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Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Mothers of Invention, and the ninth overall by Frank Zappa, released in 1970. It consists of both studio recordings and live elements.[1][2][3][4] In contrast to the next album Weasels Ripped My Flesh, which is predominantly live and song-oriented, most of Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions.

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Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Studio album by The Mothers of Invention
Released	February 9, 1970
Recorded	August 1967 – July 1969
Genre	Jazz fusion progressive rock avant-rock
Length	41:27
Label	Bizarre/Reprise
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Hot Rats (1969) Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
Uncle Meat (1969) Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970) Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)
Singles from Burnt Weeny Sandwich
"WPLJ" Released: 1969
2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

The LP included a large triple-folded black and white poster ("The Mothers of Invention Sincerely Regret to Inform You") which has never been reproduced in any of the CD reissues (except the Japanese Ryko mini-lp sleeve editions).

Title

The album's unusual title, Zappa would later say in an interview, comes from an actual snack that he enjoyed eating, consisting of a burnt Hebrew National hot dog sandwiched between two pieces of bread with mustard.

Burnt Weeny Sandwich and Weasels Ripped My Flesh were also reissued together on vinyl as 2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention, with the original covers used as the left and right sides of the inner spread, and the front cover depicting a revolver shooting toothpaste onto a toothbrush.

Album information

The album was essentially a 'posthumous' Mothers release having been released after Frank Zappa dissolved the band.[5]

Ian Underwood's contributions are significant on this album. Like its counterpart Weasels Ripped My Flesh, this comprises tracks from the Mothers vault that were not previously released. Whereas Weasels mostly showcases the Mothers in a live setting, much of Burnt Weeny Sandwich features studio work and structured Zappa compositions, like the centerpiece of the album, "Little House I Used to Live In", which consists of several movements and employs compound meters such as 11/8 with overlaid melodies in 6/8 and 4/4.[6] The ending section of "Little House" features an organ solo played by Zappa with the band at Whitney Studios in Glendale, California.[7]

The guitar solo portion of the "Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich" is an outtake from an unused extended version of "Lonely Little Girl" from the 1967 sessions for the We're Only in It for the Money LP. Zappa and Art Tripp later added multiple percussion overdubs for the released version (The source recordings for the percussion overdubs were issued in 2012 on the posthumous Zappa release Finer Moments under the title "Enigmas 1-5").

"Valarie" was originally intended to be released as a single coupled with "My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama". However, either Zappa or his distributor, Reprise Records, cancelled its release, resulting in its inclusion on the LP.^{[citation needed]}

"Igor's Boogie" is a reference to a major Zappa influence, composer Igor Stravinsky.[8]

Cal Schenkel has noted that his unique cover art for Burnt Weeny Sandwich was originally commissioned for the cover of an Eric Dolphy release.

The piano introduction of "Little House I Used to Live in" appears in Yvar Mikhashoff's four CD set "Yvar Mikhashoff's Panorama of American Piano Music".[9]

Track listing

Personnel

• Frank Zappa – guitar, organ, vocals
• Jimmy Carl Black – percussion, drums
• Roy Estrada – bass, backing vocals, Pachuco rap on "WPLJ"
• Janet Ferguson – backing vocals on "WPLJ"
• Bunk Gardner – wind
• Buzz Gardner - trumpet
• Billy Mundi – drums (uncredited, left group in December 1967, pictured on gatefold cover and possibly played on "Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich")
• Lowell George – guitar, vocals
• Don "Sugarcane" Harris – violin on "Little House I Used to Live In"
• Don Preston – piano, keyboards
• Jim Sherwood – wind
• Art Tripp – drums, percussion
• Ian Underwood – piano, keyboards, wind
• John Balkin – bass on "WPLJ", string bass on "Overture to a Holiday in Berlin"

Production

• Producer: Frank Zappa
• Engineer: Dick Kunc
• Arranger: Frank Zappa
• Design: John Williams
• Cover art: Cal Schenkel
• CD package design: Ferenc Dobronyl
• CD art adaptation: Cal Schenkel

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1970	Billboard 200	94

References

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[de] Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Burnt Weeny Sandwich ist ein Musikalbum von Frank Zappa und den Mothers of Invention. Es wurde nach Auflösung der ersten Mothers-Formation 1970 herausgegeben und besteht aus aufgenommenem Material aus den Jahren 1967 bis 1969. Eingerahmt zwischen zwei Doo-Wop-Stücke findet sich eine Gruppe von Instrumentalstücken, deren Stil von klassischer orchestraler Musik mit Anspielungen auf Strawinski über Jazz bis hin zu Blues und Rock reicht.

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[es] Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Burnt Weeny Sandwich es un álbum de Frank Zappa y The Mothers of Invention editado en 1970.

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[ru] Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Burnt Weeny Sandwich (рус. Подгоревший бутербродик) — студийный альбом Фрэнка Заппы и The Mothers of Invention, выпущенный в 1970 году. Диск состоит из концертных и студийных записей группы.[1][3][4][5] В отличие от Weasels Ripped My Flesh[en], который является ориентированным на концертные записи группы, большинство треков Burnt Weeny Sandwich фокусируются на студийных записях.

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