Carnegie Hall

Released: 31 October 2011
From a live concert on 1971/10/11 at NYC Carnegie Hall

Tracklist:

  1. DISC ONE (tt 53:13)
    1. THE PERSUASIONS SHOW 1 (tt:25:44)
      1. I Just Can’t Work No Longer (Curtis Mayfield, Jerry Butler) 2:32
      2. Working All The Live Long Day/ Chain Gang (Trad./Sam Cooke) 2:20
      3. Medley #1 tt 7:28
      4. Pieces of A Man (Jerry Galen Foster, Wilburn Rice) 2:53
      5. Buffalo Soldier (David Barnes, Margaret Ann Lewis, Mira Ann Smith) 4:33
      6. Medley #2 tt 2:36
      7. Medley #3 tt 3:14
    2. FZ SHOW 1 (tt 27:29)
      1. Hello (to FOH)/ Ready?! (to the BAND) 1:03
      2. Call Any Vegetable 10:36
      3. Anyway The Wind Blows 4:00
      4. Magdalena* (Zappa/Kaylan) 6:08
      5. Dog Breath 5:41
  2. DISC TWO (tt 54:41) FZ SHOW 1
    1. Peaches En Regalia 4:24
    2. Tears Began To Fall 2:32
    3. Shove It Right In 6:32
    4. King Kong 30:25
    5. 200 MOTELS Finale 3:41
    6. Who Are The Brain Police? 7:08
  3. DISC THREE (tt 45:13) FZ SHOW 2
    1. Auspicious Occasion 2:45
    2. DIVAN (tt 19:45) 2011 persists of:
      1. Once Upon A Time 5:40
      2. Sofa #1 3:11
      3. Magic Pig 1:43
      4. Stick It Out 4:54
      5. Divan Ends Here 4:17
    3. Pound For A Brown 6:03
    4. Sleeping In A Jar 2:46
    5. Wonderful Wino* (Zappa/Simmons) 5:46
    6. Sharleena 4:52
    7. Cruising For Burgers 3:17
  4. DISC FOUR (tt 62:42) FZ SHOW 2
    1. Billy The Mountain – Part 1 28:33
    2. Billy The Mountain – the Carnegie solos 13:31
    3. Billy The Mountain – Part 2 5:37
    4. The $600 Mud Shark Prelude 1:27
    5. The Mud Shark 13:35
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Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison

Released September 1st 2011

Executed by FZ on his Synclavier at UMRK, originally intended as a vinyl release.

Tracklist:

  1. Feeding The Monkies At Ma Maison
  2. Buffalo Voice
  3. Secular Humanism
  4. Worms From Hell *
  5. Samba Funk *

* bonus tracks added by the ZFT

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Penguin In Bondage / The Little Known History of the Mothers of Invention

Released May 11 2011 as a digital download.

Contains a previously unreleased live version of Penguin in Bondage, followed by an extended rap about Paul Buff and “The Muthers”, and ending with a blues jam.

Release Notes:
Written and Performed by Frank Zappa with the Mothers of Invention. Recorded at Auditorium Theater, Chicago, Illinois at the stroke of midnight on the Day of The Mothers, 10 May 1974

Duration: 26:02

The Band:
FZ: Guitar, Vocals
George Duke: Keys, Vocals
Jeff Simmons: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Napoleon Murphy Brock: BG Vocals, Sax
Don Preston: Synthesizer
Bruce Fowler: Trombone
Walt Fowler: Trumpet
Tom Fowler: Bass
Ralph Humphrey: Drums
Chester Thompson: Drums

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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAAA Birthday Bundle

Released as a digital download on iTunes 21st December 2010.

Tracklist:

  1. Willie The Pimp by DMC, Talib Kweli, MMM & Ahmet Zappa
  2. Bobby Brown by Ahmet Zappa
  3. Treacherous Cretins by Frank Zappa
  4. The Deathless Horsie by Dweezil Zappa & ZPZ
  5. City Of Tiny Lites by Frank Zappa
  6. Your Mouth by Macy Gray
  7. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama by Frank Zappa
  8. Jumbo Go Away by Frank Zappa
  9. Peaches En Regalia by Dweezil Zappa, ZPZ with Napoleon Murphy Brock & Steve Vai
  10. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance by Holland Greco
  11. The Torture Never Stops by Chloe & Robert Trujillo
  12. Stairway To Heaven by Frank Zappa
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Hammersmith Odeon

Released November 2010.

