The Mothers of Invention
MUSIC
See also Frank Zappa.
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Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Jimmy Carl Black |
Drummer |
1-Feb-1938 |
1-Nov-2008 |
Original Mothers of Invention drummer |
George Duke |
Jazz Musician |
12-Jan-1946 |
|
Jazz/Funk keyboardist |
Aynsley Dunbar |
Drummer |
10-Jan-1946 |
|
Prolific drummer, ex-Zappa, Bowie, Journey |
Howard Kaylan |
Singer |
22-Jun-1947 |
|
The Turtles |
Jean-Luc Ponty |
Jazz Musician |
29-Sep-1942 |
|
Electric jazz violinist |
Don Preston |
Musician |
21-Sep-1932 |
|
Keyboard mad scientist, occasional monster |
Arthur Dyer Tripp III |
Musician |
10-Sep-1944 |
|
Percussionist for Zappa and Beefheart |
Ian Underwood |
Musician |
22-May-1939 |
|
Multi-instrumentalist for The Mothers of Invention |
Ruth Underwood |
Drummer |
23-May-1946 |
|
Whirlwind percussionist for Frank Zappa |
Mark Volman |
Singer |
19-Apr-1947 |
|
The Turtles |
Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
DISCOGRAPHY
Freak Out! (1966, Verve/MGM)
1 | Hungry Freaks, Daddy |
2 | I Ain't Got No Heart |
3 | Who Are The Brain Police? |
4 | Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder |
5 | Motherly Love |
6 | How Could I Be Such A Fool |
8 | Wowie Zowie |
9 | You Didn't Try To Call Me |
10 | Any Way The Wind Blows |
11 | I'm Not Satisfied |
Disc 2 |
1 | You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here |
2 | Trouble Every Day |
3 | Help, I'm A Rock |
4 | It Can't Happen Here |
5 | The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1987 and in a different digitally remastered version in 1995.
Absolutely Free (1967, Verve)
1 | Plastic People |
2 | The Duke Of Prunes |
3 | Amnesia Vivace |
4 | The Duke Regains His Chops |
5 | Call Any Vegetable |
6 | Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin |
7 | Soft-Sell Conclusion |
8 | America Drinks |
9 | Status Back Baby |
10 | Uncle Bernie's Farm |
11 | Son Of Suzy Creamcheese |
12 | Brown Shoes Don't Make It |
13 | America Drinks & Goes Home (with Terry Gilliam) |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1988 and in a different digitally remastered version in 1995 with the additional tracks Big Leg Emma and Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?.
We're Only In It For The Money (1968, Verve)
1 | Are You Hung Up? (with Eric Clapton) |
2 | Who Needs The Peace Corps? |
3 | Concentration Moon |
4 | Mom & Dad |
5 | Telephone Conversation |
6 | Bow Tie Daddy |
7 | Harry, You're A Beast |
8 | What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? |
9 | Absolutely Free |
10 | Flower Punk |
11 | Hot Poop |
12 | Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (with Eric Clapton) |
13 | Let's Make The Water Turn Black |
14 | The Idiot Bastard Son |
15 | It's His Voice on the Radio |
16 | Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance |
17 | What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (reprise) |
18 | Mother People |
19 | The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny |
The original release of the album had certain parts censored; an even more thoroughly censored version was also briefly in circulation. Reissued in a digitally remastered, modified, uncensored and partially re-recorded version (new bass and drum tracks) on CD by Ryko in 1986, also combining the album with Lumpy Gravy. The 1995 CD edition used a digitally remastered version of the original vinyl release, with the track It's His Voice on the Radio re-named as Lonely Little Girl.
Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968, Bizarre/Verve)
1 | Cheap Thrills |
2 | Love Of My Life |
3 | How Could I Be Such A Fool |
4 | Deseri |
5 | I'm Not Satisfied |
6 | Jelly Roll Gum Drop |
7 | Anything |
8 | Later That Night |
9 | You Didn't Try To Call Me |
10 | Fountain Of Love |
11 | "No. No. No." |
12 | Anyway The Wind Blows |
13 | Stuff Up The Cracks |
Reissued in a digitally remastered and extensively modified version on CD by Ryko in 1987 and 1995.
Mothermania: The Best Of The Mothers (1969, Bizarre/Verve)
1 | Brown Shoes Don't Make It |
2 | Mother People (alternate mono) |
3 | Duke Of Prunes |
4 | Call Any Vegetable (edit) |
5 | The Idiot Bastard Son (alternate mono) |
6 | It Can't Happen Here (alternate mix) |
7 | You Are Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (alternate mix) |
8 | Who Are The Brain Police? (alternate mix) |
9 | Plastic People |
10 | Hungry Freaks, Daddy (alternate mix) |
11 | America Drinks And Goes Home |
The Spanish edition replaced the tracks Brown Shoes Don't Make It, Mother People and The Duke Of Prunes with Who Needs The Peace Corps? and Concentration Moon.
