Maxi-Singles (12"ers)

And here we go with the twelve-inchers, in all their glory. If you know any further details, or do have anything not listed here, please e-mail me!


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Sheik Yerbouti (Clean Cuts Edition)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
MK-78
T1   MK-78-A-1
T1   MK-78-B-2
Side 1 also has
"Masterdisk RL" included
USA
1979
 
Side 1:
  1. Baby Snakes    (1:50)
  2. Tryin' To Grow A Chin    (3:32)
  3. City Of Tiny Lights    (5:30)
Side 2:
  1. Dancin' Fool    (3:43)
  2. Flakes    (6:41)
  3. What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World    (0:33)
  4. Rat Tomago    (5:15)
This is a promo item given away to radio stations.
 
 
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Bobby Brown #1
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
12.7485
12-7485-1A-1
12-7485-1B-1
The Netherlands
1979
runs on 33 1/3 rpm

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. Bobby Brown    (2:43)    [both taken from Sheik Yerbouti]
Side 2:
  1. Baby Snakes    (1:50)
[EDITOR'S NOTE]: This is a funny one, because the record runs on 33 1/3 rpm and has only two very short tracks included. Most of the disc space is occupied by the run-out grooves, which would make a title like "Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Run-Out Groove" b/w "Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Run-Out Groove Some More" more appropiate.
 
 
 
 
 
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Dancin' Fool #1
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
MK-83
unknown
USA
1979
promo copy
Side 1:
  1. Dancin' Fool    [long version]
Side 2:
  1. Dancin' Fool    [short version]
Being probably the disco and album mixes. Both versions are stereo mixes.
 
 
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Dancin' Fool #2
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
MK-83
unknown
USA
April 1979
runs on 33 1/3 rpm
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
Z-10
unknown
USA
April 1979 (?)
promo copy
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
12.7261
unknown
UK
1979
pressed in Holland
runs on 33 1/3 rpm
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
12.7261
11-7261-1A-1
11-7261-1B-1
The Netherlands
1979
promo copy
picture sleeve
runs on 33 1/3 rpm

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. Dancin' Fool    (6:21, but listed as 6:15)    [disco mix]
Side 2:
  1. Baby Snakes    (1:45)
From Mikael Agardsson: The 12" version of "Dancin' Fool" was a unique disco mix (06:21 long, listed as 06:15), which was re-released on the vinyl and Japanese CD versions of the Strictly Commercial compilation. It has a longer intro, with some sound effects. The cover has the back cover picture from Sheik Yerbouti.

There's no mention on the Holland promo copy Dancin' Fool being a disco mix, but it sure is the longer version.

[EDITOR'S NOTE]: I don't know if the UK copies are completely the same as the Holland (Netherland) ones, or if there's something mentioned on the sleeve being UK-specific. I think those copies sold in the UK may be just imports from the land of cheese and tulips.
 
 

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Joe's Garage (Promo)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
MK-107
PRC-R   MK-107   A2 -1 -1
PRC-R   MK 107   B2 -1 -1
both sides including handwritten
"PRC" and "SR"
USA
1979
promo copy
runs on 33 1/3 rpm

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. Joe's Garage    (6:10)    [both taken from Joe's Garage Act 1]
Side 2:
  1. Central Scrutinizer    (3:27)
A picture of the label can be seen here.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
Z-1001
unknown
USA
1980
 
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
ZR 1001
ZR-1001-AS
ZR-1001-BS
both sides include
"GNB H"
Canada
1980
Limited Edition
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
CBS 12.8625
ST 12.8625-A2
CBS 12.8625-B
Germany
1980
 

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. I Don't Wanna Get Drafted    (3:10)    [non-LP track]
Side 2:
  1. Ancient Armaments    (4:10)    [non-LP track, recorded live at the Palladium, NYC, Halloween 1978]
There's also a single release available, and a Maxi-CD with the title song and the same cover art, but not including the B-side.

Pictures can be found here.
 