Tracklist:

Disc one

  1. Convocation / Purple Lagoon intro
  2. Dancin’ Fool
  3. Peaches En Regalia
  4. The Torture Never Stops
  5. Tryin To Grow A Chin
  6. City Of Tiny Lites
  7. Baby Snakes
  8. Pound For A Brown

Disc two

  1. I Have Been In You
  2. Flakes
  3. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
  4. Punky’s Whips
  5. Titties And Beer
  6. Audience Participation
  7. The Black Page #2
  8. Jones Crusher
  9. The Little House I Used To Live In

Disc three

  1. Dong Work For Yuda
  2. Bobby Brown
  3. Envelopes
  4. Terry Firma
  5. Disco Boy
  6. King Kong
  7. Watermelon ( Prequel )
  8. Dinah Moe
  9. Camarillo
  10. Muffin
  11. Black Napkins
  12. San Ber’dino
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Congress Shall Make No Law

Congress Shall Make No Law

Released September 19 2010, on the occasion of Baltimore’s annual Frank Zappa Day.
It should be noted that Zappa’s December 1984 testimony at the Senate Committee is currently freely available in the Public Domain.

Tracklist:

  1. Congress Shall Make No Law (32:46)
  2. Perhaps in Maryland (10:45)
  3. thou shalt have no other gods before Me (2:56)
  4. thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image – any likeness of anything in heaven above, nor in the earth beneath, nor ?n the water under the earth 2:31
  5. thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain (2:26)
  6. thou shalt keep holy the Sabbath day (2:05)
  7. thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother (2:21)
  8. thou shalt not Kill (2:06)
  9. thou shalt not commit adultery (0:55)
  10. thou shalt not steal (0:39)
  11. thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor (1:48)
  12. thou shalt not covet the house of thy neighbor, the wife of thy neighbor, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ass, nor anything that belongs to thy neighbor (1:13)
  13. Reagan at Bitburg some more (1:10)
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Greasy Love Songs

Greasy Love Songs

The first shipping confirmation emails from Musictoday were received on April 17th 2010.

Cruising With Ruben & The Jets Original 1968 Vinyl Stereo Mix:

  1. Cheap Thrills (2:23)
  2. Love Of My Life (3:10)
  3. How Could I Be Such A Fool (3:35)
  4. Deseri (2:07)
  5. I’m Not Satisfied (4:03)
  6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:20)
  7. Anything (3:04)
  8. Later That Night (3:06)
  9. You Didn’t Try To Call Me (3:57)
  10. Fountain Of Love (3:01)
  11. “No. No. No.” (2:29)
  12. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:58)
  13. Stuff Up The Cracks (4:35)

Bonus tracks

  1. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:18) – alternate mono mix
  2. “No. No. No.” (3:06) – long version
  3. Stuff Up The Cracks (6:05) – alternate mix
  4. “Serious Fan Mail” (5:11) – segment from FZ’s 2/21/69 lecture
  5. Valerie [sic] (3:03) – mono mix, out-take from the We’re Only In It For The Money sessions
  6. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (2:24) – single version
  7. “Secret Greasing” (3:36) – FZ on KPPC, Pasadena, 11/27/68
  8. Love Of My Life (2:06) – Cucamonga recording circa 1962-1964

See also Zappa Wiki Jawaka’s entry.

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Philly ’76

Zappa Philly 76

Announced 26 Nov. 2009, to be released Dec. 2009

This is a 2 Disc live album taken from the Spectrum Theater in Philadelphia show from 29 October 1976.
The band: FZ, Terry Bozzio, Ray White, Patrick O’Hearn, Eddie Jobson and Bianca Thornton.