Uncle Meat (1969, Bizarre (US), Trans-Atlantic (UK))
Disc 1 |
1 | Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme |
2 | The Voice Of Cheese |
3 | Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution |
4 | Zolar Czakl |
5 | Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague |
6 | The Legend Of The Golden Arches |
7 | Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (Richard Berry cover) |
8 | The Dog Breath Variations |
9 | Sleeping In A Jar |
10 | Our Bizarre Relationship |
11 | The Uncle Meat Variations |
12 | Electric Aunt Jemima |
13 | Prelude To King Kong |
14 | God Bless America (live at the Whisky A Go Go) (Irving Berlin cover) |
15 | A Pound For A Brown On The Bus |
16 | Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on stage in Copenhagen) |
Disc 2 |
1 | Mr. Green Genes |
2 | We Can Shoot You |
3 | "If We'd All Been Living In California... " |
4 | The Air |
5 | Project X |
6 | Cruising For Burgers |
7 | King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in a studio) |
8 | King Kong (II) (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) |
9 | King Kong (III) (as Motorhead explains it) |
10 | King Kong (IV) (the Gardner Varieties) |
11 | King Kong (V) (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks) |
12 | King Kong (VI) (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival... the Underwood ramifications) |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version as a double CD by Ryko in 1987 and in 1995 with the additional tracks Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part I, Tengo Na Minchia Tanta and Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Part II and with a remixed version of Mr. Green Genes.
The **** Of The Mothers (1969, Verve)
1 | Status Back Baby |
2 | Wowie Zowie |
3 | You Didn't Try To Call Me |
4 | Invocation & Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin |
5 | Soft-Sell Conclusions |
6 | Bow-Tie Daddy |
7 | Uncle Bernie's Farm |
8 | Concentration Moon |
9 | Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder |
10 | Flower Punk |
11 | Motherly Love |
A compilation album.
Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1 | WPLJ (The Four Deuces cover) |
2 | Igor's Boogie, Phase One |
3 | Overture To A Holiday In Berlin |
4 | Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich |
5 | Igor's Boogie, Phase Two |
6 | Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown |
7 | Aybe Sea |
8 | The Little House I Used To Live In |
9 | Valarie (Jackie and the Starlites cover) |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991 and by Ryko in 1995.
The Mothers Of Invention (1970, MGM)
1 | Mother People |
2 | Who Needs The Peace Corps? |
3 | Flower Punk |
4 | I Ain't Got No Heart |
5 | Concentration Moon |
6 | Wowie Zowie |
7 | America Drinks & Goes Home |
8 | Call Any Vegetable |
9 | Son Of Suzy Creamcheese |
10 | Absolutely Free |
A compilation album.
Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1 | Didja Get Any Onya? |
2 | Directly From My Heart To You (Little Richard cover) |
3 | Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask |
4 | Toads Of The Short Forest |
5 | Get A Little |
6 | The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue |
7 | Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula |
8 | My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama |
9 | Oh No |
10 | The Orange County Lumber Truck |
11 | Weasels Ripped My Flesh |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995.
Chunga's Revenge (1970, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1 | Transylvania Boogie |
2 | Road Ladies |
3 | Twenty Small Cigars |
4 | The Nancy & Mary Music (parts 1, 2 & 3) |
5 | Tell Me You Love Me |
6 | Would You Go All The Way? |
7 | Chunga's Revenge |
8 | The Clap |
9 | Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink |
10 | Sharleena |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995.
The Worst Of The Mothers (1971, MGM)
1 | Help, I'm A Rock |
2 | Anyway The Wind Blows |
3 | Flower Punk |
4 | You Didn't Try To Call Me |
5 | Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance |
6 | Motherly Love |
7 | Mom & Dad |
8 | Mother People |
9 | Wowie Zowie |
10 | Status Back Baby |
A compilation album.
Fillmore East, June 1971 (live) (1971)
1 | Little House I Used To Live In |
2 | The Mud Shark |
3 | What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? |
4 | Bwana Dik |
5 | Latex Solar Beef |
6 | Willie The Pimp Part One/ |
7 | Willie The Pimp, Part Two |
8 | Do You Like My New Car? |
9 | Happy Together (The Turtles cover) |
10 | Lonesome Electric Turkey (with Don Preston) |
11 | Peaches En Regalia |
12 | Tears Began To Fall |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995, but lacking the track Willie The Pimp, Part Two.
Just Another Band From L.A. (live) (1972, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1 | Billy The Mountain |
2 | Call Any Vegetable |
3 | Eddie, Are You Kidding? |
4 | Magdalena |
5 | Dog Breath |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995.
