The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich ( 1970 )

Track listing

All tracks are written by Frank Zappa except where noted.

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"WPLJ" (The Four Deuces)	3:02
2.	"Igor's Boogie, Phase One"	0:40
3.	"Overture to a Holiday in Berlin"	1:29
4.	"Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich"	4:35
5.	"Igor's Boogie, Phase Two"	0:35
6.	"Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown"	6:27
7.	"Aybe Sea"	2:45

Side two

No.	Title	Length
8.	"Little House I Used to Live in"	18:42
9.	"Valarie" (Jackie and the Starlites)	3:14

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, organ, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums
• Roy Estrada – bass, backing vocals, Pachuco rap on "WPLJ"
• Janet Ferguson – backing vocals on "WPLJ"
• Bunk Gardner – wind
• Buzz Gardner - trumpet
• Billy Mundi – drums (uncredited, left group in December 1967, pictured on gatefold cover and possibly played on "Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich")
• Lowell George – guitar, vocals
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin on "The Little House I Used to Live In"
• Don Preston – piano, keyboards
• Jim Sherwood – wind
• Art Tripp – drums, percussion
• Ian Underwood – piano, keyboards, wind
• John Balkin – bass on "WPLJ", string bass on "Overture to a Holiday in Berlin"

The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat ( 1969 )

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

The Mothers of Invention - Cruising with Ruben & the Jets ( 1968 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa except as noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cheap Thrills"		2:23
2.	"Love of My Life"		3:10
3.	"How Could I Be Such a Fool"		3:35
4.	"Deseri"	Collins, Paul Buff	2:07
5.	"I'm Not Satisfied"		4:03
6.	"Jelly Roll Gum Drop"		2:20
7.	"Anything"	Collins	3:04

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
8.	"Later That Night"		3:06
9.	"You Didn't Try to Call Me"		3:57
10.	"Fountain of Love"	Zappa, Collins	3:01
11.	"No. No. No."		2:29
12.	"Anyway the Wind Blows"		2:58
13.	"Stuff Up the Cracks"		4:35
Total length:			40:34

Personnel

Musicians

• Ray Collins – lead vocals
• Frank Zappa – low grumbles, oo-wah and lead guitar (also drums, piano, bass)
• Roy Estrada – high weazlings, dwaedy-doop & electric bass
• Jimmy Carl Black and/or Arthur Dyer Tripp III – lewd pulsating rhythm
• Ian Underwood or Don Preston – redundant piano triplets
• Motorhead Sherwood – baritone sax & tambourine
• Bunk Gardner and Ian Underwood – tenor and alto saxs

The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money ( 1968 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Are You Hung Up?"	1:23
2.	"Who Needs the Peace Corps?"	2:34
3.	"Concentration Moon"	2:22
4.	"Mom & Dad"	2:16
5.	"Telephone Conversation" (Included in "Bow Tie Daddy" on the original LP.)	0:48
6.	"Bow Tie Daddy"	1:21
7.	"Harry, You're a Beast"	1:22
8.	"What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?"	1:03
9.	"Absolutely Free"	3:24
10.	"Flower Punk"	3:03
11.	"Hot Poop"	0:26

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nasal Retentive Calliope Music"	2:03
2.	"Let's Make the Water Turn Black"	2:01
3.	"The Idiot Bastard Son"	3:18
4.	"Lonely Little Girl" (Listed as "It's His Voice on the Radio" on the original LP sleeve.)	1:09
5.	"Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance"	1:35
6.	"What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body? (Reprise)"	0:57
7.	"Mother People"	2:32
8.	"The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny"	6:25
Total length:		39:15

Personnel

The Mothers Today (as of 1967)

• Frank Zappa – guitar, piano, lead vocals & editing
• Jimmy Carl Black – drums, trumpet, vocals, Indian of the group
• Roy Estrada – electric bass, vocals, asthma
• Billy Mundi – drums, vocals, yak & black lace underwear
• Don Preston – retired
• Bunk Gardner – all woodwinds, mumbled weirdness
• Ian Underwood – piano, woodwinds, wholesome
• Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood – road manager, baritone saxophone, soprano saxophone, all purpose weirdness & teen appeal

Additional personnel

• Suzy Creamcheese (Pamela Zarubica) – telephone voice
• Pamela Zarubica – vocals
• Dick Barber – Snorks
• Eric Clapton – Male speaking part in "Are You Hung Up?" and "Nasal Retentive Calliope Music."
• Gary Kellgren – "the one doing all the creepy whispering" (i.e., interstitial spoken segments)
• Spider Barbour – vocals
• Dick Kunc – "cheerful interruptions" vocal
• Vicki Kellgren – additional telephone vocals
• Ronnie Williams – backwards voice
• Sid Sharp – conductor (under Frank Zappa's supervision) of the "Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra and Chorus" on "Absolutely Free", "Mother People" and "The Chrome Plated Megaphone of Destiny"

The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free ( 1967 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa.