Disc One

  1. The Purple Lagoon (3:36)
  2. Stink-Foot (5:53)
  3. The Poodle Lecture (3:49)
  4. Dirty Love (3:37)
  5. Wind Up Workin’ In A Gas Station (2:32)
  6. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin (4:02)
  7. The Torture Never Stops (13:32)
  8. City Of Tiny Lites (7:47)
  9. You Didn’t Try To Call Me (6:32)
  10. Manx Needs Women (1:45)
  11. Chrissy Puked Twice (6:49)

Disc Two

  1. Black Napkins (18:58)
  2. Advance Romance (13:56)
  3. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? (4:09)
  4. Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink (2:20)
  5. Would You Go All The Way? (2:04)
  6. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (2:05)
  7. What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are? (4:58)
  8. Dinah-Moe Humm (8:10)
  9. Stranded In The Jungle (3:10)
  10. Find Her Finer (3:18)
  11. Camarillo Brillo (4:04)
  12. Muffin Man (6:55)
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Lumpy Money

Lumpy Money

Released January 2009

Disc One

Lumpy Gravy (Primordial) – FZ’s Original Orchestral Edit for Capitol Records

  1. I Sink Trap (2:45)
  2. II Gum Joy (3:44)
  3. III Up & Down (1:52)
  4. IV Local Butcher (2:36)
  5. V Gypsy Airs (1:41)
  6. VI Hunchy Punchy (2:06)
  7. VII Foamy Soaky (2:34)
  8. VIII Let’s Eat Out (1:49)
  9. IX Teen-Age Grand Finale (3:30)

We’re Only In It For The Money – 1968 Original Mono Mix

  1. Are You Hung Up? (1:26)
  2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:32)
  3. Concentration Moon (2:22)
  4. Mom & Dad (2:16)
  5. Telephone Conversation (0:49)
  6. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
  7. Harry, You’re A Beast (1:21)
  8. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:02)
  9. Absolutely Free (3:26)
  10. Flower Punk (3:03)
  11. Hot Poop (0:26)
  12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:03)
  13. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black (1:58)
  14. The Idiot Bastard Son (3:22)
  15. Lonely Little Girl (1:10)
  16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:34)
  17. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (:58)
  18. Mother People (2:31)
  19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:23)

Disc Two

Lumpy Gravy – 1984 UMRK Remix

  1. Lumpy Gravy – Part One (15:57)
  2. Lumpy Gravy – Part Two (17:15)

We’re Only In It For The Money – 1984 UMRK Remix (Version 2)

  1. Are You Hung Up? (1:30)
  2. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (2:35)
  3. Concentration Moon (2:17)
  4. Mom & Dad (2:16)
  5. Telephone Conversation (0:49)
  6. Bow Tie Daddy (0:33)
  7. Harry, You’re A Beast (1:22)
  8. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (1:03)
  9. Absolutely Free (3:28)
  10. Flower Punk (3:04)
  11. Hot Poop (0:29)
  12. Nasal Retentive Calliope Music (2:03)
  13. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black (1:45)
  14. The Idiot Bastard Son (3:17)
  15. Lonely Little Girl (1:12)
  16. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (1:35)
  17. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise) (0:57)
  18. Mother People (2:31)
  19. The Chrome Plated Megaphone Of Destiny (6:26)

