terça-feira, 8 de fevereiro de 2011

Frank Zappa, Simplesmente a Lenda, o Mito, A Genialidade...O Senhor do ROCK!!!

Frank Vincent Zappa[1] (21 de Dezembro de 1940, Baltimore — 4 de Dezembro de 1993, Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles) foi um compositor, guitarrista, produtor de gravação e diretor de cinema. Em uma carreira de mais de trinta anos, a sua obra musical estendeu-se pelo rock, fusion, jazz, música eletrônica, música concreta e música clássica. Ele também dirigiu longas-metragens e videoclipes e desenhou capas de álbuns seus. Zappa produziu quase todos os seus 60 álbuns que lançou com a banda Mothers of Invention, grupo que o acompanhou por boa parte da carreira e teve sua formação mudada muitas vezes, e como artista solo.

Na adolescência, ele adquiriu um gosto por compositores de música de vanguarda baseada na percussão, como Edgard Varèse, e também pelo rhythm and blues dos anos 1950. Zappa começou a escrever música clássica no ensino médio, à mesma época em que tocava bateria em bandas de rhythm and blues - ele fez a troca para a guitarra posteriormente. Compositor e performista da sua própria música, com influências diversas, o seu trabalho é praticamente impossível de ser categorizado. O seu álbum de estreia com o Mothers of Invention, Freak Out!, combinava canções no formato convencional do rock and roll com improvisações coletivas e colagens de som realizadas em estúdio. Os seus últimos álbuns também continham essa abordagem eclética e experimental, independentemente de o formato fundamental ser rock, jazz ou clássica. Ele escreveu as letras de todas as suas canções, as quais - frequentemente humoristicamente - refletiam a sua visão iconoclástica dos processos sociais e políticos, estruturas e movimentos estabelecidos. Era um grande crítico do método de educação e da religiões, e um forte defensor da liberdade de expressão, da autodidática e da abolição da censura.

Zappa foi um artista altamente produtivo e prolífico e ganhou aclamação da crítica. Muitos de seus álbuns são considerados essenciais na história do rock do jazz. Ele é considerado um dos guitarristas mais originais de seu tempo. Ele também continua sendo uma grande influência para músicos e compositores. Alcançou algum sucesso musical, particularmente na Europa, e pela maior parte de sua carreira trabalhou como artista independente. Postumamente, Zappa foi incluído no Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, em 1995, e ganhou um prêmio Grammy, em 1997.

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Freak Out (1966)

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy? (3:27)
2. I Ain't Got No Heart (2:30)
3. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:22)
4. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder (3:31)
5. Motherly Love (2:45)
6. How Could I Be Such A Fool (2:12)
7. Wowie Zowie (2:45)
8. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:17)
9. Any Way The Wind Blows (2:52)
10. I'm Not Satisfied (2:37)
11. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here (3:37)
12. Trouble Every Day (6:16)
13. Help I'm A Rock (8:37)
14. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:17)

Frank Zappa / guitar, harmonica, arranger, composer, conductor, cymbals, tambourine, vocals, orchestra
Plas Johnson / saxophone
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Ray Collins / guitar, harmonica, cymbals, sound effects, tambourine, vocals, finger cymbals
Gene Estes / percussion
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals, guitarron, soprano (vocal)
Elliot Ingber / guitar, guitar (rhythm)
Carol Kaye / bass
Ruth Komanofff / percussion
John Rotella / percussion

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Absolutely Free (1967)

1. Plastic People (3:42)
2. The Duke of Prunes (2:13)
3. Amnesia Vivace (1:01)
4. The Duke regains his chops (1:50)
5. Call any vegatable (2:20)
6. Invocation and Ritual Dance of the Young Pumpkin (7:00)
7. Soft-Sell conclusion (1:40)
8. (Big leg Emma) (2:32)
9. (Why don'tcha do me right?) (2:37)
10. America drinks (1:53)
11. Status back baby (2:54)
12. Uncle Bernie's Farm (2:11)
13. Son of Suzy Creamcheese (1:34)
14. Brown shoes don't make it (7:30)
15. America drinks & goes home (2:46)

Frank Zappa / guitar, vocals
Ray Collins / vocals
Roy Estrada / bass
Don Preston / keyboards
Bunk Gardner / saxophone
Jimmy Carl Black / drums
Bill Mundi /drums

Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967)

1. Lumpy Gravy Part One (15:48)
1. The Way I See It, Barry
2. Duodenum
3. Oh No
4. Bit Of Nostalgia
5. It's From Kansas
6. Bored Out 90 Over
7. Almost Chinese
8. Switching Girls
9. Oh No Again
10. At The Gas Station
11. Another Pickup
12. I Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again

2. Lumpy Gravy Part Two (15:51)
1. Very Distraughtening
2. White Ugliness
3. Amen
4. Just One More Time
5. A Vicious Circle
6. King Kong
7. Drums Are Too Noisy
8. Kangaroos
9. Envelops The Bath Tub
10. Take Your Clothes Off

