Frank Zappa The Hot Rats Sessions
2019 4x CD, CD, CD, Box Set

Main image
Zappa Records
art direction, concept by Frank Zappa
art direction, design Michael Mesker
tracks 5-2 to 5-6 bass Max Bennett
tracks 5-1 bass Shuggie Otis
composed by, arranged by Frank Zappa
cover [design] Cal Schenkel
design [hot rats board game] Fantoons Animation Studio
design [interrior] John Williams
tracks 5-2, 5-4, 5-6 drums John Guerin
tracks 5-3, 5-5 drums Paul Humphrey
tracks 5-1 drums Ron Selico
engineer [original 1969 recording engineers, sunset sound] Brian Ingoldsby
engineer [original 1969 recording engineers, t.t.g.] Cliff Goldstein
engineer [original 1969 recording engineers, t.t.g.] Jack Hunt
engineer [original 1969 recording engineers, whitney studios], engineer [director of engineering for bizarre] Dick Kunc
guitar, bass [octave], percussion Frank Zappa
liner notes Ian Underwood
liner notes Matt Groening
liner notes [august 2019] Andee Nathanson
liner notes [september 2019, with] Ruth Underwood
liner notes [september 2019] Joe Travers
mastered by [2019] Bob Ludwig
mixed by [2019 mixes] Craig Parker Adams
photography by [cover photos, additional infrared photos] Andee Nathanson
photography by [sessions photography] Bill Gubbins
photography by [tape & tape box] Michael Mesker
piano, organ [organus maximus], flute, clarinet [all], saxophone [all saxes] Ian Underwood
producer [all original recordings produced by] Frank Zappa
producer [produced for release by] Ahmet Zappa
producer [produced for release by] Joe Travers
project manager Melanie Starks
transferred by [all 16 track and 2 track analog tape hi-res transfers by] Joe Travers
tracks 5-2, 5-5 violin Don "Sugarcane" Harris
tracks 5-6 violin Jean-Luc Ponty
tracks 5-2 vocals Captain Beefheart
Record Company UMe
Distributed By Universal Music Enterprises
Phonographic Copyright (p) UMG Recordings, Inc.
Copyright (c) UMG Recordings, Inc.
Engineered At UMRK
Engineered At Joe's Garage, Los Angeles
Recorded At T.T.G. Studios
Recorded At Sunset Sound
Recorded At Whitney Recording Studios
Mixed At Winslow Ct. Studio
Mastered At Gateway Mastering
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Glass Mastered At Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Pressed By Technicolor, Guadalajara, Mexico
Featuring 65 tracks, all but 6 tracks (the 1987 CD mixes CD5-1 to CD5-6) are previously unreleased.

Includes images by original Hot Rats cover photographer, Andee Nathanson, and session photos taken by Bill Gubbins, liner notes by Matt Groening and essays by Ian Underwood and Vaultmeister Joe Travers.

The box set also includes a Zappa Land board game with custom game pieces, plectrums and playing cards
Barcode: 8 24302 00322 0 (Text)
Barcode: 824302003220 (Scanned)
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