Artist:  Frank Zappa

Title:  200 Motels

Date:  1971

Label:  Liberty Records   UAS 29219  (French Presing)

Album Package and Book Design: Cal Schenker
Cover/Poster Design & Illustration: Dave McMacken
Photography: Ian Stock & Mark Volman
 

Notes:  Frank and the Mothers included music from the film as well as other bits and snippets on this 2 LP set. It's a strange ride to Centerville (a nice place to raise your kids) and when you arrive it gets stranger still. Genius and madness, fits and starts, art and product, they're all here for your listening pleasure. This is after all a movie for your ears. Not for the Zappa-shy among us, but if you like Frank you need this experience for yourself. The gatefold cover with its movie poster illustration and graphics is a nice touch. The inner cover states, "This album is dedicated to anybody who was ever in the Mothers" as well as "Don't Forget to Register to Vote".

Line Up:

Frank Zappa: guitar & bass
Mark Volman: vocals & special material
Howard Kaylan: vocals & special material
Ian Underwood: keyboards & winds
Aynsley Dunbar: drums
George Duke: keyboards & trombone
Martin Lickert: bass
Jimmy Carl Black: vocal on Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Ruth Underwood: orchestra drum set
Jim Pons: voice of the "Bad Conscience"

Narrated by Theodore Bikel