Baby Snakes (soundtrack)
Baby Snakes is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's film of the same name. It features several of the songs from the film and was originally released as a picture disc.
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| Released | March 28, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | October 28–31, 1977 at The Palladium, NYC | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, progressive rock, art rock, comedy rock | |||
| Length | 36:13 | |||
| Label | Barking Pumpkin | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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Overview
The track "Baby Snakes" is the studio recording which appears on Sheik Yerbouti, but omits the opening riff (instead starting at the first verse). All other tracks are live recordings, unique to this album and the film.
Like the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar set, this LP was originally offered for sale only as a mail order item through Columbia Records' Record Club division in Terre Haute, IN. The LP was later offered to distributors for conventional brick-and-mortar store sales.
Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack was released to iTunes on December 21, 2012.[2]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Intro Rap/Baby Snakes" (CD Edition only) | 2:22 |
| 2. | "Titties & Beer" | 6:13 |
| 3. | "The Black Page #2" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Jones Crusher" | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Disco Boy" | 3:51 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Dinah-Moe Humm" | 6:37 |
| 7. | "Punky's Whips" | 11:29 |
AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
| AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack | ||||
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| Live album soundtrack by | ||||
| Released | December 21, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | October 28–31, 1977 | |||
| Venue | The Palladium, New York City | |||
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| Length | 164:20 | |||
| Label | Zappa Records | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
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AAAFNRAA Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack is the complete soundtrack, released to iTunes on Zappa's birthday on December 21, 2012.[3] Of the official releases, it is the only release which is available only as a download.
Its tracks are:
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Snakes Rehearsal" | 2:11 |
| 2. | "'This Is the Show They Never See'" | 5:52 |
| 3. | "Baby Snakes - The Song" | 2:04 |
| 4. | "Bruce Bickford / 'Disco Outfreakage'" | 6:15 |
| 5. | "The Poodle Lecture" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "'She Said' / City of Tiny Lites" | 10:28 |
| 7. | "New York's Finest Crazy Persons" | 1:55 |
| 8. | "'The Way the Air Smells…' / Flakes" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Pound Bass & Keyboard Solo" | 6:36 |
| 10. | "'In You' Rap / Dedication" | 6:47 |
| 11. | "Manuaga / Police Car / Drum Solo" | 9:45 |
| 12. | "Disco Boy" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "'Give People Somewhere to X-Scape Thru'" | 6:26 |
| 14. | "King Kong / Roy's Halloween Gas Mask" | 9:01 |
| 15. | "Bobby Brown Goes Down" | 3:43 |
| 16. | "Conehead / 'All You Need to Know'" | 5:32 |
| 17. | "I'm So Cute / 'Entertainment All the Way'" | 5:15 |
| 18. | "Titties 'n' Beer" | 6:19 |
| 19. | "Audience Participation / The Dance Contest" | 6:36 |
| 20. | "The Black Page#2" | 2:55 |
| 21. | "Jones Crusher" | 2:53 |
| 22. | "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes" | 3:50 |
| 23. | "Punky's Whips" | 12:10 |
| 24. | "'Thank You' / Dinah-Moe-Humm" | 7:19 |
| 25. | "Camarillo Brillo" | 3:26 |
| 26. | "Muffin Man" | 4:59 |
| 27. | "San Ber'dino" | 5:02 |
| 28. | "Black Napkins" | 7:54 |
| 29. | "New York's Finest Crazy Persons 2" | 4:09 |
| 30. | "'Good Night'" | 1:22 |
Credits
- Frank Zappa – director, keyboards, vocals, guitar
- Adrian Belew – vocals, guitar
- Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
- Peter Wolf – keyboards
- Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
- Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals on "Titties & Beer" and "Punky's Whips"
- Ed Mann – percussion
Production
- Arranged & Produced by Frank Zappa
- Engineered & Mixed by Joe Chiccarelli
- Mastered by Bob Stone
- Norman Seeff – photography
- Lynn Goldsmith – photography