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200 Motels [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
200 Motels [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
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Format: CD (6 disc)
Release Date: Nov 12, 2021
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200 MOTELS is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
& The Mothers Of Invention.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Frank Zappa (guitar, bass); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jimmy Carl Black, Jim Pons (vocals); Ian Underwood (keyboards, winds); George Duke (keyboards, trombone); Martin Lickert (bass); Aynsley Dunbar, Ruth Underwood (drums).
Additional personnel: David Van Asch, Elgar Howarth (conductor); Theodore Bikel (narrator): The Top Score Singers, Classical Guitar Ensemble, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded in 1971. Includes liner notes by Patrick Pending.
Digitally remastered by Toby Mountain.
Finally released on a pair of CDs in 1997 (26 years after it's initial release on vinyl), 200 MOTELS is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's wacky 1971 motion picture of the same name, which starred Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, among others. Although it enjoyed success as a "midnight movie" in the '70s/early '80s, 200 MOTELS is a difficult movie to comprehend, since the storyline is very abstract (some have hinted that it was made up on the spot!). But even when his music is difficult to understand, Zappa includes many interesting twists and turns, and the soundtrack for 200 MOTELS is no different.
Although Zappa composed and arranged all the music, The Mothers of Invention, were joined by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (!) and the Top Score Singers. But some of the material is exactly what you'd expect from an early-'70s Zappa and the Mothers release--such as a medley containing the tracks "She Painted Up Her Face," "Half A Dozen Provocative Squats," and "Shove It Right In." Included with the CD re-issue is an enhanced track (playable on CD-ROM) of the "Original Theatrical Trailer" for the movie, as well as a single edit of "Magic Fingers" and four promotional radio spots.
& The Mothers Of Invention.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Frank Zappa (guitar, bass); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jimmy Carl Black, Jim Pons (vocals); Ian Underwood (keyboards, winds); George Duke (keyboards, trombone); Martin Lickert (bass); Aynsley Dunbar, Ruth Underwood (drums).
Additional personnel: David Van Asch, Elgar Howarth (conductor); Theodore Bikel (narrator): The Top Score Singers, Classical Guitar Ensemble, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded in 1971. Includes liner notes by Patrick Pending.
Digitally remastered by Toby Mountain.
Finally released on a pair of CDs in 1997 (26 years after it's initial release on vinyl), 200 MOTELS is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's wacky 1971 motion picture of the same name, which starred Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, among others. Although it enjoyed success as a "midnight movie" in the '70s/early '80s, 200 MOTELS is a difficult movie to comprehend, since the storyline is very abstract (some have hinted that it was made up on the spot!). But even when his music is difficult to understand, Zappa includes many interesting twists and turns, and the soundtrack for 200 MOTELS is no different.
Although Zappa composed and arranged all the music, The Mothers of Invention, were joined by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (!) and the Top Score Singers. But some of the material is exactly what you'd expect from an early-'70s Zappa and the Mothers release--such as a medley containing the tracks "She Painted Up Her Face," "Half A Dozen Provocative Squats," and "Shove It Right In." Included with the CD re-issue is an enhanced track (playable on CD-ROM) of the "Original Theatrical Trailer" for the movie, as well as a single edit of "Magic Fingers" and four promotional radio spots.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
2 - Mystery Roach
3 - Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
4 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
5 - Tuna Fish Promenade
6 - Dance of the Just Plain Folks
7 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
8 - Sealed Tuna Bolero
9 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt
10 - Touring Can Make You Crazy
11 - Would You Like a Snack?
12 - Redneck Eats
13 - Centerville
14 - She Painted Up Her Face
15 - Janet's Big Dance Number
16 - Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
17 - Mysterioso
18 - Shove It Right In
19 - Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
20 - I'm Stealing the Towels
21 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma
22 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
23 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
24 - Penis Dimension
25 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
Disc 2:
1 - Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
2 - Magic Fingers
3 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
4 - Dew On the Newts We Got
5 - Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
6 - Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
7 - Girl's Dream
8 - Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
9 - Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
10 - Road Ladies [Alt. Mix]
11 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
12 - What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
13 - Bwana Dik
14 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
15 - Do You Like My New Car?
