The Mothers - The Grand Wazoo FLAC

• Performer: The Mothers
• Title: The Grand Wazoo
• Genre: Rock
• Cat #: MS 2093
• Label: Bizarre Records, Reprise Records
• Country: US
• Date of release: 27 Nov 1972
• Style: Alternative Rock, Jazz-Rock, Parody, Avantgarde, Symphonic Rock
• FLAC size 1597 mb
• MP3 size: 2807 mb
• Record From Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold

Mothers Bizarre Records Reprise Records Alternative Rock Jazz Rock Parody Avantgarde Symphonic Rock 1972

• Bass – Erroneous
• Brass – Ernie Tack (tracks: A1, A2), Malcolm McNabb (tracks: A1, A2), Sal Marquez
• Cover, Design, Illustration – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
• Gong – Lee Clement (tracks: B2)
• Guitar – Tony Duran (tracks: A1, A2, B3)
• Guitar, Producer, Composed By, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
• Keyboards – George Duke (tracks: B1 to B3)
• Percussion – Alan Estes (tracks: A1, A2), Bob Zimmitti (tracks: A1, A2), Frank Zappa (tracks: B2)
• Photography By – Barry Feinstein, Ed Caraeff, Tony Esparza
• Recorded By – Kerry McNabb
• Saxophone – Ernie Watts (tracks: B1)
• Synthesizer [Mini Moog] – Don Preston (tracks: A1, A2)
• Trombone – Bill Byers (tracks: A1, A2), Ken Shroyer (tracks: B1)
• Vocals – Chunky (tracks: B1), Frank Zappa (tracks: B1), George Duke (tracks: B1), Janet Neville-Ferguson (tracks: A1, A2), Sal Marquez (tracks: A1, A2)
• Woodwind – Tony "Bat Man" Ortega (tracks: A1, A2), Earl Dumler (tracks: A1, A2), Fred Jackson (tracks: A1, A2), Joanne Caldwell McNabb (tracks: A1, A2), Joel Peskin (tracks: B2, B3), Johnny Rotella (tracks: A1, A2), Mike Altschul

• Bass – Erroneous
• Brass – Bill Byers (tracks: A1, A2), Ernie Tack (tracks: A1, A2), Malcolm McNabb (tracks: A1, A2), Sal Marquez
• Cover [Interior] – 455-2507 Inc.
• Cover, Illustration – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Aynsley Dunbar
• Engineer [Recording] – Kerry McNabb
• Gong – Lee Clement (tracks: B2)
• Guitar – Tony Duran (tracks: A1, A2)
• Guitar, Producer, Composed By, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
• Keyboards – George Duke (tracks: B1 to B3)
• Lead Guitar – Frank Zappa (tracks: B3)
• Management [Bizarre Biznis] – Herb Cohen
• Percussion – Alan Estes (tracks: A1, A2), Bob Zimmitti (tracks: A1, A2), Frank Zappa (tracks: B2)
• Photography By – Barry Feinstein, Ed Caraeff, Tony Esparza
• Rhythm Guitar – Tony Duran (tracks: B3)
• Synthesizer [Mini-Moog] – Don Preston (tracks: A1, A2)
• Technician [Special Technical Assistance] – Paul Hof
• Trombone [Multiple Trombones] – Ken Shroyer (tracks: B1)
• Vocals – Chunky (tracks: B1), Frank Zappa (tracks: B1), George Duke (tracks: B1), Janet Neville-Ferguson (tracks: A1, A2), Sal Marquez (tracks: A1, A2)
• Woodwind – Tony "Bat Man" Ortega (tracks: A1, A2), Earl Dumler (tracks: A1, A2), Fred Jackson (tracks: A1, A2), Joanne Caldwell McNabb (tracks: A1, A2), Joel Peskin (tracks: B2, B3), Johnny Rotella (tracks: A1, A2), Mike Altschul

Original issue with blue 'Bizarre' label.
Cover lists "The Grand Wazoo / The Mothers", doesn't credit Zappa as artist on the cover or labels.

Recorded at Paramount Studios, Hollywood.

℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records
© 1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.Original Release.

Pressing variation: Columbia Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
(Pitman & Terre Haute versions also exist)

Blue Bizarre / Reprise / 7 Arts labels with Stereo / Side 1
appearing to the right of center hole

℗ 1972 Warner Bros. Records
© 1972 Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Made in U.S.A.

Cover says The Grand Wazoo/The Mothers. (Doesn't mention Zappa on the sleeve).

• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side A): (31,450) RE 1
• Matrix / Runout (Label, Side B): (31,451)
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A): MS-2093 31450-1 X
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side B): MS-2093 31451-1 X
• Rights Society: ASCAP

• Matrix / Runout ((A) Label Matrix): (31,450) RE 1
• Matrix / Runout ((B) Label Matrix ): (31,451)
• Matrix / Runout ((A) Runout Etching variant 1): SI MS-2093 31450-Re1 lA 12
• Matrix / Runout ((B) Runout Etching variant 1): SI MS-2093 31451-B- 1A D6
• Matrix / Runout ((A) Runout etching variant 2): SI MS-2093 31450-Re1 lB 10
• Matrix / Runout ((B) Runout etching variant 2): S MS-2093 31451- B -1A D3
• Matrix / Runout ((A) Runout etching variant 3): SI MS-2093 31450-Re1 lA 4
• Matrix / Runout ((B) Runout etching variant 3): S MS-2093 31451-B- 1A D6
• Matrix / Runout ((A) Runout Etching variant 4): SI MS-2093 31450-Re1 lA 12
• Matrix / Runout ((B) Runout Etching variant 4): S MS-2093 31451-B- 1A D6
• Other (Price code on spine): 0598

• Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Recorded At – Paramount Studios

• Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria