Track listing
All tracks written by Frank Zappa, except where noted.
| Side one | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme" | 1:54 | |
| 2. | "The Voice of Cheese" | 0:27 | |
| 3. | "Nine Types of Industrial Pollution" (Listed as "400 Days of the Year" on the label of the original vinyl release) | 5:56 | |
| 4. | "Zolar Czakl" | 0:57 | |
| 5. | "Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague" | 5:51 | |
| 6. | "The Legend of the Golden Arches" | 1:24 | |
| 7. | "Louie Louie" (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) | Richard Berry | 2:28 |
| 8. | "The Dog Breath Variations" | 1:36 | |
| Side two | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
| 1. | "Sleeping in a Jar" | 0:49 | |
| 2. | "Our Bizarre Relationship" | 1:05 | |
| 3. | "The Uncle Meat Variations" | 4:40 | |
| 4. | "Electric Aunt Jemima" | 1:53 | |
| 5. | "Prelude to King Kong" | 3:24 | |
| 6. | "God Bless America" (Live at the Whisky a Go Go) | Irving Berlin | 1:22 |
| 7. | "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" | 1:29 | |
| 8. | "Ian Underwood Whips It Out" | 5:08 | |
| Side three | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "Mr. Green Genes" (Remixed on all CD issues of the album) | 3:10 |
| 2. | "We Can Shoot You" | 1:48 |
| 3. | "'If We'd All Been Living in California...'" | 1:29 |
| 4. | "The Air" | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Project X" | 4:47 |
| 6. | "Cruising for Burgers" | 2:19 |
| Side four | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 1. | "King Kong (As Played by the Mothers in a Studio)" | 0:53 |
| 2. | "King Kong (Its Magnificence as Interpreted by Dom DeWild)" | 1:15 |
| 3. | "King Kong (As Motorhead Explains It)" | 1:44 |
| 4. | "King Kong (The Gardner Varieties)" | 6:17 |
| 5. | "King Kong (As Played by 3 Deranged Good Humor Trucks)" | 0:29 |
| 6. | "King Kong (Live on a Flat Bed Diesel in the Middle of a Race Track at a Miami Pop Festival...The Underwood Ramifications)" | 7:22 |
Personnel
Musicians
The Mothers – at the time of this recording were:
- Frank Zappa – guitar, low grade vocals, percussion
- Ray Collins – swell vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black – drums, droll humor, poverty
- Roy Estrada – electric bass, cheeseburgers, Pachuco falsetto
- Don (Dom De Wild) Preston – electric piano, tarot cards, brown rice
- Billy (The Oozer) Mundi – drums on some pieces before he quit to join RHINOCEROS
- Bunk (Sweetpants) Gardner – piccolo, flute, clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, bassoon (all of these electric and/or no-electric depending)
- Ian Underwood – electronic organ, piano, harpsichord, celeste, flute, clarinet, alto sax, baritone sax, special assistant, copyist, industrial relations & teen appeal
- Artie (With the Green Mustache) Tripp – drums, timpani, vibes, marimba, xylophone, wood blocks, bells, small chimes, cheerful outlook & specific inquiries
- Euclid James (Motorhead/Motorishi) Sherwood – pop star, frenetic tenor sax stylings, tambourine, choreography, obstinance & equipment setter-upper when he's not hustling local groupies
Special thanks to:
- Ruth Komanoff – who plays marimba and vibes with Artie on many of the tracks, and
- Nelcy Walker – the soprano voice with Ray & Roy on "Dog Breath" & "The Uncle Meat Variations".
Uncredited:
- Pamela Zarubica as Suzy Creamcheese
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