Frank Zappa Captain Beefheart Bongo Fury 1st Press LP Vinyl Discreet Records NM

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Up for sale is this very cool 1st press copy of Frank Zappa/Captain Beefheart Mothers Bongo Fury LP Vinyl released on Discreet Records. The cover is VG+ and the vinyl is NM. All pictures are of the actual item being sold. Please feel free to message me if you have any questions. Returns are easily accepted, but rarely needed. Thank you.

Zappa* / Beefheart* / Mothers* – Bongo Fury
Label:    DiscReet – DS 2234
Format:   
Vinyl, LP, Album, Santa Maria Pressing
Country:    US
Released:    Oct 2, 1975
Genre:    Rock
Style:    Blues Rock, Avantgarde
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

    Record Company – Warner Communications
    Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Copyright © – DiscReet Records, Inc.
    Published By – Munchkin Music
    Copyright © – Munchkin Music
    Published By – Beefheart Music
    Copyright © – Beefheart Music
    Manufactured By – Warner Bros. Records Inc.
    Recorded At – Armadillo World Headquarters
    Recorded By – Record Plant Mobile, Los Angeles
    Recorded At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
    Overdubbed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
    Mixed At – Record Plant, Los Angeles
    Lacquer Cut At – Kendun Recorders
    Mastered At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
    Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria

    Bass, Other [Also Dancing] – Tom Fowler
    Design – Cal Schenkel
    Drums – Chester Thompson (tracks: A5, B1)
    Drums, Other [Moisture] – Terry Bozzio (tracks: A1 to A5, B2 to B4)
    Engineer – Davey Moire, Frank Hubach, Kelly Kotera, Kerry McNab*, Mike Braunstein*, Mike Stone*
    Harmonica [Harp], Vocals, Other [Shopping Bags] – Captain Beefheart
    Keyboards, Vocals – George Duke
    Lead Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
    Management [In DiscReetion] – Herb Cohen
    Photography By – John Williams (30)
    Producer – Frank Zappa
    Saxophone, Vocals – Napoleon Murphy Brock*
    Slide Guitar, Vocals – Denny Walley
    Trombone, Other [Fantastic Dancing] – Bruce Fowler (3)
    Written-By – Don Van Vliet (tracks: A3, B3), Frank Zappa (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4)

Tracks A1 to A4, B2 to B4: "Recorded live at Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin Texas, May 20th & 21st, 1975".
"Plus Selected Studio Wonderment"
A5, B1 & B4 intros were recorded in January & February 1974, at The Record Plant, L.A.

Special thanks to the kitchen staff at The Armadillo, especially Jan Beeman

Made in U.S.A.
© 1975 DiscReet Records, Inc.

On labels: ℗ 1975 Warner Brothers Records Inc. [sic]
Tracks A1, A2, A4 to B2, B4: © 1975 Munchkin Music - ASCAP
Tracks A3, B3 © 1973 Beefheart Music - BMI

Some copies have a transparent sticker, with the title and text in black print, affixed to the front cover.

This is the release with Kendun Mastering credits. Other US versions with the same catalog number and almost identical labels:
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers - Bongo Fury - release pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester (WW in the runouts)
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers - Bongo Fury - release pressed at Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville (JW in the runouts)
Frank Zappa / Captain Beefheart / The Mothers - Bongo Fury - release pressed at Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute (SXT in the runouts)

    Price Code: 0698
    Rights Society (A1, A2, A3 to B2, B4): ASCAP
    Rights Society (A3, B3): BMI
    Matrix / Runout (Side A Label Matrix No.): 31,936
    Matrix / Runout (Side B Label Matrix No.): 31,937
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 1): DS 2234 - 31936-1B Ⓑ    SX  KENDUN B  A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 1): DS 2234 - 31937-1B Ⓑ    SX KENDUN B  D
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 2): DS 2234 - 31936-1A Ⓐ SX KENDUN B A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 2): DS 2234 - 31937-1B Ⓑ SX KENDUN B B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun A stamped], variant 3): DS 2234 - 31936-1B Ⓑ SX KENDUN A A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 3): DS 2234 - 31937-1A Ⓐ SX KENDUN B B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 4): 1S DS 2234-31936-1B Ⓑ KENDUN B A2
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 4): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ KENDUN B A4
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun A stamped], variant 5): 1S DS 2234-31936-1A Ⓐ SX KENDUN A C
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 5): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ SX KENDUN B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun A stamped], variant 6): 2S DS 2234-31936-1A Ⓐ SX KENDUN A A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 6): 2S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ SX KENDUN B B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 7): 1S DS 2234-31936-1B Ⓑ KENDUN B E2
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun A stamped], variant 7): 1S DS 2234-31937-1A Ⓐ KENDUN A D1
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 9): 1S DS 2234-31936-1B Ⓑ KENDUN B A5
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 9): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ Kendun B A4
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 10): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ Kendun B C2
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 10): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ Kendun B SX B
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched [Kendun A stamped], variant 11): 2S DS 2234-31936-1A Ⓐ SX KENDUN A A
    Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched [Kendun B stamped], variant 11): 1S DS 2234-31937-1B Ⓑ SX KENDUN B B