Mothers*Roxy & Elsewhere

Label:

Discreet – 2DS 2202

Format:

2 x Vinyl , LP, Album , Terre Haute Press, Gatefold

Country:

US

Released:

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Parody

Tracklist

A1 Preamble
Written-ByFrank Zappa
1:24
A2 Penguin In Bondage
Written-ByFrank Zappa
5:24
A3 Pygmy Twylyte
Written-ByFrank Zappa
3:22
A4 Dummy Up
Written-ByBrock*
5:03
B1 Preamble
Written-ByFrank Zappa
0:54
B2 Village Of The Sun
Written-ByFrank Zappa
3:24
B3 Echidna's Arf (Of You)
Written-ByFrank Zappa
3:54
B4 Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
Written-ByFrank Zappa
9:47
C1 Preamble
Written-ByFrank Zappa
2:10
C2 Cheepnis
Backing VocalsRuben*
Written-ByFrank Zappa
4:22
C3 Son Of Orange County
Written-ByFrank Zappa
5:55
C4 More Trouble Every Day
Written-ByFrank Zappa
6:08
D1 Preamble
Written-ByFrank Zappa
1:25
D2 Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen's Church)
Written-ByFrank Zappa
15:23

Companies, etc.

  • Record CompanyDiscreet Records, Inc.
  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Warner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Manufactured ByWarner Bros. Records Inc.
  • Published ByMunchkin Music – A1 to C2, D
  • Published ByFrank Zappa Music – C3, C4
  • Published ByThird Story Music – C3, C4
  • Mastered AtArtisan Sound Recorders
  • Mastered AtColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
  • Pressed ByColumbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
  • Recorded AtThe Roxy
  • Recorded AtAuditorium Theatre, Chicago
  • Recorded AtEdinboro State College
  • Overdubbed AtBolic Sound
  • Overdubbed AtParamount Recording Studios

Credits

  • BassTom Fowler
  • Cover, Photography BySherwin Tilton
  • Design, GraphicsCal Schenkel
  • DrumsRalph Humphrey
  • Engineer [Road Tapes]Bill Hennigh
  • Engineer [Roxy Remote Recording], RemixKerry McNab*
  • Keyboards, Synthesizer, VocalsGeorge Duke
  • Lead Guitar, Vocals, ProducerFrank Zappa
  • Management [DiscReetion]Herb Cohen
  • PercussionRuth Underwood
  • Photography By [Liner/Cover]Sherwin Tilton
  • Photography By [Liner]Steve Magedoff
  • Recorded By [Roxy Remote]Wally Heider
  • Rhythm Guitar, VocalsJeff Simmons
  • SynthesizerDon Preston
  • Tenor Saxophone, Flute, Lead VocalsNapoleon Murphy Brock*
  • Trombone, Other [Dancing (?)]Bruce Fowler (3)
  • TrumpetWalt Fowler

Notes

Pressing variation Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Most of the material in this double set was recorded Dec. 10, 11 & 12, 1973, at The Roxy, Hollywood. Other portions were extracted from road tapes (4-track 15-ips masters) of show #2, Mothers Day, 1974, at the Auditorium Theater in Chicago, and the recent gymnasium extravaganza at Edinboro State College, Edinboro, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1974.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side A): 31,797
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side B): 31,798
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side C): 31,799
  • Matrix / Runout (Label Side D): 31,800
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Side A, etched): T1 2D-2202 31797-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Side B, etched): T 2 2D-2202 31798-1A SX
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Side C, etched): 2 2D-2202 31799-1A ST
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 1, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1C T SX
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side A, etched): 2D-2202 31797-1B SXT 1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side B, etched): 2D-2202 T1 31798-1-1 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side C, etched): 2D-2202 T1 31799-1-1 A
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 2, Side D, etched): 2D-2202 31800-1C SX 2
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side A, etched): 1 2D-2202 31797-1B SXT
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side B, etched): 1 2D-2202 31798-1B SX
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side C, etched): 1 2D-2202 31799-1A SX
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 3, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1B SXT
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Side A, etched): 1 2D-2202 31797-1B SXT D4
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Side B, etched): 2D-2202 T1 31798-1-1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Side C, etched): 2 2D-2202 31799-1A SXT 8B
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 4, Side D, etched): 2 2D-2202 31800-1A T A5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Side A, etched): 2D-2202 31797-1A SXT Artisan D7
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Side B, etched): 1 2D-2202 31798-1B SXT Artisan C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Side C, etched): 2 2D-2202 31799-1A SXT Artisan B1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 5, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1B SXT Artisan D7
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, Side A, etched): 1 2D-2202 31797-1B B
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, Side B, etched): 1 2D-2202 31798-1A SX C1
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, Side C, etched): 1 2D-2202 31799-1A SX C2
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 6, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1B SX
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, Side A, etched): T1 2D-2202 31797-1 B4
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, Side B, etched): 2D-2202 T1 31798-1-1 A5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, Side C, etched): 2 2D-2202 31799-1A SXT B8
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 7, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1C A5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, Side A, etched): 1 2D-2202 31797-1B SXT C7
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, Side B, etched): 1 2D-2202 31798-1B SXT C5
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, Side C, etched): 2D-2202 T1 31799-1-1 A4
  • Matrix / Runout (Variant 8, Side D, etched): 1 2D-2202 31800-1B SXT D8
  • Matrix / Runout (Stamped All Sides): Artisan Sound Recorders [Logo]
  • Rights Society (A1 to C2, D): ASCAP
  • Rights Society (C3, C4): BMI
  • Price Code (Spine): 0998

Other Versions (5 of 107)

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
Roxy & Elsewhere (2×LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing, Gatefold) Discreet 2DS 2202 US 1974
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Roxy & Elsewhere (2×LP, Album) DiscReet K 89200 Italy 1974
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Roxy & Elsewhere (2×LP, Album) Discreet 2RS 2202 New Zealand 1974
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Roxy & Elsewhere (2×LP, Album, Stereo, Gatefold) DiscReet 69 201, 69201, 2DS 2202 1974
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Roxy & Elsewhere (2×LP, Album, Gatefold) DiscReet 2DS 2202 Canada 1974

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Reviews

  • beatdispenser's avatar
    beatdispenser
    Who cares what format, pressing, condition you got. This is a brilliant album. Excellently recorded and a group of musicians going full tilt.
    • AleLXXIV's avatar
      AleLXXIV
      I have a Discreet / Warner Bros. 1974 US press with the same label of the LA press but with the only matrix 2DS 2202 - A (obviously on the other sides the last letter changes but nowhere is indicated the factory).

      Sides one and two are on the first record, Sides three and four are on the second. It's manufactured by Warner Bros. Records INC. / Made in USA.

      What kind of release is that?
      • mikkris's avatar
        mikkris

        Label variation: 2DS 2202 is placed above SIDE I on right side of label. Matrix side 1: 2DS-1-2202 WWZ #4. Can't find it on Discogs.

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