Disc Three

  1. How Did That Get In Here? (25:01)
    Recorded on Sunday, 13 February 1967 at Capitol (Original multi-track masters are currently not in evidence.) This is an FZ construction. Small excerpts from this material appear in FZ’s Masterwork, Lumpy Gravy. Source: 1/4″ stereo mixdown.
  2. Lumpy Gravy “Shuffle” (0:30)
    Recorded 21 February 1969 at The New School, NYC, during FZ Lecture/Q&A.
  3. Dense Slight 1:42
    Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.
  4. Unit 3A, Take 3 (2:24)
  5. Unit 2, Take 9 (1:10)
  6. Section 8, Take 22 (2:39)
    Tracks 4-6 recorded for Lumpy Gravy 14 March 1967 at Capitol. Mixed from the original 4-Tracks by Joe Travers, UMRK, 2008.
  7. “My Favorite Album” (0:59)
    Interview excerpt, 22 October 1971, KBEY- FM, Kansas City.
  8. Unit 9 (0:41)
    In Lumpy Gravy, this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ. Recorded at Capitol Records.
  9. N. Double A, AA (0:55)
    Lumpy Gravy Building Block by FZ.
  10. Theme From Lumpy Gravy (1:56)
    Note: In Lumpy Gravy this piece is VSO-controlled by FZ. Recorded & mixed by FZ at Studio Z, Cucamonga.
  11. “What The Fuck’s Wrong With Her?” (1:07)
    West Village Apt. NYC, working on Lumpy Gravy, late 1967.
  12. Intelligent Design (1:11)
    Alternate FZ building block of the Gary-Kellgren-whispering/JCB-dialog. Note: Includes the famously censored line infamously deleted by MGM from the Masterwork. Recorded at Mayfair.
  13. Lonely Little Girl (Original Composition
    Take 24) (3:35)
    From the original 8-Track Masters recorded at Mayfair. Mixed by Joe Travers at UMRK 2008.
  14. “That Problem With Absolutely Free” (0:30)
    Interview, Mixed Media, Detroit, 13 November 1967.
  15. Absolutely Free (Instrumental) (3:59)
  16. Harry, You’re A Beast (Instrumental) (1:16)
  17. What’s The Ugliest Part Of Your Body? (Reprise/Instrumental) (2:01)
  18. Creationism (1:11)
    Recorded during the “Money” sessions, Mayfair, 6 September 1967.
  19. Idiot Bastard Snoop (0:47)
    Mayfair Studios 1967, Vocal Overdub session snippet as-is.
  20. The Idiot Bastard Son (Instrumental) (2:48)
  21. “What’s Happening Of The Universe” (1:37)
    Interview with David Silver, Boston, 1969.
  22. “The World Will Be A Far Happier Place” (0:21)
    Recorded at Mayfair.
  23. Lonely Little Girl (Instrumental) (1:26)
  24. Mom & Dad (Instrumental) (2:16)
  25. Who Needs The Peace Corps? (Instrumental) (2:51)
  26. “Really Little Voice” (2:28)
    Recorded during the Money sessions, Mayfair Studios 1967.
  27. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Instrumental) (1:24)
  28. Lonely Little Girl
    The Single (2:45)
  29. “In Conclusion” (0:25)
    Recorded at Mayfair.
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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAAA Birthday Bundle

Released as a digital download on iTunes 21st December 2008.

  1. Dancin’ Fool (6:18) ~ Frank Zappa – 12″ single dance mix also available on Strictly Commercial
  2. More Trouble Every Day (5:48) ~ Frank Zappa – Wien, Austria 88/05/08
  3. Gorgeous Inca (3:25) ~ Frank Zappa – out-take from Inca Roads, Graz, Austria 79/03/23
  4. Ancient Armaments (4:09) ~ Frank Zappa – I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted single mix
  5. America The Beautiful (3:35) ~ Frank Zappa – Uniondale, NY 88/03/25
  6. You’re A Mean One Mr. Grinch (3:12) ~ Dweezil & Ahmet Zappa (vocals)
  7. Saturday Girl (2:50) ~ Dweezil Zappa
  8. Alice (5:12) ~ Diva Zappa
  9. Espanoza (3:26) ~ Diva Zappa
  10. Dumb All Over (5:46) ~ Melanie Starks
  11. Twenty Small Cigars (5:59) ~ Joe Travers
  12. Lacksadaisial (5:44) ~ Joe Travers
  13. Dirty Love (4:04) ~ Cree Summer, Ahmet Zappa (background vocals) & Dweezil Zappa (guitar)
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Joe’s Menage

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Released 26 September 2008

Recorded in concert at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA on 1 November 1975. The album first germinated when Frank gave fan Ole Lysgaard several cassette tapes, including this one, in 1978. In 2004, Lysgaard sent the tapes to Gail and she decided to release the 1975 music, which was restored and mastered by John Polito.

