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'''''Weasels Ripped My Flesh''''' is the eighth album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] group [[the Mothers of Invention]], and the tenth overall by [[Frank Zappa]], released in 1970. It was the second of two albums - the first being its predecessor ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]'' - assembled by Zappa from unreleased leftover recordings by the band after their late 1969 split (some recordings from the sessions for Zappa's 1969 solo album ''[[Hot Rats]]'' are also included). ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' focuses on mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, while ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/[[[[Musical improvisation|improvisational]] pieces.
'''''Weasels Ripped My Flesh''''' is the eighth album by the American [[Rock music|rock]] group [[the Mothers of Invention]], and the tenth overall by [[Frank Zappa]], released in 1970. Following the Mothers' late 1969 split, Zappa assembled two albums - ''[[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]'' and ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' - from unreleased studio and live recordings by the band, as well as some outtakes/leftovers from his 1969 solo album ''[[Hot Rats]]''. While ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/[[Musical improvisation|improvisational]] pieces.


== Album information ==
== Album information ==
Whereas all but one of the pieces on ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' have a more planned feel captured by quality studio equipment, five tracks from ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' capture the Mothers on stage, where they employ frenetic and chaotic improvisation characteristic of [[avant-garde jazz]] and [[free jazz]]. This is particularly evident on "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue", a tribute to the multi-instrumentalist [[Eric Dolphy]] who died in 1964 and is cited as a musical influence in the liner notes to the band's ''[[Freak Out!]]'' album. The song opens with a complex melody over a {{music|time|3|4}} rhythm, breaking into howls and laughter at the three-minute mark, then the theme is repeated and elaborated; after a brief rave-up section, the number concludes in stop-start fashion. This song is a feature of the annual [[Le Moyne College#Dolphy_Day|Dolphy Day]] celebration at Le Moyne College, New York.
Whereas all but one of the pieces on ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' have a more planned feel captured by quality studio equipment, five tracks from ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' capture the Mothers on stage, where they employ frenetic and chaotic improvisation characteristic of [[avant-garde jazz]] and [[free jazz]]. This is particularly evident on "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue", a tribute to the multi-instrumentalist [[Eric Dolphy]] who died in 1964 and is cited as a musical influence in the liner notes to the band's ''[[Freak Out!]]'' album. The song opens with a complex melody over a {{music|time|3|4}} rhythm, breaking into howls and laughter at the three-minute mark, then the theme is repeated and elaborated; after a brief rave-up section, the number concludes in stop-start fashion. This song is a feature of the annual [[Le Moyne College#Dolphy_Day|Dolphy Day]] celebration at Le Moyne College, New York.


Zappa's classical influences are reflected in characteristically satirical fashion on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask", a play on [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]'' (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun). "Oh No" is a vocal version of a theme that originally appeared on Zappa's ''Lumpy Gravy'' album, as well as a pointed barb aimed at the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". "The Orange County Lumber Truck" incorporates the "Riddler's Theme" from the [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'' TV show]]. The album's closer and title track consists of every player on stage producing as much noise and feedback as they can for two minutes. An audience member is heard yelling for more at its conclusion. The All-Music Guide concludes that the track is "perfectly logical in the album's context."
Zappa's classical influences are reflected in characteristically satirical fashion on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask", a play on [[Claude Debussy]]'s ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]'' (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun). "Oh No" is a vocal version of a theme that originally appeared on Zappa's ''Lumpy Gravy'' album, as well as a pointed barb aimed at the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". "The Orange County Lumber Truck" incorporates the "Riddler's Theme" from the [[Batman (TV series)|''Batman'' TV show]]. The album's closer and title track consists of every player on stage producing as much noise and feedback as they can for about one and a half minutes. An audience member is heard yelling for more at its conclusion. The All-Music Guide concludes that the track is "perfectly logical in the album's context."


