Mothermania: The Best of The Mothers (reissue, remastered)

~ Release by The Mothers of Invention (see all versions of this release, 4 available)

Annotation

This is Official Release #7.
2012 ZAPPA remaster released for the first time on CD after a digital release on Mothers Day 2009.
"Mothermania was originally released on Vinyl in March, 1969. (All tracks recorded 1966-1967-1968)
All selections in this album have been previously released in the Mothers Of Inventions albums Freak Out!, Absolutely Free & We're Only In It For The Money.
All tracks stereo except Mother People & Idiot Bastard Son. All mixes are exclusive to this release except Tracks 1, 3, 4, 9 & 11. Track 4 is an exclusive edit by FZ and as such, a derivative work of the original."

Annotation last modified on 2018-07-02 12:36 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
engineer:
Ami Hadani
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Billy Mundi
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
tambourine:
Ray Collins
trumpet:
Don Ellis (trumpet)
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Brown Shoes Don’t Make It
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
47:31
2Mother People
recording of:
Mother People
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
1:42
3The Duke of Prunes
recording of:
The Duke of Prunes
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
5:07
4Call Any Vegetable
recording of:
Call Any Vegetable
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
partial recording of:
Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
partial recording of:
Soft‐Sell Conclusion
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
4:23
5The Idiot Bastard Son
recording of:
The Idiot Bastard Son
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:25
6It Can’t Happen Here
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
It Can’t Happen Here (on 1966-03-12)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
Help, I’m a Rock
3:18
7You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
engineer:
Ami Hadani, Tom Hidley and Val Valentin
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass guitar and guitar:
Roy Estrada
cello:
Edwin Beach, Paul Bergstrom, Raymond Kelley (cellist), Kurt Reher (cellist), Emmet Sargeant and Joseph Saxon
clarinet and saxophone:
John Rotella (woodwind)
cymbal, harmonica and tambourine and lead vocals:
Ray Collins
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
flute and saxophone:
Plas Johnson
French horn:
George Price
French horn and tuba:
Arthur Maebe (US horn player)
guitar:
Elliot Ingber, Carol Kaye, Neil LeVang and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
harmonica:
Paul Butterfield
percussion:
Gene Estes and Kenneth Watson
piano:
Gene DiNovi, Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) and Les McCann
trombone:
Dave Wells (US jazz trombonist, trumpeter & bass trumpeter)
trumpet:
Roy Caton (trumpet player) and Virgil Evans
tuba:
Tommy Johnson (session tuba player)
violin:
David Anderle and Benjamin Barrett
background vocals:
Terry Gilliam
vocals:
Kim Fowley, Carl Franzoni, Vito Paulekas, Jeannie Vassoir and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
performer:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
33:40
8Who Are the Brain Police?
recording of:
Who Are the Brain Police? (on 1966-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:32
9Plastic People
engineer:
Ami Hadani
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Billy Mundi
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
tambourine:
Ray Collins
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Plastic People
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
is based on:
Louie Louie
4.353:42
10Hungry Freaks, Daddy
engineer:
Ami Hadani, Tom Hidley and Val Valentin
producer:
Tom Wilson (producer, worked with Dylan, Simon & Garfunkel, Zappa, VU, etc.)
bass guitar and guitar:
Roy Estrada
cello:
Edwin Beach, Paul Bergstrom, Raymond Kelley (cellist), Kurt Reher (cellist), Emmet Sargeant and Joseph Saxon
clarinet and saxophone:
John Rotella (woodwind)
cymbal, harmonica and tambourine and lead vocals:
Ray Collins
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
flute and saxophone:
Plas Johnson
French horn:
George Price
French horn and tuba:
Arthur Maebe (US horn player)
guitar:
Elliot Ingber, Carol Kaye, Neil LeVang and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
harmonica:
Paul Butterfield
percussion:
Gene Estes and Kenneth Watson
piano:
Gene DiNovi, Mac Rebennack (New Orleans blues pianist, singer and songwriter) and Les McCann
trombone:
Dave Wells (US jazz trombonist, trumpeter & bass trumpeter)
trumpet:
Roy Caton (trumpet player) and Virgil Evans
tuba:
Tommy Johnson (session tuba player)
violin:
David Anderle and Benjamin Barrett
background vocals:
Terry Gilliam
vocals:
Kim Fowley, Carl Franzoni, Vito Paulekas, Jeannie Vassoir and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
performer:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recorded at:
TTG Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1966-03-09)
recording of:
Hungry Freaks, Daddy (on 1966-03-09)
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3.253:30
11America Drinks and Goes Home
recording of:
America Drinks & Goes Home
lyricist and composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
32:48