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200 Motels

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Released: 17th December 2021. Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' turns 50! In celebration of FZ's famous 1971 'Surrealistic Documentary', Zappa Records, UMe and MGM are pleased to present an extensive 6-disc box set. Contains the original soundtrack remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering along with a massive amount of never-before-heard audio documentary material surrounding the project. Unearthed from FZ's Vault are original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads along with newly discovered dialog reels revealing an early audio edit of the film. This incredible set contains a replica of the movie poster, a custom motel keychain, Do-Not-Disturb motel door hanger and the original 1971 soundtrack packaging along with new liner notes from Pamela Des Barres, Ruth Underwood and Vaultmeister, Joe Travers.

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  • Details

    Released:
    17th December 2021
    Category:
    Soundtracks
    Format:
    CD/Blu-ray Album
    Barcode:
    602438384136
  • Description

    Frank Zappa's '200 Motels' turns 50! In celebration of FZ's famous 1971 'Surrealistic Documentary', Zappa Records, UMe and MGM are pleased to present an extensive 6-disc box set. Contains the original soundtrack remastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering along with a massive amount of never-before-heard audio documentary material surrounding the project. Unearthed from FZ's Vault are original demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads along with newly discovered dialog reels revealing an early audio edit of the film. This incredible set contains a replica of the movie poster, a custom motel keychain, Do-Not-Disturb motel door hanger and the original 1971 soundtrack packaging along with new liner notes from Pamela Des Barres, Ruth Underwood and Vaultmeister, Joe Travers.
  • Track listing

    Disc 1

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-Hollywood Overture
    Frank Zappa
    2.Mystery Roach
    Frank Zappa
    3.Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
    Frank Zappa
    4.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
    Frank Zappa
    5.Tuna Fish Promenade
    Frank Zappa
    6.Dance of the Just Plain Folks
    Frank Zappa
    7.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
    Frank Zappa
    8.The Sealed Tuna Bolero
    Frank Zappa
    9.Lonesome Cowboy Burt
    Frank Zappa
    10.Touring Can Make You Crazy
    Frank Zappa
    11.Would You Like a Snack?
    Frank Zappa
    12.Redneck Eats
    Frank Zappa
    13.Centerville
    Frank Zappa
    14.She Painted Up Her Face
    Frank Zappa
    15.Janet's Big Dance Number
    Frank Zappa
    16.Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
    Frank Zappa
    17.Mysterioso
    Frank Zappa
    18.Shove It Right In
    Frank Zappa
    19.Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
    Frank Zappa
    20.I'm Stealing the Towels
    Frank Zappa
    21.Dental Hygiene Dilemma
    Frank Zappa
    22.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
    Frank Zappa
    23.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
    Frank Zappa
    24.Penis Dimension
    Frank Zappa
    25.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
    Frank Zappa

    Disc 2

    Track name
    Artist
    1.A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
    Frank Zappa
    2.Magic Fingers
    Frank Zappa
    3.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
    Frank Zappa
    4.Dew On the Newts We Got
    Frank Zappa
    5.The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
    Frank Zappa
    6.The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
    Frank Zappa
    7.The Girl's Dream
    Frank Zappa
    8.Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
    Frank Zappa
    9.Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
    Frank Zappa
    10.Road Ladies
    Frank Zappa
    11.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
    Frank Zappa
    12.What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
    Frank Zappa
    13.Bwana Dik
    Frank Zappa
    14.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
    Frank Zappa
    15.Do You Like My New Car?
    Frank Zappa
    16.Magic Fingers
    Frank Zappa
    17.Phyllis & Aynsley
    Frank Zappa
    18.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Alternate Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    19.Tell Me You Love Me (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    20.Road Ladies (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    21.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Studio Outtakes)
    Frank Zappa
    22.What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Alternate Take, Incomplete)
    Frank Zappa
    23."Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen"
    Frank Zappa
    24.Magic Fingers (Version B, Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    25.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    26.Tell Me You Love Me (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa

    Disc 3

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Scene 1-2: Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-Hollywood Overture
    Frank Zappa
    2.Scene 3: "What's the Deal?"
    Frank Zappa
    3.Mystery Roach
    Frank Zappa
    4.Scene 32: "It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This..."
    Frank Zappa
    5.Scene 14: What's the Name of Your Group? I
    Frank Zappa
    6.Scene 32: "We Haven't Formed the Group Yet"
    Frank Zappa
    7.Scene 15: What's the Name of Your Group? II
    Frank Zappa
    8.Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"
    Frank Zappa
    9.Scene 18: Went On the Road
    Frank Zappa
    10.Scene 19-20: "Special Delivery"
    Frank Zappa
    11.Scene 21: Centerville
    Frank Zappa
    12.Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
    Frank Zappa
    13.Scene 22: This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich
    Frank Zappa
    14.Scene 23-24: Tuna Fish Promenade
    Frank Zappa
    15.Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
    Frank Zappa
    16.Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
    Frank Zappa
    17.Scene 30: JCB & Rance
    Frank Zappa
    18.Scene 21: Larry the Dwarf
    Frank Zappa
    19.Scene 81: Magic Fingers
    Frank Zappa
    20.Scene 47: Larry the Dwarf in the Hotel Room
    Frank Zappa
    21.Scene 33: The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
    Frank Zappa
    22.Scene 40-41: The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
    Frank Zappa
    23.Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
    Frank Zappa
    24.Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
    Frank Zappa
    25.Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
    Frank Zappa
    26.Scene 87: "Penis!"
    Frank Zappa
    27.Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
    Frank Zappa
    28.Scene 60: Janet's Big Dance Number
    Frank Zappa
    29.Scene 61: Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
    Frank Zappa
    30.Scene 62: Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist
    Frank Zappa
    31.Scene 63: Shove It Right In
    Frank Zappa
    32.Scene 67: "I Am Bwana Dik!"
    Frank Zappa
    33.Scene 68-69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
    Frank Zappa
    34.Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
    Frank Zappa

