Zappa* – Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

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Label:	CBS – XPS 147
Format:	Vinyl , LP, Album, Stereo Vinyl , 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Stereo
Country:	UK
Released:	May 1982
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Avantgarde

Tracklist

A1	No Not Now	5:50
A2	Valley Girl Vocals – Moon Zappa Written-By [Improvised Monologue] – Moon*	4:49
A3	I Come From Nowhere	6:20
B1	Drowning Witch	12:01
B2	Envelopes	2:44
B3	Teenage Prostitute Vocals – Lisa Popeil	2:40
	The Frank Zappa E.P.
C	Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar	5:30
D1	Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression	3:52
D2	Why Johnny Can't Read	4:30

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – CBS Inc.
Recorded At – UMRK Mobile
Remixed At – UMRK
Overdubbed At – UMRK
Mastered At – Dinkum Recording Services
Printed By – Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd.
Pressed By – CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Recorded At – Dallas Civic Arena
Recorded At – Hammersmith Odeon

Credits

Bass – Scott Thunes (tracks: A2, B1 to B3)
Bass [In Guitar Solo] – Patrick O'Hearn (tracks: A3)
Composed By, Arranged By, Producer – Frank Zappa
Drums – Chad Wackerman
Engineer [For Basics & Over-dubs] – Mark Pinske
Engineer [For Over-dubs & Remix] – Bob Stone
Graphics – John Vince
Guitar [Impossible Guitar Parts] – Steve Vai
Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Roger Price
Keyboards – Tommy Mars
Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin (2)
Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
Management [Forearm] – Bennett Glotzer
Mastered By – Jo Hansch
Percussion – Ed Mann
Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ray White
Vocals – Roy Estrada

Notes

1st UK issue
Cover: From 'Droodles' - published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., LA. ©1953, 1981 Roger Price.

12"x12" white paper, single-sided black print lyric sheet.

Track B1 titled on label as: "Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch"

Remote recordings: UMRK Mobile.
Over-dubs & Remix: UMRK Central.

©1982 CBS Inc
Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co Ltd., England.

Made in England

listed credits are for the LP version

Infos EP:
Produced 1981
Side A - last 2 lines: CBS Records are the exclusive licensees for the UK
Side B - last 2 lines: CBS Records are the exclusive licensees
("for the UK" is missing)

LP has the sides listed as '1' and 2' on the record labels.
EP has the sides listed as 'Side A' and 'Side B' on the record labels.

Artist listed as 'Zappa' on the front cover only.
Artist listed as 'Frank Zappa' on the spine of the LP sleeve and on all four sides of the records.

Side C recorded 18.2.79 at The Odeon, Hammersmith, London [U.K.]
Side D1 recorded 17.10.80 at The Dallas Civic Arena [U.S.A.]
Side D2 recorded 17.2.79 at The Odeon, Hammersmith, London [U.K.]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A etched runout): CBS-85804-A1 Side 1 Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Side B etched runout): CBS-85804-B1 Side 2 Dinkum
Matrix / Runout (Side C etched runout): XPS-147-A1
Matrix / Runout (Side D etched runout): XPS-147-B1
Rights Society: MS / BIEM
Label Code: LC 0149
Pressing Plant ID (Sides C & D runout): Λ

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, Stereo, Terre Haute Pressing)	Barking Pumpkin Records	FW 38066	US	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (Cassette, Album)	CBS	41-85804	Netherlands	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album)	CBS	CBS 85804	Italy	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album)	CBS	SBP 237809	New Zealand	1982
Recently Edited	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (LP, Album, Stereo)	Barking Pumpkin Records	85804, CBS 85804	Europe	1982