Tracklist

  1. Honey, Don’t You Want a Man Like Me? (3:57)
  2. The Illinois Enema Bandit (8:42)
  3. Carolina Hard-core Ecstasy (6:02)
  4. Lonely Little Girl (2:46)
  5. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (2:10)
  6. What’s The Ugliest Part of Your Body? (1:16)
  7. Chunga’s Revenge (14:18)
  8. Zoot Allures (6:41)

Players
FZ (guitar and vocals), Norma Jean Bell (alto saxophone and vocals), Napoleon Murphy Brock (tenor saxophone and vocals), Andre Lewis (keyboards and vocals), Roy Estrada (bass and vocals), Terry Bozzio (drums)

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One Shot Deal

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Released June 2008

Tracklist

  1. Bathtub Man (5:43)
  2. Space Boogers (1:24)
  3. Hermitage (2:00)
  4. Trudgin’ Across The Tundra (4:01)
  5. Occam’s Razor (9:11)
  6. Heidelberg *1987 (4:46)
  7. The Illinois Enema Bandit (9:27)
  8. Australian Yellow Snow (12:26)
  9. Rollo (2:57)
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The Torture Never Stops (DVD)

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Released May 2008

Tracklist

  1. Black Napkins
  2. Montana
  3. Easy Meat
  4. Beauty Knows No Pain
  5. Charlie’s Enormous Mouth
  6. Fine Girl
  7. Teen-age Wind
  8. Harder Than Your Husband
  9. Bamboozled By Love
  10. We’re Turning Again
  11. Alien Orifice
  12. Flakes
  13. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
  14. You Are What You Is
  15. Mudd Club
  16. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
  17. Dumb All Over
  18. Heavenly Bank Account
  19. Suicide Chump
  20. Jumbo Go Away
  21. Stevie’s Spanking
  22. The Torture Never Stops
  23. Strictly Genteel
  24. The Illinois Enema Bandit

Extras

  1. Teen-age Prostitute
  2. City Of Tiny Lites
  3. You Are What You Is
  4. Picture Gallery
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Zappa Wazoo

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Released 31 October 2007

Disc One

  1. Intro Intros
  2. The Grand Wazoo (Think It Over)
  3. Approximate
  4. Big Swifty

Disc Two

  1. “Ulterior Motive”
  2. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
  3. Movement I
  4. Movement II
  5. Movement III
  6. Movement IV – TheNewBrownClouds
  7. Penis Dimension
  8. Variant I Processional March

From the liner notes: “This concert was recorded live at Boston Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 September 1972. These stereo masters were digitally transferred from FZ’s Ampex ATR 100 deck into Nuendo at 96 K 24 bit by Joe Travers using Euphonix AM 713 Converters – in April 2007. …this concert had a slightly different original dynamic in that Big Swifty followed Greggery Peccary. Due to disc space we resequenced the program to maintain the integrity of the performance.”

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Zappa Plays Zappa (DVD)

First copies were sold at ZPZ’s Paris concert, 5 October 2007

ZPZ Core Players

  • Dweezil Zappa (lead guitar, vocals)
  • Joe Travers (drums, vocals)
  • Pete Griffin (bass, vocals)
  • Jamie W. Kime (guitar, vocals)
  • Aaron Arntz (keyboards, trumpet, vocals)
  • Scheila Gonzalez (saxophone, flute, keyboards, vocals)
  • Billy Hulting (mallets, percussion & manic ranting)

Special Guests (2006 Tour)

  • Steve Vai (guitar)
  • Terry Bozzio (drums, vocals)
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock (vocals, sax, flute)

Disc One

  1. Andy
  2. Call Any Vegetable
  3. Tell Me You Love Me
  4. Florentine Pogen
  5. Cosmik Debris
  6. I’m The Slime
  7. Pound For A Brown
  8. Don’t Eat The Yellow Snow
  9. St. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
  10. Father O’Blivion
  11. Inca Roads
  12. Eat That Question
  13. I’m So Cute
  14. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
  15. Punky’s Whips

Disc Two

  1. Black Page #1
  2. Black Page #2
  3. Regyptian Strut
  4. Peaches En Regalia
  5. Montana
  6. Village Of The Sun
  7. Echidna’s Arf (Of You)
  8. Zomby Woof
  9. Black Napkins
  10. The Torture Never Stops
  11. Oh No
  12. Son Of Orange County
  13. Trouble Every Day
  14. Sofa

Bonus Material

  • Cheepnis
  • Interview with DZ
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Dub Room Special! (CD)

Released: August 24 2007

Derived from the Dub Room Special video, this CD was originally produced by FZ to be released on vinyl. The first reported copies were sold during the ZPZ shows around August 3rd 2007. A limited number are packaged with a small ‘Tape Worm’ (from the Vault?). Liner notes by Gail Zappa and Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante. There are no sound effects on the CD (as opposed to the video/DVD).