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Motörhead, Pumpkin, Ronnie / choir, chorus
Victor Feldman, Alan Estes / percussion, drums
Shelly Mann, Frank Cappe, John Guerin / drums
Ted Nash, Jules Jacob, Bunk Gardner, Donald Christlieb, Gene Cipriano / wind, woodwind
Paul Smith, Pete Jolly, Lincoln Mayorga, Michael Lang / piano, celeste, harpsichord, keyboards
Don Preston / bass, keyboards
Tony Rizzi, Al Viola, Eric Clapton, Dennis Budimir, Tommy Tedesco, Jimmy "Senyah" Haynes / guitar
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums, choir, chorus
Dick Barber / vocals
Gene Estes, Emil Richards / percussion
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Larry Fanoga / vocals, choir, chorus
All Nite John / choir, chorus
Patrick O'Hearn / bass, wind
Richard Parissi / French horn
John Rotella / percussion, woodwind
Kenny Shroyer / trombone
Bob West, Jimmy Bond, John Balkin, Chuck Berghofer / bass
Vincent DeRosa, Arthur Maebe / horn, French horn
Jimmy Zito, James Zito / trumpet
Mike Lang / piano, electric harpsichord
Paul Smith / piano
Alexander Koltun, Ray Kelly, Joseph Saxon, Joseph DiFiore Jerome Kessler, Bernard Kundell, William Kurasch Leonard Malarsky, Ralph Schaeffer, Leonard Selic, Harry Hyams Jerome Reisler, Tibor Zelig Arnold Belnick, Harold Bemko, Jesse Ehrlich, James Getzoff, Philip Goldberg / strings

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Cruising With Ruben & The Jets (1968)

1. Cheap Thrills (2:39)
2. Love of My Life (3:08)
3. How Could I Be Such a Fool (3:34)
4. Deseri (2:08)
5. I'm Not Satisfied (4:08)
6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:24)
7. Anything (3:05)
8. Later That Night (3:00)
9. You Didn't Try to Call Me (3:57)
10. Fountain of Love (3:22)
11. No. No. No. (2:15)
12. Any Way the Wind Blows (3:01)
13. Stuff Up the Cracks (4:36)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, sound effects, vocals, producer
Don Preston / bass, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / guitar, percussion, drums
Ray Collins / guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada / bass, sound effects, vocals, voices
Bunk Gardner / saxophone
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Motorhead Sherwood / saxophone (Baritone), tambourine
Art Tripp / guitar
Ian Underwood / guitar, piano, keyboards, saxophone, wind
Brian Gardner / saxophone

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - We're Only In It For The Money (1968)

1. Are You Hung Up? (1:24)
2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:34)
3. Concentration Moon (2:22)
4. Mom & Dad (2:16)
5. Telephone Conversation (0:48)
6. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
7. Harry, You're A Beast (1:21)
8. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
9. Absolutley Free (3:24)
10. Flower Punk (3:03)
11. Hot Poop (0:23)
12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:02)
13. Let's Make The Water Turn Black (2:01)
14. The Idiot Bastard Son (3:18)
15. Lonely Little Girl (1:09)
16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance(1:32)
17. What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (1:02)
18. Mother People (2:26)
19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:25)

Frank Zappa / vocals, guitar
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Don Preston / keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / drums, vocals
Ian Underwood / winds, keyboards
Euclid James `Motorhead` Sherwood / winds
Billy Mundi / drums
Bunk Gardner / winds

Frank Zappa - Hot Rats (1969)

1. Peaches en Regalia (3:39)
2. Willie the Pimp (9:17)
3. Son of Mr. Green Genes (9:00)
4. Little Umbrellas (3:04)
5. The Gumbo Variations (16:57)
6. It Must Be A Camel (5:16)

Frank Zappa / guitar, octave bass and percussion

With:
Ian Underwood / keyboards and winds
Captain Beefheart / vocals
Sugar Cane Harris / violin
Jean-Luc Ponty / violin
John Guerin / drums
Paul Humphrey / drums
Ron Selico / drums
Maz Bennett / bass
Shuggy Otis / bass

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Burnt Weeny Sandwich (1969)

1. WPLJ (2:52)
2. Igor's Boogie, Phase One (0:36)
3. Overture to a Holiday in Berlin (1:27)
4. Theme from Burnt Weeny Sandwich (4:32)
5. Igor's Boogie, Phase Two (0:36)
6. Holiday in Berlin, Full Blown (6:24)
7. Aybe Sea (2:46)
8. Little House I Used to Live In (18:41)
9. Valarie (3:15)

Frank Zappa / organ, guitar, arranger, composer, keyboards, vocals, producer
Don Preston / bass, piano, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Lowell George / guitar
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Gabby Furggy / vocals
Bunk Gardner / horn, wind
Don "Sugarcane" Harris / violin, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / drums
Ian Underwood / guitar, piano, keyboards, wind

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Mothermania (1969)

1. Brown Shoes Don't Make It
2. Mother People
3. The Duke Of Prunes
4. Call Any Vegetable
5. The Idiot Bastard Son
6. It Can't Happen Here
7. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
8. Who Are The Brain Police?
9. Plastic People
10. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
11. America Drinks And Goes Home

Don Preston / bass, keyboards
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals
Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Bunk Gardner / wind
Elliot Ingber / guitar
Billy Mundi / drums, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / drums
Ian Underwood / guitar, keyboards, wind

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Uncle Meat (1969)

Disc 1 Time: 57:21
1. Main Title Theme (1:56)
2. The Voice of Cheese (0:26)
3. Nine Types of Industrial Pollution (6:00)
4. Zolar Czakl (0:54)
5. Dog Breath, in the Year of the Plague (3:59)
6. The Legend of the Golden Arches (3:28)
7. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall) (2:19)
8. The Dog Breath Variations (1:48)
9. Sleeping in a Jar (0:50)
10. Our Bizarre Relationship (1:05)
11. The Uncle Meat Variations (4:46)
12. Electric Aunt Jemima (1:46)
13. Prelude to King Kong (3:38)
14. God Bless America (1:10)
15. A Pound for a Brown on the Bus (1:29)
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (5:05)
17. Mr. Green Genes (3:14)
18. We Can Shoot You (2:03)
19. If We'd All Been Living in California... (1:14)
20. The Air (2:57)
21. Project X (4:48)
22. Cruisin' for Burgers (2:18)

Disc 2 Time: 63:05
1. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 1 (37:34)
2. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (3:46)
3. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt, Pt. 2 (3:50)
4. King Kong Itself [Played by the Mothers] (0:49)
5. King Kong II [Interpreted by Tom Dewild] (1:21)
6. King Kong III [Motorhead Explains It] (1:44)
7. King Kong IV [Gardner Varieties] (6:17)
8. King Kong V (0:34)
9. King Kong VI [Live at Miami Pop Festival] (7:24)

Frank Zappa / guitar, percussion, keyboards, vocals
Don Preston / bass, keyboards, electric piano
Jimmy Carl Black / comedy, percussion, drums, voices
Ray Collins / guitar, vocals
Aynsley Dunbar / guitar
Roy Estrada / basses, vocals
Bunk Gardner / clarinet, flute, bass clarinet, piccolo, saxes, wind
Ruth Komanofff / percussion, marimba
Billy Mundi / drums, vocals
Jim Sherwood / guitar, vocals, wind
Art Tripp / percussion, chimes, drums, marimba, xylophone, bells, tympani, vibraphone, wood block
Ian Underwood / organ, clarinet, flute, guitar, piano, celeste, harpsichord, keyboards, saxes, wind, electric organ
Ruth Underwood / percussion, keyboards
Nelly Walker / vocals
Euclid James Sherwood / tenor sax, tambourine, voices

Frank Zappa - Chunga's Revenge (1970)

1. Transylvania Boogie (5:01)
2. Road Ladies (4:10)
3. Twenty Small Cigars (2:17)
4. The Nancy & Mary Music (9:27)
5. Tell Me You Love Me (2:33)
6. Would You Go All The Way? (2:29)
7. Chunga's Revenge (6:15)
8. The Clap (1:23)
9. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A... (2:44)
10. Sharleena (4:03)

Frank Zappa / guitars, vocals
Ian Underwood / piano, electric piano, organ, pipe organ, electric alto, sax with wah-wah pedal, tenor sax, rhythm guitar
George Duke / electric piano, organ, trombone, vocal drum imitations
Don Sugarcane Harris / organ
Mark Volman, Howard Kaylan / vocals
Jeff Simmons / bass, vocals
Max Bennett / bass
Aynsley Dunbar / drums, tambourine
John Guerin / drums

segunda-feira, 7 de fevereiro de 2011

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Weasels Ripped My Flesh (1970)

1. Didja Get Any Onya? (6:51)
2. Directly From My Heart... (5:16)
3. Prelude To The Afternoon... (3:48)
4. Toad Of The Short Forest (4:48)
5. Get A Little (2:31)
6. The Eric Dolphy Memorial... (6:52)
7. Dwarf Nebula Procession... (2:12)
8. My Guitar Wants To Kill... (3:32)
9. Oh No (1:45)
10. The Orange County... (3:21)
11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh... (2:07)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar, vocals
Ian Underwood / alto sax
Bunk Gardner / tenor sax
Motorhead Sherwood / baritone sax and snorks
Buzz Gardner / trumpet, flugel horn
Roy Estrada / bass and vocal
Jimmy Carl Black / drums
Art Tripp / drums
Don Preston / piano, organ, electronic effects,
Ray Collins / vocals on 'Oh No'
Don "Sugar Cane" Harris / electric violin and vocal on 'Directly from my heart to you'
Lowell George / rhythm guitar and vocal on 'Didja Get Any Onya?'

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - 200 Motels (1971)

1. Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture (1:59)
2. Mystery Roach (2:32)
3. Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers (0:48)
4. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue) (0:55)
5. Tuna Fish Promenade (2:29)
6. Dance Of The Just Plain Folks (4:40)
7. This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise) (0:58)
8. The Sealed Tuna Bolero (1:40)
9. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (3:59)
10. Touring Can Make You Crazy (2:52)
11. Would You Like A Snack? (1:23)
12. Redneck Eats (3:02)
13. Centerville (2:31)
14. She Painted Up Her Face (1:41)
15. Janet's Big Dance Number (1:18)
16. Half A Dozen Provocative Squats (1:57)
17. Mysterioso (0:48)
18. Shove It Right In (2:32)
19. Lucy's Seduction of A Bored Violinist & Postlude (4:01)

Disc 2
1. I'm Stealing The Towels (2:14)
2. Dental Hygiene Dilemma (5:11)
3. Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You? (2:59)
4. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (3:11)
5. Penis Dimension (4:37)
6. What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning (3:32)
7. A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes (1:08)
8. Magic Fingers (3:53)
9. Motorhead's Midnight Ranch (1:28)
10. Dew On The Newts We Got (1:09)
11. The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts (0:41)
12. The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (1:10)
13. The Girl's Dream (0:54)
14. Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce (1:00)
15. Strictly Genteel (the finale) (11:10)

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Elgar Howarth
The Mothers on this particular occasion: Frank Zappa / guitar & bass
Mark Volman / vocals & special material
Howard Kaylan / vocals & special material
Ian Underwood / keyboards & winds
Aynsley Dunbar / drums
George Duke / keyboards & trombone
Martin Lickert / bass
Jimmy Carl Black / vocal on "Lonesome Cowboy Burt"
Ruth Underwood / orchestra drum set
Jim Pons / voice of the "Bad Conscience"
The Top Score Singers conducted by David Van Asch
Phyllis Bryn-Julson / soprano
Classical Guitar Ensemble supervised by John Williams
Narrated by Theodore Bikel

