music.wikisort.org - CompositionFiner Moments is a compilation album by Frank Zappa. It was compiled and mastered by Zappa in 1972 and released posthumously in 2012.
2012 posthumous album by Frank Zappa
Finer Moments |
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Released | December 18, 2012 |
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Recorded | 1968-1971 |
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Genre | Rock, avant-garde |
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Length | 82:40 |
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Label | Zappa |
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Producer | Frank Zappa |
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Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [1] |
Overview
Some of the tracks from this album have appeared (most of them under another title) on various other releases including 1991's You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4, 1992's You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5, 1998's Mystery Disc, 1996's The Lost Episodes, and 2011's Carnegie Hall.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Frank Zappa.
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1. | "Intro" | 1:19 |
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2. | "Sleazette" | 3:32 |
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3. | "Mozart Piano Sonata in B♭" | 6:20 |
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4. | "The Walking Zombie Music" | 3:22 |
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5. | "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" | 7:08 |
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6. | "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" | 2:19 |
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7. | "Uncle Rhebus" | 17:43 |
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Personnel
- Musicians
- Frank Zappa – guitar, vocals
- Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
- Ian Underwood – clarinet, keyboards, piano, alto sax, woodwind
- Bunk Gardner – tenor sax, woodwind
- Motorhead Sherwood – baritone sax
- Buzz Gardner – trumpet
- Roy Estrada – bass, vocals
- Jimmy Carl Black – drums
- Art Tripp – drums, percussion
- Lowell George – guitar (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" and "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It")
- Dave Samuels – guest artist, vibraphone (on "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die")
on "The Old Curiosity Shoppe" :
on "The Subcutaneous Peril" :
- Frank Zappa – guitar
- Don Preston – keyboards, mini moog
- Ian Underwood – keyboards
- Jim Pons – bass
- Aynsley Dunbar – drums
- Production credits
- Ed Caraeff – photography
- Jerry Hansen – engineer
- Dick Kunc – engineer
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Kerry McNabb – engineer
- Michael Mesker – layout, photography
- Bill Miller – cover art, liner notes
- Melanie Starks – production manager
- Joe Travers – transfers
- John Williams – photography
Overlaps with other albums [2]
- Burnt Weeny Sandwich
- "Enigmas 1 Thru 5" contains parts from "Theme From Burnt Weeny Sandwich" in a sped-up version
- The Ark from Beat the Boots
- "Uncle Rhebus" contains a shorter edit of "Uncle Meat/King Kong" (only the secondary theme of "King Kong")
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4
- "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" is a slightly longer version of "You Call That Music?"
- You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 5
- "Mozart Piano Sonata In B♭" is a different edit
- "Uncle Rhebus" contains "Baked Bean Boogie" and "Piano/drum duet"
- The final segment of "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" (2:54-3:20) is also heard in "Right There"
- The Lost Episodes
- "The Big Squeeze" is the same version
- Mystery Disc
- "You Never Know Who Your Friends Are" is a longer version of "Harmonica Fun"
- "Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It" is a different edit of "Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit"
- Carnegie Hall
- "The Subcutaneous Peril" is edited from "Pound For A Brown" and "King Kong"
Notes and references
- Westergaard, Sean. Finer Moments at AllMusic
- Ulrich, Charles (2018). The Big Note: A Guide To The Recordings Of Frank Zappa. Vancouver: New Star Books. ISBN 978-1-55420-146-4.
External links
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album discography |
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Studio and live albums (1966–1993) | |
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Posthumous albums of unreleased works and live performances | 1990s | |
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2000s | |
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2010s | |
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2020s |
- The Mothers 1970
- Halloween 81
- Zappa '88: The Last U.S. Show
- The Mothers 1971
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Soundtracks | |
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Miscellaneous compilations | Birthday Bundle series | |
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