16 - Magic Fingers
17 - Phyllis & Aynsley
18 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Alt. Mix]
19 - Tell Me You Love Me [Mix Outtake]
20 - Road Ladies [Alt. Take]
21 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening [Studio Outtakes]
22 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening [Alt. Take, Incomplete]
23 - "Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen"
24 - Magic Fingers [Version B, Mix Outtake]
25 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Mix Outtake]
26 - Tell Me You Love Me [Alt. Take]
Disc 3:
1 - Scene 1-2: Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
2 - Scene 3: "What's the Deal?"
3 - Mystery Roach
4 - Scene 32: "It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This..."
5 - Scene 14: What's the Name of Your Group? I
6 - Scene 32: "We Haven't Formed the Group Yet"
7 - Scene 15: What's the Name of Your Group? II
8 - Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"
9 - Scene 18: Went On the Road
10 - Scene 19-20: "Special Delivery"
11 - Scene 21: Centerville
12 - Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
13 - Scene 22: This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich
14 - Scene 23-24: Tuna Fish Promenade
15 - Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
16 - Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
17 - Scene 30: JCB & Rance
18 - Scene 21: Larry the Dwarf
19 - Scene 81: Magic Fingers
20 - Scene 47: Larry the Dwarf in the Hotel Room
21 - Scene 33: The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
22 - Scene 40-41: The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
23 - Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
24 - Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
25 - Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
26 - Scene 87: "Penis!"
27 - Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
28 - Scene 60: Janet's Big Dance Number
29 - Scene 61: Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
30 - Scene 62: Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist
31 - Scene 63: Shove It Right In
32 - Scene 67: "I Am Bwana Dik!"
33 - Scene 68-69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
34 - Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Disc 4:
1 - Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
2 - Scene 84-85: Penis Dimension
3 - Scene 32: Mystery Roach [Acoustic]/"Yeah? Well Fine!"
4 - Scene 71: What Will the Evening Bring Me This Morning
5 - Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out/I'm Stealing the Room
6 - Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
7 - Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
8 - "I Was Gonna Make a Movie One Time..."
9 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #1
10 - What's the Name of Your Group? [FZ Edit]
11 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #2
12 - FZ on Ringo Starr
13 - Ringo Starr on 200 Motels
14 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #3
15 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch [Mix Outtake]
16 - Looking for Newts
17 - "They Are Only In It for the Money"
18 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #4
19 - 200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
20 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? [Mix Outtake]
21 - "I Shall Ruin All the Tapes"
22 - Janet's Big Dance Number [Basic Tracks]
23 - Martin Lickert Voice-Over
24 - Touring Can Make You Crazy [Mix Outtake]
25 - Penis Dimension [Instrumental Alt. Take]
26 - Centerville [Mix Outtake]
27 - Mystery Roach [Alt. Master]
28 - Magic Fingers [Mix Outtake]
29 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #5
Disc 5:
1 - "What Is 200 Motels?"
2 - Theodore Bikel Voice-Over
3 - Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture [Mix Outtake]
4 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 1]
5 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 2]
6 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 3]
7 - Can I Help You With This Dummy?
8 - Pianos for the Pleated Gazelle
9 - Synth Tracks, Pt. 1
10 - Would You Like a Snack? [Alt. Take]
11 - Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice-Over
12 - Centerville [Rough Mix]
13 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) [Mix Outtake]
14 - Tuna Fish Promenade [Mix Outtake]
15 - Sealed Tuna Bolero [Alt. Take]
16 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [Mix Outtake]
17 - Naval Aviation In Art?
