Singer: Frank Zappa
Title: Hot Rats
Label: Bizarre Records ‎– RS 6356, Reprise Records ‎– RS 6356
Type: Vinyl, LP, Album, Gatefold
Country: US
Date of released: 10 Oct 1969
Category: Rock
Style: Fusion, Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde
Size MP3 zip: 1444 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1372 mb
Rating: 3.6✭
Format: MP3 APE MPC RA DXD MP2 MP1 MP4 FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Peaches En Regalia Drums – Ron SelicoElectric Bass – Shuggy Otis*	3:58
A2	Willie The Pimp Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max BennettLyrics By – Frank ZappaViolin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*Vocals – Captain Beefheart	9:25
A3	Son Of Mr. Green Genes Drums – Paul HumphreyElectric Bass – Max Bennett	8:58
B1	Little Umbrellas Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max Bennett	3:09
B2	The Gumbo Variations Drums – Paul HumphreyElectric Bass – Max BennettViolin [Electric] – Sugar Cane Harris*	12:55
B3	It Must Be A Camel Drums – John GuerinElectric Bass – Max BennettViolin [Electric] – Jean-Luc Ponty	5:15

Companies, etc.

• Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records
• Engineered At – T.T.G. Studios
• Engineered At – Whitney Recording Studios
• Engineered At – Sunset Sound

Credits

• Design [Inside Spread] – John Williams
• Design, Cover – Cal Schenkel
• Engineer [For Sunset] – Brian Ingoldsby
• Engineer [For T.T.G.] – Cliff Goldstein, Jack Hunt
• Engineer [For Whitney], Engineer [Engineering Director For Bizarre] – Dick Kunc
• Guitar, Bass [Octave], Percussion – Frank Zappa
• Photography By [Cover & Beefheart Inset] – Ed Caraeff
• Photography By [Zappa Inset] – Bruce Linton
• Piano, Organ [Organus Maximus], Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone – Ian Underwood
• Producer, Arranged By, Composed By, Directed By – Frank Zappa

Notes

See also: The 1B/1A USA Bizarre labels pressing with 'Zapped' promo liners; Frank Zappa - Hot Rats

Recorded 16 track August through September 1969.

*Although Peaches En Regalia is listed as having a time of 3:58, in reality has only 3:38

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched (17520 struck through) – Variant 1): RS 6356 A 1̶7̶5̶2̶0̶ 30926
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched (17521 struck through) – Variant 1): RS 6356 B 1̶7̶5̶2̶1̶ 30927
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched – Variant 2): RS-6356-A-1
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched – Variant 2): RS 6356 B 30927
• Matrix / Runout (Side A etched (17520 struck through) – Variant 3): S RS-6356-A 1̶7̶5̶2̶0̶ 30826-1B A 14
• Matrix / Runout (Side B etched (17521 struck through) – Variant 3): RS-6356-B S 1̶7̶5̶2̶1̶ 30927-1A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
208744	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Reprise Records	208744	Argentina	1979
RSLP 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album)	Bizarre Records, Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Reprise Records	RSLP 6356	UK	1970
44 078, RS 6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Gat)	Bizarre Records, Reprise Records	44 078, RS 6356	Germany	1978
K 44078-5	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, Pic, Unofficial)	Reprise Records	K 44078-5	France	2005
RS6356	Frank Zappa	Hot Rats ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM, Gat)	Barking Pumpkin Records	RS6356	US	2009

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