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Fillmore East,June (1971)

1. Little House I Used To live in (4:41)
2. The Mud Shark (5:22)
3. What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are (4:17)
4. Bwana Dik (2:21)
5. Latex Solar Beef (2:38)
6. Willie The Pimp, Part One (4:03)
7. Do You Like My New Car? (7:08)
8. Happy Together (2:57)
9. Lonesome Electric Turkey (2:32)
10. Peaches En Regalia (3:22)
11. Tears Began To Fall (3:50)

Frank Zappa / guitar & dialogue
Mark Volman / lead vocals & dialogue
Howard Kaylan / lead vocals & dialogue
Ian Underwood / winds, keyboards, vocals
Aynsley Dunbar / drums
Jim Pons / bass, vocals, dialogue
Bob Harris / 2nd keyboard, vocals
Don Preston / mini-moog

Frank Zappa - Just Another Band From L.A (1972)

1. Billy the Mountain (24:47)
2. Call Any Vegetable (7:22)
3. Eddie, Are You Kidding? (3:10)
4. Magdalena (6:24)
5. Dog Breath (3:39)

Frank Zappa / guitar & vocals
Mark Volman / lead vocals
Howard Kaylan / lead vocals
Ian Underwood / winds, keyboards, vocals
Aynsley Dunbar / drums
Don Preston / keyboards, mini-moog
Jim Pons / bass, vocals

Frank Zappa - Waka Jawaka (1972)

1. Big Swifty (17:23)
2. Your Mouth (3:12)
3. It Just Might Be a One-Shot Deal (4:16)
4. Waka/Jawaka (11:18)

Frank Zappa / guitar (acoustic), guitar, percussion, keyboards, sound effects, vocals
George Duke / keyboards, piano (electric), vocals, tack piano, ring modulated keyboard
Don Preston / synthesizer, piano, moog synthesizer, mini moog
Sal Marquez / trumpet, chimes, flugelhorn, vocals
Jeff Simmons / bass, guitar, vocals, Hawaiian guitar
Aynsley Dunbar / guitar, drums, tambourine, Washboard
Sneaky Pete Kleinow / pedal steel
Mike Altschul / bass, flute, clarinet (bass), flute (bass), piccolo, sax (Baritone), sax (Tenor)
Billy Byers / trombone, horn (Baritone)
Alex Dmochowski / bass
Tony Duran / vocals, slide guitar
Erroneous / bass (electric), vocals, fuzz bass
Janet Ferguson / vocals
Joel Peskin / sax (Tenor)
Chris Peterson / vocals
Kenny Shroyer / trombone, horn (Baritone)
Ian Underwood / guitar, keyboards, wind

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Grand Wazoo (1973)


1. The Grand Wazoo (13:20)
2. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) (6:06)
3. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus (2:57)
4. Eat That Question (6:42)
5. Blessed Relief (8:00)

Frank Zappa / guitars, percussion, vocals
Bob Zimmitti, Alan Estes / percussion
Don Preston / mini-moog
Toni Duran / guitars
Erroneous / bass
Aynsley Dunbar / drums
George Duke / keyboards
Ken Shroyer / multiple trombones
Lee Clement / percussion
Ernie Watts, Mike Altschul, Joel Peskin, Earl Dumler, Tony Ortega, Joanne Caldwell McNabb, Johnny Rotella, Fred Jackson / woodwinds
Janet Neville-Ferguson, Sal Marquez / vocals
Sal Marquez, Malcolm McNabb, Bill Byers, Ken Shroyer Ernie Tack / brass
Releases information

Frank Zappa - Piquantique-Stockholm (1973)


1. Kung fu (2:14)
2. Redunzl (4:25)
3. Dupree's paradise (11:26)
4. T'Mershi Duween* (1:56)
5. Father O'blivion (20:41)

Total Time: 40:47
*Track four, "T'Mershi Duween" was recorded on other occasion from same era, with a little different lineup.

Frank Zappa / guitar, vocal
Jean-Luc Ponty / violin
George Duke / keyboards
Ian Underwood / woodwinds, synthesizer
Ruth Underwood / percussion
Bruce Fowler / trombone
Tom Fowler / bass
Ralph Humphrey / drums

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Over-Nite Sensation (1973)

1. Camarillo Brillo (3:59)
2. I'm The Slime (3:34)
3. Dirty Love (2:58)
4. Fifty-Fifty (6:09)
5. Zomby Woof (5:10)
6. Dinah-Moe Humm (6:01)
7. Montana (6:35)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Tom Fowler /bass
Bruce Fowler / trombone
Ralph Humphrey / drums
Sal Marquez / trumpet & vocals
Ruth Underwood / percussion
Ian Underwood / flute, clarinet, alto & tenor saxophone
George Duke / keyboards, synthesizer
Jean-Luc Ponty / violin & baritone violin
Ricky Lancelotti / vocals
Kin Vassey / vocals
Tina Turner & The Ikettes / vocals

Frank Zappa - Apostrophe (1974)

1. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (2:07)
2. Nanook Rubs It (4:37)
3. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast (1:50)
4. Father O'Blivion (2:18)
5. Cosmik Debris (4:14)
6. Excentrifugal Forz (1:33)
7. Apostrophe' (5:50)
8. Uncle Remus (2:44)
9. Stink-Foot (6:32)

