Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

Tracklist

• 1
  No Not Now
  5:50
  2.0 ★
• 2
  Valley Girl
  4:50
  3.0 ★
• 3
  I Come From Nowhere
  6:09
• 4
  Drowning Witch
  12:03
• 5
  Envelopes
  2:45
  1.0 ★
• 6
  Teen‐Age Prostitute
  2:41
  2.0 ★

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Release credits

• Arthur Barrow
  bass guitar [1, 3]
• Bob Harris
  vocal
• Bob Stone
  re
• Bobby Martin
  keyboard, saxophone, vocal
• Chad Wackerman
  drums (drum set)
• Ed Mann
  percussion
• Frank Zappa
  guitar, vocal, producer
• Ike Willis
  vocal
• Lisa Popeil
  vocal [6]
• Moon Unit Zappa
  guest [2], lead vocals [2]
• Patrick O’Hearn
  bass guitar [3]
• Ray White
  guitar, vocal
• Roy Estrada
  vocal
• Scott Thunes
  bass guitar [2, 4-6]
• Steve Vai
  guitar
• Tommy Mars
  keyboard, vocal
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Issues

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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  12" Vinyl
  3 May 1982
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  Vinyl
  1982
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  12" Vinyl
  1982
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  June 1991
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  August 1991
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  1991
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  1995
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  29 May 2002
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  Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

  CD
  25 September 2012