Baby Snakes (soundtrack)

Baby Snakes
Original picture disc release.
Live album soundtrack by Frank Zappa
Released	March 28, 1983
Recorded	October 28–31, 1977
Venue	The Palladium (New York City)
Genre	Hard rock progressive rock art rock comedy rock
Length	37:02
Label	Barking Pumpkin
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
The Man from Utopia (1983) Baby Snakes (1983) London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I (1983)

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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. The album coincided with the first release of the film on home video, in a 90-minute edited version. The 1988 CD re-release was the first regular commercial release for the album. This coincided with the film's re-release on home video, now in its full 2-hour and 45-minute version.

Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack was released to iTunes on December 21, 2012.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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 Frank Zappa
Released	December 21, 2012 (2012-12-21)
Recorded	October 28–31, 1977
Venue	The Palladium, New York City
Genre	Hard rock progressive rock art rock comedy rock spoken word
Length	164:20
Label	Zappa Records
Producer	Frank 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. Of the 129 official releases, it is the only one which is available only as a download.

No.	Title	Length
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

• Frank Zappa – director, keyboards, vocals, guitar
• Adrian Belew – vocals, guitar
• Tommy Mars – keyboards, vocals
• Peter Wolf – keyboards
• Patrick O'Hearn – bass guitar
• Terry Bozzio – drums, vocals on "Titties & Beer" and "Punky's Whips"
• Ed Mann – percussion

Production

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