Barking Pumpkin is an American independent record label founded by Frank Zappa in 1981 with initial distribution by CBS Records. Some releases on the label were sold only by mail order.
The catalog has included The Old Masters box sets, which consisted of boxed reissues of albums previously released by Zappa on other labels and original material by Frank Zappa which has since been nationally released by Rykodisc in different versions, as well as original and reissued by other artists, such as Dweezil Zappa and the group Z, which consisted of Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa. After Frank Zappa died in 1993, Barking Pumpkin continued to release his posthumous albums, and new content by Z.
Catalog
Year Artist Title Peak chart positions RIAA Certification (sales thresholds) US US Indie US Heat 1981 Frank Zappa Tinsel Town Rebellion #66 Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar You Are What You Is #93 1982 Frank Zappa Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch #23 1983 Frank Zappa The Man From Utopia #153 Baby Snakes London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. I 1984 Frank Zappa Them Or Us Thing-Fish Francesco Zappa 1985 Frank Zappa The Old Masters Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention #153 1986 Dweezil Zappa Havin' a Bad Day Frank Zappa The Old Masters II Jazz from Hell 1987 Frank Zappa London Symphony Orchestra, Vol. II The Old Masters III 1988 Frank Zappa Guitar Broadway The Hard Way 1991 Dweezil Zappa Confessions Frank Zappa The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life Make A Jazz Noise Here 1992 Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention Playground Psychotics 1993 Frank Zappa Ahead Of Their Time The Yellow Shark 1994 Z Shampoohorn Frank Zappa Civilization Phaze III 1996 Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute 1999 Frank Zappa Everything Is Healing Nicely 2004 Frank Zappa QuAUDIOPHILIAc
References
External links The official Frank Zappa website