200 Motels [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

200 MOTELS is an Enhanced CD containing both a full audio program as well as multimedia computer files.
& The Mothers Of Invention.
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Frank Zappa (guitar, bass); Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan, Jimmy Carl Black, Jim Pons (vocals); Ian Underwood (keyboards, winds); George Duke (keyboards, trombone); Martin Lickert (bass); Aynsley Dunbar, Ruth Underwood (drums).
Additional personnel: David Van Asch, Elgar Howarth (conductor); Theodore Bikel (narrator): The Top Score Singers, Classical Guitar Ensemble, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Recorded in 1971. Includes liner notes by Patrick Pending.
Digitally remastered by Toby Mountain.
Finally released on a pair of CDs in 1997 (26 years after it's initial release on vinyl), 200 MOTELS is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's wacky 1971 motion picture of the same name, which starred Ringo Starr and Keith Moon, among others. Although it enjoyed success as a "midnight movie" in the '70s/early '80s, 200 MOTELS is a difficult movie to comprehend, since the storyline is very abstract (some have hinted that it was made up on the spot!). But even when his music is difficult to understand, Zappa includes many interesting twists and turns, and the soundtrack for 200 MOTELS is no different.
Although Zappa composed and arranged all the music, The Mothers of Invention, were joined by The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (!) and the Top Score Singers. But some of the material is exactly what you'd expect from an early-'70s Zappa and the Mothers release--such as a medley containing the tracks "She Painted Up Her Face," "Half A Dozen Provocative Squats," and "Shove It Right In." Included with the CD re-issue is an enhanced track (playable on CD-ROM) of the "Original Theatrical Trailer" for the movie, as well as a single edit of "Magic Fingers" and four promotional radio spots.