Uncle Meat

N.p. N.p., Circa 1968-1970. Dialogue transcript for the infamous unfinished film musical, undated, circa 1968. Copy belonging to Frank Zappa, with a single annotation in Zappa's hand on the top of the first page.

Full provenance available.

A transcript detailing multiple takes of ten scenes shot by Zappa for his long-planned but never finished experimental film. Transcript primarily addresses scenes featuring Don Preston and Phyllis Smith Altenhaus, but also contains dialogue intended to be spoken by Carl Zappa, Billy Mundi, Aynsley Dunbar, Jimmy Carl Black, and Zappa himself.

Originally innovated in 1967 by Zappa, featuring his then-band the Mothers of Invention, the film would morph in various ways over the course of the next decade, but would ultimately never come to fruition due to a lack of financing. In 1969 the Mothers of Invention released the acclaimed double album "Uncle Meat,” an instrumental soundtrack to the unfinished film. Finally, in 1987, a direct-to-video "making of" documentary of the uncompleted film was released.

Transparent front wrapper with orange back wrapper and spine. 59 leaves, with last page of text numbered 58. Mimeograph duplication, rectos only. Pages with light stain on first leaf, else Near Fine, wrapper Very Good plus, bound internally with three silver brads.

[Book #152527]