Tracklist

1-1	Prologue	2:56
1-2	The Mammy Nuns	3:31
1-3	Harry & Rhonda	3:36
1-4	Galoot Up-Date	5:30
1-5	The 'Torchum' Never Stops	10:32
1-6	That Evil Prince	1:18
1-7	You Are What You Is	4:30
1-8	The Mudd Club	3:16
1-9	The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing	3:14
1-10	Clowns On Velvet	1:51
1-11	Harry-As-A-Boy	2:38
1-12	He's So Gay	2:46
2-1	The Massive Improve'lence	5:08
2-2	Artificial Rhonda	3:30
2-3	The Crabb-Grass Baby	3:47
2-4	The White Boy Troubles	3:35
2-5	No Not Now	5:50
2-6	Briefcase Boogie	4:09
2-7	Brown Moses	3:01
2-8	Wistful Wit A Fist-Full	3:53
2-9	Drop Dead	7:56
2-10	Won Ton On	4:18

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Carlin Music Corp.
• Record Company – EMI Records Ltd.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Pumpko Industries Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Pumpko Industries Ltd.
• Glass Mastered At – Nimbus

Credits

• Bass – Arthur Barrow, Scott Thunes
• Double Bass [String Bass] – Jay Anderson
• Drums – Chad Wackerman
• Engineer – Bob Stone, Mark Pinske
• Guitar – Ray White, Steve Vai
• Guitar, Synthesizer [Synclavier] – Frank Zappa
• Keyboards – Tommy Mars
• Percussion – Ed Mann
• Piano [Broadway] – Chuck Wild
• Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – Frank Zappa
• Programmed By [Synclavier] – David Ocker, Steve De Furia*
• Vocals [Brown Moses] – Johnny Guitar Watson
• Vocals [Evil Prince] – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Vocals [Harry, Mammified Evil Prince] – Terry Bozzio
• Vocals [Harry-as-a-boy] – Bob Harris
• Vocals [Owl-gonkwin-jane Cowhoon] – Ray White
• Vocals [Rhonda] – Dale Bozzio
• Vocals [Thing Fish, Mammified Evil Prince] – Ike Willis

Notes

(P) (C) 1984 Pumpko Industries Limited. Under exclusive license to EMI Records Limited.

Released in a big box, includes a 44 page booklet.
Barking Pumpkin Records logo appears on the rear cover
All titles published by Carlin Music Corp.

Additional note:
This EMI 2xCD is the only release of “Thing-Fish” to feature the unaltered vinyl mix, including the complete original take of "Wistful Wit A Fist-Full". It even sports the original "between sides" fades.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 77779 00812 4
• Matrix / Runout: CDP7 90082 2 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
• Matrix / Runout: CDP7 90083 2 MASTERED BY NIMBUS
• Mould SID Code: none
• Mastering SID Code: none
• Label Code: LC 0542
• Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS
• Other: UK: CD FZ 3

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
24 0294 3, 1A 3LP 198 24 0294 3, EX 24 0294 3	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(3xLP, Album + Box)	EMI, EMI, EMI	24 0294 3, 1A 3LP 198 24 0294 3, EX 24 0294 3	UK & Europe	1984
4XCO-74201	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(Cass, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	4XCO-74201	US	1984
ZR3871	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, RE)	Zappa Records	ZR3871	US	2012
RCD 10544/45	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, RE, RM)	Rykodisc	RCD 10544/45	Japan	1995
VACK-1256	Frank Zappa	Thing-Fish ‎(2xCD, Album, RE + Box)	Rykodisc	VACK-1256	Japan	2002

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