In contrast to the experimental jazz material, the album also contains a straightforward interpretation of [[Little Richard]]'s R&B single "Directly From My Heart to You", featuring violin and lead vocal from [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]]. This song is actually an outtake from the sessions for the ''[[Hot Rats]]'' album.
In contrast to the experimental jazz material, the album also contains a straightforward interpretation of [[Little Richard]]'s R&B single "Directly From My Heart to You", featuring violin and lead vocal from [[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]]. This song is actually an outtake from the sessions for the ''[[Hot Rats]]'' album.
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Frank Zappa recruited artist [[Neon Park]] to create a subversive image based on a cover story from the September 1956 issue of ''Man's Life'', a [[men's adventure]] magazine. The magazine's cover story depicts a shirtless man being attacked by numerous [[weasel]]s, above the caption "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". After showing Neon a copy of the magazine, Zappa inquired, "This is it. What can you do that's worse than this?" Neon's answer was to craft a parody of an advertisement for [[Schick (razors)|Schick]] brand [[electric razor]] based on the "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" theme.<ref name="big note">{{cite web |date=April 2005 | url = http://www.united-mutations.com/123/big_note_files200504.htm | title = the big nOte files | publisher = Black Page | access-date = 2006-06-13}}</ref> The record company released the album despite its reservations about the album cover.<ref name=bestcovers>{{cite book |title=100 Best Album Covers: The Stories Behind the Sleeves |last=Thorgerson |first= Storm |author2=Powell, Aubrey |year=1999 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=0-7513-0706-8 |pages=152}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/park_neon.htm|title = Neon Park}}</ref>
Frank Zappa recruited artist [[Neon Park]] to create a subversive image based on a cover story from the September 1956 issue of ''Man's Life'', a [[men's adventure]] magazine. The magazine's cover story depicts a shirtless man being attacked by numerous [[weasel]]s, above the caption "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". After showing Neon a copy of the magazine, Zappa inquired, "This is it. What can you do that's worse than this?" Neon's answer was to craft a parody of an advertisement for [[Schick (razors)|Schick]] brand [[electric razor]] based on the "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" theme.<ref name="big note">{{cite web |date=April 2005 | url = http://www.united-mutations.com/123/big_note_files200504.htm | title = the big nOte files | website= United-mutations.com | access-date = 2006-06-13}}</ref> The record company released the album despite its reservations about the album cover.<ref name=bestcovers>{{cite book |title=100 Best Album Covers: The Stories Behind the Sleeves |last=Thorgerson |first= Storm |author2=Powell, Aubrey |year=1999 |publisher=Dorling Kindersley |isbn=0-7513-0706-8 |pages=152}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/park_neon.htm|title = Neon Park|website=Lambiek.net}}</ref>


German releases of the album featured an album cover showing a metal baby caught in a rat trap. This cover was not approved by Zappa.
German releases of the album featured a cover showing a metal baby caught in a rat trap. This cover was not approved by Zappa.


In 1975 ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' and ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' were reissued together on vinyl as ''2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention'', part of [[Warner Music Group|WEA]]'s ''2 Originals of...'' series, with the original covers used as the left and right sides of the inner spread, and the front cover depicting a revolver shooting toothpaste onto a toothbrush.
In 1975, ''Burnt Weeny Sandwich'' and ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' were reissued together as ''2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention'', with the original covers used as the left and right sides of the inner spread, and the outer gatefold cover depicting a revolver shooting toothpaste onto a toothbrush.