Frank Zappa / bass, lead vocals, guitar
Jack Bruce, Erroneous, Tom Fowler / bass
George Duke keyboards / background vocals
DonSugar Cane-Harris / violin
Jean-Luc Ponty / violin
Ruth Underwood / percussion
Ian Underwood / saxophone
Napoleon Murphy Brock / saxophone, background vocals
Sal Marquez / trumpet
Bruce Fowler / trombone
Jim Gordon, John Guerin, Aynsley Dunbar, Ralph Humphrey / drums
Ray Collins, Kerry McNabb, Susie Glower, Debbie, Lynn, Ruben Ladron De Guevara & Robert Camarena / background vocals

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Roxy and Elsewhere (1974)

1. Penguin in Bondage (6:48)
2. Pygmy Twylyte (2:13)
3. Dummy Up (6:02)
4. Village of the Sun (4:17)
5. Echidna's Arf (Of You) (3:52)
6. Don't You Ever Wash That Thing? (9:40)
7. Cheepnis (6:33)
8. Son of Orange County (5:53)
9. More Trouble Every Day (6:00)
10. Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen's Church) (16:41)

Frank Zappa / guitar, guitar (electric), keyboards, vocals
George Duke / keyboards, vocals
Tom Fowler / bass
Ruth Underwood / percussion
Jeff Simmons / rhythm guitar, vocals
Don Preston / synthesizer
Bruce Fowler / trombone, dancing!
Walt Fowler / trumpet
Napoleon Murphy Brock / tenor saxophone, flute, vocals
Ralph Humphrey / drums
Chester Thompson / drums

Frank Zappa - Bongo Fury (1975)

1. Debra Kadabra (3:54)
2. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy (5:59)
3. Sam With the Showing Scalp Flat Top (2:51)
4. Poofter's Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead (3:03)
5. 200 Years Old (4:32)
6. Cucamonga (2:24)
7. Advance Romance (11:17)
8. Man With the Woman Head (1:28)
9. Muffin Man (5:30)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
George Duke / keyboards, vocals
Bruce Fowler / trombone
Chester Thompson / drums
Tom Fowler / bass
Captain Beefheart / harmonica, harp, vocals
Terry Bozzio / drums
Murphy Brock / saxophone, vocals
Denny Walley / vocals, slide guitar

Frank Zappa - One Size Fits All (1975)

1. Inca Roads (8:45)
2. Can't Afford No Shoes (2:38)
3. Sofa No. 1 (2:39)
4. Po-Jama People (7:39)
5. Floentine Pogen (5:27)
6. Evelyn, A Modified Dog (1:04)
7. San Ber'dino (5:57)
8. Andy (6:04)
9. Sofa No. 2 (2:41)

Frank Zappa / guitar, vocals
George Duke / keyboards and synthesizers, vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock / flute, tenor sax, vocals
Chester Thompson / drums
Tom Fowler / bass
Ruth Underwood / vibes, marimba, other percussion

With:
James "Bird Legs" Youman / bass
Johnny "Guitar" Watson / flambe vocals
Bloodshot Rollin' Red / harmonica

Frank Zappa - Zoot Allures (1976)

1. Wind Up Workin' In A... (2:29)
2. Black Napkins (4:15)
3. The Torture Never Stops (9:45)
4. Ms. Pinky (3:40)
5. Find Her Finer (4:07)
6. Friendly Little Finger (4:17)
7. Wonderful Wino (3:38)
8. Zoot Allures (4:12)
9. Disco Boy (5:09)

Frank Zappa / guitar, bass, synth, lead-vocal
Terry Bozzio / drums
Davey Moire / vocals on "Wind up." and "Disco Boy"
Andre Lewis / organ, vocals on "Black Napkins" and "Disco Boy"
Roy Estrada / bass, vocals on "Black Napkins", "Ms.Pinky", "Find Her Finer", "Disco Boy"
Napoleon Murphy Brock / sax, vocal on "Black Napkins"
Ruth Underwood / synth on "Ms. Pinky", marimba & synth on "Friendly Little Finger" and "Zoot Allures"
Donnie Vliet / harmonica on "Find Her Finer"
Ruben Ladron de Guevara / background vocal on "Find Her Finer"
Dave Parlato / bass on "Zoot Allures"
Lu Ann Neil / harp on "Zoot Allures"
Sharkie Barker / background vocal on "Disco Boy"

Frank Zappa - Studio Tan (1978)

1. The Adventures of Greggery Peccary (20:34)
2. Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget... [instrumental] (7:37)
3. Lemme Take You to the Beach (2:44)
4. RDNZL (8:16)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards
Dave Moire / vocals
Eddie Jobson / keyboards, yodeling
George Duke / keyboards
Max Bennett / bass
Paul Humphrey / drums
Chester Thompson / drums
Don Brewer / bongo's
James "Bird Legs" Youman / bass
Ruth Underwood / percussion, synthesizer

Frank Zappa - Zappa in New York (1978)

Disc one 48:03)
1. Titties & Beer (7:36)
2. Cruisin For Burgers (9:12)
3. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth (3:32)
4. Punky's Whips (10:50)
5. Honey Don't Ya Want A Man Like Me? (4:12)
6. The Illinois Enema Bandit (12:41)

Disc two (53:50)
1. I'm The Slime (4:23)
2. Pound For A Brown (3:42)
3. Manx Needs Women (1:50)
4. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1 (3:51)
5. Big Leg Emma (2:17)
6. Sofa (2:56)
7. Black Page #2 (5:36)
8. The Torture Never Stops (12:35)
9. The Purple Lagoon/Approximate (16:40)

