The Mothers ‎– The Grand Wazoo
Label:
Bizarre Records ‎– MS 2093, Reprise Records ‎– MS 2093
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing, Gatefold
Country:
US
Released:
27 Nov 1972
Genre:
Jazz, Rock
Style:
Jazz-Rock, Avantgarde, Fusion
Tracklist
A1    For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)    7:15
A2    The Grand Wazoo
Soloist [Bottle-Neck Solo] – Tony Duran
Soloist [Opening Guitar Solo] – Frank Zappa
Trombone, Soloist – Bill Byers*
Trumpet, Soloist – Sal Marquez
13:24
B1    Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
Saxophone, Soloist – Ernie Watts
2:55
B2    Eat That Question    6:41
B3    Blessed Relief    8:00
Companies, etc.
Distributed By – Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records, Inc.
Phonographic Copyright (p) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Copyright (c) – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Published By – Munchkin Music
Recorded At – Paramount Recording Studios
Credits
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 (3) (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
Notes
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute pressing indicated by "T I" in run-outs.
This Terre Haute pressing differs from this Terre Haute pressing [The Mothers - The Grand Wazoo] due to label layout variation that does not include "STEREO".
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Matrix / Runout (Side A label matrix number): (31,450) RE 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B label matrix number): (31,451)
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side A runout variant 1): T1-MS 2093 31450-1-1 8
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side B runout variant 1): T1-MS-2093 31451-1-2
Matrix / Runout (Machine-stamped in Sides A & B runout): Λ
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side A runout variant 2): T1-MS 2093 31450-1-1
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side B runout variant 2): T1-MS 2093 31451-1-1
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side A runout variant 3. "C" is stamped): T1 MS-2093 31450-1-1 C2
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side B runout variant 3. "C" is stamped): T1 MS-2093 31451-1-1 C4
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side A runout variant 4. "A" is stamped): T1 MS-2093 31450-1-2 A6
Matrix / Runout (Etched in Side B runout variant 4. "A" is stamped): T1 MS-2093 31451-1-2 A6
Rights Society: ASCAP