== Reception ==
== Reception ==
Contemporary reviews of the record called it "far-out" (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', August 29, 1970) and a "random collection of editing room snippets recorded at the Mothers' concerts" (''[[Rolling Stone]]'', October 1, 1970). Now placed in its historical context, modern reviewers tend to appreciate it more favorably. A typical example of such appreciation is Christgau's Record Guide (from 1981), which grades the album a B+. In a retrospective review, [[Allmusic]] gave it 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it a "fascinating collection", and stating that "Zappa's anything-goes approach and the distance between his extremes are what make ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' ultimately invigorating"<ref>http://www.allmusic.com/album/weasels-ripped-my-flesh-r22638/review allmusic review</ref> In his book ''Viva Zappa!'', Dominique Chevalier wrote that the album is "one of Zappa's most aggressively bizarre works, full of cross-references to [[free jazz]] and modern classical musicians such as [[Luciano Berio]]. He also said that the best piece was undoubtedly "[[Eric Dolphy]] Memorial Barbecue", calling it "the cleverest tribute that could have been paid to him".<ref>Viva Zappa 1986 Chevalier, Dominique Page 64</ref>
Contemporary reviews of the record called it "far-out" (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', August 29, 1970) and a "random collection of editing room snippets recorded at the Mothers' concerts" (''[[Rolling Stone]]'', October 1, 1970). Now placed in its historical context, modern reviewers tend to appreciate it more favorably. A typical example of such appreciation is Christgau's Record Guide (from 1981), which grades the album a B+. In a retrospective review, [[AllMusic]] gave it 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it a "fascinating collection", and stating that "Zappa's anything-goes approach and the distance between his extremes are what make ''Weasels Ripped My Flesh'' ultimately invigorating"<ref name="AMG"/> In his book ''Viva Zappa!'', Dominique Chevalier wrote that the album is "one of Zappa's most aggressively bizarre works, full of cross-references to [[free jazz]] and modern classical musicians such as [[Luciano Berio]]". He also said that the best piece was undoubtedly "[[Eric Dolphy]] Memorial Barbecue", calling it "the cleverest tribute that could have been paid to him".<ref>Viva Zappa 1986 Chevalier, Dominique, p. 64</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
*[[Frank Zappa]] – [[lead guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Frank Zappa]] – [[lead guitar]], [[Singing|vocals]] on "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"
*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Jimmy Carl Black]] – [[Drum kit|drums]]
*[[Ray Collins (rock musician)|Ray Collins]] – vocals
*[[Ray Collins (rock musician)|Ray Collins]] – vocals on "Oh No"
*[[Roy Estrada]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], vocals
*[[Roy Estrada]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], vocals on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask"
*[[Bunk Gardner]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Bunk Gardner]] – [[tenor saxophone]]
*[[Lowell George]] – [[rhythm guitar]], vocals
*[[Lowell George]] – [[rhythm guitar]], vocals on "Didja Get Any Onya?"
*[[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]] – vocals, [[electric violin]]
*[[Don "Sugarcane" Harris]] – vocals on "Directly from My Heart to You", [[electric violin]]
*[[Don Preston]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], [[RMI Electra Piano]], electronic effects
*[[Don Preston]] – [[organ (music)|organ]], [[RMI Electra Piano]], electronic effects
*[[Buzz Gardner]] – [[trumpet]] and [[flugel horn]]
*[[Buzz Gardner]] – [[trumpet]] and [[flugel horn]]
*[[Euclid James Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]] – [[baritone saxophone]], snorks<ref>sic in official album liner notes</ref>
*[[Euclid James Sherwood|Motorhead Sherwood]] – [[baritone saxophone]], snorks<ref>In official album liner notes</ref>
*[[Art Tripp]] – drums, vibes
*[[Art Tripp]] – drums, vibes
*[[Ian Underwood]] – alto saxophone
*[[Ian Underwood]] – alto saxophone
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== References ==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=90–91|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}


{{Frank Zappa albums}}
{{Frank Zappa albums}}

Latest revision as of 09:19, 17 December 2024

Weasels Ripped My Flesh
Studio album with live elements by
The Mothers of Invention
ReleasedAugust 10, 1970
RecordedDecember 1967 – August 1969 at various locations
Genre
Length39:48
LabelBizarre, Reprise
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
(1970) 		Weasels Ripped My Flesh
(1970) 		Chunga's Revenge
(1970)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
Burnt Weeny Sandwich
(1970) 		Weasels Ripped My Flesh
(1970) 		Fillmore East – June 1971
(1971)
Alternative covers
German cover
2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]

Weasels Ripped My Flesh is the eighth album by the American rock group the Mothers of Invention, and the tenth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. Following the Mothers' late 1969 split, Zappa assembled two albums - Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh - from unreleased studio and live recordings by the band, as well as some outtakes/leftovers from his 1969 solo album Hot Rats. While Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces.

Album information

[edit]

Whereas all but one of the pieces on Burnt Weeny Sandwich have a more planned feel captured by quality studio equipment, five tracks from Weasels Ripped My Flesh capture the Mothers on stage, where they employ frenetic and chaotic improvisation characteristic of avant-garde jazz and free jazz. This is particularly evident on "The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue", a tribute to the multi-instrumentalist Eric Dolphy who died in 1964 and is cited as a musical influence in the liner notes to the band's Freak Out! album. The song opens with a complex melody over a 3
4 rhythm, breaking into howls and laughter at the three-minute mark, then the theme is repeated and elaborated; after a brief rave-up section, the number concludes in stop-start fashion. This song is a feature of the annual Dolphy Day celebration at Le Moyne College, New York.

Zappa's classical influences are reflected in characteristically satirical fashion on "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask", a play on Claude Debussy's Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun). "Oh No" is a vocal version of a theme that originally appeared on Zappa's Lumpy Gravy album, as well as a pointed barb aimed at the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love". "The Orange County Lumber Truck" incorporates the "Riddler's Theme" from the Batman TV show. The album's closer and title track consists of every player on stage producing as much noise and feedback as they can for about one and a half minutes. An audience member is heard yelling for more at its conclusion. The All-Music Guide concludes that the track is "perfectly logical in the album's context."

In contrast to the experimental jazz material, the album also contains a straightforward interpretation of Little Richard's R&B single "Directly From My Heart to You", featuring violin and lead vocal from Don "Sugarcane" Harris. This song is actually an outtake from the sessions for the Hot Rats album.

