Some light surface marks on the vinyl (visually grading VG..and happy to test play if preferred).

There is some general wear on the cover...

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Weasels Ripped My Flesh

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Weasels Ripped My Flesh is an album by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, released in 1970.

Conceptually, the album could be considered Phase Two of Burnt Weeny Sandwich. Both albums consist of previously unreleased Mothers tracks released after the demise of the original band. Whereas the pieces on Burnt Weeny Sandwich generally have a more rigid and planned feel captured by quality studio equipment, Weasels Ripped My Flesh mostly captures the Mothers on stage, where they employ frenetic and chaotic improvisation characteristic of avant-garde free jazz. The album's infamous closer and title track is nothing more than every player on stage producing as much noise and feedback as they can for two minutes. Interestingly, an audience member is heard yelling for more at its conclusion. The album also contains Don "Sugarcane" Harris's straight-ahead blues violin and vocal performance of "Directly From My Heart to You".

The CD version of the album features different versions of "Didja Get Any Onya?" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask", which featured music edited out of the LP versions. Some of this extra music was used as the backing track for "The Blimp" on the Captain Beefheart album Trout Mask Replica, produced by Frank Zappa.

Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh were also reissued together on vinyl as 2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention, with the original covers used as the left and right sides of the inner spread, and the front cover depicting a pistol shooting toothpaste onto a toothbrush.

Contents

• 1 Album cover
• 2 Track listing
  • 2.1 Side one
  • 2.2 Side two
• 3 Personnel
• All songs by Frank Zappa, except where noted otherwise.

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  edit] Side one
  1. "Didja Get Any Onya?" – 3:42 (6:51 on the CD version)
     • recorded live on March 2, 1969 at the Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, PA
     • Includes 'Charles Ives', and only on the compact disc re-issue, 'The Jelly'
  2. "Directly from My Heart to You" (Richard Wayne Penniman) – 5:16
     • recorded c. July 1969 at T.T.G. Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
  3. "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask" – 3:47
     • recorded live on October 25, 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
  4. "Toads of the Short Forest" – 4:47
     • 1st half recorded c. August 1969 at Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA &
     • 2nd half recorded live on February 7-8, 1969 at Thee Image, Miami, FL
  5. "Get a Little" – 2:31
     • recorded on February 13, 1969 live at The Factory, The Bronx, New York, NY

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  edit] Side two
  1. "TheEric DolphyMemorial Barbecue" – 6:52
     • recorded on June 1969 at A&R Studios, New York, NY)
  2. "Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula" – 2:12
     • recorded on December, 1967-February, 1968 at Apostolic Studios, New York, NY
  3. "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama" – 3:32
     • = the original version recorded on February(?), 1969 at Criteria Studios, Miami, FL
     • with final overdubs recorded c. August-September, 1969 at T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood, CA & at Whitney Studios, Glendale, CA
  4. "Oh No" – 1:45
     • recorded on December, 1967-February, 1968 at Apostolic Studios, New York, NY
  5. "The Orange County Lumber Truck" – 3:21
     • 1st part recorded live in 1969 from an unknown performance &
     • the rest recorded live on October 25, 1968 at the Royal Festival Hall, London, UK
  6. "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" – 2:08
     • recorded live on May 30, 1969 at the Town Hall, Birmingham, UK

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  Frank Zappa –lead guitar,vocals
  Jimmy Carl Black –drums
  Ray Collins – vocals
  Roy Estrada –bass, vocals
  • Bunk Gardner –
  tenor saxophone
  Lowell George –rhythm guitar, vocals
  Don "Sugarcane" Harris – vocals, electric violin
  Don Preston –organ, electronic effects
  • Buzz Gardner –
  trumpet andflugel horn
  Motorhead Sherwood –baritone saxophone, snorks
  • Art Tripp – drums
  Ian Underwood – alto saxophone