Album
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
1970 · Jazz, Rock
21 collectors on Gatefold own this
Weasels Ripped My Flesh is a Jazz album by The Mothers Of Invention, originally released in 1970. On Gatefold: 117 pressings tracked, owned by 21 collectors.
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<i>Weasels Ripped My Flesh</i> was the second collection released in 1970, featuring the recently disbanded original line-up of The Mothers of Invention. Unlike its predecessor, the largely studio-based <i>Burnt Weeny Sandwich</i>, <i>Weasels</i> includes a larger helping of live performances alongside the studio work. The vocal numbers make for near conventional listening, especially the inspired R&B jam behind Don "Sugarcane" Harris on Little Richard's "Directly From My Heart To You," while the pure instrumental pieces get plenty weird. "Didja Get Any Onya?," recorded live at the Philadelphia Arena, filters Zappa's modern classical interests through his own bizarre sense of humor and dynamics. The "Prelude To The Afternoon of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask," recorded at the Royal Festival Hall in London, breaks down into barbaric wails and perverted mating calls. "Get A Little," performed at Andy Warhol's Factory, coalesces into a mesmerizing wah-pedal delight. Be forewarned, the title track features droning noise, feedback and eventually applause.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Didja Get Any Onya?3:44
- A2Directly From My Heart To You5:17
- A3Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Sexually Aroused Gas Mask3:35
- A4Toads Of The Short Forest4:48
- A5Get A Little2:35
Side B
- B1The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue6:53
- B2Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula2:12
- B3My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama3:35
- B4Oh No1:46
- B5The Orange County Lumber Truck3:18
- B6Weasels Ripped My Flesh2:05
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Avant-Garde & Free Jazz
- abrasive
- chaotic
- psychedelic
Official Release #10
The layered drum passage, some 3:40 to 4:40 within "Didja Get Any Onya?" - the first track on Weasels Ripped My Flesh - can be heard in its infancy as the 'backing track' to "The Blimp" on the Frank Zappa (opens in a new tab)-produced Trout Mask Replica (opens in a new tab) album from Captain Beefheart (opens in a new tab). The work, by members of The Mothers, was resident on a tape channel when Zappa used the tape to capture the field-recording of 'The Blimp' lyrics, which were read over a telephone to him in the studio. Zappa's comment can be heard at the end of 'The Blimp'.
"Didja Get Any Onya" is also reprised in a reworking as "Charles Ives", which can be found on You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (opens in a new tab). The modernist composer Charles Ives (opens in a new tab) had a strong influence on Zappa's work.
A related and singular item, in private collection and unlikely to surface, but which is interesting:
A single test-press vinyl LP exists entitled "Weasel Music", made for Bizarre Records by LRS (Location Recording Services). The title & band name, on a black & red printed white label, is simply typewritten. Encased in an ivory 'Audiodiscs' sleeve it was sent from "World Pacific Records, 6920 Sunset, L.A. 90028" to "Frank Zappa, 7885 Woodrow Wilson Dr., Los Angeles".
It was later scheduled to appear in a 12xLP box set in 1970 under the title "The History & Collected Improvisations Of The Mothers Of Invention", covering work from 1963 - 1969. FZ's ads in "Playboy" failed to raise interest - the set was culled, producing "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" & Burnt Weeny Sandwich (opens in a new tab) - the balance to become the non-starter No Commercial Potential (opens in a new tab) (bootlegged) and later, in 1974 but another non-starter set, "Four Generations Of The Mothers".
Rykodisc CD reissues from 1990 employed Bob Stone, formerly Chief Engineer for Larrabee Sound, to remaster all of Frank's catalog. The Ryko CD reissues of Weasels Ripped My Flesh, credit Stone with the phrase "Digital Art" instead of Digital Mastering or Remastering, but this phrase actually refers to the remastering for CD of the release.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Art TrippDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Bunk GardnerPERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE TENOR SAXOPHONE
- Buzz GardnerPERFORMER , TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN TRUMPET TRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Don "Sugarcane" HarrisELECTRIC VIOLIN ELECTRIC VIOLIN, VOCALS PERFORMER , ELECTRIC VIOLIN, VOCALS
- Don PrestonPERFORMER , ELECTRIC ORGAN , EFFECTS PIANO, ORGAN PIANO, ORGAN, EFFECTS
- Frank ZappaCONDUCTOR LEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, KEYBOARDS
- Ian UnderwoodALTO SAXOPHONE ALTO SAXOPHONE, KEYBOARDS PERFORMER , ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Jimmy Carl BlackDRUMS PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Lowell GeorgeRHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS PERFORMER , RHYTHM GUITAR, VOCALS
- Motorhead SherwoodBARITONE SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE , NOISES BARITONE SAXOPHONE , VOCALS
- Roy EstradaBASS BASS, VOCALS PERFORMER , BASS
- Ray CollinsPERFORMER , VOCALS VOCALS
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