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Length
  
3:27:36

Release date
  
21 April 1969

Movie
  
Uncle Meat

Artist
  
The Mothers of Invention

Label
  
Bizarre Records

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Released
  
November 4, 2016 (2016-11-04)

Recorded
  
from October 1967 to February 1968, liner notes go into great equipment detail

Producer
  
Gail Zappa, Joe Travers

Meat Light Uncle Meat Project/Object Audio Documentary #107 (2016)
  
Chicago '78 #108 (2016)

Genres
  
Rock music, Jazz, Jazz fusion, Experimental rock, Experimental music, Avant-prog, Free jazz

Similar
  
The Mothers of Invention albums, Jazz fusion albums

Meat Light is a 3CD compilation of Frank Zappa's Uncle Meat recordings. It is project/object #5 in a series of 4tieth Anniversary FZ Audio Documentaries.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa.

Personnel

  • Frank Zappa — guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Ray Collins — vocals
  • Jimmy Carl Black — drums
  • Roy Estrada — electric bass, falsetto
  • Don Preston — electric piano
  • Billy Mundi — drums on some pieces
  • Bunk Gardner — piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon
  • Ian Underwood — electric organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax
  • Arthur Tripp — drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes
  • Euclid James Sherwood — tenor sax, tambourine
  • Ruth Komanoff marimba, vibes
  • Nelcy Walker vocals on "Dog Breath" and "The Uncle Meat Variations"

    • Songs

    1Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme1:54
    2The Voice of Cheese0:27
    3400 Days of the Year5:56

    References

    Meat Light Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA