Universal ha reeditado remasterizados los 24 primeros discos de Frank Zappa, desde junio de 1966 hasta mayo de 1979. Todos están disponible en formato digital por primera vez. Vamos, ¡lo que se conoce como un festín! Aquí reproducimos las fichas de cada uno que nos ha proporcionado Universal:
1. FREAK OUT!
Originally Released: June 1966
Produced by: Tom Wilson
Tracklisting:
01. Hungry Freaks, Daddy 3:27
02. I Ain’t Got No Heart 2:33
03. Who Are The Brain Police? 3:33
04. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder 3:39
05. Motherly Love 2:43
06. How Could I Be Such A Fool 2:11
07. Wowie Zowie 2:51
08. You Didn’t Try To Call Me 3:16
09. Any Way The Wind Blows 2:54
10. I’m Not Satisfied 2:38
11. You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here 3:38
12. Trouble Every Day 5:49
13. Help, I’m A Rock 4:43
14. It Can’t Happen Here 3:55
15. The Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet 12:16
Total Time: 60:06
The Last Word:
FZ introduce el concepto de album conceptual de Rock&Roll. Primer disco doble en la historia del Rock.
2. ABSOLUTELY FREE
Originally Released: April 1967
Produced by: Tom Wilson
Tracklisting:
01. Plastic People 3:42
02.The Duke Of Prunes 2:13
03. Amnesia Vivace 1:01
04. The Duke Regains His Chops 1:50
05. Call Any Vegetable 2:20
06. Invocation And Ritual Dance Of The Young Pumpkin 7:00
07. Soft-Sell Conclusion 1:40
08. Big Leg Emma 2:32
09. Why Don’tcha Do Me Right? 2:37
10. American 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
Total Time: 43:21
The Last Word:
Es el único álbum en que el diseño y el material gráfico fue creado por FZ.
3. LUMPY GRAVY
Originally Released: May 1968
Produced by: FZ
Parts List:
01. PART ONE 15:48
02. PART TWO 15:51
Total Time: 31:39
The Last Word:
Esta grabación fue dedicada a la Luna y que probablemente no hubiese sido posible sin el productor Nick Venet.
4. WE’RE ONLY IN IT FOR THE MONEY
Originally Released: March 1968
Produced by: FZ
Executive Producer: Tom Wilson
Tracklisting:
01. Are You Hung Up? 1:24
02. Who Needs The Peace Corps? 2:34
03. Concentration Moon 2:22
04. Mom & Dad 2:16
05. Telephone Conversation 0:48
06. Bow Tie Daddy 0:33
07. Harry, You’re A Beast 1:21
08. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? 1:03
09. Absolutely Free 3:24
10. Flower Punk 3:03
11. Hot Poop 0:26
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
Total Time: 39:09
The Last Word:
This is Phase 2 of Lumpy Gravy.
Note: Toda la música que se escucha en este disco fue compuesta ,arreglada y científicamente mutillada por FZ.
Ninguno de los sonidos fueron generados electrónicamente sino conseguidos por la alteración electrónica de instrumentos normales.
Los fragmentos orquestales fueron realizados por Sid Sharp bajo la supervisión del compositor.
5. CRUISING WITH RUBEN & THE JETS
Originally Released: November 1968
Produced by: FZ
Executive Producer: Tom Wilson
Tracklisting:
01. Cheap Thrills 2:20
02. Love Of My Life 3:17
03. How Could I Be Such A Fool 3:33
04. Deseri 2:04
05. I’m Not Satisfied 3:59
06. Jelly Roll Gum Drop 2:17
07. Anything 3:00
08. Later That Night 3:04
09. You Didn’t Try To Call Me 3:53
10. Fountain Of Love 2:57
11. “No. No. No.” 2:27
12. Anyway The Wind Blows 2:56
13. Stuff Up The Cracks 4:29
Total Time: 40:16
Cruisin with Ruben& The Jets
Este es un álbum de grasientas canciones de amor y de simplicidad cretina.”Lo hicimos porque nos gusta mucho ese tipo de de música (solo un puñado de hombres viejos con ropas de rock & roll sentados en un estudio y cuchicheando sobre los buenos tiempos pasados.Diez años después tu estarás sentado aquí haciendo lo mismo con tus amigos ,si es que queda algo para sentarse” .
