Lumpy Gravy

~ Release by Frank Zappa (see all versions of this release, 9 available)

Annotation

180 g black vinyl mastered from analog tape. According to notes by Joe Travers in the gatefold liner note, the source is a 1:1 safety clone made by Dick Kunc from the final edit master in 1968.

Annotation last modified on 2024-07-22 02:31 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
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ALumpy Gravy – Part I
recording engineer:
John Judnich
engineer:
John Judnich and Dick Kunc
additional producer:
Nick Venet
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, cor anglais, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone and soprano clarinet:
Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, Bunk Gardner, Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player), John Rotella (woodwind) and Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other)
bass:
John Balkin, Chuck Berghofer (Jazz bassist), Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritz and Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter)
bell, gong, marimba, timbales, timpani and vibraphone:
Alan Estes, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman (jazz musician), Thomas Poole, Emil Richards and Kenneth Watson
celesta, harpsichord and piano:
Pete Jolly (American jazz pianist, accordionist, and composer), Mike Lang (American pianist and composer), Lincoln Mayorga (pianist, conductor and composer) and Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader)
drums (drum set):
Frank Capp, John Guerin and Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer)
French horn:
Arthur Briegleb, David Allen Duke (horn), Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe (US horn player), Richard Perissi and George Price
guitar:
Dennis Budimir, Jim Haynes (US guitarist), Tony Rizzi, Tommy Tedesco (guitar) and Al Viola
strings:
Harold Ayres, Arnold Belnick, Harold Bemko, Joseph DiFiore, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist), Philip Goldberg, Harry Hyams, Raymond Kelly, Jerry Kessler (cellist), Alexander Koltun, Bernard Kundell, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Joseph Saxon, Ralph Schaeffer, Leonard Selic and Tibor Zelig
trombone:
Lew McCreary and Ken Shroyer (trombonist)
trumpet:
Jimmy Zito
choir vocals:
J.K. Adams, Dick Barber, James Barbour, Jimmy Carl Black, Eric Clapton, Louie Cuneo, Roy Estrada, Larry Fanoga, Col. Bruce Hampton, Harold Kelling, John Kilgore (New York recording engineer, sound designer and recording studio owner), Charlie Phillips, Cal Schenkel, Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, Don van Vliet, Ronnie Williams (US bassist & drummer, asssociated with Frank Zappa) and Gail Zappa
conductor:
Sid Sharp
arranger:
Bob Ross (unknown, released album “Sorry”) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
compilation of:
Almost Chinese by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Another Pickup by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), At the Gas Station by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Bit of Nostalgia by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Bored Out 90 Over by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Duodenum by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), I Don’t Know If I Can Go Through This Again by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), It’s From Kansas by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Oh No by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Oh No Again by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Switching Girls by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) and The Way I See It, Barry by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Lumpy Gravy, Part One
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
Lumpy Gravy (widely available version)
2.515:45
BLumpy Gravy – Part II
recording engineer:
John Judnich
engineer:
John Judnich and Dick Kunc
additional producer:
Nick Venet
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
alto saxophone, bass clarinet, bass flute, bassoon, contrabass clarinet, cor anglais, flute, oboe, piccolo, saxophone and soprano clarinet:
Don Christlieb, Gene Cipriano, Bunk Gardner, Jules Jacob (US jazz woodwind player), John Rotella (woodwind) and Ted Nash (40s-80s US swing reedman, uncle of the other)
bass:
John Balkin, Chuck Berghofer (Jazz bassist), Jimmy Bond, Lyle Ritz and Bob West (US session bassist, producer & songwriter)
bell, gong, marimba, timbales, timpani and vibraphone:
Alan Estes, Gene Estes, Victor Feldman (jazz musician), Thomas Poole, Emil Richards and Kenneth Watson
celesta, harpsichord and piano:
Pete Jolly (American jazz pianist, accordionist, and composer), Mike Lang (American pianist and composer), Lincoln Mayorga (pianist, conductor and composer) and Paul Smith (Paul Thatcher Smith, jazz pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader)
drums (drum set):
Frank Capp, John Guerin and Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer)
French horn:
Arthur Briegleb, David Allen Duke (horn), Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe (US horn player), Richard Perissi and George Price
guitar:
Dennis Budimir, Jim Haynes (US guitarist), Tony Rizzi, Tommy Tedesco (guitar) and Al Viola
strings:
Harold Ayres, Arnold Belnick, Harold Bemko, Joseph DiFiore, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff (American concertmaster and violinist), Philip Goldberg, Harry Hyams, Raymond Kelly, Jerry Kessler (cellist), Alexander Koltun, Bernard Kundell, William Kurasch, Leonard Malarsky, Jerome Reisler, Joseph Saxon, Ralph Schaeffer, Leonard Selic and Tibor Zelig
trombone:
Lew McCreary and Ken Shroyer (trombonist)
trumpet:
Jimmy Zito
choir vocals:
J.K. Adams, Dick Barber, James Barbour, Jimmy Carl Black, Eric Clapton, Louie Cuneo, Roy Estrada, Larry Fanoga, Col. Bruce Hampton, Harold Kelling, John Kilgore (New York recording engineer, sound designer and recording studio owner), Charlie Phillips, Cal Schenkel, Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood, Don van Vliet, Ronnie Williams (US bassist & drummer, asssociated with Frank Zappa) and Gail Zappa
conductor:
Sid Sharp
arranger:
Bob Ross (unknown, released album “Sorry”) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
compilation of:
A Vicious Circle by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Amen by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Drums Are Too Noisy by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Envelops the Bath Tub by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Just One More Time by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Kangaroos by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), King Kong by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Take Your Clothes Off by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker), Very Distraughtening by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker) and White Ugliness by Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
part of:
Lumpy Gravy (widely available version)
215:56