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A1	Prologue	2:56
A2	The Mammy Nuns	3:50
A3	Harry & Rhonda	3:36
A4	Galoot Up-Date Keyboards, Trumpet [Uncredited] – Bob Harris	5:29
B1	The 'Torchum' Never Stops	10:32
B2	That Evil Prince	1:17
B3	You Are What You Is	4:31
C1	Mudd Club Tenor Saxophone [Uncredited] – Motorhead Sherwood	3:17
C2	The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing Slide Guitar [Uncredited] – Denny Walley	3:14
C3	Clowns On Velvet Keyboards, Saxophone [Uncredited] – Bobby Martin	1:38
C4	Harry-As-A-Boy	2:51
C5	He's So Gay	2:48
D1	The Massive Improve'lence	5:07
D2	Artificial Rhonda Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Roy EstradaHarmonica [Uncredited] – Don Van VlietSynthesizer [Uncredited] – Ruth Underwood	3:30
D3	The Crab-Grass Baby	3:48
D4	The White Boy Troubles	3:35
E1	No Not Now Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Bob Harris, Roy Estrada	5:50
E2	Briefcase Boogie	4:10
E3	Brown Moses	3:02
F1	Wistful Wit A Fist-Full	3:53
F2	Drop Dead	7:56
F3	Won Ton On Backing Vocals [Uncredited] – Bob Harris, Roy Estrada	4:20

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Capitol Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Barking Pumpkin Records
• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Pressed By – Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8309
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8310
• Mastered At – Sheffield Lab Matrix – ∆8311

Credits

• Artwork [Costumes] – Robert Fletcher
• Assemblage [Prosthetics For Thing Fish & Sister Ob'dewlla 'x'] – Jene Omens
• Bass Guitar – Arthur Barrow, Scott Thunes
• Double Bass – Jay Anderson
• Drums – Chad Wackerman
• Electric Guitar – Ray White, Steve Vai
• Electric Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Frank Zappa
• Engineer – Bob Stone, Mark Pinske
• Keyboards – Tommy Mars
• Lacquer Cut By – jm*
• Percussion – Ed Mann
• Photography By [Cover & Liner Insets] – Ladi Von Jansky
• Piano [Broadway] – Chuck Wild
• Producer [Album Production, Direction Of Characterizations & Book], Music By, Arranged By, Lyrics By – Frank Zappa
• Technician [Synclavier Programming] – David Ocker, Steve De Furia*
• Vocals – Johnny Guitar Watson
• Voice Actor [Brown Moses] – Johnny Guitar Watson
• Voice Actor [Evil Prince] – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Voice Actor [Harry- As- A- Boy] – Bob Harris
• Voice Actor [Harry] – Terry Bozzio
• Voice Actor [Owl- Gonkwin- Jane Cowhoon] – Ray White
• Voice Actor [Rhonda] – Dale Bozzio
• Voice Actor [Thing Fish] – Ike Willis

Notes

Contains:
16-page 12"x12" 'linen effect' matte paper lyric book, outlining scenes/acts, including 10 black & white photos.
LPs in black & white glossy jackets, imprinted on back with 'Barking Pumpkin Records' logo & on front with large Zappa 'join-the-dots' logo & 'Warning/Guarantee' stamp.

Manufactured by Capitol Records Inc., a subsidiary of Capitol Industries-EMI Inc., USA

In runout of all sides: 818-PUMPKIN

Since the release of this recording uncredited artists have emerged and have been listed accordingly on track titles.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A runout scratched): SKCO-2-74201-Z6 o B-23805-Z6 jm ∆8309 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN AL-SP
• Matrix / Runout (Side B runout scratched): SKCO-2-74201-Z5 jm SLM ∆8309-X SP1-4 0-1 818-PUMPKIN AL-SP
• Matrix / Runout (Side C runout scratched): SKCO-3-74201-Z5 SLM ∆8310 jm SP1-4 01 818-PUMPKIN AL-SP
• Matrix / Runout (Side D runout scratched): SKCO-4-74201-Z6 o B-23868-Z6 jm ∆8310-X SP 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
• Matrix / Runout (Side E runout scratched): SKCO SKOC-5-74201-Z5 AL-SP SLM ∆8311 SP 1-1 0-1 818-PUMPKIN
• Matrix / Runout (Side F runout scratched): SKCO-6-74201-Z6 o B-23870-Z6 ∆8311-X SP 1-2 0-1 818-PUMPKIN AL-SP
• Rights Society: ASCAP

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
24 0294 3, 1A 3LP 198 24 0294 3, EX 24 0294 3	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(3xLP, Album + Box)	EMI, EMI, EMI	24 0294 3, 1A 3LP 198 24 0294 3, EX 24 0294 3	UK & Europe	1984
RCD 10544/45	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10544/45	Japan	1995
VACK-1256	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, Ltd, RE, RM + Box, Min)	Rykodisc	VACK-1256	Japan	2002
RCD 10020/21	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Rykodisc	RCD 10020/21	US	1986
SKCO-74201	Zappa*	Thing-Fish ‎(3xLP, Album + Box)	Barking Pumpkin Records	SKCO-74201	US	1984