Rare Vintage Vinyl LP Record Frank Zappa Thing Fish Box Set

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Up for auction today is a great vinyl LP album. 

Artist: Frank Zappa

Album: Thing Fish

Catalog #: SKCO-74201

Thing-Fish is an album by Frank Zappa, originally released as a triple album box set on Barking Pumpkin Records in 1984. It was billed as a cast recording for a proposed musical of the same name, which was ultimately not produced by Zappa, but later performed in 2003, ten years after his death.

Side one

1. "Prologue"             

2. "The Mammy Nuns"  

3. "Harry & Rhonda"  

4. "Galoot Up-Date"  

Side two

1. "The 'Torchum' Never Stops"  

2. "That Evil Prince"  

3. "You Are What You Is"  

Side three

1. "Mudd Club"  

2. "The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing"  

3. "Clowns on Velvet"  

4. "Harry-As-a-Boy"  

5. "He's So Gay"  

Side four

1. "The Massive Improve'lence"  

2. "Artificial Rhonda"  

3. "The Crab-Grass Baby"  

4. "The White Boy Troubles"  

Side five

1. "No Not Now"  

2. "Briefcase Boogie"  

3. "Brown Moses"  

Side six

1. "Wistful Wit a Fist-Full"  

2. "Drop Dead"  

3. "Won Ton On"  

The libretto which accompanied the album only credits "cast members".

Cast

Ike Willis — Thing-Fish

Terry Bozzio — Harry

Dale Bozzio — Rhonda

Napoleon Murphy Brock — The Evil Prince

Bob Harris — Harry-As-A-Boy

Johnny "Guitar" Watson — Brown Moses

Ray White — Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon

Credits

Frank Zappa - Book & lyrics, music, arrangements

Mark Pinske & Bob Stone - Recording engineers

Mark Pinske - Engineering mixer

Ladi Von Jansky - Cover Photo

Robert Fletcher - Costumes

A note on condition...

I’m not a pro or a record store owner, but I have been collecting for a long time and have done my best to describe the condition.

Condition: 

Record: Good. This album was not play-tested. It looks good however, with no visible scratches or marks. 

Jacket: As can be seen in the pictures, the box is in fairly rough shape. All the record-holding sleeves are in great shape and the accompanying booklet with pictures, storylines, notes etc is in immaculate condition! 

Sleeve: Graphics Lyrics Photos Type

             Booklet and insert included! 

All in all, this is a great LP -- described and graded visually and audibly -- at a remarkable starting price.

Again, please remember that I am not an expert but I try to grade very fairly.  I visually and/or audibly grade all records. Please keep in mind that some of these records/vinyl are pre-owned and over 30 or 40 years old.  Some may have some slight surface noise and/or a crackle and/or other imperfections and will NOT sound like a “new” record, unless listed as mint/unopened. 

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