    Disc 4

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
    Frank Zappa
    2.Scene 84-85: Penis Dimension
    Frank Zappa
    3.Scene 32: Mystery Roach (Acoustic)/"Yeah? Well Fine!"
    Frank Zappa
    4.Scene 71: What Will the Evening Bring Me This Morning
    Frank Zappa
    5.Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out/I'm Stealing the Room
    Frank Zappa
    6.Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
    Frank Zappa
    7.Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
    Frank Zappa
    8."I Was Gonna Make a Movie One Time..."
    Frank Zappa
    9.200 Motels Movie Ad #1
    Frank Zappa
    10.What's the Name of Your Group? (FZ Edit)
    Frank Zappa
    11.200 Motels Movie Ad #2
    Frank Zappa
    12.FZ On Ringo Starr
    Frank Zappa
    13.Ringo Starr On 200 Motels
    Frank Zappa
    14.200 Motels Movie Ad #3
    Frank Zappa
    15.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    16.Looking for Newts
    Frank Zappa
    17."They Are Only in It for the Money"
    Frank Zappa
    18.200 Motels Movie Ad #4
    Frank Zappa
    19.200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
    Frank Zappa
    20.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    21."I Shall Ruin All the Tapes"
    Frank Zappa
    22.Janet's Big Dance Number (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    23.Martin Lickert Voice-over
    Frank Zappa
    24.Touring Can Make You Crazy (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    25.Penis Dimension (Instrumental Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    26.Centerville (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    27.Mystery Roach (Alternate Master)
    Frank Zappa
    28.Magic Fingers (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    29.200 Motels Movie Ad #5
    Frank Zappa

    Disc 5

    Track name
    Artist
    1."What Is 200 Motels?"
    Frank Zappa
    2.Theodore Bikel Voice-over
    Frank Zappa
    3.Semi-fraudulent/Direct-from-hollywood Overture (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    4.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part I)
    Frank Zappa
    5.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part II)
    Frank Zappa
    6.What's the Name of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part III)
    Frank Zappa
    7.Can I Help You With This Dummy?
    Frank Zappa
    8.Pianos for the Pleated Gazelle
    Frank Zappa
    9.Synth Tracks (Part I)
    Frank Zappa
    10.Would You Like a Snack? (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    11.Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice-over
    Frank Zappa
    12.Centerville (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    13.This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue, Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    14.Tuna Fish Promenade (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    15.The Sealed Tuna Bolero (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    16.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    17.Naval Aviation in Art?
    Frank Zappa
    18.Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    19.Mystery Roach (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    20.I Have Seen the Pleated Gazelle
    Frank Zappa
    21.Dew On the Newts We Got (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    22.The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    23.Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    24.The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth (Rough Mix, Alternate Ending)
    Frank Zappa
    25.The Girl's Dream (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    26.Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Courduroy Ponce
    Frank Zappa
    27.Scene 43: A Cardboard Box
    Frank Zappa
    28.Scene 44
    Frank Zappa
    29.A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (Rough Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    30.She Painted Up Her Face (Compressed Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    31.The Secret Stare
    Frank Zappa
    32.Half a Dozen Provocative Squats (Compressed Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    33.Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    34.Shove It Right In (Compressed Mix)
    Frank Zappa
    35.Postlude (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    36.What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa

    Disc 6

    Track name
    Artist
    1.Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    2.Magic Fingers (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    3.Penis Dimension (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    4.Scene 86
    Frank Zappa
    5.Scene 87 (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    6.Synth Tracks (Part II)
    Frank Zappa
    7.I'm Stealing the Towels (Basic Tracks, Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    8.Scene 94: "He's Always Watching Me"
    Frank Zappa
    9.Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part I, Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    10.Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? (Mix Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    11.Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part II, Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    12.Strictly Genteel (Basic Tracks)
    Frank Zappa
    13.200 Motels Finale (Alternate Take)
    Frank Zappa
    14.200 Motels Finale (Basic Tracks, Unedited Ending)
    Frank Zappa
    15.Movie Theater Skit (Commercial Session Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    16.200 Motels Album Ad #1
    Frank Zappa
    17.Script Rehearsal Trim
    Frank Zappa
    18.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1969)
    Frank Zappa
    19.Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1970)
    Frank Zappa
    20.200 Motels Album Ad #2
    Frank Zappa
    21.Penis Dimension Jingle Music
    Frank Zappa
    22.Tv Hype (Commercial Session Outtake)
    Frank Zappa
    23.200 Motels Movie Ad # 6
    Frank Zappa
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