18 - Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene [Basic Tracks]
19 - Mystery Roach [Basic Tracks]
20 - I Have Seen the Pleated Gazelle
21 - Dew On the Newts We Got [Rough Mix]
22 - Lad Searches the Night for His Newts [Rough Mix]
23 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch [Rough Mix]
24 - Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth [Rough Mix, Alt. Ending]
25 - Girl's Dream [Rough Mix]
26 - Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Courduroy Ponce
27 - Scene 43: A Cardboard Box
28 - Scene 44
29 - Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes [Rough Mix]
30 - She Painted Up Her Face [Compressed Mix]
31 - Secret Stare
32 - Half a Dozen Provocative Squats [Compressed Mix]
33 - Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist [Basic Tracks]
34 - Shove It Right In [Compressed Mix]
35 - Postlude [Basic Tracks]
36 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Mix Outtake]
Disc 6:
1 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy [Alt. Take]
2 - Magic Fingers [Alt. Take]
3 - Penis Dimension [Basic Tracks]
4 - Scene 86
5 - Scene 87 [Alt. Take]
6 - Synth Tracks, Pt. 2
7 - I'm Stealing the Towels [Basic Tracks, Alt. Take]
8 - Scene 94: "He's Always Watching Me"
9 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma, Pt. 1 [Basic Tracks]
10 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? [Mix Outtake]
11 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma, Pt. 2 [Basic Tracks]
12 - Strictly Genteel [Basic Tracks]
13 - 200 Motels Finale [Alt. Take]
14 - 200 Motels Finale [Basic Tracks, Unedited Ending]
15 - Movie Theater Skit [Commercial Session Outtake]
16 - 200 Motels Album Ad #1
17 - Script Rehearsal Trim
18 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [In Rehearsal 1969]
19 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [In Rehearsal 1970]
20 - 200 Motels Album Ad #2
21 - Penis Dimension Jingle Music
22 - TV Hype [Commercial Session Outtake]
23 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #6
1 - Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
2 - Mystery Roach
3 - Dance of the Rock & Roll Interviewers
4 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
5 - Tuna Fish Promenade
6 - Dance of the Just Plain Folks
7 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
8 - Sealed Tuna Bolero
9 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt
10 - Touring Can Make You Crazy
11 - Would You Like a Snack?
12 - Redneck Eats
13 - Centerville
14 - She Painted Up Her Face
15 - Janet's Big Dance Number
16 - Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
17 - Mysterioso
18 - Shove It Right In
19 - Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist & Postlude
20 - I'm Stealing the Towels
21 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma
22 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You?
23 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
24 - Penis Dimension
25 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
Disc 2:
1 - Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
2 - Magic Fingers
3 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
4 - Dew On the Newts We Got
5 - Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
6 - Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
7 - Girl's Dream
8 - Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
9 - Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
10 - Road Ladies [Alt. Mix]
11 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
12 - What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are?
13 - Bwana Dik
14 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
15 - Do You Like My New Car?
16 - Magic Fingers
17 - Phyllis & Aynsley
18 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Alt. Mix]
19 - Tell Me You Love Me [Mix Outtake]
20 - Road Ladies [Alt. Take]
21 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening [Studio Outtakes]
22 - What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening [Alt. Take, Incomplete]
23 - "Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen"
24 - Magic Fingers [Version B, Mix Outtake]
25 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Mix Outtake]
26 - Tell Me You Love Me [Alt. Take]
Disc 3:
1 - Scene 1-2: Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
2 - Scene 3: "What's the Deal?"
3 - Mystery Roach
4 - Scene 32: "It's a Good Thing We Get Paid to Do This..."
5 - Scene 14: What's the Name of Your Group? I
6 - Scene 32: "We Haven't Formed the Group Yet"
7 - Scene 15: What's the Name of Your Group? II
8 - Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"
9 - Scene 18: Went On the Road
10 - Scene 19-20: "Special Delivery"
11 - Scene 21: Centerville
12 - Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
13 - Scene 22: This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich
14 - Scene 23-24: Tuna Fish Promenade
15 - Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
16 - Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
17 - Scene 30: JCB & Rance
18 - Scene 21: Larry the Dwarf
19 - Scene 81: Magic Fingers
20 - Scene 47: Larry the Dwarf in the Hotel Room
21 - Scene 33: The Lad Searches the Night for His Newts
22 - Scene 40-41: The Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth
23 - Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
24 - Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
25 - Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
26 - Scene 87: "Penis!"
27 - Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
28 - Scene 60: Janet's Big Dance Number
29 - Scene 61: Half a Dozen Provocative Squats
30 - Scene 62: Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist
31 - Scene 63: Shove It Right In
32 - Scene 67: "I Am Bwana Dik!"
