frank zappa

finer moments

2012 cd usa zappa records 0238942

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 zapparoy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian 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.kaylanj.ponsa.dunbari.underwood, b.harris  

  6. you never know who your friends are

    1969/02/-- recording session 'criteria studios', miami, fl, usa
    frank zappalowell georgeroy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  

    1969/07/08 concert 'the ark', boston, ma, usa
    frank zapparoy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian underwood, don preston, bunk gardner, buzz gardner, jim 'motorhead' sherwood  

  7. uncle rhebus

    1969/07/08 concert 'the ark', boston, ma, usa
    frank zapparoy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian 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 zappalowell georgeroy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian 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 zappalowell georgeroy estradajimmy carl black, art trippian 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.ponsa.dunbari.underwood, d.preston