Cassette Singles

What is a cassette single? So far, two cassette singles with Frank Zappa songs have been reported - "Alley Cat" and "Dancin' Fool". They were also called "Cassingles". If you know any more about these, any others like them, or cassette singles in general, mail me.

You might have noticed that this part of the program does not include an index, but there is so few material to report that I think it makes it superfluous.



 

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Alley Cat
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Country
Year
Comments
unknown
Cassingle
unknown
unknown
unknown
  

 
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Dancin'  Fool
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Country
Year
Comments
unknown
Cassingle
unknown
unknown
unknown
  

 
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You Can't Sheik Yerbouti On A Ship Arriving Too Late
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Country
Year
Comments
Barking Pumpkin Records
Cassingle
unknown, maybe none
USA
1991
  Promo copy

You Can't Sheik Too Late
Side1:
  1. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
  2. Dancin' Fool
  3. Take Me Out To The Ballgame
  4. Bobby Brown
Side2:
  1. Valley Girl
  2. The Torture Never Stops

FRANK ZAPPA - You Can't Sheik Yerbouti On A Ship Arriving Too Late; USA 1991, Barking Pumpkin' Records, Promo-Only-MC. Zustand: ungespielt/neu.

Sehr seltene MC, die im Handel nicht erhältlich war und von Barking Pumpkin' Records nur für Promotionzwecke hergestellt wurde. Die Auflage dürfte schon damals recht gering gewesen sein. Bereits 1991 war die MC nicht unbedingt das meistgespielte Musikformat. MC mit dem Label-Eindruck:'Produced by Frank Zappa. This is a promo cassette'. Stücke: Broken Hearts Are For Assholes, Dancin'Fool, Take Me Out To The Ballgame, Bobby Brown, Valley Girl und The Torture Never Stops. Viel Glück!
 
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Strictly Halloween
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Country
Year
Comments
Rykodisc
Cassingle
unknown
USA
1995
 promo cassette

Strictly Halloween front sideStrictly Halloween back of cassette

Side 1:
  1. Cosmic Debris    [taken from Strictly Commercial]
  2. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama    [also taken from Strictly Commercial]
  3. Transylvania Boogie    [taken from Chunga's Revenge]
This promo only release was issued as a give away at Zappa related Halloween events to promote the release of Strictly Commercial. The text on the back reads as follow:

"Today in the United States there's a group of people - I know they gotta be out there - who don't care wether they're hip, hop, swinging or zorch. These people have the ability to motivate social change. I want to reach the vast minority."
-Frank Zappa
 
 

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Mother People
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Record Company
Format
Ordering Number
Country
Year
Comments
Verve Records
Cassingle
VVZ 725?
USA?
unknown
  
Mother People bilster packageSide 1:
  1. Mother People
  2. Flower Punk
Side 2:
  1. Nasal Retentive Caliope Music
  2. Absolutely Free
I don't know when this cassingle was released. The material here seems to be from the "We're Only In It For The Money" album.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Created: 30.01.2001        

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