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Waka/Jawaka (also known as Waka/Jawaka — Hot Rats) is the fourth solo album, fifteenth album counting the work of his band the Mothers of Invention, by Frank Zappa, released in July 1972. The album is the jazz-influenced precursor to The Grand Wazoo (November 1972), and as the front cover indicates, a sequel of sorts to 1969’s Hot Rats. According to Zappa, the title “is something that showed up on a ouija board at one time.”

Track listing:
All songs written, composed and arranged by Frank Zappa.

Side one
1. “Big Swifty” 17:22
Total length: 17:22
Side two
2. “Your Mouth” 3:12
3. “It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal” 4:16
4. “Waka/Jawaka” 11:18
Total length: 18:43

Personnel:
Frank Zappa – guitar (all tracks, including acoustic guitar on track 3), percussion (1), electric bed springs and uncredited vocals (3)
Sal Marquez – trumpets (all tracks), vocals (2, 3); chimes (1, 4), flugelhorn (4)
Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – electric bass (all tracks), vocals (3), fuzz bass (4)
Aynsley Dunbar – drums (all tracks), washboard and tambourine (3)
Tony Duran – slide guitar (1, 2, 3), vocals (3)
George Duke – ring-modulated & echoplexed electric piano (1), tack piano (2)
Mike Altschul – baritone saxophone and piccolo (2, 4), bass flute, bass clarinet and tenor sax (4)
Kris Peterson – vocals (2, 4)
Joel Peskin – tenor sax (2)
Jeff Simmons – Hawaiian guitar and vocals (3)
Sneaky Pete Kleinow – pedal steel guitar solo (3)
Janet Ferguson – vocals (3)
Don Preston – piano and Minimoog (4)
Billy Byers – trombone and baritone horn (4)
Ken Shroyer – trombone and baritone horn (4)

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Released: July 5, 1972
Recorded: April 17–21 and May 5, 1972
Studio: Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California
Length: 36:08
Label: Bizarre/Reprise
Producer: Frank Zappa