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200 Motels [CD]

a Studio release
by Frank Zappa

Release Year: 1971

Date Label Catalog # Comments
1971 LP

Release Information

Theatrical Release in 1971
Video Tape Release 1984

This is a complete video written and directed by Frank Zappa

Added To Proggnosis Database on: 6/18/2004 12:00:00 AM
Entry Last Updated on: 4/9/2016 2:09:00 PM by: DBSilver

Track List

CD-1

  1. Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture (1:59)
  2. Mystery Roach (2:32)
  3. Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers (0:48)
  4. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue) (0:55)
  5. Tuna Fish Promenade (2:29)
  6. Dance Of The Just Plain Folks (4:40)
  7. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise) (0:58)
  8. The Sealed Tuna Bolero (1:40)
  9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (3:59)
  10. Touring Can Make You Crazy (2:52)
  11. Would You Like A Snack? (1:23)
  12. Redneck Eats (3:02)
  13. Centerville (2:31)
  14. She Painted Up Her Face (1:41)
  15. Janet's Big Dance Number (1:18)
  16. Half A Dozen Provocative Squats (1:57)
  17. Mysterioso (0:48)
  18. Shove It Right In (2:32)
  19. Lucy's Seduction of A Bored Violinist & Postlude (4:01)

CD-2

  1. I'm Stealing The Towels (2:14)
  2. Dental Hygiene Dilemma (5:11)
  3. Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You? (2:59)
  4. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (3:11)
  5. Penis Dimension (4:37)
  6. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (3:32)
  7. A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (1:08)
  8. Magic Fingers (3:53)
  9. Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (1:28)
  10. Dew On The Newts We Got (1:09)
  11. The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts (0:41)
  12. The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (1:10)
  13. The Girl's Dream (0:54)
  14. Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce (1:00)
  15. Strictly Genteel (the finale) (11:10)

Performer Credits

Jim Sherwood

Aynsley Dunbar

Dick Barber

Don Preston

Frank Zappa

George Duke

Howard Kaylan

Ian Underwood

Janet Ferguson: Groupie

Jimmy Carl Black: Lonesome Cowboy Burt

Jim Pons: voice of the "Bad Conscience"

John Williams: supervised guitar ensemble

Judy Gridley

Keith Moon: The Hot Nun

Lucy Offerall
Groupie

Mark Volman

Martin Lickert

Jeff Simmons

Pamela Miller: Interviewer

Phyllis Bryn-Julson: soprano, Top-Score Singers

Ringo Starr
Larry The Dwarf

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth

Ruth Underwood: orchestra drum set

Theodore Bikel

Rance Muhammitz

Top Score Singers conducted by David van Asch

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