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Frances The Mute [Single]

Frances The Mute [Single]

by The Mars Volta

Label(s): Clouds Hill, Gold Standard Laboratories, Rodriguez Lopez Productions, Strummer, Universal Records

Released: 03/01/2005

Released: 04/22/2023 (12" Record Store Day Release)

Recorded: 2004

Length: 18:09

Available Releases (CD/Vinyl/etc)
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US Vinyl • 12", Test Pressing • 2005
Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL 95)
6 have 63 want
8 copies pressed.
US Vinyl • 12", 33 ⅓ RPM • 2005
Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL95)
Barcode: 613505009524
110 have 264 want
US CD • Single, Promo • 2005
Universal Records (UNIR 21484-2), Strummer Recordings (UNIR 21484-2), Universal Records (UNIR 21484-2)
Barcode: 6 02498 83764 1
201 have 102 want
Free with the purchase of Frances the Mute Album at Best Buy stores in the US. Track 2 is recorded live from Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, CA.
US Vinyl • 12", 33 ⅓ RPM • 2005
Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL95)
Barcode: 6 13505 00952 4
1972 have 647 want
Side A is the song Frances the Mute. It was intended to be the first act in the story (and therefore the first song in the album) but was not there o...
US Vinyl • 12", Test Pressing • 2005
Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL 95)
0 have 60 want
Mistake test pressing with studio version of The Widow on side B instead of live version. 8 copies pressed.
US Vinyl • 12", Single • 2005
Gold Standard Laboratories (GSL 95)
263 have 326 want
Black vinyl version - believed to have been issued unintentionally. Side A is the song Frances the Mute. It was intended to be the first act in the ...

Tracklist

  1. Frances The Mute 14:37
    1. Aa In Thirteen Seconds
    2. Ab Nineteen Sank, While Six Would Swim
    3. Ac Five Would Grow And One Was Dead
  2. The Widow (Live Acoustic Version)) 3:32

Credits

Lyrics By: Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Mixed By: Rich Costey
Music By, Producer: Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Photography By: Peter Curzon, Rupert Truman, Storm Thorgerson

Notes

Side A is the song Frances the Mute. It was intended to be the first act in the story (and therefore the first song in the album) but was not there on the CD due to space reasons. "Frances the Mute"'s lyrics appears on the inside of the album's CD tray.

Side B was recorded live at the Wiltern LG Theater (3790 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA) on May 6, 2004

All songs published by Amputekhture (ASCAP), Hija de Lola (ASCAP) and EMI April Music Inc.

Approximately 10000 copies pressed

Identifiers

Barcode: 6 13505 00952 4
Rights Society: ASCAP
Matrix / Runout: GSL 95-A (Runout Side A)
Matrix / Runout: GSL 95B REI THE WIDOW LIVE AT THE WILTERN (Runout Side B)

Videos

The Mars Volta - Frances the Mute (Full Song)
All release and variant data is courtesy of Discogs.com.

“Frances The Mute” was released as a bonus single by Best Buy and as part of the deluxe edition of the Frances The Mute vinyl. It was excluded from the Frances The Mute album due to time restraints. Nicknamed “decoder”, many fans prefer to play the song at the beginning of the album. Despite not being released on the album the songs lyrics appear inside of the Frances The Mute album, behind the CD disc tray.

“The Widow” (Live Acoustic) was recorded at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles, CA on May 6th, 2004.

The 2023 release features a remastered version of Frances the Mute.