Bongo Fury

Tracklist

A1	Debra Kadabra	3:54
A2	Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy	6:02
A3	Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top	2:50
A4	Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead	3:06
A5	200 Years Old	4:34
B1	Cucamonga	2:24
B2	Advance Romance	11:20
B3	Man With The Woman Head	1:29
B4	Muffin Man	5:37

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Armadillo World Headquarters
• Recorded At – Record Plant Mobile Studio
• Overdubbed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
• Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles

Credits

• Bass, Other [Also Dancing] – Tom Fowler
• Design – Cal Schenkel
• Drums – Chester Thompson (tracks: A5, B1)
• Drums, Other [Moisture] – Terry Bozzio
• Engineer – Davey Moire, Frank Hubach, Kelly Kotera, Kerry McNab*, Mike Braunstein*, Mike Stone
• Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
• Harmonica [Harp], Vocals, Other [Shopping Bags] – Captain Beefheart
• Keyboards, Vocals – George Duke
• Mastered By [Kendun] – Kent Duncan
• Other [In Discretion] – Herb Cohen
• Photography By – John Williams
• Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
• Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley
• Trombone, Other [Fantastic Dancing] – Bruce Fowler
• Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: A3, B3), Frank Zappa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4)

Notes

Tracks A1 to A4, B2 to B4: "Recorded live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Texas, May 20th and 21st, 1975. Plus Selected Studio Wonderment."
A5, B1 & B4 intros recorded Jan & Feb 1974, remote recording, overdubs & mixing at The Record Plant, L.A.

Beefheart was renowned for his "shopping bags", stuffed with notebooks, harmonicas & bric-a-brac.
(Vliet's constant 'sketching' of FZ in his notebooks led to some acrimony between the two during the "Bongo Fury" tour)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 5 016583 601546

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
DS 2234	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(LP, Album, Win)	Discreet	DS 2234	US	1975
DIS 59209, DS 2234	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(LP, Album, RE)	Discreet, Discreet	DIS 59209, DS 2234	France	Unknown
ANPC-9909002	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Unofficial)	ArsNova	ANPC-9909002	Russia	1999
968010	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Eldorado, Rykodisc	968010	Brazil	1995
RAC 10522	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* - Bongo Fury ‎(Cass, Album, RE)	Ryko Analogue, Rykodisc	RAC 10522	Canada	1996