photos on the inside cover pages

"Hot Rats" is the second solo album by Frank Zappa. It was released in October 1969. Five of the six songs are instrumental ("Willie the Pimp" features a short vocal by Captain Beefheart). It was Zappa's first recording project after the dissolution of the original Mothers of Invention. In his original sleeve notes Zappa described the album as "a movie for your ears."

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The album: "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Reprise Teldec FOC" was produced by: Frank Zappa

Album cover design: Cal Schenkel

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Personnel/Band Members and Musicians on: FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Reprise Teldec FOC

Band-members, Musicians and Performers
• Frank Zappa – electric guitar, percussion, octave bass
• Ian Underwood – organ, clarinet, flute, piano, saxophone
• also featuring
• Max Bennett – bass on all tracks except "Peaches en Regalia"
• Captain Beefheart – vocals on "Willie the Pimp"
• John Guerin – drums on "Willie the Pimp", "Little Umbrellas" and "It Must Be a Camel"
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin on "Willie the Pimp" and "The Gumbo Variations"
• Paul Humphrey – drums on "Son of Mr. Green Genes" and "The Gumbo Variations"
• Shuggie Otis – bass on "Peaches en Regalia"
• Jean-Luc Ponty – violin on "It Must Be a Camel"
• Ron Selico – drums on "Peaches en Regalia"
• Lowell George - guitar (uncredited)[8]
• Harvey Shantz – Snorks

Complete Track-listing of the album "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Reprise Teldec FOC"

The detailed tracklist of this record "FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Reprise Teldec FOC" is:

Track-listing Side One:
1. 1. "Peaches en Regalia" 3:38
2. 2. "Willie the Pimp" 9:25
3. 3. "Son of Mr. Green Genes" 8:58

Side Two:
1. 4. "Little Umbrellas" 3:09
2. 5. "The Gumbo Variations" 12:55
3. 6. "It Must Be a Camel" 5:15