Side one: "Absolutely Free" (#1 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Plastic People"	3:40
2.	"The Duke of Prunes"	2:12
3.	"Amnesia Vivace"	1:01
4.	"The Duke Regains His Chops"	1:45
5.	"Call Any Vegetable"	2:19
6.	"Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin"	6:57
7.	"Soft-Sell Conclusion"	1:40

Side two: "The M.O.I. American Pageant" (#2 in a Series of Underground Oratorios)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"America Drinks"	1:52
2.	"Status Back Baby"	2:52
3.	"Uncle Bernie's Farm"	2:09
4.	"Son of Suzy Creamcheese"	1:33
5.	"Brown Shoes Don't Make It"	7:26
6.	"America Drinks & Goes Home"	2:43

Personnel

The Mothers of Invention

• Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – drums, vocals
• Ray Collins – vocals, tambourine, PRUNE
• Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
• Billy Mundi – drums, percussion
• Don Preston – keyboards
• Jim Fielder – guitar, piano
• Bunk Gardner – woodwinds

Additional musicians

Suzy Creamcheese (Lisa Cohen) – vocals on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" John Balkin – bass on "Invocation & Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin" and "America Drinks" Jim Getzoff – violin on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Marshall Sosson – violin on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Alvin Dinkin – viola on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Armand Kaproff – cello on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Don Ellis – trumpet on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" John Rotella – contrabass clarinet on "Brown Shoes Don't Make It" Herb Cohen – cash register machine sounds on "America Drinks & Goes Home" Terry Gilliam, girlfriend and others – voices in "America Drinks & Goes Home"

The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out! ( 1966 )

Track listing

All tracks written by Frank Zappa except where noted.

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Hungry Freaks, Daddy"		3:32
2.	"I Ain't Got No Heart"		2:34
3.	"Who Are the Brain Police?"		3:25
4.	"Go Cry on Somebody Else's Shoulder[7]"	Frank Zappa and Ray Collins	3:43
5.	"Motherly Love"		2:50
6.	"How Could I Be Such a Fool"		2:16

Side two
No.	Title	Length
7.	"Wowie Zowie"	2:55
8.	"You Didn't Try to Call Me"	3:21
9.	"Any Way the Wind Blows"	2:55
10.	"I'm Not Satisfied"	2:41
11.	"You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here"	3:41

Side three
No.	Title	Length
12.	"Trouble Every Day"	5:53
13.	"Help, I'm a Rock (Suite in Three Movements) I. Okay to Tap Dance II. In Memoriam, Edgard Varèse III. It Can't Happen Here"	8:37

Side four
No.	Title	Length
14.	"The Return of the Son of Monster Magnet (Unfinished Ballet in Two Tableaux) I. Ritual Dance of the Child-Killer II. Nullis Pretii (No Commercial Potential)"	12:22
Total length:		60:55

Credits

The Mothers of Invention

• Frank Zappa – guitar, conductor, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums, vocals
• Ray Collins – vocals, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, finger cymbals, bobby pin & tweezers
• Roy Estrada – bass & guitarrón, boy soprano
• Elliot Ingber – alternate lead & rhythm guitar with clear white light

The Mothers' Auxiliary

• Gene Estes – percussion
• Eugene Di Novi – piano
• Neil Le Vang – guitar
• John Rotella – clarinet, sax
• Carol Kaye – 12-string guitar
• Kurt Reher – cello
• Raymond Kelley – cello
• Paul Bergstrom – cello
• Emmet Sargeant – cello
• Joseph Saxon – cello
• Edwin V. Beach – cello
• Arthur Maebe – French horn, tuba
• Motorhead Sherwood – noises
• Kim Fowley - hypophone
• Mac Rebennack – piano
• Paul Butterfield – vocals
• Les McCann – piano
• Jeannie Vassoir – (the voice of Cheese)