Tracklisting:

  1. A Token of My Extreme (Vamp) (2:29)
  2. Stevie’s Spanking (5:54)
  3. Dog Breath Variations (1:42)
  4. Uncle Meat (2:16)
  5. Stinkfoot (3:58)
  6. Easy Meat (6:51)
  7. Montana (4:24)
  8. Inca Roads (9:46)
  9. Room Service (9:15)
  10. Cosmik Debris (7:44)
  11. Florentine Pogen (10:13)
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Apostrophe (‘) / Over-Nite Sensation (DVD)

Released: April 2007

This is a 98-minute documentary from the Classic Albums series.

Main Show Chapters

  1. Introduction (7:40)
  2. The Band (6:53)
  3. Orchestration (7:04)
  4. The Style (7:08)
  5. The Process (6:32)
  6. The Man (13:25)

Bonus Chapters

  1. ‘Dirty Love’ – Dweezil Dishes The Dirt (Multitracks) (7:21)
  2. ‘Montana’ – Live Performance – Roxy 1973 (10:43)
  3. ‘Nanook Rubs It’ – Dwezzil Deconstructs It (Multitracks) (1:16)
  4. ‘Camarillo Brillo’ – Live Performance – Zappa Plays Zappa 2006 (3:59)
  5. Transduce That Marimba (2:35)
  6. Welcome To The Vault (6:23)
  7. ‘Dinah-Moe Humm’ – Dwezzil Tries To Find Where That Humm Is Coming From (Multitracks) (12:34)
  8. ‘I’m The Slime’ – Live Performance – Saturday Night Live 1976 (3:15)
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Buffalo

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Released: April Fool’s Day 2007

Tracklisting:

DISC 1:

  1. Chunga’s Revenge 8:34
  2. You Are What You Is 4:12
  3. Mudd Club 3:02
  4. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing 3:21
  5. Cosmik Debris 3:50
  6. Keep It Greasy 2:58
  7. Tinsel Town Rebellion 4:19
  8. Buffalo Drowning Witch 2:44
  9. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me? 4:36
  10. Pick Me, I’m Clean 10:15
  11. Dead Girls Of London 3:02
  12. Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously? 1:36
  13. City Of Tiny Lites 9:58

DISC 2:

  1. Easy Meat 9:26
  2. Ain’t Got No Heart 2:00
  3. The Torture Never Stops 23:36
  4. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes 3:39
  5. I’m So Cute 1:38
  6. Andy 8:14
  7. Joe’s Garage 2:12
  8. Dancing Fool 3:36
  9. The “Real World” Thematic Extrapolations 8:53
  10. Stick It Out 5:36
  11. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted 2:48
  12. Bobby Brown 2:42
  13. Ms Pinky 3:48

Musicians:

  • FZ: Lead Guitar & Vocals
  • Steve Vai: Stunt Guitar & Background Vocals
  • Ray White: Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
  • Ike Willis: Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
  • Tommy Mars: Keyboards & Vocals
  • Bob Harris: Keyboards, Trumpet & High Vocals
  • Arthur Barrow: Bass & Vocals
  • Vinnie Colaiuta: Drums, Vocals
  • Music, Performance, Band & Recordings by Frank Zappa
  • Audience by Buffalo, New York
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The Frank Zappa AAAFNRAA Birthday Bundle

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Released December 15, exclusively through iTunes

Tracklist:

  1. Trying’ To Grow A Chin – FZ
    (Live ’76) Sydney, Australia 1-20-76
  2. Dead Girls of London – FZ
    (Live ’79) – Odeon Hammersmith, London 2-79
  3. You Are What You Is – FZ
    (Live ’80) 12-11-80, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
  4. Bamboozled By Love – FZ
    (Live ’88) 5-8-88, Wein, Austria
  5. Fine Girl – FZ
    (Remix) 8-20-86 UMRK Remix by FZ with Bob Stone
  6. Girlie Woman – Diva Zappa
  7. When The Ball Drops – Diva Zappa
  8. Bring It Back – Ahmet Zappa
  9. Feel How I Need You – Ahmet Zappa
  10. Rhythmatist – Dweezil Zappa
  11. Everyone Is Going Mad – Moon Zappa & Jellybird
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The MOFO Project/Object (Limited “Deluxe” Edition)

