Category: Nineties

Released: October 1996

Tracklist

1. Black Napkins
2. Black Napkins “Zoot Allures” album version
3. Zoot Allures
4. Merely A Blues In A
5. Zoot Allures “Zoot Allures” album version
6. Watermelon In Easter Hay
7. 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)

Released: April 1993

Tracklist

1. Prologue (Bogus Pomp)
2. Progress?
3. Like It Or Not
4. The Jimmy Carl Black Philosophy Lesson
5. Holding The Group Back
6. Holiday In Berlin
7. The Rejected Mexican Pope Leaves The Stage
8. Undaunted, The Band Plays On
9. Agency Man
10. Epilogue
11. King Kong
12. Help, I’m A Rock
13. Transylvania Boogie
14. Pound For A Brown
15. Sleeping In A Jar
16. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
17. Harry, You’re A Beast
18. The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 1
19. Oh No
20. The Orange County Lumber Truck, Part 2

Line-up

1. Frank Zappa (guitar &vocals), Ian Underwood (alto sax & piano), Bunk Gardner (tenor sax & clarinet), Euclid James Motorhead Sherwood (baritone sax & tambourine), Roy Estrada (bass & vocals), Don Preston (electric piano & odd noises), Arthur Dyer Tripp III (drums & percussion), Jimmy Carl Black (drums)
2. Assisted by members of The BBC Symphony Orchestra

Released: December 1999

Tracklist

1. Library Card
2. This Is A Test
3. Jolly Good Fellow
4. Roland’s Big Event/Strat Vindaloo
5. Master Ringo
6. T’Mershi Duween
7. Nap Time
8. 9/8 Objects
9. Naked City
10. Whitey (Prototype)
11. America Goes Home
12. None Of The Above (Revised & Previsited)
13. Wonderful Tattoo

Line-up
ENSEMBLE MODERN: Peter Rundel Hilary Sturt Thomas Fichter Catherine Milliken Wolfgang Stryi Franck Ollu William Formann Uwe Dierksen Daryl Smith Ueli Wiget Rumi Ogawa-Helferich Detlef Tewes Mathias Tacke Friedemann DS�hn Dietmar Wiesner Roland Diry Veit Scholz Stefan Dohr Michael Gross Michael Svoboda Hermann Kretzschmar Rainer Rs�mer Andreas Bs�ttger J¨rgen Ruck – L. Shankar, Frank Zappa

Released: 1998

Tracklist

1. Theme from Run Home Slow
2. Original Duke Of Prunes
3. Opening Night Party At Studio Z (Collage)
4. The Village Inn
5. Steal Away
6. I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop
7. The Birth Of Captain Beefheart
8. Metal Man Has Won His Wings
9. Power Trio Segment From The Saints ‘n Sinners
10. Bossa Nova Pervertamento
11. Excerpt From The Uncle Frankie Show
12. Charva
13. Speed-Freak Boogie
14. Original Mothers At the Broadside (Pomona)
15. Party Scene From Mondo Hollywood
16. Original Mothers Rehearsal
17. How Could I Be Such A Fool?
18. Band Introductions At The Fillmore West
19. Harry You’re A Beast
20. Don Interrupts
21. Piece One
22. Jim/Boy
23. Piece Two
24. Agency Man
25. Agency Man (studio version)
26. Lecture From Festival Hall Show
27. Wedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin Boy
28. Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit
29. The Story Of Willie The Pimp
30. Black Beauty
31. Chucha
32. Mothers At KPFK
33. Harmonica Fun

Released: March 1997

Tracklist

1. Uncle Meat Main Title Theme
2. Regyptian Strut
3. Pedro’s Dowry
4. Outrage At Valdez
5. Little Umbrellas
6. Run Home Slow Theme
7. Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
8. Dupree’s Paradise
9. Opus 1, No. 3, 2nd Movement, Presto
10. Duke Of Prunes
11. Aybe Sea
12. Naval Aviation In Art?
13. G-Spot Tornado
14. Bob In Dacron, First Movement
15. Opus 1, No.4, 2nd Movement, Allegro
16. Dog Breath Variations
17. Uncle Meat
18. Strictly Genteel

Released: 1996
Tracklist

1. Re-gyptian Strut
2. Naval Aviation In Art?
3. A Little Green Rosetta
4. Duck Duck Goose
5. Down In The Dew
6. For The Young Sophisticate
7. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
8. Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
9. The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit
10. Lemme Take You To The Beach
11. Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
12. RDNZL
13. Honey Don’t You Want A Man Like Me
14. The Black Page
15. Big Leg Emma
16. Punky’s Whips
17. Flambé
18. The Purple Lagoon
19. Pedro’s Dowry
20. Läther
21. Spider Of Destiny
22. Duke Of Orchestral Prunes
23. Filthy Habits
24. Titties ‘n Beer
25. The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution
26. The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
27. Regyptian Strut (1993)
28. Leather Goods
29. Revenge Of The Knick Knack People
30. Time Is Money