 
 
 
 

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Tinsel Town Rebellion (Clean Cuts Edition)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
unknown
unknown
USA
1981
 

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. Fine Girl    (3:31)
  2. Love Of My Life    (2:26)
  3. Peaches III    (4:48)
Side 2:
  1. Tinsel Town Rebellion    (4:49)
  2. Brown Shoes Don't Make It    (7:34)
The printed text on the front reads like this: "In this Tinsel Town Rebellion clean cuts sampler, we have two potential smash singles: FINE GIRL and LOVE OF MY LIFE, as well as exciting live re-creations of two Zappa classics from the past, BROWN SHOES DON'T MAKE IT and PEACHES EN REGALIA.
In spite of Zappa's usual inclusion of some of those mysterious words that drive hypocrites to foaming distraction, this clean cuts album is REMARKABLY FREE OF LINGUISTIC NAUGHTINESS, with these tracks being perfectly suitable for radio play.
On side two, we have included a specially "bleeped" version of TINSEL TOWN REBELLION for those of you who may not be able to play the unexpurgated version from the album.

A bigger picture of the sleeve can be found here.

[EDITOR'S NOTE]: I first thought to not including it here, since this item is placed somewhat between a maxi single and an album, but hey - since no one cares about this promo....
 
 

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Goblin Girl
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
02616
unknown
USA
October 1981
 
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
BPRP 114
BPRP-114-A-1     L7255
BPRP-114-B-1     L7255
also on both sides: kdisc
USA
1981
picture disc
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
W 99 02616
unknown
USA
October 1981
picture disc
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
1172
unknown
USA
October 1981
picture disc

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. Goblin Girl    [from You Are What You Is]
Side 2:
  1. Pink Napkins    [from Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar]
[EDITOR'S NOTE]: Curios that one and the same record company releases the same item under so many ordering numbers at the same time. Here is help urgent. Mail me! In the meantime you can divert yourself and looking at the disc in all its glory here.

See also the next item, the same picture on the disc, but different tracklist, from Europe.

The BPRP 114 version has a different sticker attached on the front. Instead of white, this is lilac, and looks a bit different.
 

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You Are What You Is - Picture Disc
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
A11 1622
CBS+A+11+1622+A
CBS+A11+1622+B
both sides have additionally
"ORLAKE" written on it
UK
1981 or 1982
picture disc

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. You Are What You Is    [taken from You Are What You Is]
  2. Pink Napkins    [taken from Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar]
Side 2:
  1. Harder Than Your Husband    [taken from You Are What You Is]
  2. Soup'n Old Clothes    [taken from Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar]
[EDITOR'S NOTE]: I found the single here in Germany, where it was also normaly sold. The golden sticker you see on the sleeve lists the german 1982 tour dates, beginning from 05/12/82. But it sure is an english pressing, with the copyrighted 1981 note.

Please also note the item above, which is the same picture disc, but with different tracklist, from the US.
 
 

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Valley Girl #1
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
02972
unknown
USA
1982
picture sleeve
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
02972
unknown
USA
1982
DJ-copy
Barking Pumpkin Records Maxi-Single AS 1485 T1   AS-1485-1A-T2
T1   AS-1485-B-T2
both sides have additional "Dinkum"
USA 1982 promo copy
picture sleeve
CBS Records
Maxi-Single
CBS AS 1485
unknown
unknown
1982
picture sleeve
Picture of front cover AS 1485

Side 1:

  1. Valley Girl    (4:59)    [both from Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch, long version]
Side 2:
  1. Valley Girl    (3:47)    [short version]
The Barking Pumpkin AS 1485 one has the lyrics to Valley Girl printed on both sides of the inner sleeve.

