Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	No Not Now Bass – Arthur Barrow	5:50
A2	Valley Girl Vocals – Moon Zappa	4:49
A3	I Come From Nowhere Bass [First Part] – Arthur BarrowBass [On The Guitar Solo] – Patrick O'Hearn	6:20
B1	Drowning Witch	12:01
B2	Envelopes	2:44
B3	Teenage Prostitute Vocals – Lisa Popeil	2:40

Companies, etc.

• Published By – Munchkin Music
• Mastered At – Dinkum Recording Services
• Copyright (c) – Munchkin Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Barking Pumpkin Records
• Record Company – CBS Dischi S.p.A.
• Recorded By – UMRK Mobile
• Overdubbed At – UMRK
• Remixed At – UMRK

Credits

• Bass – Scott Thunes (tracks: A2, B1 to B3)
• Drums – Chad Wackerman
• Engineer [Basics & Over-Dubs] – Mark Pinske
• Engineer [Over-Dubs & Remix] – Bob Stone
• Graphics – Jon Vince
• Guitar [Impossible Guitar Parts] – Steve Vai
• Illustration [Cover Illustration] – Roger Price
• Keyboards – Tommy Mars
• Keyboards, Saxophone, Vocals – Bobby Martin
• Lead Guitar, Vocals, Producer, Liner Notes – Frank Zappa
• Management [Forearm] – Bennett Glotzer
• Mastered By – Jo Hansch
• Percussion – Ed Mann
• Rhythm Guitar, Vocals – Ray White
• Vocals – Bob Harris, Ike Willis, Roy Estrada

Notes

UMRK Mobile/Remote Recordings.
UMRK Central/Over-Dubs & Remix.

Copyright © 1982, published by Munchkin Music (except for the monologue in "Valley Girl", which was improvised by Moon).

Cover illustration from "Droodles". Published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981 by Roger Price.

Printed inner sleeve with lyrics and notes written in April 1982.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: SIAE
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A hand-etched): CI-85804-1L 21·4·82 Side 1 Din Kum
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B hand-etched): CI-85804-2L 21·4·82 Side 2 Din Kum

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
FW 38066	Zappa*	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ‎(LP, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	FW 38066	US	1982
SBP 237809	Zappa*	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ‎(LP, Album)	CBS Records	SBP 237809	Australia	1982
CBS 138550, 138550	Zappa*	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ‎(LP, Album)	Discos CBS, Discos CBS, Barking Pumpkin Records, Barking Pumpkin Records	CBS 138550, 138550	Brazil	1982
ASF 2752	Zappa*	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ‎(LP, Album)	CBS	ASF 2752	South Africa	1982
2608141	Zappa*	Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch ‎(LP, Album, RE, RM)	EMI-VALENTIM DE CARVALHO	2608141	Portugal	1986

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