6. UNCLE MEAT
Originally Released: March 1969
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
DISC 1
01. Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme 1:55
02. The Voice Of Cheese 0:26
03. Nine Types Of Industrial Pollution 6:00
04. Zolar Czakl 0:54
05. Dog Breath, In The Year Of The Plague 3:59
06. The Legend Of The Golden Arches 3:27
07. Louie Louie (At the Royal Albert Hall in London) (Berry) 2:18
08. The Dog Breath Variations 1:48
09. 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 (Live at the Whisky A Go Go) (Berlin) 1:10
15. A Pound For A Brown On The Bus 1:29
16. Ian Underwood Whips It Out (Live on stage in Copenhagen) 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. Cruising For Burgers 2:18
Disc 1 Total Time: 57:10 DISC 2
01. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part I 37:34
02. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta 3:46
03. Uncle Meat Film Excerpt Part II 3:51
04. King Kong Itself (as played by the Mothers in a studio) 0:51
05. King Kong (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) 1:19
06. King Kong (as Motorhead explains it) 1:45
07. King Kong (the Gardner Varieties) 6:17
08. King Kong (as played by 3 deranged Good Humor Trucks) 0:33
09. King Kong (live on a flat bed diesel in the middle of a race track at a Miami Pop Festival… the Underwood ramifications) 7:25
Disc 2 Total Time: 63:21
Total Time: 120:31
7. HOT RATS
Originally Released: October 1969
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Peaches En Regalia 3:37
02. Willie The Pimp 9:16
03. Son Of Mr. Green Genes 8:58
04. Little Umbrellas 3:03
05. The Gumbo Variations 16:57
06. It Must Be A Camel 5:16
Total Time: 47:07
8. BURNT WEENY SANDWICH
Originally Released: February 1970
Produced and Conducted by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. WPLJ 2:52
02. Igor’s Boogie, Phase One 0:37
03. Overture To A Holiday In Berlin 1:27
04. Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich 4:32
05. Igor’s Boogie, Phase Two 0:37
06. Holiday In Berlin, Full-Blown 6:23
07. Aybe Sea 2:46
08. The Little House I Used To Live In 18:42
09. Valarie 3:14
Total Time: 41:10
9. WEASELS RIPPED MY FLESH
Originally Released: August 1970
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01.Didja Get Any Onya? 6:51
02. Directly From My Heart To You (Penniman) 5:16
03. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Sexually Aroused Gas Mask 3:48
04. Toads of the Short Forest 4:48
05. Get a Little 2:31
06. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue 6:52
07. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula 2:12
08. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama 3:32
09. Oh No 1:45
10. The Orange County Lumber Truck 3:21
11. Weasels Ripped My Flesh 2:08
Total Time: 43:04
10. CHUNGA’S REVENGE
Originally Released: October 1970
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Transylvania Boogie 5:01
02. Road Ladies 4:10
03. Twenty Small Cigars 2:17
04. The Nancy & Mary Music 9:27
05. Tell Me You Love Me 2:33
06. Would You Go All The Way? 2:29
07. Chunga’s Revenge 6:15
08. The Clap 1:23
09. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink 2:44
10. Sharleena 4:03
Total Time: 40:22
11. FILLMORE EAST, JUNE 1971
Originally Released: August 1971
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01.Little House I Used To Live In 4:41