The CBS pressing has a different back cover, with "Frank's hilarious 'suggestions' for marketing the record").  That's probably the same as on the back of the Barking Pumpkin one:
 
 
 

This Buyways Wrap Up Copy Was Personally Written By FRANK ZAPPA Whose Unique Humor We Hope You Enjoy
Marketing Overview
Dateline Los Angeles California, 1982... Zappa delivers yet another album for Barking Pumpkin, creating no excitement whatsoever in a Reaganomically, reacnionally seven-ninety-eight sort of freeze-dried aesthetic decision made by accountants from New Jersey kind of industry. Zappa opened no appearance at the Abrams Convention nor did 3,000 screaming teenagers give him a standing ovation. In the tradition of Aerosmith and Van Halen, which this album is not, excitement does not exist, nor will it mysteriously appear, sice who cares if there's another Zappa album anyway.

Advertising
Because of the incredible lack of interest in this sort of thing , there will maybe be some time-buys... who knows... nobody wants to spend any money on that kind of crap anyway.

TRADE
2-3 weeks after release, the absence of any full-page advertising in Billboard will highlight the futility of making any advertising claims whatsoever about any album that is not in the current tradition of Formula - poot - kiss - the - hiney - hole - of - some - guy - who - gets - your - record - on - the - radio - if - it - sounds - like - Styx - to - a - half - deaf - donkey.

R&R
A teaser campaign will not be run nor will it be walked for any tune in this album since who can afford it anymore?

MUSIC
There's only 6 songs on the album, and you probably won't enjoy any of them, so if anybody says listen to: No Not Now, Valley Girl, I Come From Nowhere, Drowning Witch, Envelopes and Teenage Prostitude, just tell them that you're not into that sort of thing and make them go away.

DEMOGRAPHICS
In line with Van Halen, Aerosmith and Loverboy, you can look for tonnage among the 14 - 21-year-old audience, with a slight lean toward the males. Since this album is not in line with any of the above - mentioned artists, there seems to be no reason to release it in today's America, but maybe somebody made a mistake.

SINGLE RELEASE
Because of getting any of Zappa's stuff on the radio in America, now that programmers have choosen to go with concepts prevalent in the industry 20 years ago, the release of a single would seem to be a waste of money... and that's all we really care about (it's the thing that sort of sets us apart from the Communists).

Selling Points

  • Zappa has some kind of following somewhere and maybe they will buy it... who knows.
  • Because they do not follow the same demographics as Loverboy and Van Halen, expect no support on the West Coast.
  • The band is going on the road in Europe May thru August... this won't help much in the States.
  • A pre-release mailing didn't work the last time, so there probably won't be one this time.

 
 
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Valley Girl #2
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
4W9-03069
unknown
USA
1982
picture sleeve
Side 1:
  1. Valley Girl    [taken from Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch]
Side 2:
  1. You Are What You Is    [taken from You Are What You Is]

 
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Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar Sampler (Promo)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
AS 1569
AS-1569-AS
AS-1569-BS
both sides have additional "Dinkum"
USA
October 1982
promo copy
Tracklist:
  1. Pink Napkins    [all tracks taken from Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar]
  2. Why Johnny Can't Read
  3. Stucco Homes
From an unknown soul over at ebay: "October 1982... Frank writes: Dear Radio Station Person: This is a special 12-inch version of three selections from my new three record box set "SHUT UP 'N' PLAY YER GUITAR". Since Barking Pumpkin is just another one of those miniscule sleazoid marginally desperate independent small record companies facing extinction... can't afford to press up any more of these things. Yours Truly, FZ" is a "signed" letter from Frank which, in it's entirety, is printed on the front of this limited edition, very rare collector's item. The WHITE COVER front is near-mint, BACK COVER is black with white lettering.
 
 
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The Man From Utopia Sampler (Promo)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
AS 1594
AS-1594-AS
AS-1594-BS
both sides have additional "Dinkum"
USA
1983
promo copy

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (medley)    (3:19)    [all tracks taken from The Man From Utopia album]
  2. We Are Not Alone    (3:31)
Side 2:
  1. Cocaine Decisions    (2:56)
  2. Moggio    (3:05)
As always, a picture of the label can be found here.
 