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Released: December 11 2006

Tracklist

DISC 1: Freak Out! Original Vinyl Stereo Mix

  1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:33)
  2. I Ain’t Got No Heart (2:35)
  3. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:26)
  4. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder (3:43)
  5. Motherly Love (2:50)
  6. How Could I Be Such A Fool? (2:17)
  7. Wowie Zowie (2:56)
  8. You Didn’t Try To Call Me (3:22)
  9. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:56)
  10. I’m Not Satisfied (2:42)
  11. You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here (3:42)
  12. Trouble Every Day (5:53)
  13. Help, I’m A Rock (4:43)
  14. It Can’t Happen Here (3:59)
  15. Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:23)

DISC 2:
None of these tracks have previously appeared in any format outside the Vault other than the configuration offered herein

  1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy, Vocal Overdub Take 1
  2. Anyway The Wind Blows, Vocal Overdub
  3. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder, Vocal Overdub Take 2
  4. I Ain’t Got No Heart, Vocal Overdub Master Take
  5. Motherly Love, Vocal Overdub Master Takes
  6. I’m Not Satisfied, 2nd Vocal Overdub Master Take 2 (Rough Mix)
  7. You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here, Vocal Overdub Take 1 (Incomplete) / Take 2 (Incomplete)
  8. Who Are The Brain Police, Basic Tracks
  9. How Could I Be Such A Fool?, Basic Tracks
  10. Anyway The Wind Blows, Basic Tracks
  11. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder, Basic Tracks
  12. I Ain’t Got No Heart, Basic Tracks
  13. You Didn’t Try To Call Me, Basic Tracks
  14. Trouble Every Day, Basic Tracks
  15. Help, I’m A Rock, FZ Edit
  16. Who Are The Brain Police? (Section B), Alternate Take
  17. Groupie Bang Bang, unreleased track from Freak Out! Sessions
  18. Hold On To Your Small Tiny Horses, Nullis Pretii At Non-Composer Speed

DISC 3:
All Tracks Mono

  1. Objects (FZ directs Kim Fowley in crowd control…)
  2. Freak Trim (Kim Outs A Big Idea)
  3. Percussion Insert Session Snoop
  4. Freak Out Drum Track w/Timp. & Lion
  5. Percusiion Object 1 & 2
  6. Lion Roar & Drums from Freak Out!
  7. Vito Rocks The Floor (Grekk Out!)
  8. “Low Budget Rock & Roll Band”
  9. Suzy Creamcheese (What’s Got Into You?) (excerpt from interview 1971)
  10. Live at Fillmore 25 June 1966
  11. Motherly Love
  12. You Didn’t Try To Call Me
  13. I’m Not Satisfied
  14. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
  15. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder

DISC 4:
All Tracks Stereo

  1. Wowie Zowie
  2. Who Are The Brain Police? (Section A, C, B)
  3. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
  4. Cream Cheese (Work Part)
  5. Trouble Every Day (Single Edit)
  6. It Can’t Happen Here (Mothermania Version)
  7. Interviews excerpts
  8. “Pyschedelic Music”
  9. “MGM”
  10. “Dope Fiend Music”
  11. “How We Made It Sound That Way”
  12. “Poop Rock”
  13. “Machinery”
  14. “Pyschedelic Upholstery”
  15. “Psychedelic Money”
  16. Who Are The Brain Police?
  17. Anyway The Wind Blows
  18. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
  19. More Interviews
  20. “The ‘Original’ Group”
  21. “Necessity”
  22. “Union Scale”
  23. “25 Hundred Signing Fee”
  24. “Tom Wilson”
  25. “My Pet Theory”
  26. “There Is No Need”
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The MOFO Project/Object