Released: 1996

Tracklist

1. The Blackouts
2. Lost In A Whirlpool
3. Ronnie Sings?
4. Kenny’s Booger Story
5. Ronny’s Booger Story
6. Mount St. Mary’s Concert Excerpt
7. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
8. Tiger Roach
9. Run Home Slow Theme
10. Fountain Of Love
11. Run Home Cues, # 2
12. Any Way The Wind Blows
13. Run Home cues, # 3
14. Charva
15. The Dick Kunc Story
16. Wedding Dress Song
17. Handsome Cabin Boy
18. Cops & Buns
19. The Big Squeeze
20. I’m A Band Leader
21. Alley Cat
22. The Grand Wazoo
23. Wonderful Wino
24. Kung Fu
25. RDNZL
26. Basement Music # 1
27. Inca Roads
28. Lil’ Clanton Shuffle
29. I Don’t Wanna Get Drafted
30. Sharleena

Released: December 1994

Tracklist
DISC ONE

1. “This Is Phaze III”
2. Put A Motor In Yourself
3. “Oh-Umm”
4. They Made Me Eat It
5. Reagan At Bitburg
6. “A Very Nice Body”
7. Navanax
8. “How The Pigs’ Music Works”
9. Xmas Values
10. “Dark Water!”
11. Amnerika
12. “Have You Heard Their Band?”
13. Religious Superstition
14. “Saliva Can Only Take So Much”
15. Buffalo Voice
16. “Someplace Else Right Now”
17. Get A Life
18. “A Kayak (On Snow)”
19. N-Lite

DISC TWO

1. “I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back”
2. Secular Humanism
3. “Attack! Attack! Attack!”
4. I Was In A Drum
5. “A Different Octave”
6. “This Ain’t CNN”
7. “The Pigs’ Music”
8. A Pig With Wings
9. “This Is All Wrong”
10. Hot & Putrid
11. “Flowing Inside-Out”
12. “I Had A Dream About That”
13. Gross Man
14. “A Tunnel Into Muck”
15. Why Not?
16. “Put A Little Motor In ‘Em”
17. “You’re Just Insultin’ Me, Aren’t You!”
18. “Cold Light Generation”
19. Dio Fa
20. “That Would Be The End Of That”
21. Beat The Reaper
22. Waffenspiel

Line-up
1967 VOICES: Spider Barbour, All-Night John, Frank Zappa, Euclid James, “Motorhead” Sherwood [a.k.a. Larry Fanoga], Roy Estrada, Louis “The Turkey” Cuneo, Monica, Gilly Townley, Unknown Girl #1, Unknown Girl #2
1991 VOICES: Moon Unit Zappa, Michael Rappaport, Ali N. Askin, Catherine Milliken, Walt Fowler, Todd Yvega, Michael Svoboda, Michael Gross, William Formann, Uwe Dierksen, Stefan Dohr, Daryl Smith, Franck Ollu, Hermann Kretzschmar, Dweezil Zappa
+ The Ensemble Modern

Released: November 1993

Tracklist:

1. Intro
2. Dog Breath Variations
3. Uncle Meat
4. Outrage At Valdez
5. Times Beach II
6. III Revisited
7. The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
8. Be-Bop Tango
9. Ruth Is Sleeping
10. None Of The Above
11. Pentagon Afternoon
12. Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
13. Times Beach III
14. Food Gathering In Post Undustrial America, 1992
15. Welcome To The United States
16. Pound For A Brown
17. Exercise # 4
18. Get Whitey
19. G-Spot Tornado

Line-up
Frank Zappa (composer), The Ensemble Modern: Peter Rundel (conductor, violin), Dietmar Wiesner (flute), Catherine Milliken (oboe, english horn, didgeridoo), Roland Diry (clarinet), Wolfgang Stryi (bass clarinet, contrabass, clarinet, tenor saxophone), Veit Scholz (bassoon, contrabassoon), Frankck Ollu (horn), Stefan Dohr (horn), William Formann (trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet), Michael Gross (trumpet, flügelhorn, piccolo trumpet, cornet), Uwe Dierksen (trombone, soprano trombone), Michael Svoboda (trombone, euphonium, didgeridoo, alphorn), Daryl Smith (tuba), Herman Kretzschmar (piano, harpsichord, celeste, dramatic reading), Ueli Wiget (piano, harpsichord, celeste, harp), Rainer Rsmer (percussion), Rumi Ogawa-Helferich (percussion, cymbalom), Andreas Böttger (percussion), Detlef Tewes (mandolin), Jürgen Ruck (guitar, banjo), Ellen Wegnere (harp), Mathias Tacke (violin), Claudia Sack (violin), Hilary Sturt (viola, dramatic reading), Friedemann Dähn (violoncello), Thomas Richter (contrabass, electrocontrabass)