33 - Scene 68-69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
34 - Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Disc 4:
1 - Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
2 - Scene 84-85: Penis Dimension
3 - Scene 32: Mystery Roach [Acoustic]/"Yeah? Well Fine!"
4 - Scene 71: What Will the Evening Bring Me This Morning
5 - Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out/I'm Stealing the Room
6 - Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
7 - Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
8 - "I Was Gonna Make a Movie One Time..."
9 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #1
10 - What's the Name of Your Group? [FZ Edit]
11 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #2
12 - FZ on Ringo Starr
13 - Ringo Starr on 200 Motels
14 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #3
15 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch [Mix Outtake]
16 - Looking for Newts
17 - "They Are Only In It for the Money"
18 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #4
19 - 200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
20 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? [Mix Outtake]
21 - "I Shall Ruin All the Tapes"
22 - Janet's Big Dance Number [Basic Tracks]
23 - Martin Lickert Voice-Over
24 - Touring Can Make You Crazy [Mix Outtake]
25 - Penis Dimension [Instrumental Alt. Take]
26 - Centerville [Mix Outtake]
27 - Mystery Roach [Alt. Master]
28 - Magic Fingers [Mix Outtake]
29 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #5
Disc 5:
1 - "What Is 200 Motels?"
2 - Theodore Bikel Voice-Over
3 - Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture [Mix Outtake]
4 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 1]
5 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 2]
6 - What's the Name Of Your Group? [Complete Sequence, Pt. 3]
7 - Can I Help You With This Dummy?
8 - Pianos for the Pleated Gazelle
9 - Synth Tracks, Pt. 1
10 - Would You Like a Snack? [Alt. Take]
11 - Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice-Over
12 - Centerville [Rough Mix]
13 - This Town Is a Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue) [Mix Outtake]
14 - Tuna Fish Promenade [Mix Outtake]
15 - Sealed Tuna Bolero [Alt. Take]
16 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [Mix Outtake]
17 - Naval Aviation In Art?
18 - Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene [Basic Tracks]
19 - Mystery Roach [Basic Tracks]
20 - I Have Seen the Pleated Gazelle
21 - Dew On the Newts We Got [Rough Mix]
22 - Lad Searches the Night for His Newts [Rough Mix]
23 - Motorhead's Midnight Ranch [Rough Mix]
24 - Girl Wants to Fix Him Some Broth [Rough Mix, Alt. Ending]
25 - Girl's Dream [Rough Mix]
26 - Little Green Scratchy Sweaters and Courduroy Ponce
27 - Scene 43: A Cardboard Box
28 - Scene 44
29 - Nun Suit Painted on Some Old Boxes [Rough Mix]
30 - She Painted Up Her Face [Compressed Mix]
31 - Secret Stare
32 - Half a Dozen Provocative Squats [Compressed Mix]
33 - Lucy's Seduction of a Bored Violinist [Basic Tracks]
34 - Shove It Right In [Compressed Mix]
35 - Postlude [Basic Tracks]
36 - What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning [Mix Outtake]
Disc 6:
1 - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy [Alt. Take]
2 - Magic Fingers [Alt. Take]
3 - Penis Dimension [Basic Tracks]
4 - Scene 86
5 - Scene 87 [Alt. Take]
6 - Synth Tracks, Pt. 2
7 - I'm Stealing the Towels [Basic Tracks, Alt. Take]
8 - Scene 94: "He's Always Watching Me"
9 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma, Pt. 1 [Basic Tracks]
10 - Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting to You? [Mix Outtake]
11 - Dental Hygiene Dilemma, Pt. 2 [Basic Tracks]
12 - Strictly Genteel [Basic Tracks]
13 - 200 Motels Finale [Alt. Take]
14 - 200 Motels Finale [Basic Tracks, Unedited Ending]
15 - Movie Theater Skit [Commercial Session Outtake]
16 - 200 Motels Album Ad #1
17 - Script Rehearsal Trim
18 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [In Rehearsal 1969]
19 - Lonesome Cowboy Burt [In Rehearsal 1970]
20 - 200 Motels Album Ad #2
21 - Penis Dimension Jingle Music
22 - TV Hype [Commercial Session Outtake]
23 - 200 Motels Movie Ad #6