 
 
 
 
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Barking Pumpkin Goes Digital (Promo)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
AS 1670
P   AS 1670 RE1 AS2
P   AS 1670 RE1-BS1
USA
1983
promo copy

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (medley)    (3:19)    [Digital mix from The Man From Utopia album]
  2. Cocaine Decision    (2:56)    [Digital mix from The Man From Utopia album]
Side 2:
  1. Mo 'N Herb's Vacation (Third Movement)    (12:56)    [taken from London Symphony Orchestra - Vol.1]
Pictures of this item can be seen here.
 
 
 
 

This promo item introduces the media the forthcoming switch to digital releases. The note on the back of the sleeve says:

            BARKING PUMPKIN is proud to announce that ALL FUTURE PRODUCTS WILL BE DIGITAL, with special releases on CD FORMAT as that technology becomes more available at the consumer level.

            This special disc will serve as an introduction to the quality improvements made possible by the new digital equipment recently installed at the UTILITY MUFFIN RESEARCH KITCHEN (U.M.R.K.). Side One includes two selections from "THE MAN FROM UTOPIA" LP (recently serviced to you in the analog format). These two songs have been re-tweezed with the digital machinery.

            Side Two gives a preview of the "LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA" LP  which ships June 9th. We think you'll agree that the change to digital at BARKING PUMPKIN marks the beginning of an exciting new era in experimental audio entertainment.


 
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True Glove
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
EMI Electrola GmbH
Maxi-Single
1C K 062 20 0387 6
2003876-A1+C
2003876-B1+C
Germany
1984
picture sleeve

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. In France    (3:30)    [both taken from Them Or Us]
  2. Be In My Video    (3:40)
Side2:
  1. He's So Gay    (2:45)    [taken from Ting-Fish]
  2. Won Ton On    (5:48)    [non LP track]
Tracks 1-3 are the album versions from Them Or Us and Thing-Fish LP, but track 4 is a totally different version - like a whole new song:

   1.It's longer (05:48, compared to 04:17 on the 1995 Thing-Fish CD);
   2.Zappa has removed all the non-backwards vocals from Thing-Fish, except some of the weeping;
   3.Johnny "Guitar" Watson's voiceover from the Thing-Fish CD version of "He's So Gay" (not on the LP) has been added instead!

And as if that weren't enough, it's a different edit of the Watson track:
 

WON TON ON (TRUE GLOVE)
HE'S SO GAY (THING-FISH CD)
       Yes, he is.
       I guess he likes it.
       Yeah.
       Uh-huh?
       Into ... into RUBBER?
       The boy's into rubber EV'RY NIGHT?
       Oh, my GOODNESS!
       Whoo!
       Yeah ... that's what they say.
       Aw, look, have you ever SMELLED rubber?
       I guess it's OK, l-look at his woman, yeah, I-I guess it's all right.
       Mm-hmm. 
       Uh-huh.
       Don't tell me that.
       Yes, he is.
       I guess he likes it.
       Yeah.
       Uh-huh?
       Into ... into RUBBER?
       The boy's into rubber EV'RY NIGHT?
       Oh, my GOODNESS!
       Whoo!
       Yeah ... that's what they say.
       Aw, look, have you ever SMELLED rubber?
       I guess it's OK, l-look at his woman, yeah, I-I guess it's all right.
       Mm-hmm.
       Uh-huh.
       Don't tell me that.
       Mm-hmm.
       Yeah.
       Uh, a spanking?
       [unintelligeble] chain ...
       Uh-huh.
       Wait a minute ...
       Uh-huh.
       Wait a minute ...
       ["Won Ton On" has nothing here]        Wh...?
       Make it into rai...? Oh, NO ...
       (Eh!) What is the problem?
       Uh-oh ... UH-OH.
       Yeah; that's what it is.
       Oh, boy.
       Wh-what could you say?
       I agree.
       Uh ... least the boy ain't gonna reproduce hisself again.
       Uh-huh.
       Hey, hey hey.
       WHOO, that's shockin'!
       Um-m-m-m-m-m-m, whoo!
       I'm tellin' you.
       Uh, what I'm a borrow?
       NO WAY!
       Don't you tell me this!
       I said: don't you tell me this!
       No! No! No!
       Oh, gay ...
       (Eh!) What is the problem?
       Uh-oh ... UH-OH.
       Yeah; that's what it is.
       Oh, boy.
        Wh-what could you say?
        I agree.
        Uh ... least the boy ain't gonna reproduce hisself again.
        Uh-huh.
        Hey, hey hey.
        WHOO, that's shockin'!
        Um-m-m-m-m-m-m, whoo!
        I'm tellin' you.
        Uh, what I'm a borrow?
        NO WAY!
        Don't you tell me this!
        I said: don't you tell me this!
        No! No! No!
        Oh, gay ...
      ["Won Ton On" has already faded out here]         You just did!

