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Frank Zappa

Waka / Jawaka - Hot Rats

1972 Avantgarde Fusion Jazz-Rock Prog Rock
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Tracklist

  1. A Big Swifty 17:26
  2. B1 Your Mouth 3:11
  3. B2 It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal 4:17
  4. B3 Waka / Jawaka 11:18

Musicians

Also credited

Also credited. Cover: Marvin Mattelson. Illustration (Cover Illustration): Marvin Mattelson. Cover (Packaging): Cal Schenkel. Engineer: Kerry McNabb. Management (Bizarre Bizness): Herb Cohen. Photography By (Back Cover): Philip Schwartz. Recorded By (Under The Thoughtful Supervision Of): Marshall Brevitz.

The Grand Wazoo The Mothers, 1972 Shares Frank Zappa, Aynsley Dunbar, Erroneous and 9 more The Grand Wazoo The Mothers, 1972 Shares Frank Zappa, Aynsley Dunbar, Erroneous and 9 more Over-Nite Sensation The Mothers, 1973 Shares Frank Zappa, Sal Marquez, George Duke "Live" On Tour In Europe The Billy Cobham / George Duke Band, 1976 Shares George Duke Journey To Love Stanley Clarke, 1975 Shares George Duke Absolutely Free The Mothers Of Invention, 1967 Shares Frank Zappa We're Only In It For The Money The Mothers Of Invention, 1968 Shares Frank Zappa Everyday, Everynight Flora Purim, 1978 Shares George Duke

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Release notes

Catalog# "44203" on front cover.
Catalog# "REP 44 203" on spine, back cover and center labels.
Catalog# "2094" on front and back cover.
Catalog# "MS 2094" on center labels.

Glossy laminated sleeve.
No price code following the catalog# on back cover (B, U, or Z in a small circle), not mentioning WEA on labels.
Title on sleeve is "Waka/Jawaka". The full title appears on label and spine.

There are two other early represses:
- a slightly later pressing with Kinney credits, but WEA next to the spindle hole and WEA runouts:
- the first WEA Musik GmbH repress from 1973:

On center label side A:
On the left from pinhole: GEMA / 31 456 / ℗1972
On the right from pinhole: REP 44 203 STEREO / (MS 2094) / Side 1
On center label side B:
On the left from pinhole: GEMA / 31 457 / ℗1972
On the right from pinhole: REP 44 203 STEREO / (MS 2094) / Side 2

Back cover:
Recorded at Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, Cal.; […]
This album is dedicated to Paul Hof & Barry Keene
Reprise Records, a Division of Warner Bros. Records Inc., […]
© 1972 – Warner Bros. Records Inc. A Product of Kinney Music GmbH, […] · Made in Germany

Runout variants 2 are etched except for "Manufactured in Germany" which is stamped. The 2 is tilted sideways.