Uncle Meat

Uncle Meat
Studio album with live elements by the Mothers of Invention
Released	April 21, 1969 (Original LP version) October 1987 (CD version)
Recorded	October 1967 – February 1968 (studio tracks) September 23, 1967 – July 23, 1968,[1] July 14, 1982[2] (live elements) 1970 and 1982 (film excerpts)
Venue	Royal Albert Hall, London, England Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles, California Falkoner Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark Stadio Communale la Favorita, Palermo, Italy Miami Pop Festival, Hallandale, Florida
Studio	Apostolic (New York) Sunset (Los Angeles) UMRK (Los Angeles)
Genre	Avant-prog experimental rock jazz-rock
Length	74:53 (Original LP) 120:44 (CD version)
Label	Bizarre/Reprise
Producer	Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa chronology
Mothermania (1969) Uncle Meat (1969) Hot Rats (1969)
The Mothers of Invention chronology
Mothermania (1969) Uncle Meat (1969) Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1970)

Uncle Meat is the sixth album by the Mothers of Invention, and seventh overall by Frank Zappa, released as a double album in 1969. Uncle Meat was originally developed as a part of No Commercial Potential, a project which spawned three other albums sharing a conceptual connection: We're Only in It for the Money, Lumpy Gravy and Cruising with Ruben & the Jets.

The album also served as a soundtrack album to the film of the same name, which Zappa eventually finished and released direct-to-video in 1987.

The music is diverse in style, drawing from orchestral, jazz, blues and rock music. The Uncle Meat album was a commercial success upon release, and has been highly acclaimed for its innovative recording and editing techniques, including experiments in manipulation of tape speed and overdubbing, and its diverse sound.