Tracklist
| A1 | No Not Now | 5:50 | |
| A2 | Valley Girl | 4:49 | |
| A3 | I Come From Nowhere | 6:20 | |
| B1 | Drowning Witch | 12:01 | |
| B2 | Envelopes | 2:44 | |
| B3 | Teen-age Prostitute | 2:40 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Barking Pumpkin Records
- Copyright © – Barking Pumpkin Records
- Copyright © – Munchkin Music
- Published By – Munchkin Music
- Recorded By – UMRK Mobile
- Overdubbed At – UMRK
- Remixed At – UMRK
- Lacquer Cut At – Dinkum Recording Services
- Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-85804
- Record Company – CBS Inc.
Credits
- A&R [Forearm] – Bennett Glotzer
- Bass – Scott Thunes (tracks: A2, B1 to B3)
- Composed By [All Selections], Arranged By [All Selections], Producer [All Selections] – Frank Zappa
- Cover [Cover Illustration], Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Roger Price
- Drums – Chad Wackerman
- Engineer [For Basics & Over-dubs] – Mark Pinske
- Engineer [For Over-dubs], Mixed By [Re-mix] – Bob Stone
- Graphics – John Vince
- Guitar [Impossible Guitar Parts] – Steve Vai
- Keyboards – Tommy Mars
- Keyboards, Saxophone [Sax], Vocals – Bobby Martin (2)
- Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
- Liner Notes – F.Z.*
- Management – Glotzer Management
- Mastered By – Jo Hansch
- Percussion – Ed Mann
- Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ray White
- Vocals – Roy Estrada
Notes
Matte cover
Disc Mastering for Dinkum Recording Services
Cover Illustration from Droodles. Published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981
UMRK Mobile/Remote Recordings
UMRK Central/Over-dubs & Re-mix
Copyright © 1982, published by Munchkin Music ASCAP (except for the monologue in "Valley Girl", which was improvised by Moon)
Copyright © 1982 Munchkin Music
℗ 1982 Barking Pumpkin Records/© 1982 Barking Pumpkin Records
Printed in Holland
Made in Holland
[on labels]
This album has been engineered to sound correct on JBL 4311 speakers or an equivalent. Best results will be achieved if you set your pre-amp tone controls to the flat position with the loudness control in the off position. Before adding any treble or bass to the sound of the album, it would be advisable to check it out this way first.
F.Z.
[on inner sleeve]
Includes an inner sleeve with lyrics.
Side One Total 17:09
Side Two Total 17:25
[on rear cover]
On center label side B the track durations are different from those on cover:
Track B1: 12:03
Track B2: 2:45
Track B3: 2:48
Catalog no. 'CBS 85804' appears on spine and labels.
Catalog no. '85804' appears on rear cover and inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped except 'Side 1' (on the A-sides), 'Side 2' (on the B-sides) and 'Dinkum' (on both sides), that are etched.
Disc Mastering for Dinkum Recording Services
Cover Illustration from Droodles. Published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981
UMRK Mobile/Remote Recordings
UMRK Central/Over-dubs & Re-mix
Copyright © 1982, published by Munchkin Music ASCAP (except for the monologue in "Valley Girl", which was improvised by Moon)
Copyright © 1982 Munchkin Music
℗ 1982 Barking Pumpkin Records/© 1982 Barking Pumpkin Records
Printed in Holland
Made in Holland
[on labels]
This album has been engineered to sound correct on JBL 4311 speakers or an equivalent. Best results will be achieved if you set your pre-amp tone controls to the flat position with the loudness control in the off position. Before adding any treble or bass to the sound of the album, it would be advisable to check it out this way first.
F.Z.
[on inner sleeve]
Includes an inner sleeve with lyrics.
Side One Total 17:09
Side Two Total 17:25
[on rear cover]
On center label side B the track durations are different from those on cover:
Track B1: 12:03
Track B2: 2:45
Track B3: 2:48
Catalog no. 'CBS 85804' appears on spine and labels.
Catalog no. '85804' appears on rear cover and inner sleeve.
Runouts are stamped except 'Side 1' (on the A-sides), 'Side 2' (on the B-sides) and 'Dinkum' (on both sides), that are etched.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Rights Society (Boxed on labels): BIEM / STEMRA
- Rights Society: ASCAP
- Label Code (On back sleeve): LC 0149
- Label Code (On labels): LC -0149
- Price Code (Boxed on back sleeve): CB 271
- Price Code (Circled on back sleeve): 57
- Other (On labels above side identifier): ★
- Matrix / Runout (Label side A): CBS 85804-1
- Matrix / Runout (Label side B): CBS 85804-2
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 1 side A): 01-85804-4A-1 A Side 1 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 1 side B): 01-85804-5B-1 A Side 2 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2 side A): 01-85804-4A-1 A Side 1 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 2 side B): 01-85804-3B-1 A Side 2 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 3 side A): 01-85804-5A-1 A Side 1 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 3 side B): 01-85804-5B-1 A Side 2 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 4 side A): 01-85804-3A-1 A Side 1 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 4 side B): 01-85804-5B-1 A Side 2 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 5 side A): 01-85804-4A-1 A Side 1 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 5 side B): 01-85804-4B-1 A Side 2 Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 6 side A): 01-85804-5A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 6 side B): 01-85804-2B-1 Side 2 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 7 side A): 01-85804-4A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 7 side B): 01-85804-2B-1 Side 2 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 8 side A): 01-85804-2A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 8 side B): 01-85804-3B-1 Side 2 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 9 side A): 01-85804-2A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 9 side B): 01-85804-5A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 10 side A): 01-85804-5A-1 Side 1 A Dinkum
- Matrix / Runout (Runout variant 10 side B): 01-85804-3B-1 Side 2 A Dinkum
Other Versions (5 of 82)
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing) | Barking Pumpkin Records | FW 38066 | US | 1982 | ||
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (Cassette, Album) | CBS | 41-85804 | Netherlands | 1982 | ||
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album) | CBS | CBS 85804 | Italy | 1982 | ||
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Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album) | CBS | SBP 237809 | New Zealand | 1982 | ||
| Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, DM Pressing) | Barking Pumpkin Records | FW 38066 | Canada | 1982 |
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I have a version where the sleeve is printed in England (cf. Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, no timings on back sleeve) and the record is made in Holland. I bought it in Antwerp, early 80's.
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