Editing Uncle Meat (section)

{{About|the album|the film|Uncle Meat (film)}}
{{Infobox album
| name       = Uncle Meat
| type       = studio 
| longtype   = with live elements
| artist     = [[the Mothers of Invention]]
| cover      = Frank Zappa - Uncle Meat.jpg
| caption    = 
| alt        =
| released   = April 21, 1969 (Original LP version)<br>October 1987 (CD version)
| recorded   = October 1967{{snd}}February 1968 (studio tracks)<br>September 23, 1967{{snd}}July 23, 1968,<ref>{{cite book |last=Ulrich |first=Charles |date=May 13, 2018 |title=The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa |publisher=New Star Books |isbn=1-554201-46-2}}</ref> July 14, 1982<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.donlope.net/fz/lyrics/Uncle_Meat.html#Minchia | title=Uncle Meat | website = Information Is Not Knowledge | access-date = January 12, 2024}}</ref> (live elements)<br>1970 and 1982 (film excerpts)
| venue      = [[Royal Albert Hall]], London, England<br>[[Whisky a Go Go]], Los Angeles, California<br>[[Falkoner Center|Falkoner Theatre]], Copenhagen, Denmark<br>[[Stadio Renzo Barbera|Stadio Communale la Favorita]], Palermo, Italy<br>[[Miami Pop Festival (May 1968)|Miami Pop Festival]], Hallandale, Florida
| studio     = {{hlist|[[Apostolic Recording Studio|Apostolic]] (New York)|Sunset (Los Angeles)|[[Utility Muffin Research Kitchen|UMRK]] (Los Angeles)}}
| genre      =
| length     = {{plainlist|
* 74:53 (Original LP)
* 120:44 (CD version)
}}
| label      = [[Bizarre Records|Bizarre]]/[[Reprise Records|Reprise]]
| producer   = [[Frank Zappa]]
| chronology = [[Frank Zappa]]
| prev_title = [[Mothermania]]
| prev_year  = 1969
| next_title = [[Hot Rats]]
| next_year  = 1969
| misc       = {{Extra chronology
 | artist     = [[The Mothers of Invention]]
 | type       = studio
 | prev_title = [[Mothermania]]
 | prev_year  = 1969
 | title      = Uncle Meat
 | year       = 1969
 | next_title = [[Burnt Weeny Sandwich]]
 | next_year  = 1970
}}
}}

'''''Uncle Meat''''' is the sixth album by [[the Mothers of Invention]], and seventh overall by [[Frank Zappa]], released as a [[double album]] in 1969. ''Uncle Meat'' was originally developed as a part of ''No Commercial Potential'', a project which spawned three other albums sharing a conceptual connection: ''[[We're Only in It for the Money]]'', ''[[Lumpy Gravy]]'' and ''[[Cruising with Ruben & the Jets]]''.

The album also served as a [[soundtrack album]] to the [[Uncle Meat (film)|film of the same name]], which Zappa eventually finished and released direct-to-video in 1987.

The music is diverse in style, drawing from [[orchestral music|orchestral]], [[jazz]], [[blues]] and [[rock music]]. The ''Uncle Meat'' album was a commercial success upon release, and has been highly acclaimed for its innovative recording and editing techniques, including experiments in manipulation of tape speed and [[overdub]]bing, and its diverse sound.