The album also documents the brief tenure of Lowell George (guitar and vocals), who went on to found the band Little Feat with Mothers bassist Roy Estrada. On "Didja Get Any Onya?", George affects a German accent to relate a story of being a small boy in Germany and seeing "a lot of people stand around on the corners asking questions, 'Why are you standing on the corner, acting the way you act, looking the way you look, why do you look that way?'"

The Rykodisc CD reissue of the album features different versions of "Didja Get Any Onya?" and "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask", which featured music edited out of the LP versions. The extended version of "Didja Get Any Onya?" features a live performance of the composition "Charles Ives", a studio recording of which had previously been released as the backing track for "The Blimp" on the Captain Beefheart album Trout Mask Replica, produced by Frank Zappa. The 2012 Universal Music reissue reverts to the original LP versions.[3]

Album cover

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The two images that inspired the cover art by Neon Park: the September 1956 cover to Man's Life magazine (left) and a 1953 Schick electric shaver ad (right).

Frank Zappa recruited artist Neon Park to create a subversive image based on a cover story from the September 1956 issue of Man's Life, a men's adventure magazine. The magazine's cover story depicts a shirtless man being attacked by numerous weasels, above the caption "Weasels Ripped My Flesh". After showing Neon a copy of the magazine, Zappa inquired, "This is it. What can you do that's worse than this?" Neon's answer was to craft a parody of an advertisement for Schick brand electric razor based on the "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" theme.[4] The record company released the album despite its reservations about the album cover.[5][6]

German releases of the album featured a cover showing a metal baby caught in a rat trap. This cover was not approved by Zappa.

In 1975, Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh were reissued together as 2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention, with the original covers used as the left and right sides of the inner spread, and the outer gatefold cover depicting a revolver shooting toothpaste onto a toothbrush.

Reception

[edit]

Contemporary reviews of the record called it "far-out" (Billboard, August 29, 1970) and a "random collection of editing room snippets recorded at the Mothers' concerts" (Rolling Stone, October 1, 1970). Now placed in its historical context, modern reviewers tend to appreciate it more favorably. A typical example of such appreciation is Christgau's Record Guide (from 1981), which grades the album a B+. In a retrospective review, AllMusic gave it 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it a "fascinating collection", and stating that "Zappa's anything-goes approach and the distance between his extremes are what make Weasels Ripped My Flesh ultimately invigorating"[1] In his book Viva Zappa!, Dominique Chevalier wrote that the album is "one of Zappa's most aggressively bizarre works, full of cross-references to free jazz and modern classical musicians such as Luciano Berio". He also said that the best piece was undoubtedly "Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue", calling it "the cleverest tribute that could have been paid to him".[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Frank Zappa except where noted

Side one
No.TitleRecordedLength
1."Didja Get Any Onya?"March 2, 1969, Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia3:44
2."Directly from My Heart to You" (Richard Wayne Penniman)July 1969, TTG Recording Studios, Hollywood5:17
3."Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask"October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London3:35
4."Toads of the Short Forest"August 1969, Whitney Studios, Glendale and February 7–8, 1969, Thee Image, Miami4:48
5."Get a Little"February 13, 1969, The Factory, New York City2:35
Total length:20:41
Side two
No.TitleRecordedLength
6."The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue" (instrumental)June 1969, A&R Studios, New York City6:53
7."Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula" (instrumental)December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York City2:12
8."My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama"February 1969, Criteria Studios, Miami and August–September 1969, T.T.G. Studios, Hollywood3:35
9."Oh No"December 1967-February 1968, Apostolic Studios, New York City1:46
10."The Orange County Lumber Truck" (instrumental)October 25, 1968, Royal Festival Hall, London3:18
11."Weasels Ripped My Flesh"May 30, 1969, Town Hall, Birmingham2:05
Total length:20:37

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producer: Frank Zappa
  • Art Direction: John Williams
  • Cover art: Neon Park
  • Photography: John Williams
  • Digital art: Bob Stone

Charts

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Album – Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1970 Billboard 200 189

References

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  1. ^ a b Huey, Steve (2011). "Weasels Ripped My Flesh – The Mothers of Invention". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: M". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 8, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ [1] Archived August 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "the big nOte files". United-mutations.com. April 2005. Retrieved 2006-06-13.
  5. ^ Thorgerson, Storm; Powell, Aubrey (1999). 100 Best Album Covers: The Stories Behind the Sleeves. Dorling Kindersley. p. 152. ISBN 0-7513-0706-8.
  6. ^ "Neon Park". Lambiek.net.
  7. ^ Viva Zappa 1986 Chevalier, Dominique, p. 64
  8. ^ In official album liner notes

Further reading

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