Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa
Released: October 1996
Tracklist- Black Napkins
- Black Napkins “Zoot Allures” album version
- Zoot Allures
- Merely A Blues In A
- Zoot Allures “Zoot Allures” album version
- Watermelon In Easter Hay
- Watermelon In Easter Hay “Joe’s Garage” album version
Line-up
Dweezil Zappa (producer), Gail Zappa (executive producer), Spencer Chrislu and FZ (mix engineers), Dweezil Zappa and Spencer Chrislu (sequencing and editing), Spencer Chrislu (mastering), Dave Dondorf and Spencer Chrislu (analog tape resuscitation), Joe Travers (vault meistering and research), Mike Keneally (preliminary research), Dweezil Zappa (liner notes), Ahmet Zappa (hair displacement guidance), Tracy Veal (art direction and design), Matt Groening (cover manuscript art)
Rate This Album
(22 votes, average: 6.77 out of 10) 
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February 24th, 2006 at 3:11 pm
can somebody deliver his opinion?
February 24th, 2006 at 5:50 pm
I bought this album only because I love FX guitar solos to a fault. Was I angry that I bought 3 songs I already have? Kind of, but the fact that WATERMELON is slightly different made it okay for ne. The solos themselves outside of the released stuff are amazing. Not only do you see how the songs developed and became what we now know, but you see how FZ could change styles in mid-song. This ZOOT ALLURES is the full 17 minute (or so) version that includes all three parts of the original song. BLACK NAPKINS is, as always, a huge treat. His little intro to the song is pretty funny to boot. MERELY… is a jam that shows the versatility of the bands and Frank’s style–and includes a little vocalising near the end. The live WATERMELON is wonderful, as all versions of this song, and hearing the album version against the live version shows a definite change in the song. All in all a good purchase, but don’t expect another SUNPYG from the four unreleased songs.
February 24th, 2006 at 5:51 pm
CORRECTION: FX should be FZ, I was typing quickly to get in a review for Patrick.