Frank Zappa / conductor, lead guitar, vocals
Ray White / rhythm guitar, vocals
Don Pardo / sophisticaded narration
David Samuels / timpani, vibes
Eddie Jobson / keyboards, violin, vocals
Patrick O'Hearn / bass, vocals
Randy Brecker / trumpet
Mike Brecker / tenor sax, flute
Lou Marini / alto sax, flute
Terry Bozzio / drums, vocals
Ruth Underwood / percussion, synthesizer, and various humanly impossible overdubs
Ronnie Cuber / baritone sax, clarinet
Tome Malone / trombone, trumpet, piccolo
John Bergamo / percussion, percussion overdubs
Ed Mann / percussion overdubs

Frank Zappa - Joe's Garage (1979)

1. Central Scrutinizer
2. Joe's Garage
3. Catholic Girls
4. Crew Slut
5. Wet T-Shirt Night
6. Toad O Line
7. Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
8. Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals, producer
Ed Mann / percussion
Ike Willis / vocals
Dale Bozzio / vocals
Arthur Barrow / bass, vocals
Marginal Chagrin / saxophone, sax (Baritone)
Vinnie Colaiuta / percussion, drums
Warren Cuccurullo / organ, guitar, guitar (rhythm), vocals
Jeff / sax (Tenor)
Al Malkin / vocals
Tommy Mars / keyboards
Craig Steward / harmonica
Stumuk / saxophone, sax (bass)
Denny Walley / guitar, vocals, slide guitar
Peter Wolf / keyboards

1. A Token of My Extreme (5:30)
2. Stick It Out (4:34)
3. Sy Borg (8:54)
4. Dong Work for Yuda (5:03)
5. Keep It Greasey (8:21)
6. Outside Now (5:49)
7. He Used to Cut the Grass (8:35)
8. Packard Goose (11:31)
9. Watermelon in Easter Hay (9:05)
10. A Little Green Rosetta (8:16)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals, arranger, conductor, producer
Ed Mann / percussion, vocals
Jimmy Carl Black / percussion, drums
Ike Willis / vocals
Dale Bozzio / choir, chorus
Arthur Barrow / bass, vocals
Terry Bozzio / drums, percussion
Vinnie Colaiuta / percussion, drums
Warren Cuccurullo / organ, guitar, guitar (rhythm), vocals, choir, chorus
Geordie Hormel / choir, chorus
Al Malkin / choir, chorus
Patrick O'Hearn / bass, wind
Denny Walley / guitar, vocals, slide guitar
Peter Wolf / keyboards
Barbara Isaak / choir, chorus

Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites (1979)

1. Strictly Genteel (7:03)
2. Pedro's Dowry (7:41)
3. Naval Aviation In Art? (1:22)
4. Duke of Prunes (4:20)
5. Bogus Pomp (13:28)

Frank Zappa and The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Orchestra
Frank Zappa / guitar
Terry Bozzio / drums
Dave Parlato / bass
Mike Lang / keyboards
Emil Richards / percussion
Pamela Goldsmith / viola
John Wittenberg / violin
Bobby Dubow / violin
Jerry Kessler / cello
Bruce Fowler / trombone
Earle Drumler / oboe
Mike Altschul / flute, trumpet
Malcolm McNabb / trumpet
David Duke / French horn
Dana Hughes / bass trombone
Ray Reed / flute
David Shostak / flute
Tommy Morgan / harmonica
Marty Perellis (?)
Don Van Vliet / dancing

Frank Zappa - Sheik Yerbouti (1979)

1 I Have Been In You
2 Flakes
3 Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
4 I'm So Cute
5 Jones Crusher
6 What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World
7 Rat Tomago
8 Wait A Minute
9 Boddy Brown Goes Down
10 Rubber Shirt
11 The Sheik Yerbouti Tango
12 Baby Snakes
13 Tryin' To Grw A Chin
14 City Of Tiny Lites
15 Dancin' Fool
16 Jewish Princess
17 Wild Love
18 Yo' Mama

Frank Zappa - Sleep Dirt (1979)

1. Filthy Habits [instrumental] (7:33)
2. Flambay (4:54)
3. Spider of Destiny (2:33)
4. Regyptian Strut [instrumental] (4:13)
5. Time Is Money (2:48)
6. Sleep Dirt [instrumental] (3:21)
7. The Ocean Is the Ultimate Solution [instrumental] (13:18)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards
Dave Parlato / bass
Terry Bozzio / drums
George Duke / keyboards
Patrick O'Hearn / bass
Ruth Underwood / percussion
Chad Wackerman / drum overdubs
Thana Harris / vocals
Bruce Fowler / all brass
James "Bird Legs" Youman / bass
Chester Thompson / drums

Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar (1980)

1. Beat it with your fist (1:55)
2. Return of the son of shut up 'n play yer guitar (8:17)
3. Pinocchio's furniture (2:02)
4. Why Johnny can't read (4:30)
5. Stucco homes (9:09)
6. Canard du jour (9:55)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar (1 to 5), bouzouki (6)
Arthur Barrow / bass (1 to 4)
Vinnie Colaiuta / drums (1 to 5)
Warren Cucurullo / guitar (2-4-5)
Bob Harris / keyboards (1-3)
Ed Mann / percussion (2-4)
Tommy Mars / keyboards (1 to 4)
Jean-Luc Ponty / baritone violin (6)
Steve Vai / guitar (1-3)
Denny Walley / guitar (2-4)
Ray White / guitar (1-3)
Ike Willis / guitar (1 to 4)
Peter Wolf / keyboards (2-4)


