Burnt Weeny Sandwich

Burnt Weeny Sandwich
Studio album with live elements by
The Mothers of Invention
ReleasedFebruary 9, 1970
RecordedAugust 1967 – July 1969
GenreJazz fusion
Length41:27
LabelBizarre/Reprise
ProducerFrank 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
  1. "WPLJ"
    Released: February 1970
2 Originals of the Mothers of Invention
Professional ratings
Review scores
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AllMusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Burnt Weeny Sandwich is the seventh 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 and live recordings.[1][3][4][5] Following the Mothers' split in late 1969, Zappa assembled two albums of unreleased recordings by the band - this album and its follow-up Weasels Ripped My Flesh. Burnt Weeny Sandwich focuses mostly on studio recordings and tightly arranged compositions, while Weasels Ripped My Flesh focuses mostly on live recordings and loose/improvisational pieces. Both albums also include some outtakes/leftovers from the sessions for Zappa's 1969 solo album Hot Rats.

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).

  1. ^ a b AllMusic review
  2. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 799, 800.
  3. ^ Lowe, Kelly Fisher (2007). The Words and Music of Frank Zappa. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803260054.
  4. ^ Ben Watson; Esther Leslie, eds. (2005). Academy Zappa: Proceedings of the First International Conference of Esemplastic Zappology (ICE-Z). SAF Publishing. ISBN 9780946719792.
  5. ^ James, Billy (2002-10-01). Necessity Is: The Early Years of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. ISBN 9780946719518.