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Frank Zappa - Thing Fish
EMI ‎– EX 24 0294 3
Format: 3 × Vinyl, LP, Album
Box Set
Country: UK
Released: Dec 1984
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Dialogue, Avantgarde, Art Rock, Jazz-Rock, Parody

Tracklist
A1 Prologue 2:56
A2 The Mammy Nuns 3:50
A3 Harry & Rhonda 3:36
A4 Galoot Up-Date
Keyboards, Trumpet [Uncredited] – Bob Harris
5:29
B1 The 'Torchum' Never Stops 10:32
B2 That Evil Prince 1:17
B3 You Are What You Is 4:31
C1 Mudd Club
Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited] – Motorhead Sherwood
3:17
C2 The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
Slide Guitar [Uncredited] – Denny Walley
3:14
C3 Clowns On Velvet
Keyboards, Saxophone [Uncredited] – Bobby Martin (2)
1:38
C4 Harry-As-A-Boy 2:51
C5 He's So Gay 2:48
D1 The Massive Improve'lence 5:07
D2 Artificial Rhonda
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Roy Estrada
Harmonica [Uncredited] – Don Van Vliet
Synthesizer [Uncredited] – Ruth Underwood
3:30
D3 The Crab-Grass Baby 3:48
D4 The White Boy Troubles 3:35
E1 No Not Now
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Bob Harris, Roy Estrada
5:50
E2 Briefcase Boogie 4:10
E3 Brown Moses 3:02
F1 Wistful With A Fist-Full 3:53
F2 Drop Dead 7:56
F3 Won Ton On
Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Bob Harris, Roy Estrada
4:20

Notes
Box Spine:
FRANK ZAPPA: THING-FISH (Original Cast Recording) (3 Record Set & Libretto)
Box Back:
℗&©1984 Barking Pumpkin Records
©1984 Munchkin Music, ASCAP
Marketed, Manufactured and Distributed by EMI [logo] Printed in Holland by EMI Services Benelux B.V., Uden.

Box Contains:
20-page 12"x12" 'linen effect' matt paper lyric book, outlining scenes/acts, including 10 black & white photos. (Cover; 4-page 'linen' card with 16-page 'white linen' 2-stapled insert)

3xVinyls in black & white half-tone print paper liner wallets, imprinted on back with 'Barking Pumpkin Records' logo & on fronts with large Zappa 'join-the-dots' logo & 'Warning/Guarantee' stamp. Each wallet is numbered;
Record 1, 24 0294 1 (Box 24 0294 3)
Record 2, 24 0295 1 (Box 24 0294 3)
Record 3, 24 0296 1 (Box 24 0294 3)

2-sided 11"x11" single sheet promo for "Old Masters Box One" issue. Full-color front, black & white half-tone on reverse, with '24 0294 3' printed bottom-left.

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Since the release of this recording uncredited artists have emerged and have been listed accordingly on track titles.

This album was preceeded by the Thing-Fish project coming to visual fruition via a 'Hustler' magazine pictorial spread, April 1984, financed by Larry Flynt. It featured 'Ample Annie', who had an act 'Slutty Suzy' & 'Sluts Are Us' and was selected for the promotional feature by Zappa.

An 'On Broadway' Musical poster also appeared

Box case has scuffs but no tape or falling apart. Booklet is in great condition with a little staining on corner ( see photo). The vinyl has surface scratches ( which don't effect play) which I was surprised at as iv had this since new and only played it to record it but maybe a played it a couple of more times and being 16yrs at the time it all seems so long ago