The cover is a picture from the same photo shoot as the back cover of Them Or Us. The thing is "Printed in Germany by 4P Nicolaus GmbH, Köln".
 
 

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The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Angel Records / EMI
Maxi-Single
SPRO-9207
SPRO-9208
no catalogue number
on sleeve
SPRO-9207   F-1   (600840)
SPRO-9208   F-2   (600841)
both sides have additionallly
"Mastered by Capitol" and
handwritten "Wally"
USA
1984
promo copy
runs on 33 1/3 rpm

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. The Girl In The Magnesium Dress    (3:27)    [both taken from Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger]
Side 2:
  1. Outside Now Again    (4:06)
This is a promotional record for the Pierre Boulez album "The Perfect Stranger". Picture of cover and label here. Side A has the ordering number 9207 on the label, whereas the B-side shows 9208. The sleeve shows no ordering number.

From an affz threat in May 2002 (Subject = "Anyone Ever Notice ?") , discussing differences between the original Angel album release with the later Barking Pumpkin (and european EMI-only?) output:

Chris Maxfield: "Besides me, does anyone else out find that the Syclavier cuts from Perfect
Stranger sound very different on the BP re-release as contrasted with the ANGEL
version?  There seems to be a lot more depth (and bass!) on the later release,
at least to my ears.  In particular, OUTSIDE NOW AGAIN seems strikingly
different."

Román García: "I haven't heard the Angel version (send me one) but in my Barking Pumpkin
1992 version it says: "UMRK 1992 Re-mix & EQ / Mixage: Spencer Chrislu", so
probably what you're hearing is just the benefit you got from Spence's
re-mix of the original master.

By the way, I've noticed there's an asterisk (*) after "The Girl In The
Magnesium Dress" and "Jonestown" and then another one after "Engineer /
Mixage: Bob Stone". Does that mean that those two cuts weren't re-mixed by
Spencer Chrislu? Do you hear any difference there?"

Scott Morrison: "I've always thought that there were major differences on the
Synclavier pieces.  The earlier Angel release uses the old
FM-Synthesis Syncalvier sounds, but, to my ears, the 1992 re-mix uses
many sampled sounds.  This is most obvious on "The Girl in the
Magnesium Dress" there the marimba part is obviously sampled in the
new version.  You can also hear a major difference in the bass part of
"Outside Now, Again."  Back when this was first recorded, Zappa
did not yet have sampling capabilities on his Synclavier.

Am I nuts, or were these pieces re-recorded, not just re-mixed?  Try
an A/B comparison on "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress", and see what
you think."

The original european EMI album credits Bob Stone for remixing, with Spencer Crislu not being involved.
 
 
 
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Thing-Fish / Them Or Us Promo (Promo)
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Maxi-Single
SPRO-9261
SPRO-9262
SPRO-9261
SPRO-9262
and the following:
SLM [triangle]7207
SLM [triangle]7207-X
both sides have additionally
"818-PUMPKIN"
striked out information:
BPR 9498BS'
BPR 9498AS'
USA
1984
promo copy
runs on 33 1/3 rpm

Front cover

Side 1:
  1. Be In My Video    (3:39)    [from Them Or Us]
  2. He's So Gay    (2:47)    [from Thing Fish]
  3. Won Ton On    (5:53)    [from Thing Fish]
Side 2:
  1. The Closer You Are    (2:58)    [from Them Or Us]
  2. Whipping Post    (7:32)    [from Them Or Us]
  3. Planet Of My Dreams    (1:40)    [from Them Or Us]
This record promotes both releases "Thing-Fish" and "Them Or Us". The funny things are those striked ordering numbers visible between the run-out grooves. It seems that the record was intended to be released with switched A- and B-sides.