Over-Nite Sensation (1973, DiscReet)
1 | Camarillo Brillo |
2 | I'm The Slime (with Tina Turner & The Ikettes) |
3 | Dirty Love (with Tina Turner & The Ikettes) |
4 | Fifty-Fifty (with Ricky Lancelotti) |
5 | Zomby Woof (with Ricky Lancelotti and Tina Turner & The Ikettes) |
6 | Dinah-Moe Humm (with Tina Turner & The Ikettes) |
7 | Montana (with Tina Turner & The Ikettes) |
The Spanish edition replaced Dinah-Moe Humm with Eat That Question. Combined with Apostrophe (') and reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1986; reissued again as a separate CD in 1995.
Roxy & Elsewhere (live) (1974, DiscReet)
1 | Penguin In Bondage |
2 | Pygmy Twylyte |
3 | Dummy Up |
4 | Village Of The Sun |
5 | Echidna's Arf (Of You) |
6 | Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? |
7 | Cheepnis |
8 | Son Of Orange County |
9 | More Trouble Every Day |
10 | Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church) |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1992 with a remixed version of Cheepnis; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.
One Size Fits All (1975, DiscReet)
1 | Inca Roads |
2 | Can't Afford No Shoes |
3 | Sofa No. 1 |
4 | Po-Jama People |
5 | Florentine Pogen |
6 | Evelyn, A Modified Dog |
7 | San Ber'dino |
8 | Andy |
9 | Sofa No. 2 |
Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1988 and in 1995.
Bongo Fury (1975, DiscReet)
1 | Debra Kadabra |
2 | Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy |
3 | Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top |
4 | Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead |
5 | 200 Years Old |
6 | Cucamonga |
7 | Advance Romance |
8 | Man With The Woman Head |
9 | Muffin Man |
A collaboration between Zappa/The Mothers and Captain Beefheart. Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1989 and in 1995.
Playground Psychotics (1992, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1 |
1 | Here Comes The Gear, Lads |
2 | The Living Garbage Truck |
3 | A Typical Sound Check |
4 | "This Is Neat" |
5 | The Motel Lobby |
6 | Getting Stewed |
7 | The Motel Room |
8 | "Don't Take Me Down" |
9 | The Dressing Room |
10 | Learning "Penis Dimension" |
11 | "You There, With The Hard On!" |
12 | Zanti Serenade |
13 | Divan |
14 | Sleeping In A Jar |
15 | "Don't Eat There" |
16 | Brixton Still Life |
17 | Super Grease |
18 | Wonderful Wino |
19 | Sharleena |
20 | Cruisin' For Burgers |
21 | Diptheria Blues |
22 | Well (Walter Ward cover, with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) |
23 | Say Please (with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) |
24 | Aaawk (with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) |
25 | Scumbag (with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) |
26 | A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono (with John Lennon and Yoko Ono) |
Disc 2 |
1 | Beer Shampoo |
2 | Champagne Lecture |
3 | Childish Perversion |
4 | Playground Psychotics |
5 | The Mudshark Interview |
6 | "There's No Lust In Jazz" |
7 | Botulism On The Hoof |
8 | You Got Your Armies |
9 | The Spew King |
10 | I'm Doomed |
11 | Status Back Baby |
12 | The London Cab Tape |
13 | Concentration Moon, Part One |
14 | The Sanzini Brothers |
15 | "It's A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This" |
16 | Concentration Moon, Part Two |
17 | Mom & Dad |
18 | Intro To Music For Low Budget Orchestra |
19 | Billy The Mountain |
20 | He's Watching Us |
21 | If You're Not A Professional Actor |
22 | He's Right |
23 | Going For The Money |
24 | Jeff Quits |
25 | A Bunch Of Adventures |
26 | Martin Lickert's Story |
27 | A Great Guy |
28 | Bad Acting |
29 | The Worst Reviews |
30 | A Version Of Himself |
31 | I Could Be A Star Now |
Reissued in 1995 by Ryko.
Ahead Of Their Time (live) (1993, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
1 | Prologue |
2 | Progress? |
3 | Like It Or Not |
4 | The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson |
5 | Holding The Group Back |
6 | Holiday In Berlin |
7 | The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage |
8 | Undaunted, The Band Plays On |
9 | Agency Man |
10 | Epilogue |
11 | King Kong |
12 | Help, I'm A Rock |
13 | Transylvania Boogie |
14 | Pound For A Brown |
15 | Sleeping In A Jar |
16 | Let's Make The Water Turn Black |
17 | Harry, You're A Beast |
18 | The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I) |
19 | Oh No |
20 | The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II) |
Recorded at the Royal Festival Hall, London on October 25, 1968 with members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Reissued in 1995 by Ryko.
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