Album
Civilization Phaze III
1994 · Electronic, Rock
Rare pressing on Gatefold
Civilization Phaze III is a Classical album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1994. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked.
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Civilization Phaze III is the twenty third solo studio album by Frank Zappa, released posthumously as a double album on October 31, 1994. The album marks the third part of a conceptual continuity that started with We're Only in It for the Money (1968), with the second part being a reedited version of Zappa's 1967 album Lumpy Gravy. The storyline of Civilization Phaze III involves a group of people living inside a piano, and the menacing reality of the outside world. The album's themes include personal isolation and nationalism. Much of the album's improvised dialogue was originally recorded as part of sessions which produced We're Only in It for the Money and Uncle Meat, which contained some dialogue by the same speaker, and some of the dialogue on this album previously appeared on the reedited version of Lumpy Gravy released in 1968. New dialogue was recorded by Zappa in 1993, and includes similarly improvised dialogue by members of the Ensemble Modern orchestra, Zappa's daughter Moon Unit Zappa and actor Michael Rapaport. .
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Performers
- Andreas BöttgerMARIMBA, PERCUSSION
- Catherine MillikenOBOE, ENGLISH HORN, OBOE , DIDGERIDOO
- Daryl SmithTUBA
- Detlef TewesMANDOLIN
- Dietmar WiesnerPICCOLO FLUTE , FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE, BASS FLUTE PICCOLO FLUTE, FLUTE, ALTO FLUTE, BASS FLUTE
- Franck OlluFRENCH HORN
- Frank ZappaCOMPOSED BY, CONDUCTOR COMPOSED BY, PERFORMER, CONDUCTOR
- Friedemann DähnCELLO
- Hermann KretzschmarPIANO, CELESTA
- Hilary SturtVIOLA
- Jürgen RuckGUITAR, BANJO
- Mathias TackeVIOLIN
- Michael GrossTRUMPET, FLUGELHORN
- Michael SvobodaBASS TROMBONE, ALPHORN , DIDGERIDOO , CONCH BASS TROMBONE, ALPHORN, DIDGERIDOO, CONCH
- Peter RundelVIOLIN
- Rainer RömerMARIMBA, PERCUSSION SAW , PERCUSSION
- Roland DiryCLARINET
- Rumi Ogawa-HelferichCIMBALOM , PERCUSSION CIMBALOM, PERCUSSION
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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