Zapped (1970)

From Michael Gray's book MOTHER!, page 115:
Straight/Bizarre also put out a sampler album of its "product" at the same time as Uncle Meat and the Lenny Bruce albums were issued (April, 1969 [it seems to have actually been 1970, probably February - Ed.]). The sampler was called Zapped, was available mail-order from Warner Brothers in the States, and was a real loss-leader, selling for just one dollar. It featured tracks from albums by Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Wild Man Fischer, The GTOs, Tim Buckley, Tim Dawe, Jeff Simmons, Lord Buckley, Alice Cooper, and the redoubtable Captain Beefheart.
There were three versions of this old sampler. They had different covers - one had a photo of Zappa (which also appeared on Hot Rats), and one had a collage of pictures of all the featured artists - and different tracks 3, 6, 8 and 11. The "photo cover" version also appeared with the tracks from the "collage cover" version, and that variant is the "third version".
HOT RATS Photo Cover Version
Released with Bizarre labels. From U:
The cover picture is a black & white photo of Zappa which also appears in the Hot Rats CD booklet (Zappa looks into the camera, wearing a little scarf tied around his neck). The inner sleeve states that it's an album in the Warner/Reprise Loss Leader Record series, which was a series of 4 or 5 double LPs, $2 each, and one single LP, Zappéd, $1. The back cover, inner sleeve and record labels say "Zappéd", while the front cover says "Zapped".
1. Alice Cooper: Titanic Overture (01:09)
2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: The Blimp (mousetrapreplica) (02:04)
3. Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: St Nicholas Hall
4. Tim Buckley: I Must Have Been Blind (03:40)
5. Wild Man Fischer: Merry-Go-Round (01:56)
6. Alice Cooper: Refrigerator Heaven
7. Tim Dawe: Little Boy Blue (02:15)
8. Lord Buckley: Governor Slugwell
9. Jeff Simmons: Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (03:14) [Zappa on guitar]
10. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Old Fart at Play (01:54)
11. The Mothers of Invention: Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown
12. GTOs: Do Me In Once And I'll Be Sad, Do Me In Twice And I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation) (02:19)
13. Frank Zappa: Willie the Pimp (09:25)
From Inside the Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders:
A single disc featuring acts on Frank Zappa's Bizarre/Straight labels. Notes by John Mendelsohn.
NOTE: This is the first release, with Zappa's Bizarre logo on the label; Warners later reissued it with a standard WB label and the same number, but different cover art and a few different tracks. (Our thanks to Keith Hanlon, your source on the Web for all things Judy Henske, for this revelation.)
(Australian Version)
From Collecting Frank Zappa in Australia - Part 1: The Early Years, an article by Stuart Penny in it - The Australian Record Collectors Magazine, Issue #14 June-July-August 1995 (provided by Henry Griggs, Sydney, Australia):
Never on sale in the shops, the US version of Zappéd was a (sort of) promo-only sampler featuring tracks from the likes of Captain Beefheart, GTOs, Wild Man Fischer etc., and was available only by mail-order direct from Warner Bros for the princely sum of US$1! Strange then, that in 1972, the album should appear in Australia as a full-blown commercial release! Issued with the "Zappa" ["Hot Rats"] photo cover/track listing, the Oz version of Zappéd (Reprise RS 5270) was issued as a mid-price release and, as such, appears to have sold reasonably well. Although copies are not especially difficult to find, the fact that Australia appears to be the only country in the world where this LP was released commercially increases the desirability factor somewhat.
Collage Cover Version
Released with standard Warner labels. From Svend Rosendahl:
I have the version with the collage photo cover: A collage made of black & white photos of the artists playing on this record. On the front in the upper right corner ZAPPÉD is printed in red in a semicircle. The label is Bizarre/Reprise PRO 368, and it was Released in February 1970. Cover design by Nancy Chester, and liner notes by John Mendelsohn (Warner Brothers Records).
1. Alice Cooper: Titanic Overture (01:09)
2. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: The Blimp (mousetrapreplica) (02:04)
3. Judy Henske & Jerry Yester: Horses on a Stick (02:10)
4. Tim Buckley: I Must Have Been Blind (03:40)
5. Wild Man Fischer: Merry-Go-Round (01:56)
6. Alice Cooper: Reflected (03:10)
7. Tim Dawe: Little Boy Blue (02:15)
8. Lord Buckley: The Train (02:24)
9. Jeff Simmons: Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up (03:14) [Zappa on guitar]
10. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Old Fart at Play (01:54)
11. The Mothers of Invention: Valarie (02:15) [Clarence Lewis / Bobby Robinson]
12. GTOs: Do Me In Once And I'll Be Sad, Do Me In Twice And I'll Know Better (Circular Circulation) (02:19)
13. Frank Zappa: Willie the Pimp (09:25)
The liner notes also state that "Zappéd includes tracks from all Bizarre/Straight albums released to date (February 1970), with the exception of the Mothers' Uncle Meat (Reprise 2024)".
Third Version
The "third version" has the "collage cover" record, but the Hot Rats photo cover.
Additional informants: Robert Cloos, The Torchum Never Stops

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