Baby Snakes (soundtrack)

Baby Snakes
Original picture disc release.
Live album soundtrack by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1983
RecordedOctober 28–31, 1977
VenueThe Palladium (New York City)
Genre
Length37:02
LabelBarking Pumpkin
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
The Man from Utopia
(1983)
Baby Snakes
(1983)
London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Baby Snakes is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's film of the same name. It features seven songs from the film.

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

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Baby Snakes"1:45
2."Titties & Beer"6:13
3."The Black Page #2"2:50
4."Jones Crusher"2:53
5."Disco Boy"3:51
Total length:18:19
Side two
No.TitleLength
6."Dinah-Moe Humm"6:37
7."Punky's Whips"11:29
Total length:18:43

AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack

AAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
Live album soundtrack by
ReleasedDecember 21, 2012 (2012-12-21)
RecordedOctober 28–31, 1977
VenueThe Palladium, New York City
Genre
Length164:20
LabelZappa Records
ProducerFrank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Finer Moments
(2012)
AAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack
(2012)
Road Tapes, Venue #2
(2013)

AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack consists of the entire soundtrack of the film (including all dialogue and sound effects), released to iTunes on Zappa's birthday on December 21, 2012.[2] Of the 129 official releases, it is the only one which is available only as a download.

No.TitleLength
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

Production

  • Arranged & Produced by Frank Zappa
  • Engineered & Mixed by Joe Chiccarelli
  • Mastered by Bob Stone
  • Norman Seeff – photography
  • Lynn Goldsmith – photography

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ a b "2012 AAAFNRAA (Baby Snakes Soundtrack) by Frank Zappa on iTunes". 21 December 1979. Retrieved 11 May 2022 – via Apple Music.