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Released: December 2006

Tracklist

DISC 1: Freak Out! Original Vinyl Stereo Mix

  1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (3:33)
  2. I Ain’t Got No Heart (2:35)
  3. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:26)
  4. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder (3:43)
  5. Motherly Love (2:50)
  6. How Could I Be Such A Fool? (2:17)
  7. Wowie Zowie (2:56)
  8. You Didn’t Try To Call Me (3:22)
  9. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:56)
  10. I’m Not Satisfied (2:42)
  11. You’re Probably Wondering Why I’m Here (3:42)
  12. Trouble Every Day (5:53)
  13. Help, I’m A Rock (4:43)
  14. It Can’t Happen Here (3:59)
  15. Return Of The Son Of Monster Magnet (12:23)

DISC 2

  1. Trouble Every Day (Basic Tracks) (7:07)
  2. Who Are The Brain Police? (3:24)
  3. I Ain’t Got No Heart (Basic Tracks) (2:34) – stereo
  4. You Didn’t Try To Call Me (Basic Tracks) (2:58) – stereo
  5. How Could I Be Such A Fool? (2:11)
  6. Anyway The Wind Blows (2:51) – 1987 FZ Remix
  7. Go Cry On Somebody Else’s Shoulder (Vocal Overdub Take 2) (3:47)
  8. Motherly Love (Vocal Overdub Master Takes) (3:09)
  9. “Tom Wilson” (0:33)
  10. “My Pet Theory” (2:18)
  11. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (Basic Tracks) (3:26)
  12. Help, I’m A Rock (4:43) – 1970 FZ Remix
  13. It Can’t Happen Here (3:58) – 1970 FZ Remix
  14. Freak Out Drum Track w/Timp. & Lion (4:04)
  15. Watts Riot Demo/Fillmore Sequence (2:07)
  16. Freak Out Zilofone (3:00)
  17. “Low Budget Rock & Roll Band” (2:42)
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Trance-Fusion

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October 24 2006

Tracklist:

  1. Chunga’s Revenge (7:01)
  2. Bowling On Charen (5:03)
    - out-take from Wild Love
  3. Good Lobna (1:39)
    - out-take from Let’s Move To Cleveland
  4. A Cold Dark Matter (3:31)
    - out-take from Inca Roads
  5. Butter Or Canons (3:24)
    - out-take from Let’s Move To Cleveland
  6. Ask Dr. Stupid (3:20)
    - out-take from Easy Meat
  7. Scratch & Sniff (3:56)
    - out-take from City Of Tiny Lites
  8. Trance-Fusion (4:19)
    - out-take from Marque-son’s Chicken
  9. Gorgo (2:41)
    - out-take from The Torture Never Stops
  10. Diplodocus (3:22)
    - out-take from King Kong
  11. Soul Polka (3:17)
    - out-take from Oh No
  12. For Giuseppe Franco (3:48)
    - out-take from Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
  13. After Dinner Smoker (4:45)
    - out-take from The Torture Never Stops
  14. Light Is All That Matters (3:46)
    - out-take from Let’s Move To Cleveland
  15. Finding Higg’s Boson (3:41)
    - out-take from Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
  16. Bavarian Sunset (4:00)
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Imaginary Diseases

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December 22 2005

“Produced by Frank Zappa. Vaultmeistered by Joe Travers. Liner notes by Steve Vai. 10 Piece Band! Live!”

Tracklist:

  1. Oddients
  2. Rollo
  3. Been To Kansas City In A Minor
  4. Farther O’Blivion
  5. D.C. Boogie
  6. Imaginary Diseases
  7. Montreal
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Joe’s XMASage

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December 15 2005

Tracklist:

  1. Mormon Xmas Dance Report
  2. Prelude To “The Purse”
  3. Mr. Clean (Alternate Mix)
  4. Why Don’tcha Do Me Right?
  5. The Muthers/Power Trio
  6. The Purse
  7. The Moon Will Never Be The Same
  8. GTR Trio
  9. Suckit Rockit
  10. Mousie’s First Xmas
  11. The Uncle Frankie Show
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Dub Room Special (DVD)

October 18 2005

Tracklist

  1. Dog Breath Variations/Uncle Meat
  2. Room Service
  3. Nig Biz
  4. Approximate
  5. Cosmic Debris
  6. Cocaine Decisions
  7. Montana
  8. Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
  9. Florentine Pogen
  10. Stevie’s Spanking
  11. Stinkfoot
  12. Flakes
  13. Inca Roads
  14. Easy Meat
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