don preston

vile foamy ectoplasm
    - feat. frank zappa, ex-moi and ex-zappa bandmembers 

in 1993, don preson released an album called "vile foamy ectoplasm" on muffin records. the 2007 release on crossfire has 10 tracks in common with the 1993 release.

[1] recorded 1981 by the grandmothers in cerrillos, nm
don preston: vocals, fender rhodes, synth * walt fowler: trumpet, synth *  mike miller: guitar * tom fowler: bass * tony morales: drums * jimmy carl black: vocals & drums (15)

[2] recorded late 2000 / early 2001 by the don & bunk show at don preston's home studio
don preston: keyboards, drum programming * bunk gardner: saxophones

[3] recorded 1967 - 1968 on the streets of new york

[4] recorded 1975 at zoo studios in don preston's basement
don preston: fender rhodes, modular moog, mini moog * arthur barrow: guitar, bass * bruce fowler: trombone * michael crayden: percussion * bruce gary: drums (4) * frank wilson: drums (18)

[5] recorded 1976 at the 'provisional theater', la, ca, usa
don preston: modular moog, mini moog, moog theremin, steiner e.v.i.

[6] recorded 1968 in new york with frank zappa engineering the gong segments. the rest was recorded at zoo studios in l.a. on a modular moog synth
don preston: modular moog, gong

[7] recorded recorded 2001 in red bank, nj, by don preston's akashic ensemble
don preston: roland jv 1080, paiste going, serge modular synthesizer, ems matrix synthesizer, buchla sequencer, effects * andré cholmondeley: guitar synthesizer, samples * dave ballou: trumpet, effects, cheri jiosne: percussion, drums, drum synthesizer * bunk gardner: tenor saxophone

[8] recorded 1994 at don preston's studio in l.a.
don preston: piano, vocal, synthesizer, drum programming, percussion

[9] miss lucy: "i like it" * jimmy carl black: "donnie,", "gettin' hot?" * jim 'motorhead' sherwood: 'how 'bout double load?" * howard kaylan: "ooh man!"

[10] from 1967-1968. don preston recorded and edited this piece. later, in 1993, he used the new digital technology and de-noised and eq'd each edit, of which there were hundreds.
don preston: fender rhodes, organ, synthesizer, piano, drums, violin, paiste gong * meredith monk: vocal, bells, bass * donn preston: vocal, piano * burton green: piano * bunk gardner: tenor saxophone, flute, body noises * tom wayburn: percussion * jimmy carl black: snorks, violin, strangeness * roy estrada: violin, moans, wheezes

dedicated to the memory of miss lucy

produced and arranged by don preston

1. moon unit  [1]
2. immaculate deception  [2]
3. the street urchins  [3]
4. bannon call  [4]
5. horta babies  [2]
6. construction in slow motion with sharp interludes  [5]
7. trapezoid  [1]
8. andrea  [4]
9. loki (the thrones of saturn)  [6]
10. the eye of agamoto  [2]
11. aegospotamus  [2]
12. new age mumbo jumbo (edited remix)  [2]
13. the cherubim (edit)  [7]
14. homage to tinguley  [8]
15. silicone hump  [1]
16. the street urchins 2  [3]
17. the eteranal question  [1]
18. palmer park  [4]
19. voices from the past  [9]
20. death lights  [10]