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Frank Zappa – Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (VG/VG) – LP, UK 1991

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Media: Very Good (VG)
Cover: Very Good (VG)
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  • Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch is an LP by Frank Zappa from 1991 released on the Zappa Records label.

    About this album

    Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch is one of Frank Zappa’s sharpest early-1980s albums, balancing biting satire with intricate art-rock and jazz-rock writing. Released in 1982, it captures Zappa’s gift for turning absurdist humour into tightly structured music, with the famously cheeky “Valley Girl” sitting alongside more ambitious ensemble passages. The album reflects his restless mix of parody, fusion and compositional precision, showing why he remained such an influential and unpredictable figure in American rock. It is a vivid example of Zappa’s ability to make novelty feel musically exacting rather than merely comic.

    Genre: Pop & Rock

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  • Artist: Frank Zappa
    Label: Zappa Records – ZAPPA 42
    Format: LP, Album, Reissue, Remastered
    Units: 1
    Country: UK & Europe
    Released: 1991
    Genre: Pop & Rock

  • A1 No Not Now
    A2 Valley Girl
    A3 I Come From Nowhere
    B1 Drowning Witch
    B2 Envelopes
    B3 Teenage Prostitute