Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch (1982)

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Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch

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Side one

1. "No Not Now"   5:50

2. "Valley Girl" (Frank Zappa, Moon Zappa)   4:50

3. "I Come from Nowhere"   6:13

Side two

1. "Drowning Witch"   12:03

2. "Envelopes"   2:46

3. "Teen-Age Prostitute"   2:43

Frank Zappa Band Members / Musicians

Frank Zappa – Lead Guitar, Vocals

Steve Vai – Guitar (credited as "Impossible Guitar Parts")

Ray White – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals

Tommy Mars – Keyboards

Bobby Martin – Keyboards, Sax, Vocals

Ed Mann – Percussion

Scott Thunes – Bass on "Drowning Witch", "Envelopes", "Teen-age Prostitute", and "Valley Girl"

Arthur Barrow – Bass on "No Not Now" and the first part of "I Come From Nowhere"

Patrick O'Hearn – Bass on the guitar solo in "I Come From Nowhere"

Chad Wackerman – Drums

Roy Estrada – Vocals on "I Come from Nowhere"

Ike Willis – Vocals

Bob Harris – Vocals

Lisa Popeil – Vocals on "Teen-Age Prostitute"

Moon Unit Zappa – Vocal on "Valley Girl"

Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch is an album by Frank Zappa, released in May 1982 and digitally remastered in 1991. It features five tracks composed by Zappa, and one song, "Valley Girl", co-written with his daughter, Moon Unit Zappa, then a teen, who provided the spoken monologue mocking Valley girls, including phrases like "Gag me with a spoon!".

The album's first half consists of studio recordings, while the second half consists of live recordings.