1. Variation on the Carlos Santana secret chord progression (3:52)
2. Gee, I like your pants (2:30)
3. Canarsie (5:55)
4. Ship ahoy (5:11)
5. The deathless horsie (6:10)
6. Shut up 'n play yer guitar some more (6:42)
7. Pink napkins (4:32)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar
Arthur Barrow / bass (1-2-5-6)
Terry Bozzio / drums (4-7)
Vinnie Colaiuta / drums (1-2-3-5-6)
Warren Cucurullo / rhythm guitar(2-3-5-6)
Roy Estrada / bass (4)
Bob Harris / keyboards (1)
Eddie Jobson / keyboards (7)
Andre Lewis / keyboards (4)
Ed Mann / percussion (2-5-6)
Tommy Mars / keyboards (1-2-5-6)
Patrick O'Hearn / bass (3-7)
Steve Vai / rhythm guitar (1)
Denny Walley / rhythm guitar (2-5-6)
Ray White / rhythm guitar (1-7)
Ike Willis / rhythm guitar (1-2-5-6)
Peter Wolf / keyboards (2-5-6)

1. five-five-FIVE (2:31)
2. Hog Heaven (2:44)
3. Shut up 'n play yer guitar (5:30)
4. While you were out (5:53)
5. Treacherous cretins (5:26)
6. Heavy duty Judy (4:35)
7. Soup'n old clothes (7:40)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar
Arthur Barrow / bass (1-2-3-5-6-7)
Vinnie Colaiuta / drums
Warren Cucurullo / rhythm guitar(1-3-4-5)
Bob Harris / keyboards (2-6-7)
Ed Mann / percussion (1-3-5)
Tommy Mars / keyboards (1-2-3-5-6-7)
Steve Vai / rhythm guitar (2-6-7)
Denny Walley / rhythm guitar (1-3-5)
Ray White / rhythm guitar (2-6-7)
Ike Willis / rhythm guitar (1-2-3-5-6-7)
Peter Wolf / keyboards (1-3-5)

Frank Zappa - You Are What You Is (1981)

1. Teen-Age Wind (3:02)
2. Harder Than Your Husband (2:28)
3. Doreen (4:44)
4. Goblin Girl (4:07)
5. Theme from the 3rd Movement of Sinister... (3:34)
6. Society Pages (2:27)
7. I'm a Beautiful Guy (1:56)
8. Beauty Knows No Pain (3:02)
9. Charlie's Enormous Mouth (3:36)
10. Any Downers? (2:08)
11. Conehead (4:24)
12. You Are What You Is (4:23)
13. Mudd Club (3:11)
14. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:10)
15. Dumb All Over (5:45)
16. Heavenly Bank Account (3:44)
17. Suicide Chump (2:49)
18. Jumbo Go Away (3:43)
19. If Only She Woulda (3:48)
20. Drafted Again (3:07)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar, vocals
Ike Willis / rhythm guitar, vocals
Ray White / rhythm guitar, vocals
Bob Harris / boy soprano, trumpet
Steve Vai / strat abuse
Tommy Mars / keyboards
Arthur Barrow / bass
Ed Mann / percussion
David Ocker / clarinet, bass clarinet
Motorhead Sherwood / tenor sax
Denny Walley / slide guitar
David Logeman / drums
Craig "Twister" Stewart / harmonica

Frank Zappa - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982)


1. No Not Now (5:50)
2. Valley Girl (4:50)
3. I Come From Nowhere (6:09)
4. Drowning Witch (12:03)
5. Envelopes (2:45)
6. Teen-Age Prostitute (2:41)

Frank Zappa / lead guitar, vocals
Steve Vai / impossible guitar parts
Ray White / rhythm guitar, vocals
Tommy Mars / keyboards
Bobby Martin / keyboards, saxophone, vocals
Ed Mann / percussion
Scott Thunes / bass
Arthur Barrow / bass
Patrick O'Hearn / bass
Chad Wackerman / drums
Roy Estrada / vocals
Ike Willis / vocals
Bob Harris / vocals
Lisa Popeil / vocal on "Teen-age Prostitute"
Moon Zappa / vocal on "Valley Girl"

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Frank Zappa - London Symphony Orchestra Vols. 1 & 2 (1983 & 1987)


Music CD 1 Download

1. Bob In Dacron (First Movement)
2. Bob In Dacron (Second Movement)
3. Sad Jane (First Movement)
4. Sad Jane (Second Movement)
5. Mo 'N Herb's Vacation (First Movement)
6. Mo 'N Herb's Vacation (Second Movement)
7. Mo 'N Herb's Vacation (Third Movement)

Music CD 2 Download


1. Envelopes
2. Pedro's Dowry
3. Bogus Pomp
4. Strictly Genteel

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals, arranger, composer, producer
Ed Mann / percussion
Chad Wackerman / drums
David Ocker / clarinet
The London Symphony Orchestra / Orchestra

Frank Zappa - Baby Snakes (1983)

1. Intro Rap (0:36)
2. Baby Snakes (1:45)
3. Titties & Beer (6:13)
4. The Black Page #2 (2:50)
5. Jones Crusher (2:53)
6. Disco Boy (3:51)
7. Dinah Moe Humm (6:37)
8. Punky's Whips (11:28)

Frank Zappa / guitar, keyboards, vocals
Adrian Belew / guitar, vocals
Ed Mann / percussion
Terry Bozzio / drums
Roy Estrada / vocals
Tom Mariano / keyboards
Tommy Mars / keyboards, vocals
Peter Wolf / keyboards

