6x Digital Media (50th anniversary)

200 Motels

Album by Frank Zappa

Released 4 October 1971

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Semi‐Fraudulent/Direct‐From‐Hollywood Overture
1:59
1.0 ★
2
Mystery Roach
2:33
2.0 ★
3
Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
0:48
1.0 ★
4
This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue)
0:56
1.0 ★
5
Tuna Fish Promenade
2:30
6
Dance of the Just Plain Folks
4:40
7
This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise)
0:59
1.0 ★
8
The Sealed Tuna Bolero
1:40
9
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
3:52
10
Touring Can Make You Crazy
2:53
11
Would You Like a Snack?
1:23
12
Redneck Eats
3:03
13
Centerville
2:31
14
She Painted Up Her Face
1:42
15
Janet’s Big Dance Number
1:18
16
Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
1:57
17
Mysterioso
0:48
1.0 ★
18
Shove It Right In
2:32
19
Lucy’s Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
4:00
20
I’m Stealing the Towels
2:14
21
Dental Hygiene Dilemma
5:12
5.0 ★
22
Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
3:00
23
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
3:12
24
Penis Dimension
4:36
25
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
3:28
Digital Media 2
1
A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes
1:09
2
Magic Fingers
3:55
3
Motorhead’s Midnight Ranch
1:30
4
Dew on the Newts We Got
1:10
5
The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
0:41
1.0 ★
6
The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
1:11
7
The Girl’s Dream
0:55
1.0 ★
8
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
1:01
1.0 ★
9
Strictly Genteel (the finale)
11:23
10
Road Ladies (alternate mix)
4:10
11
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
2:44
12
What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
4:53
13
Bwana Dik
3:06
2.0 ★
14
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
3:02
15
Do You Like My New Car?
3:11
16
Magic Fingers
2:46
17
Phyliss & Aynsley
Aynsley Dunbar
1:54
18
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
4:04
19
Tell Me You Love Me (mix outtake)
3:07
20
Road Ladies (alternate take)
4:30
21
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (studio outtakes)
2:29
22
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (alternate take, incomplete)
2:50
23
“Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen”
0:46
1.0 ★
24
Magic Fingers (version B – mix outtake)
2:54
25
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (mix outtake)
3:04
26
Tell Me You Love Me (alternate take)
3:35
Digital Media 3
1
Scene 1–2: Semi‐Fraudulent/Direct‐From‐Hollywood Overture
2:02
2
Scene 3: “What’s The Deal?”
2:00
3
Mystery Roach
3:32
4
Scene 32: “It’s a Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This?”
2:15
5
Scene 14: What’s the Name of Your Group? I
0:58
1.0 ★
6
Scene 32: “We Haven’t Formed the Group Yet”
1:27
7
Scene 15: What’s the Name of Your Group? II
1:42
8
Scene 17: “When Do We Get Paid?”
5:13
1.0 ★
9
Scene 18: Went on the Road
1:42
10
Scene 19–20: “Special Delivery”
3:12
11
Scene 21: Centerville
2:09
12
Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
0:45
1.0 ★
13
Scene 22: This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue)
0:56
1.0 ★
14
Scene 23–24: Tuna Fish Promenade
2:30
15
Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
1:42
16
Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
3:51
17
Scene 30: JCB & Rance
2:29
18
Scene 21: Larry the Dwarf
2:11
19
Scene 81: Magic Fingers
3:54
20
Scene 47: Larry the Dwarf in the Hotel Room
2:31
21
Scene 33: The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
0:32
1.0 ★
22
Scene 40–41: The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
2:05
23
Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
1:01
1.0 ★
24
Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes
1:08
25
Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
3:27
26
Scene 87: “Penis!”
3:00
27
Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
1:43
28
Scene 60: Janet’s Big Dance Number
1:14
29
Scene 61: Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
1:55
30
Scene 62: Lucy’s Seduction of a Bored Violinist
1:21
31
Scene 63: Shove It Right In
2:32
32
Scene 67: “I Am Bwana Dik!”
1:47
33
Scene 68–69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
2:39
34
Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
3:19
Digital Media 4
1
Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
4:39
2
Scene 84–85: Penis Dimension
4:39
3
Scene 32: Mystery Roach (acoustic)/“Yeah? Well Fine!”
1:20
4
Scene 71: What Will the Evening Bring Me This Morning
1:39
5
Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out/I’m Stealing the Room
2:56
6
Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
5:02
7
Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
10:12
8
“I Was Gonna Make a Movie One Time…”
0:20
1.0 ★
9
200 Motels Movie Ad #1
0:25
1.0 ★
10
What’s the Name of Your Group? (FZ edit)
2:59
11
200 Motels Movie Ad #2
0:56
1.0 ★
12
FZ on Ringo Starr
0:15
1.0 ★
13
Ringo Starr on 200 Motels
Ringo Starr
2:59
14
200 Motels Movie Ad #3
0:54
1.0 ★
15
Motorhead’s Midnight Ranch (mix outtake)
1:31
16
Looking for Newts
3:21
17
“They Are Only in It for the Money”
1:09
18
200 Motels Movie Ad #4
0:27
1.0 ★
19
200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
Jim Pons
10:42
20
Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (mix outtake)
2:26
21
“I Shall Ruin All the Tapes”
Gail Zappa
0:25
1.0 ★
22
Janet’s Big Dance Number (basic tracks)
1:20
1.0 ★
23
Martin Lickert Voice‐Over
Martin Lickert
0:22
1.0 ★
24
Touring Can Make You Crazy (mix outtake)
2:53
25
Penis Dimension (instrumental alternate take)
2:13
26
Centerville (mix outtake)
2:51
27
Mystery Roach (alternate master)
3:26
28
Magic Fingers (mix outtake)
2:58
29
200 Motels Movie Ad #5
0:55
1.0 ★
Digital Media 5
1
What Is 200 Motels?
Jim Pons
2:59
2
Theodore Bikel Voice‐Over (alternate take)
Theodore Bikel
0:32
1.0 ★
3
Semi‐Fraudulent/Direct‐From‐Hollywood Overture (mix outtake)
2:10
4
What’s the Name of Your Group? (complete sequence, part I)
3:43
5
What’s the Name of Your Group? (complete sequence, part II)
2:45
6
What’s the Name of Your Group? (complete sequence, part III)
2:13
7
Can I Help You With This Dummy?
2:05
8
Pianos for The Pleated Gazelle
1:16
9
Synth Tracks I
1:29
10
Would You Like a Snack? (alternate take)
2:11
11
Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice‐Over
Howard Kaylan
0:16
1.0 ★
12
Centerville (rough mix)
2:53
13
This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue, mix outtake)
0:56
1.0 ★
14
Tuna Fish Promenade (mix outtake)
2:31
1.0 ★
15
The Sealed Tuna Bolero (alternate take)
1:41
16
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (mix outtake)
3:52
17
Naval Aviation In Art?
2:17
18
Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene (basic tracks)
3:50
19
Mystery Roach (basic tracks)
4:06
20
I Have Seen the Pleated Gazelle
6:16
21
Dew on the Newts We Got (rough mix)
1:12
22
The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts (rough mix)
0:52
1.0 ★
23
Motorhead’s Midnight Ranch (rough mix)
2:04
24
The Girl Wants Fix Him Some Broth (rough mix, alternate ending)
1:12
25
The Girl’s Dream (rough mix)
0:56
1.0 ★
26
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Courduroy Ponce (rough mix)
1:15
27
Scene 43 – A Cardboard Box
0:39
1.0 ★
28
Scene 44
0:50
1.0 ★
29
A Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes (rough mix)
1:10
30
She Painted Up Her Face (compressed mix)
1:42
31
The Secret Stare
3:25
32
Half a Dozen Provocative Squats (compressed mix)
1:56
33
Lucy’s Seduction of a Bored Violinist (basic tracks)
1:32
34
Shove It Right in (compressed mix)
2:33
35
Postlude (basic tracks)
3:08
36
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (mix outtake)
4:07
Digital Media 6
1
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (alternate take)
3:16
2
Magic Fingers (alternate take)
3:41
3
Penis Dimension (basic tracks)
4:40
4
Scene 86
1:28
5
Scene 87 (alternate take)
3:16
6
Synth Tracks II
1:58
7
I’m Stealing the Towels (basic tracks, alternate take)
2:15
8
Scene 94 – “He’s Always Watching Me”
0:34
1.0 ★
9
Dental Hygiene Dilemma (part I, basic tracks)
6:21
10
Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (mix outtake)
0:53
1.0 ★
11
Dental Hygiene Dilemma (part II, basic tracks)
2:44
12
Strictly Genteel (basic tracks)
8:05
13
200 Motels Finale (alternate take)
3:17
2.0 ★
14
200 Motels Finale (master take basic tracks, unedited ending)
5:59
15
Movie Theater Skit (commercial session outtake)
Jim Pons
1:29
16
200 Motels Album Ad #1
1:01
1.0 ★
17
Script Rehearsal Trim
Jeff Simmons
2:50
18
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (in rehearsal 1969)
2:56
19
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (in rehearsal 1970)
3:38
20
200 Motels Album Ad #2
0:31
1.0 ★
21
Penis Dimension Jingle Music
0:18
1.0 ★
22
TV Hype (commercial session outtake)
Jim Pons
6:36
23
200 Motels Movie Ad #6
0:11
1.0 ★

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Release credits

Frank Zappa
producer [1.1-25, 2.1-9]
Jimmy Carl Black
vocal [9]

Issues

2
(Combined release view)
2
200 Motels
2x 12" Vinyl
4 October 1971
2
200 Motels
2x 12" Vinyl (Pitman pressing)
October 1971
2
200 Motels
2x 12" Vinyl
1971
2
200 Motels
2x 12" Vinyl
1971
2
200 Motels
VHS
1994
2
200 Motels
CD, Enhanced CD
14 October 1997
2
200 Motels (50th anniversary edition)
6x CD
17 December 2021
2
200 Motels
6x Digital Media (50th anniversary)
2021
2
200 Motels
2x Digital Media
2021