Pictures of the labels can be seen here.
 
 
 

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Stairway To Heaven
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records
Maxi-Single
12 FRANK 101
12 FRANK 101 A-
12 FRANK 101-B
Side A has also "COPYMASTERS - B.J." and
"WOT A ZAPPER!";
Side AA only "COPYMASTERS - B.J." included
UK
1991
blue labels

Front Cover

Side 1:
  1. Stairway To Heaven    (9:20)    [both tracks from The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life]
Side 2:
  1. Bolero    (5:40)
From "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life", but this "Bolero" track has seven extra seconds of applause that are edited out from the album version. :) Also available as a CD single.

("Bolero" is on the American and Japanese versions of The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life, but was deleted from the European version for copyright reasons. It only appears on some of the European copies.)
 
 
 

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Bobby Brown #2
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Zappa Records / Intercord
Maxi-Single
INT 128.510
104 DMF-2655 A-I
104 DMF-2655 B-I
Germany
April 1991
 green labels
Reel Records
Maxi-Single
REALMA1
unknown
Sweden
1991
 states 33 1/3rpm, but is 45rpm
Bobby Brown 1991 - front cover

Side 1:

  1. Bobby Brown Goes Down    (2:50)
Side 2:
  1. I Have Been In You    (3:34)
  2. Dancin' Fool    (3:44)
There's also a CD version available.

The Swedish version of the vinyl seems to have a different cover variant, as Eelco Janzen reports this:
"The cover is plain white with in blue letters "BOBBY BROWN" on top and bottom of the cover and "FRANK ZAPPA" on left and right of the cover. The other side of the cover is the same but the colors have changed (blue cover with the words in blue on a white  part). The label is: Reel records (REALMA 1A and 1B) with on (side) 1A:
FRANK ZAPPA  "BOBBY BROWN"
1. BOBBY BROWN GOES DOWN 2.49 (in bold)
Composed/Arranged by Frank Zappa, Published by Munchkin Music ASCAP Manufactured & Marketed by Reel Reords under exclusive license from Today Croydon Ltd. 1979 Barking Pumpkin Records.

On (side) 1B:
FRANK ZAPPA "BOBBY BROWN"
1. I HAVE BEEN IN YOU  3.53
2. DANCIN'  FOOL 3.43 (both in bold)
plus the same data "Composed/arranged etc." as on the other side.

Also mentioned: 33 1/3 Stereo (but it is 45 RPM!) BIEM/ncb."

Pictures of the German release can be found here.

 
 

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Bobby Brown #3
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Matrix Numbers
Country
Year
Comments
Rykodisc
/
Rough Trade Records GmbH
Maxi-Single
159.3094.0   18
RTD-159.3094.0 A
RTD-159.3094.0 B
Both sides have additionally
D~~~~ G.P.
Germany
1995
Glossy black hole cover
with sticker attached
black labels with no info
Promo copy?
Front cover
Side 1:
  1. Bobby Brown Goes Down    (2:49)    [taken from Sheik Yerbouti / Strictly Commercial]
  2. Valley Girl    (4:50)    [taken from Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch / Strictly Commercial]
Side 2:
  1. The Torture Never Stops    (12:34)    [taken from Zappa In New York]
This item looks somewhat like all the DJ vinyl for those mix and scratch masters. Simple sleeve with sticker attached, or just scribblings on the cover or label, with not much info. I don't know if stock copies of this hit the stores, however, Ryko / Rough Trade (now Zomba) sold a CD version of it the very same year. Seems strange that the German record company used those bootleggish labels instead of company ones.
 
 
 
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