200 MOTELS 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 19 VIA ZAPPA RECORDS

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September 23rd 2021
200 MOTELS 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 19 VIA ZAPPA
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MONSTROUS COLLECTION BRINGS TOGETHER NEWLY REMASTERED SOUNDTRACK WITH
STAGGERING AMOUNT OF UNRELEASED AND RARE MATERIAL UNEARTHED FROM THE VAULT,
INCLUDING ORIGINAL DEMOS, STUDIO OUTTAKES, WORK MIXES, INTERVIEWS AND EARLY
AUDIO EDIT OF THE FILM.

SOUNDTRACK WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE ON 2LP AND 2CD, AND EVERYTHING WILL BE
AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING IN STANDARD AND HI-RES AUDIO

STREAM/SHARE “MYSTERY ROACH” (DIALOG PROTECTION REEL)

200 MOTELS 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 19 VIA ZAPPA
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Los Angeles – September 24, 2021 – Released in October 1971, Frank Zappa’s
“200 Motels” was a miraculous feat, a cinematic collision of the venerated
musician and composer’s kaleidoscopic musical and visual worlds that
brought together Zappa and his band, The Mothers, Ringo Starr as Zappa – as
“a large dwarf” – Keith Moon as a perverted nun, Pamela Des Barres in her
acting debut, noted thespian Theodore Bikel, the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, and an incredible assortment of characters (both on screen and
off) for a “surrealistic documentary” about the bizarre life of a touring
musician. A heady, psychedelic stew of low and high brow art forms, the
film, written by Zappa and co-directed by him and Tony Palmer, mixed
together irreverent comedic skits, madcap satire, eye-popping animation and
virtuosic on-screen musical performances from both The Mothers and the RPO
for a fascinating and free-wheeling multimedia extravaganza. Shot in just
10 days with a budget of around $650,000 from distributor United Artists,
“200 Motels” was one of the first movies to be filmed entirely on videotape
and Zappa and crew pushed the envelope of the burgeoning new medium’s
possibilities, mostly notably through its use of spectacular – and at the
time – state-of-the-art visual effects. Described by Zappa as “at once a
reportage of real events and an extrapolation of them… other elements
include ‘conceptual by-products’ of the extrapolated ‘real event’ … In some
ways the contents of the film are autobiographical,” “200 Motels” was
hailed by the Los Angeles Times as a “a stunning achievement” with “just
the right touch of insanity,” and the “Zaniest piece of filmusical
fantasy-comedy since The Beatles' ‘A Hard Day's Night’” by Daily Variety.

The music, and its corresponding soundtrack, was equally diverse, a wild
pastiche of avant garde rock and orchestral compositions interspersed with
dialog from the film. Up until that time, compositions like the finale
piece, “Strictly Genteel,” were some of the most ambitious material ever
written and recorded by Zappa. The band in the film and on the soundtrack
consisted of 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 (vocals), and Ruth
Underwood (orchestra drum set), not to mention the aforementioned Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra. In true Zappa fashion as he wrote in the album’s
original liner notes, “This music is not in the same order as in the movie.
Some of this music is in the movie. Some of this music is not in the movie.
Some of the music that’s in the movie is not in the album. Some of the
music that was written for the movie is not in the movie or the album. All
of this music was written for the movie, over a period of 4 years. Most of
it (60%) was written in motels while touring.”

In celebration of “200 Motels” golden anniversary, Zappa Records, UMe and
MGM have assembled a definitive Super Deluxe six-disc box set of the
beloved, yet hard to find, soundtrack for release on November 19. Fully
authorized by the Zappa Trust and produced by Ahmet Zappa and Zappa
Vaultmeister Joe Travers, the monstrous 200 Motels 50th Anniversary Edition
brings together the original soundtrack, newly remastered by Bernie
Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering, along with a staggering amount of
unreleased and rare material unearthed from FZ’s Vault, including original
demos, studio outtakes, work mixes, interviews and movie ads, along with
newly discovered dialog reels, revealing an early audio edit of the film.
Also included is a wealth of never-before-heard audio documentary material
surrounding the project.

