Album
Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute
1996 · Rock
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Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute is a Rock album by Frank Zappa, originally released in 1996. On Gatefold: 2 pressings tracked, owned by 4 collectors.
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According to the liner notes, Frank's son Dweezil talked with his father shortly before Frank's death about the songs Frank had written that he would consider to be his "signature" tunes. These were "Zoot Allures", "Black Napkins" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay". The album compiles the original album versions of these three pieces, along with an alternate, live take of each, and the track "Merely a Blues in A".
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Tracklist
- 1Black Napkins7:10
- 2Black Napkins: "Zoot Allures" Album Version4:15
- 3Zoot Allures15:45
- 4Merely A Blues In A7:27
- 5Zoot Allures: "Zoot Allures" Album Version4:05
- 6Watermelon In Easter Hay6:42
- 7Watermelon In Easter Hay: "Joe's Garage" Album Version8:42
Sound DNA
- Rock
- Hard Rock
- distorted
- aggressive
- punky
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Official Release #66.
All compositions published worldwide by Munchkin Music.
This release's aim was to explore Frank Zappa's self-professed 'signature' guitar pieces - "Black Napkins", "Zoot Allures" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay" - by juxapositioning alternate, early recordings of these tracks against the original album versions. "Merely a Blues In A" is, effectively, a previously unreleased track.
Liner notes denoted as being written in Los Angeles, 1996.
Track 1: Live recording - Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 1975-11-22.
Track 2: Live recording - Osaka, Japan 1976-02-00; originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures (opens in a new tab)".
Track 3: Live Recording - Tokyo, Japan, 1976-02-05.
Track 4: Live Recording - Paris, France, 1974-09-27. Previously unreleased.
Track 5: Originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures (opens in a new tab)".
Track 6: Live recording - city and specific date unknown, January or February 1978.
Track 7: Originally released in 1979 on "Joe's Garage, Acts 2 & 3 (opens in a new tab)", ending with an extra live-concert insert at the end with FZ saying "Good Night" as a final reminiscent to his death.
Mastered at UMRK, 1996.
Packaging: six-panel black imitation leather Digipak with a fake stick-on mustache; the silver letters are printed on brilliant embossed black. Includes a 12-page booklet.
First pressings don't have the stickered barcode.
There is no label company listed anywhere on the release. The Zappa website is shown on the release and Barking Pumpkin is listed as the label in the "official discography" entry for FZPFZ on that website.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Adrian BelewRHYTHM GUITAR
- Andre LewisKEYBOARDS
- Arthur BarrowBASS
- Chester ThompsonDRUMS
- Dave ParlatoBASS
- Ed MannPERCUSSION
- Frank ZappaLEAD GUITAR
- George DukeKEYBOARDS, VOCALS
- Lou Anne NeillHARP
- Napoleon M. BrockTENOR SAXOPHONE, VOCALS VOCALS
- Norma Jean BellVOCALS
- Patrick O'HearnBASS
- Peter WolfKEYBOARDS
- Roy EstradaBASS BASS GUITAR
- Ruth UnderwoodMARIMBA
- Terry BozzioDRUMS
- Tom FowlerBASS
- Tommy MarsKEYBOARDS
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