The Hot Rats Sessions

Compilation by Frank Zappa

Released 20 December 2019

Tracklist

Digital Media 1
1
Piano Music (section 1)
2:12
2
Piano Music (section 3)
5:42
3
Peaches en Regalia (prototype)
5:57
4
Peaches en Regalia (section 1, in session)
10:48
5
Peaches en Regalia (section 1, master take)
2:04
6
Peaches Jam (Pt. 1)
6:27
7
Peaches Jam (Pt. 2)
10:30
8
Peaches en Regalia (section 3, in session)
6:56
9
Peaches en Regalia (section 3, master take)
2:07
10
Arabesque (in session)
7:01
11
Arabesque (master take)
6:57
12
Dame Margret’s Son to Be a Bride (in session)
4:29
Digital Media 2
1
It Must Be a Camel (Pt. 1, in session)
8:22
2
It Must Be a Camel (Pt. 1, master take)
2:16
3
It Must Be a Camel (intercut, in session)
3:53
4
It Must Be a Camel (intercut, master take)
4:02
5
Natasha (in session)
4:03
6
Natasha (master take)
3:11
7
Bognor Regis (unedited master)
10:59
8
Willie the Pimp (in session)
2:20
9
Willie the Pimp (unedited master take)
15:13
10
Willie the Pimp (guitar OD 1)
14:45
11
Willie the Pimp (guitar OD 2)
6:17
Digital Media 3
1
Transition (section 1, in session)
6:17
2
Transition (section 1, master take)
2:24
3
Transition (section 2, intercut, in session)
1:50
4
Transition (section 2, intercut master take)
2:42
5
Transition (section 3, intercut, in session)
2:28
6
Transition (section 3, intercut master take)
2:13
7
Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (unedited master)
12:45
8
Directly From My Heart to You (unedited master)
10:17
9
Another Waltz (unedited master)
27:56
Digital Media 4
1
Dame Margret’s Son to Be a Bride (remake)
3:54
2
Son of Mr. Green Genes (take 1)
8:15
3
Son of Mr. Green Genes (master take)
10:47
4
Big Legs (unedited master take)
32:42
5
It Must Be a Camel (percussion tracks)
1:47
6
Arabesque (guitar OD mix)
6:57
7
Transition (full version)
6:22
8
Piano Music (section 3, OD version)
5:41
Digital Media 5
1
Peaches en Regalia (1987 remix)
3:39
3.6 ★
2
Willie the Pimp (1987 remix)
9:16
2.0 ★
3
Son of Mr. Green Genes (1987 remix)
9:00
2.0 ★
4
Little Umbrellas (1987 remix)
3:04
5
The Gumbo Variations (1987 remix)
16:56
3.4 ★
6
It Must Be a Camel (1987 remix)
5:15
2.0 ★
7
The Origin of Hot Rats
0:35
8
Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #1
1:01
9
Peaches en Regalia (1969 mono single master)
3:31
10
Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #2
1:00
11
Little Umbrellas (1969 mono single master)
3:04
12
Lil’ Clanton Shuffle (1972 Whitney Studios mix)
12:42
Digital Media 6
1
Little Umbrellas (Cucamonga version)
1:59
2
Little Umbrellas (1969 mix outtake)
3:09
3
It Must Be a Camel (1969 mix outtake)
5:23
4
Son of Mr. Green Genes (1969 mix outtake)
10:38
5
More of the Story of Willie the Pimp
Frank Zappa, Annie Zannus & Cynthia Dobson
1:23
6
Willie the Pimp (vocal tracks)
Captain Beefheart
2:06
7
Willie the Pimp (1969 quick mix)
14:28
8
Dame Margret’s Son to Be a Bride (1969 quick mix)
3:46
9
Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #3
0:52
10
Bognor Regis (1970 Record Plant mix)
8:10
11
Peaches en Regalia (1969 rhythm track mix)
4:23
12
Son of Mr. Green Genes (1969 rhythm track mix)
10:40
13
Little Umbrellas (1969 rhythm track mix)
3:10
14
Arabesque (guitar tracks)
6:56
15
Hot Rats Vintage Promotion Ad #4
0:58

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Release credits

Annie Zannus
spoken vocals [5]
Art Tripp
drums (drum set) [3]
Barry Keene
engineer [12], mix [12]
Bob Stone
remixer [1-6]
Bunk Gardner
saxophone [3]
Buzz Gardner
trumpet [3]
Captain Beefheart
vocal [6]
Cliff Goldstein
engineer [8]
Craig Parker Adams
mix [6, 14]
Cynthia Dobson
spoken vocals [5]
Don Preston
electronic organ [8], organ [9]
Don “Sugarcane” Harris
electric violin [8], lead vocals [8], organ [4], violin [1.6-7, 4.4, 6.7, 2.7-11, 5.12, 3.7, 3.9]
Dweezil Zappa
dedicated to
Frank Zappa
acoustic guitar [8], electric guitar [8], guitar [2.7-11, 5.12, 1.3, 1.7, 4.2-4, 4.6-7, 3.7, 3.9, 6.2-4, 6.7, 6.14], mix [5.12, 6.10], percussion [6.4, 4.5], producer [5.1, 3.8], spoken vocals [5.7, 6.5]
Ian Underwood
harpsichord [8], keyboard [2-4], organ [4.4, 1.3, 1.5-7, 1.12], piano [6.2-4, 6.8, 2.1-7, 1.1-2, 1.4, 1.8-9, 3.1-7, 4.2-3, 4.8], saxophone [4], tack piano [2.8-11, 1.10-11, 6.7, 4.6-7], woodwind [6.2-4, 4.8]
Jack Hunt
engineer [8]
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) [8-9]
John Balkin
bass [3]
John Guerin
drums (drum set) [6.2-3, 6.7, 2.1-11, 5.12, 3.1-7]
Johnny Otis
tack piano [6-7]
Max Bennett
bass [5.12, 6.2-4, 6.7-8, 2.1-11, 3.1-7, 4.1-4]
Paul Humphrey
drums (drum set) [6.4, 6.8, 4.1, 4.4]
Ralph Humphrey
drums (drum set) [2-3]
Ron Selico
drums (drum set) [4.6-7, 1.4-12]
Roy Estrada
bass [9], electric bass guitar [8]
Shuggie Otis
bass [4.6-7, 1.4-12]
Stan Agol
mix [10]

Issues

T
The Hot Rats Sessions
6x CD (50th anniversary edition)
20 December 2019
T
The Hot Rats Sessions
6x Digital Media
20 December 2019