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1	Prologue	3:07
2	Progress? Words By – Tripp*, Gardner*, Preston*, FZ*, Underwood*, Sherwood*	4:45
3	Like It Or Not	2:21
4	The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson Words By – FZ*, Black*	2:02
5	Holding The Group Back Words By – FZ*, Underwood*, Estrada*	2:00
6	Holiday In Berlin	0:57
7	The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage	2:55
8	Undaunted, The Band Plays On Words By – FZ*	4:35
9	Agency Man Words By – FZ*	3:17
10	Epilogue	1:52
11	King Kong	8:14
12	Help, I'm A Rock Words By – FZ*	1:38
13	Transylvania Boogie	3:07
14	Pound For A Brown	6:51
15	Sleeping In A Jar	2:24
16	Let's Make The Water Turn Black	1:51
17	Harry, You're A Beast	0:54
18	The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part I)	0:47
19	Oh No	3:22
20	The Orange County Lumber Truck (Part II)	10:40

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – MSI (Music Scene Incorporated)
• Distributed By – MSI (Music Scene Incorporated)
• Licensed From – Barking Pumpkin Records

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Piano – Ian Underwood
• Artwork [Cover Art] – Cal Schenkel
• Baritone Saxophone, Tambourine – Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood*
• Bass, Vocals – Roy Estrada
• Drums – Jimmy Carl Black
• Drums, Percussion – Arthur Dyer Tripp III*
• Electric Piano, Noises [Odd Noises] – Don Preston
• Engineer – Bob Stone
• Engineer [Re-mix] – Bob Stone
• Guitar, Vocals – Frank Zappa
• Liner Notes – Frank Zappa, Mogi Takeshi
• Music By – FZ* (tracks: 1, 3, 6 to 20)
• Musician [Assisted By] – Members Of The BBC Symphony Orchestra*
• Producer, Arranged By – Frank Zappa
• Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet – Bunk Gardner

Notes

Made in Japan. Released with English and Japanese artwork.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 4938167001348
• Matrix / Runout: 818-PUMPKIN MSI-80065 D3782 A

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CDZAP 51	Zappa* / Mothers Of Invention*	Zappa* / Mothers Of Invention* - Ahead Of Their Time ‎(CD, Album)	Zappa Records	CDZAP 51	UK & Europe	1993
VACK 5917-LP	Frank Zappa, Mothers Of Invention*	Frank Zappa, Mothers Of Invention* - Ahead Of Their Time ‎(2xLP, Album, Ltd, Num, Unofficial, Red)	Videoarts Music	VACK 5917-LP	Japan	2011
D2 74246	Zappa* / Mothers*	Zappa* / Mothers* - Ahead Of Their Time ‎(CD, Album)	Barking Pumpkin Records	D2 74246	US	1993
0238872	Zappa* / Mothers Of Invention*	Zappa* / Mothers Of Invention* - Ahead Of Their Time ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Zappa Records, Universal Music Group International	0238872	Europe	2012
RCD 10559	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention*	Frank Zappa / The Mothers Of Invention* - Ahead Of Their Time ‎(CD, Album, RE, RP)	Rykodisc	RCD 10559	Europe	Unknown

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