Frank Zappa - The Man From Utopia (1983)

Side 1:
1. Cocaine Decisions (3:54)
2. The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51)
3. Tink Walks Amok (3:38)
4. The Radio Is Broken (5:51)
5. Moggio (2:37)

Side 2:
1. The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Medley) (3:18)
2. Stick Together (3:18)
3. Sex (3:43)
4. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:28)
5. We Are Not Alone (3:18)


1. Cocaine Decisions (3:54)
2. Sex (3:43)
3. Tink Walks Amok (3:38)
4. The Radio Is Broken (5:51)
5. We Are Not Alone (3:18)
6. The Dangerous Kitchen (2:51)
7. The Man from Utopia Meets Mary Lou... (3:18)
8. Stick Together (3:18)
9. The Jazz Discharge Party Hats (4:28)
10. Luigi and The Wise Guys (3:24) [CD Extra Track]
11. Moggio (2:37)

Frank Zappa / guitar, vocals, ARP 2600, Lynn Drum Machine
Steve Vai / impossible guitar parts on strat and acoustic
Ray White / guitar, vocals
Roy Estrada / pachuco falsettos etc
Bob Harris / boy soprano
Ike Willis / bionic baritone
Bobby Martin / keyboards, sax, vocals
Tommy Mars / keyboards
Arthur "Tink" Barrow / keyboards, bass, micro-bass, rhythm guitar
Ed Mann / percussion
Scott Thunes / bass
Chad Wackerman / drums
Vinnie Colaiuta / drums on "Dangerous Kitchen"
Dick Fegy / mandolin
Marty Krystall / saxophone

Frank Zappa - Francesco Zappa (1984)


OPUS I:
1. No.1 1st Movement ANDANTE (3:28)
2. 2nd Movement ALLEGRO CON BRIO (1:25)
3. No.2 1st Movement ANDANTINO (2:13)
4. 2nd Movement MINUETTO GRAZIOSO (2:02)
5. No.3 1st Movement ANDANTINO (1:50)
6. 2nd Movement PRESTO (1:48)
7. No.4 1st Movement ANDANTE (2:17)
8. 2nd Movement ALLEGRO (3:01)
9. No.5 2nd Movement MINUETTO GRAZIOSO (2:28)
10. No.6 1st Movement LARGO (2:06)
11. 2nd Movement MINUET (2:00)

OPUS IV:
1. No.1 1st Movement ANDANTINO (2:43)
2. 2nd Movement ALLEGRO ASSAI (2:00)
3. No.2 2nd Movement ALLEGRO ASSAI (1:18)
4. No.3 1st Movement ANDANTE (2:22)
5. 2nd Movement TEMPO DI MINUETTO (1:59)
6. No.4 1st Movement MINUETTO (2:09)

Total Time: 37:10

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Line-up / Musicians
Performed by the Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort (Frank Zappa, Conductor)

Frank Zappa - Boulez Conducts Zappa (1984)

1. The Perfect Stranger (12:41)
2. Naval Aviation In Art? (2:43)
3. The Girl In The Magnesium... (3:09)
4. Dupree's Paradise (7:51)
5. Love Story (0:55)
6. Outside Now Again (4:04)
7. Jonestown (5:27)

Frank Zappa / synclavier
Ensemble InterContemporain conducted by/direction: Pierre Boulez (recorded January 10 & 11 1984 at Ircam, Paris) / tracks 1, 2, 4
The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort / tracks 3, 5, 6, 7

Frank Zappa - Them Or Us (1984)

Track Listing

In France
Ya Hozna
Sharleena
Sinister Footwear II
Truck Driver Divorce
Stevie's Spanking
Baby, Take Your Teeth Out
Marque-Son's Chicken
Planet of My Dreams
Be in My Video
Them or Us
Frogs With Dirty Little Lips
Whipping Post

Frank Zappa - Thing-Fish (1984)

Disc one Download

1. Prologue (2:56)
2. The Mammy Nuns (3:31)
3. Harry and Rhonda (3:36)
4. Galoot Up-Date (5:27)
5. The 'Torchum' Never Stops (10:32)
6. That Evil Prince (1:17)
7. You Are What You Is (4:31)
8. Mudd Club (3:17)
9. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (3:14)
10. Clowns on Velvet (1:51)
11. Harry-As-A-Boy (2:34)
12. He's So Gay (2:44)
13. The Massive Improve'lence (5:07)
14. Artificial Rhonda (3:32)


Disc two Download

15. The Crab-Grass Baby (3:48)
16. The White Boy Troubles (3:34)
17. No Not Now (5:49)
18. Briefcase Boogie (4:10)
19. Brown Moses (3:01)
20. Wistful Wit a Fist-Full (4:00)
21. Drop Dead (7:56)
22. Won Ton On (4:19)

Frank Zappa / guitar, synclavier
Steve Vai / guitar
Ray White / guitar
Tommy Mars / keyboards
Chuck Wild / broadway piano
Arthur Barrow / bass
Scott Thunes / bass
Jay Anderson / string bass
Ed Mann / percussion
Chad Wackerman / drums
Steve De Furia / synclavier programmer
David Ocker / synclavier programmer

Thing Fish: Ike Willis
Harry: Terry Bozzio
Rhonda: Dale Bozzio
Evil Prince: Napoleon Murphy Brock
Harry-as-boy: Bob Harris
Brown Moses: Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Owl-Gonkwin-Jane Cowhoon: Ray White