frank zappa

finer moments

also released as a 2lp set

lyrics & extra info:
  http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/Finer_Moments.html

compilation & title by frank zappa

engineers: frank zappa , kerry mcnab, paramount studios, hollywood
original 1/4" dbx 187 encoded analog master tapes-dated june 25, 1972
vaultmeisterment & tape transfers by joe travers at umrk, march 28, 2007
mastered by stephen marcussen, marcussen mastering, hollywood, april 2007
contextual excursions by gail zappa
liner notes & cover art by american artist bill miller
'finer moments'-reclaimed vintage linoleum assemblage (32" x 48"), 2011
photography by ed caraeff & john williams
design layout & art photography by michael mesker
production manager by melanie starks

disc one

1. intro

2. sleazette

3. mozart piano sonata in Bb

4. the walking zombie music
   
   1969/06/06 concert 'royal albert hall', london, uk
   frank zappa, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood
   special guests: noel redding (dancing) * dick barber (rubber chicken strangulation) * kanzus j. kanzus: biological masterpiece
   

5. the old curiosity shoppe
   
   1971/05/21 concert 'auditorium theatre', chicago, il, usa
   f.zappa, m.volman, h.kaylan, j.pons, a.dunbar, i.underwood, b.harris  
   

6. you never know who your friends are
   
   1969/02/-- recording session 'criteria studios', miami, fl, usa
   frank zappa, lowell george, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  
   
   1969/07/08 concert 'the ark', boston, ma, usa
   frank zappa, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  
   

7. uncle rhebus
   
   1969/07/08 concert 'the ark', boston, ma, usa
   frank zappa, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  

disc two

1. music from the big squeeze
   
   1967/08 - 09 recording session 'mayfair studios', nyc, ny, usa
   frank zappa, dick barber
   

2. enigmas 1 thru 5
   
   1968/09/-- recording session 'sunset sound', l.a., ca, usa
   frank zappa, art tripp
   

3. pumped and waxed
   
   1972/--/--  recording session zappa basement
   frank zappa
   

4. there is no heaven from where slogans go to die
   
   1969/02/14 concert 'mcmillin theater', columbia university, nyc, ny, usa
   frank zappa, lowell george, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  
   

5. squeeze it, squeeze it, squeeze it
   
   1969/02/16 concert 'the ballroom', stratford, ct, usa
   frank zappa, lowell george, roy estrada, jimmy carl black, art tripp, ian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  
   

6. the subcutaneous peril
   
   1971/10/11 concert 'carnegie hall', nyc, ny, usa
   f.zappa, m.volman, h.kaylan, j.pons, a.dunbar, i.underwood, d.preston