Discs 1 and 2 feature the remastered soundtrack with the second half of the
second disc consisting of demos and demo outtakes; two of the many
highlights from these sessions include unreleased alt mixes and alt takes
of the Chunga’s Revenge tunes, “Road Ladies” and “Tell Me You Love Me.”
Discs 3 and 4 contain the “Dialog Protection Reels,” which reveal an early
version of the movie, while Disc 5 and 6 present unreleased outtakes,
alternates and historical nuggets sequenced in the order of the original
shooting script, the way Zappa originally envisioned before he ran into
time and budget constraints. These illuminating discs reveal Zappa’s
original intent for the film for the first time.

The six-disc set will be housed in a 64-page hardcover book in a handsome
12” x 12” slipcase. The packaging replicates the original booklet updated
with revealing new liner notes from Pamela Des Barres, Ruth Underwood and
Joe Travers, as well as Patrick Pending’s essay from the 1997 reissue, and
is chock full of motion picture artwork, stills and images, from the film
and its making, many which have never been seen before. This must-have
collector’s release will also include a custom “200 Motels” keychain and
Do-No-Disturb motel door hanger and a full-size replica of the original
movie poster. Years in the making, all the audio was meticulously
identified and transferred over several years as Travers dug through the
Vault to create a new high resolution 96K/24B digital patchwork stereo
master from the original analog tapes. The Vault material was mastered by
John Polito in 2021.

The remastered 200 Motels soundtrack will also be reissued on vinyl as a
2LP pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and also as a limited edition red vinyl
pressing on 180-gram vinyl, which will only be available exclusively
through Zappa.com, uDiscoverMusic.com or SoundofVinyl.com. Both will be
pressed by Optimal Media in Germany and be the first time the album has
been available on vinyl in decades. The soundtrack will also be released on
2CD and all formats will include a smaller version of the movie poster.
Additionally, the entire Super Deluxe Edition box set will be available
digitally for streaming and download, marking the soundtrack’s digital
debut, in both standard and hi-res audio. Pre-order for all configurations
is available now.

Available today is the first taste of the 50th Anniversary Edition with the
track “Mystery Roach” (Dialog Protection Reel) taken from Disc 3, which
houses the “Dialog Protection Reels.” Found in the Vault, these work in
progress tracks reveal an early version of the movie. The music mixes are
in mono and were created before Zappa went into Whitney Studios for
over-dubbing and sweetening.

PRE-ORDER 200 MOTELS 50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION

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Putting together this 50th anniversary edition was a labor intensive
process that bore fruit at nearly every turn as Travers dug through Zappa’s
expansive archives to put together this exhaustive edition. As Travers
writes in the liners, “During this search and seizure mission, I was able
to unearth a multitude of audio treasures from a very large number of
tapes. Original demos, session outtakes, alternate mixes and versions, and
even dialog reels that captured an edit of the film that predates the final
assembly which eventually made it to theaters everywhere in 1971.” Amongst
the gems discovered include a number of ¼-inch reel-to-reel tapes that were
made at Trident Studios during February of ’71, which contain rough mixes
of nearly everything that was recorded on multi-track. As Travers explains,
“they reflect raw performances, as they happened before FZ would get a hold
of the multi-track masters and bring them to Whitney Studios in Glendale
for over-dubs and sweetening. The Trident tapes allow us to hear music that
did not make the film, or the final soundtrack album. They also helped us
to reconstruct pieces of music like ‘The Pleated Gazelle’ or ‘What’s The
Name Of Your Group?’ into their full sequences per the score. Over the
years, even Frank himself forgot the sheer amount of music that actually
did get recorded. All of the archiving for this 50th Anniversary set has
produced incredible amounts of content that we would never had known
existed otherwise.”