02. The Mud Shark 5:22
03. What Kind of Girl Do You Think We Are? 4:17
04. Bwana Dik 2:21
05. Latex Solar Beef 2:38
06. Willie The Pimp Part One 4:03
Willie The Pimp Part Two 1:54
07. Do You Like My New Car? 7:08
08. Happy Together (Bonner/Gordon) 2:57
09. Lonesome Electric Turkey 2:32
10. Peaches En Regalia 3:22
11. Tears Began To Fall 2:46
Total Time: 42:07
12. JUST ANOTHER BAND FROM L.A.
Originally Released: March 1972
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Billy The Mountain 24:47
02. Call Any Vegetable 7:22
03. Eddie, Are You Kidding? 3:09
04. Magdalena 6:24
05. Dog Breath 3:38
Total Time: 45:20
13. WAKA / JAWAKA
Originally Released: July 1972
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Big Swifty 17:22
02. Your Mouth 3:12
03. It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal 4:16
04. Waka/Jawaka 11:19
Total Time: 36:09
14. THE GRAND WAZOO
Originally Released: November 1972
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. The Grand Wazoo 13:20
02. For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers) 6:06
03. Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus 2:57
04. Eat That Question 6:42
05. Blessed Relief 8:00
Total Time: 37:05
15. OVER-NITE SENSATION
Originally Released: September 1973
Produced, arranged & conducted by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Camarillo Brillo 3:59
02. I’m The Slime 3:34
03. Dirty Love 2:58
04. Fifty-Fifty 6:10
05. Zomby Woof 5:10
06. Dinah-Moe Humm 6:02
07. Montana 6:33
Total Time: 34:26
16. APOSTROPHE (‘)
Originally Released: March 1974
Produced, Arranged & Struggled with: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow 2:07
02. Nanook Rubs It 4:37
03. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast 1:51
04. Father O’Blivion 2:18
05. Cosmik Debris 4:13
06. Excentrifugal Forz 1:33
07. Apostrophe’ 5:50
08. Uncle Remus 2:44
09. Stink-Foot 6:34
Total Time: 31:47
17. ROXY & ELSEWHERE
Originally Released: July 1974
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Penguin In Bondage 6:48
02. Pygmy Twylyte 2:12
03. Dummy Up 6:03
04. Village Of The Sun 4:17
05. Echidna’s Arf (Of You) 3:53
06. Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? 9:40
07. Cheepnis 6:31
08. Son Of Orange County 5:53
09. More Trouble Every Day 6:00
10. Be-Bop Tango (Of The Old Jazzmen’s Church) 16:41
Total Time: 1:07:58
18. ONE SIZE FITS ALL
Originally Released: June 1975
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Inca Roads 8:45
02. Can’t Afford No Shoes 2:38
03. Sofa No. 1 2:39
04. Po-Jama People 7:39
05. Florentine Pogen 5:27
06. Evelyn, A Modified Dog 1:04
07. San Ber’dino 5:57
08. Andy 6:04
09. Sofa No. 2 2:42
Total Time: 42:55
19. BONGO FURY
Originally Released: October 1975
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Debra Kadabra 3:54
02. Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy 5:59
03. Sam With The Showing Scalp Flat Top 2:51
04. Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead 3:03
05. 200 Years Old 4:32
06. Cucamonga 2:24
07. Advance Romance 11:17
08. Man With The Woman Head 1:28
09. Muffin Man 5:32
Total Time: 41:00
20. ZOOT ALLURES
Originally Released: October 1976
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Wind Up Workin’ In A Gas Station 2:30
02. Black Napkins 4:15
03. The Torture Never Stops 9:45
04. Ms Pinky 3:40
05. Find Her Finer 4:07
06. Friendly Little Finger 4:17
07. Wonderful Wino 3:38
08. Zoot Allures 4:12
09. Disco Boy 5:10
Total Time: 41:34
21. ZAPPA IN NEW YORK
Originally Released: March 1978
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
DISC 1
01. Titties & Beer 7:36
02. Cruisin’ For Burgers 9:12
03. I Promise Not To Come In Your Mouth 3:31
04. Punky’s Whips 10:50
05. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? 4:11
06. The Illinois Enema Bandit 12:41
Total Time: 48:01
DISC 2
01. I’m The Slime 4:24
02. Pound For A Brown 3:41
03. Manx Needs Women 1:50
04. The Black Page Drum Solo/Black Page #1 3:50
05. Big Leg Emma 2:17
06. Sofa 2:56
07. Black Page #2 5:36
08. The Torture Never Stops 12:34
09. The Purple Lagoon/Approximate 16:40
Package Design: John Williams
Cover Photo: Dweezil Zappa
Other Photos: Gail Zappa
Disc 2 Total Time: 53:48
Total Time: 1:41:49
22. STUDIO TAN
Originally Released: September 1978
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary 20:34
02. Revised Music For Guitar And Low-Budget Orchestra 7:36
03. Lemme Take You To The Beach 2:44
04. RDNZL 8:13
Total Time: 39:07
23. SLEEP DIRT
Originally Released: January 1979
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. Filthy Habits 7:33
02. Flambay 4:54
03. Spider Of Destiny 2:33
04. Regyptian Strut 4:13
05. Time Is Money 2:49
06. Sleep Dirt 3:21
07. The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution 13:17
Original art by Gary Panter
Total Time: 38:40
24. SHEIK YERBOUTI
Originally Released: March 1979
Produced by: FZ
Tracklisting:
01. I Have Been In You 3:34
02. Flakes 6:41
03. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:42
04. I’m So Cute 3:09
05. Jones Crusher 2:49
06. What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World 0:33
07. Rat Tomago 5:17
08. Wait A Minute 0:31
09. Bobby Brown Goes Down 2:49
10. Rubber Shirt 2:43
11. The Sheik Yerbouti Tango 3:58
12. Baby Snakes 1:50
13. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin 3:32
14. City Of Tiny Lites 5:31
15. Dancin’ Fool 3:43
16. Jewish Princess 3:16
17. Wild Love 4:09
18. Yo’ Mama 12:35
Art director: John Williams
Cover photos: Lynn Goldsmith
Inside photo: Gail Zappa
Total Time: 1:10:22
