Nominated by Michael Arlt

According to Zappa himself, the Capitol 8-track tape of Lumpy Gravy is one of the rarest official Zappa releases - if not the rarest. It contained only orchestral music, and none of the dialogue or band music. (The only words uttered on the tape were "I don't know if I can go through this again", which was spoken by one of the orchestral musicians, and not part of the piano dialogue.) If it contained only the orchestral music from the vinyl, it would have to have been very short; if it contained otherwise unreleased orchestral music, it would have been sensational.

It was manufactured by AMPEX, and can be distinguished from the Verve version because it has a Capitol logo instead of a Verve logo. (Note -- this 8-track is so rare that we don't even have a picture of it! The images to the right are the Verve edition).The track list is:

1. Sink Trap
2. Gum Joy
3. Up and Down
4. Local Butcher

5. Gypsy Airs
6. Hunchy Punchy
7. Foamy Soaky
8. Let's Eat Out
9. Teenage Grand Finale

Frank Zappa "Lumpy Gravy" officially enters the Hall of Fame on January 27, 2002.

Also, just for the hell of it are scans of the Muntz 4-track version (provided by Michael Arlt):