Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

Disc Mastering for Dinkum Recording Services
Cover Illustration from Droodles. Published by Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc., Los Angeles, California. Copyright © 1953, renewed 1981
UMRK Mobile/Remote Recordings
UMRK Central/Over-dubs & Re-mix
© 1982 CBS Inc. [back sleeve]
© 1982 Munchkin Music [inner sleeve]
℗ 1982 Barking Pumpkin Records [labels]
Printed in Holland [on labels]
Sleeve made in England [back sleeve]

Shorepak by Shorewood Packaging Co. Ltd., England. [back sleeve]

This album has been engineered to sound correct on JBL 4311 speakers or an equivalent. Best results will be achieved if you set your pre-amp tone controls to the flat position with the loudness control in the off position. Before adding any treble or bass to the sound of the album, it would be advisable to check it out this way first.
F.Z. [on inner sleeve]

Inner sleeve has lyrics on one side and a FZ letter (dated April 1982) on the other side. The letter advertises the release of the triple-LP set "Shut up 'n play yer guitar" simultaneously with SATLTSADW.

Sleeve has a sticker: "INCLUDES FREE LIVE 7" DISC THE FRANK ZAPPA E.P. SHUT UP 'N PLAY YER GUITAR C/W VARIATIONS ON THE CARLOS SANTANA SECRET CHORD PROGRESSION and WHY JOHNNY CAN'T READ CBS 85804 This sticker is removable". The sticker has the same text twice: white lettering on black / black lettering on white.

Runouts are stamped except 'Side 1' (on the A-side), 'Side 2' (on the B-side) and 'Dinkum' (on both sides), that are etched.

Very similar to release but this release doesn't have playing times on the cover and does have an anti-pirating warning on the back sleeve: "HOME TAPING IS KILLING MUSIC AND IT'S ILLEGAL" with a (white) drawing of a cassette with two bones (as on a pirate flag- cf. detail photo). Also the playing times on side B differ slightly.