# # #

200 MOTELS 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION SUPER DELUXE BOX SET

200 Motels 6CD slipcase, booklet and discs

CD 1: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – REMASTERED

Semi-Fraudulent / Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Mystery Roach
Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
Tuna Fish Promenade
Dance Of The Just Plain Folks
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
The Sealed Tuna Bolero
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Touring Can Make You Crazy
Would You Like A Snack?
Redneck Eats
Centerville
She Painted Up Her Face
Janet's Big Dance Number
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Mysterioso
Shove It Right In
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
I'm Stealing The Towels
Dental Hygiene Dilemma
Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Penis Dimension
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning


CD 2: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – REMASTERED (Cont’d)

A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
Magic Fingers
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
Dew On The Newts We Got
The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
The Girl's Dream
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
200 MOTELS DEMOS, 2ND MOVEMENT – ROCK MUSIC

Road Ladies (Alternate Mix)
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?
Bwana Dik
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Do You Like My New Car?
Magic Fingers
Phyllis & Aynsley
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Alternate Mix)
200 MOTELS DEMO SESSION OUTTAKES

Tell Me You Love Me (Mix Outtake)
Road Ladies (Alternate Take)
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Studio Outtakes)
What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening (Alternate Take, Incomplete)
"Aynsley Dunbar, Ladies & Gentlemen"
Magic Fingers (Version B, Mix Outtake)
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)
Tell Me You Love Me (Alternate Take)


CD 3: 200 MOTELS – DIALOG PROTECTION REELS

Scene 1-2: Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Scene 3: "What's The Deal?"
Mystery Roach
Scene 32: "It's A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This…"
Scene 14: What's The Name Of Your Group? I
Scene 32: "We Haven't Formed The Group Yet"
Scene 15: What's The Name Of Your Group? II
Scene 17: "When Do We Get Paid?"
Scene 18: Went On The Road
Scene 19-20: "Special Delivery"
Scene 21: Centerville
Scene 21: Janet & Lucy
Scene 22: This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich
Scene 23-24: Tuna Fish Promenade
Scene 28: The Sealed Tuna Bolero
Scene 29: Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Scene 30: JCB & Rance
Scene 21: Larry The Dwarf
Scene 81: Magic Fingers
Scene 47: Larry The Dwarf In The Hotel Room
Scene 33: The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
Scene 40-41: The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
Scene 42: Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Scene 45: A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
Scene 57: The Perverted Nun
Scene 87: "Penis!"
Scene 58: She Painted Up Her Face
Scene 60: Janet's Big Dance Number
Scene 61: Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Scene 62: Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist
Scene 63: Shove It Right In
Scene 67: "I Am Bwana Dik!"
Scene 68-69: What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening
Scene 77: Daddy, Daddy, Daddy


CD 4: 200 MOTELS – DIALOG PROTECTION REELS (Cont’d)

Scene 90: Biff Debris & Jeff
Scene 84-85: Penis Dimension
Scene 32: Mystery Roach (Acoustic) / "Yeah? Well Fine!"
Scene 71: What Will The Evening Bring Me This Morning
Scene 92: Jeff Flips Out / I'm Stealing The Room
Scene 100: Strictly Genteel
Scene 100: 200 Motels Finale
BONUS SWILL, PART I

“I Was Gonna Make A Movie One Time…”
200 Motels Movie Ad #1
What's The Name Of Your Group? (FZ Edit)
200 Motels Movie Ad #2
FZ on Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr on 200 Motels
200 Motels Movie Ad #3
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Mix Outtake)
Looking For Newts
"They Are Only In It For The Money"
200 Motels Movie Ad #4
200 Motels Commercial Session Outtakes
Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? (Mix Outtake)
"I Shall Ruin All The Tapes"
Janet's Big Dance Number (Basic Tracks)
Martin Lickert Voice-Over
Touring Can Make You Crazy (Mix Outtake)
Penis Dimension (Instrumental Alternate Take)
Centerville (Mix Outtake)
Mystery Roach (Alternate Master)
Magic Fingers (Mix Outtake)
200 Motels Movie Ad #5


