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| Baby Snakes | ||||
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 Original picture disc release. | ||||
| Live album soundtrack by | ||||
| Released | March 28, 1983 | |||
| Recorded | October 28–31, 1977 | |||
| Venue | The Palladium (New York City) | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:02 | |||
| Label | Barking Pumpkin | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
| Frank Zappa chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
Baby Snakes is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's film of the same name. It features seven songs from the film.
The track "Baby Snakes" is the studio recording which appears on Sheik Yerbouti , but omits the opening riff (instead starting at the first verse). All other tracks are live recordings, unique to this album and the film.
Like the Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar set, this LP was originally offered for sale only as a mail order item through Columbia Records' Record Club division in Terre Haute, IN. The LP was later offered to distributors for conventional brick-and-mortar store sales. The album coincided with the first release of the film on home video, in a 90-minute edited version. The 1988 CD re-release was the first regular commercial release for the album. This coincided with the film's re-release on home video, now in its full 2-hour and 45-minute version.
Baby Snakes: The Compleat Soundtrack was released to iTunes on December 21, 2012. [2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Snakes" | 1:45 |
| 2. | "Titties & Beer" | 6:13 |
| 3. | "The Black Page #2" | 2:50 |
| 4. | "Jones Crusher" | 2:53 |
| 5. | "Disco Boy" | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 18:19 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Dinah-Moe Humm" | 6:37 |
| 7. | "Punky's Whips" | 11:29 |
| Total length: | 18:43 | |
| AAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack | ||||
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| Live album soundtrack by | ||||
| Released | December 21, 2012 | |||
| Recorded | October 28–31, 1977 | |||
| Venue | The Palladium, New York City | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 164:20 | |||
| Label | Zappa Records | |||
| Producer | Frank Zappa | |||
| Frank Zappa chronology | ||||
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AAAFNRAA: Baby Snakes – The Compleat Soundtrack consists of the entire soundtrack of the film (including all dialogue and sound effects), released to iTunes on Zappa's birthday on December 21, 2012. [2] Of the 127 official releases, it is the only one which is available only as a download.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Baby Snakes Rehearsal" | 2:11 |
| 2. | "'This Is the Show They Never See'" | 5:52 |
| 3. | "Baby Snakes - The Song" | 2:04 |
| 4. | "Bruce Bickford / 'Disco Outfreakage'" | 6:15 |
| 5. | "The Poodle Lecture" | 5:03 |
| 6. | "'She Said' / City of Tiny Lites" | 10:28 |
| 7. | "New York's Finest Crazy Persons" | 1:55 |
| 8. | "'The Way the Air Smells…' / Flakes" | 4:01 |
| 9. | "Pound Bass & Keyboard Solo" | 6:36 |
| 10. | "'In You' Rap / Dedication" | 6:47 |
| 11. | "Manuaga / Police Car / Drum Solo" | 9:45 |
| 12. | "Disco Boy" | 4:02 |
| 13. | "'Give People Somewhere to X-Scape Thru'" | 6:26 |
| 14. | "King Kong / Roy's Halloween Gas Mask" | 9:01 |
| 15. | "Bobby Brown Goes Down" | 3:43 |
| 16. | "Conehead / 'All You Need to Know'" | 5:32 |
| 17. | "I'm So Cute / 'Entertainment All the Way'" | 5:15 |
| 18. | "Titties 'n' Beer" | 6:19 |
| 19. | "Audience Participation / The Dance Contest" | 6:36 |
| 20. | "The Black Page #2" | 2:55 |
| 21. | "Jones Crusher" | 2:53 |
| 22. | "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes" | 3:50 |
| 23. | "Punky's Whips" | 12:10 |
| 24. | "'Thank You' / Dinah-Moe-Humm" | 7:19 |
| 25. | "Camarillo Brillo" | 3:26 |
| 26. | "Muffin Man" | 4:59 |
| 27. | "San Ber'dino" | 5:02 |
| 28. | "Black Napkins" | 7:54 |
| 29. | "New York's Finest Crazy Persons 2" | 4:09 |
| 30. | "'Good Night'" | 1:22 |
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