MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Weasels Ripped My Flesh RAT TRAP COVER 12" Vinyl LP RS 2028

Original First German Pressing with German releases of the album featuring a metal baby caught in a rat trap (Rat Trap Cover). This cover was not approved by Zappa.

This album "MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Weasels Ripped my Flesh" and is the second posthumous Mothers album released after the band disbanded in 1969,

Original 1st German Pressing with stamped (not written) matrix codes
Side 1: Manufactured in Germany 031083
Side 2: Manufactured in Germany 031084

Brown Label: Teldec

 

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Description:

"Weasels Ripped My Flesh" is an album by American experimental rock band The Mothers of Invention, released in 1970. The band was formed by Frank Zappa, who was the primary composer and leader of the group. The album features a mix of musical styles, including rock, jazz, and avant-garde, and is known for its humorous and irreverent lyrics. The title track, "Weasels Ripped My Flesh," features dissonant guitar work and experimental sound collages. The album received mixed reviews upon its release, but has since been recognized as an important influence on the development of progressive rock and avant-garde music.

Music Genre:

Jazz Fusion, Prog Rock

Label & Catalognr:

REPRISE RS 2028

Media Format:

Record Format: 12" Vinyl Stereo Gramophone Record
Total Album (Cover+Record) weight: 230 gram  

Year & Country:

1969 Made in Germany

MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Weasels Ripped My Flesh Production & Recording Information

Album Packaging

This 12" LP vinyl music record comes comes in a Fold Open Cover (FOC), which is also also known as a Gatefold cover. The inner pages of this album cover contains photos, artwork.

 Custom Inner Sleeve Text

Producers:

Frank Zappa - Producer

Frank Zappa (Full-name: Frank Vincent Zappa 1940-1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader. He was a pioneer of avant-garde rock and fusion music, known for his innovative and eclectic musical style. Zappa produced over 60 albums and worked with many notable musicians, including the Mothers of Invention, a band he formed in the 1960s. He was also a political activist and spoke out against censorship, making him a controversial figure in his time. Zappa died in 1993 from prostate cancer.

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Frank Vincent Zappa Jr was born in Baltimore City, Maryland, United States on 21/12/1940. He was the first child of Francis Vincent Zappa 07/05/1906 and Rose Marie Colimore 07/06/1912. He had two brothers: Charles Robert “Bobby” Zappa 28/08/1943, Carl Lewis Zappa 10/09/1947.

When he was 32 years old, his father Francis Vincent Zappa died (07/04/1973).

He married Kay Sherman in 1960. On 21/09/1967, he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman 01/01/1945 in New York City, New York, United States. He was 19 years old when he married Kay Sherman. He was 26 years old when he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, who was 22 years old at that time. He got divorced from Kay Sherman in 1964.

On 06/04/1950, he lived in Bush, Harford, Maryland, United States. On 04/12/1993, he lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.

On 04/12/1993, he died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States when he was 52 years old. In 1993, he was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. His wife Adelaide Gail Sloatman died on 07/10/2015, 22 years after him.

 

Bizarre Business by Herb Cohen - Producer

Album Cover Design & Artwork:

Dieter Boe - Album Cover Design

Musicians on: MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Band-members, Musicians:

Frank Zappa – lead guitar, vocals

Jimmy Carl Black – drums

Ray Collins – vocals

Roy Estrada – bass, vocals

Bunk Gardner – tenor saxophone

Lowell George – rhythm guitar, vocals

Don Sugarcane Harris – vocals, electric violin

Don Preston – organ, electronic effects

Buzz Gardner – trumpet and flugel horn

Motorhead Sherwood – baritone saxophone, snorks

Art Tripp – drums

Ian Underwood – alto saxophone

Track-listing of: MOTHERS OF INVENTION - Weasels Ripped My Flesh

Tracklisting Side One:
  1. "Didja Get Any Onya" March 2, 1969, Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia 3:44
  2. "Directly from My Heart to You" (Richard Wayne Penniman) July 1969, TTG Recording Studios, Hollywood 5:17
  3. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London 3:35
  4. "Toads of the Short Forest" August 1969, Whitney Studios, Glendale and February 7–8, 1969, Thee Image, Miami 4:48
  5. "Get a Little" February 13, 1969, The Factory, New York 2:35
Tracklisting Side Two:
  1. "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" June 1969, A&R Studios, New York 6:53
  2. "Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula" December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York 2:12
  3. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" February 1969, Criteria Studios, Miami and August–September 1969, T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood 3:35
  4. "Oh No" December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York 1:46
  5. "The Orange County Lumber Truck" October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London 3:18
  6. "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" May 30, 1969, Town Hall, Birmingham

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