CD 5: 200 MOTELS - ALTERNATES AND OUTTAKES

What Is 200 Motels?
Theodore Bikel Voice-Over (Alternate Take)
Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture (Mix Outtake)
What's The Name Of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part I)
What's The Name Of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part II)
What's The Name Of Your Group? (Complete Sequence, Part III)
Can I Help You With This Dummy?
Pianos For The Pleated Gazelle
Synth Tracks I
Would You Like A Snack? (Alternate Take)
Howard Kaylan/Mark Volman Voice-Over
Centerville (Rough Mix)
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue, Mix Outtake)
Tuna Fish Promenade (Mix Outtake)
The Sealed Tuna Bolero (Alternate Take)
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Mix Outtake)
Naval Aviation In Art?
Redneck Eats/The Restaurant Scene (Basic Tracks)
Mystery Roach (Basic Tracks)
I Have Seen The Pleated Gazelle
Dew On The Newts We Got (Rough Mix)
The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts (Rough Mix)
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (Rough Mix)
The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (Rough Mix, Alternate Ending)
The Girl's Dream (Rough Mix)
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters And Courduroy Ponce
Scene 43: A Cardboard Box
Scene 44
A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (Rough Mix)
She Painted Up Her Face (Compressed Mix)
The Secret Stare
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats (Compressed Mix)
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist (Basic Tracks)
Shove It Right In (Compressed Mix)
Postlude (Basic Tracks)
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (Mix Outtake)


CD 6: 200 MOTELS - ALTERNATES AND OUTTAKES

Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (Alternate Take)
Magic Fingers (Alternate Take)
Penis Dimension (Basic Tracks)
Scene 86
Scene 87 (Alternate Take)
Synth Tracks II
I'm Stealing The Towels (Basic Tracks, Alternate Take)
Scene 94: "He's Always Watching Me"
Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part I, Basic Tracks)
Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You? (Mix Outtake)
Dental Hygiene Dilemma (Part II, Basic Tracks)
Strictly Genteel (Basic Tracks)
200 Motels Finale (Alternate Take)
200 Motels Finale (Basic Tracks, Unedited Ending)
BONUS SWILL, PART II

Movie Theater Skit (Commercial Session Outtake)
200 Motels Album Ad #1
Script Rehearsal Trim
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1969)
Lonesome Cowboy Burt (In Rehearsal 1970)
200 Motels Album Ad #2
Penis Dimension Jingle Music
TV Hype (Commercial Session Outtake)
200 Motels Movie Ad # 6


200 MOTELS SOUNDTRACK 2LP

200 Motels 2LP Black vinyl
200 Motels 2LP Red vinyl

LP 1 – SIDE 1

Semi-Fraudulent / Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Mystery Roach
Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
Tuna Fish Promenade
Dance Of The Just Plain Folks
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
The Sealed Tuna Bolero
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
LP 1 – SIDE 2

Touring Can Make You Crazy
Would You Like A Snack?
Redneck Eats
Centerville
She Painted Up Her Face
Janet's Big Dance Number
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Mysterioso
Shove It Right In
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
LP 2 – SIDE 3

I'm Stealing The Towels
Dental Hygiene Dilemma
Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Penis Dimension
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
LP 2 – SIDE 4

A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
Magic Fingers
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
Dew On The Newts We Got
The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
The Girl's Dream
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Strictly Genteel (The Finale)


200 MOTELS SOUNDTRACK 2CD

200 Motels 2CD

CD 1: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – REMASTERED

Semi-Fraudulent / Direct-From-Hollywood Overture
Mystery Roach
Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Prologue)
Tuna Fish Promenade
Dance Of The Just Plain Folks
This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (Reprise)
The Sealed Tuna Bolero
Lonesome Cowboy Burt
Touring Can Make You Crazy
Would You Like A Snack?
Redneck Eats
Centerville
She Painted Up Her Face
Janet's Big Dance Number
Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
Mysterioso
Shove It Right In
Lucy's Seduction Of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
CD 2: ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK – REMASTERED (Cont’d)

I'm Stealing The Towels
Dental Hygiene Dilemma
Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
Penis Dimension
What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
Magic Fingers
Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
Dew On The Newts We Got
The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth
The Girl's Dream
Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
Strictly Genteel (The Finale)
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