Frank Zappa - Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (CD, Album, Comp) (M)

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Released: 31 Oct 1996

Country:  US

Factory sealed, Edition with the fluffy moustache stuck to the front and embossed silver print. Nice !

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 824302996126
Matrix / Runout wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S1
Matrix / Runout wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S2
Matrix / Runout wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S8
Matrix / Runout wea mfg. commerce B2381 AF FZPFZ-2 80 1.888.922.7873 *M1 S6
Mastering SID Code ifpi L912

Notes:

Official Release #66.

All compositions published worldwide by Munchkin Music.
Album versions (tracks 2, 5 & 7) © 1996 Rykodisc. Exclusive worldwide license Zappa Family Trust.
℗ © 1996 Zappa Family Trust. Artwork & Liner Notes © 1996 Zappanese.

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".
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".
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", 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.

1. Black Napkins 7:10
2. Black Napkins: "Zoot Allures" Album Version 4:15
3. Zoot Allures 15:45
4. Merely A Blues In A 7:27
5. Zoot Allures: "Zoot Allures" Album Version 4:05
6. Watermelon In Easter Hay 6:42
7. Watermelon In Easter Hay: "Joe's Garage" Album Version 8:42

Published By Munchkin Music
Copyright (c) Rykodisc
Licensed From Zappa Family Trust
Phonographic Copyright (p) Zappa Family Trust
Copyright (c) Zappa Family Trust
Copyright (c) Zappanese
Mastered At UMRK
Pressed By WEA Mfg. Commerce