Released: 1992

Tracklist:

1. Typical Day On The Road
2. Here Comes The Gear Lads
3. The Living Garbage Truck
4. A Typical Sound Check
5. “This Is Neat”
6. The Motel Lobby
7. Getting Stewed
8. The Motel Room
9. “Don’t Take Me Down”
10. The Dressing Room
11. Learning “Penis Dimension”
12. “You there, with the hard on!”
13. Zanti Serenade
14. Divan
15. Sleeping In A Jar
16. “Don’t Eat There”
17. Brixton Still Life
18. Super Grease
19. Wonderful Wino
20. Sharleenah
21. Cruisin’ For Burgers
22. Diptheria Blues
23. Well
24. Say Please
25. Aaawk
26. Scumbag
27. A Small Eternity With Yoko Ono
28. A Typical Day On The Road Part Two
29. Beer Shampoo
30. Champagne Lecture
31. Childish Perversions
32. Playground Psychotics
33. The Mudshark Interview
34. “There’s No Lust In Jazz”
35. Botulism On The Hoof
36. You Got Your Armies
37. The Spew King
38. I’m Doomed
39. Status Back Baby
40. The London CabTape
41. Concentration Moon, Part One
42. The Sanzini Brothers
43. “It’s A Good Thing We Get Paid To Do This”
44. Concentration Moon, Part Two
45. Mom & Dad
46. Intro To Music For Low Budget Orchestra
47. Billly The Mountain
48. The True Story Of 200 Motels
49. He’s Watching Us
50. If You’re Not A Professional Actor
51. He’s Right
52. Going For The Money
53. Jeff Quits
54. A Bunch Of Adventures
55. Martin Lickert’s Story
56. A Great Guy
57. Bad Acting
58. The Worst Reviews
59. A Version Of Himself
60. I Could Be A Star Now

Beat The Boots One
Released 1991
Tis The Season To Be Jelly
The Ark
Freaks And Motherfu#@%!
Piquantique
Unmitigated Audacity
Saarbrücken 1978
Any Way The Wind Blows
As An Am

Beat The Boots Two
Released 1992
Electric Aunt Jemima
Our Man In Nirvana
Tengo Na Minchia Tanta
Disconnected Synapses
Swiss Cheese/Fire!
Conceptual Continuity
At The Circus

Released: June 1991

Tracklist

1. Stinkfoot
2. When Yuppies Go To Hell
3. Fire And Chains
4. Let’s Make The Water Turn Black
5. Harry, You’re A Beast
6. The Orange County Lumber Truck
7. Oh No
8. Theme From Lumpy Gravy
9. Eat That Question
10. Black Napkins
11. Big Swifty
12. King Kong
13. Starwars Won’t Work
14. The Black Page (new age version)
15. T’Mershi Duween
16. Dupree’s Paradise
17. City Of Tiny Lights
18. Royal March From “L’Histoire Du Soldat”
19. Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto
20. Sinister Footwear 2nd. Mvt.
21. Stevie’s Spanking
22. Alien Orifice
23. Cruisin’ For Burgers
24. Advance Romance
25. Strictly Genteel

Line-up
Frank Zappa (lead guitar, synth, vocal), Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, synth, vocals), Mike Keneally (rhythm guitar, synth, vocals), Bobby Martin (keyboards, vocals), Ed Mann (vibes, marimba, electronic percussion), Walt Fowler (trumpet, flugel horn, synth), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Paul Carman (alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax), Albert Wing (tenor sax), Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax, contrabass clarinet), Scott Thunes (electric bass, mini moog), Chad Wackerman (drums, electronic percussion)

Released: 1995

Tracklist

1. Heavy Duty Judy
2. Ring Of Fire
3. Cosmik Debris
4. Find Her Finer
5. Who Needs The Peace Corps?
6. I Left My Heart In San Francisco
7. Zomby Woof
8. Zoot Allures
9. Mr. Green Genes
10. Florentine Pogen
11. Andy
12. Inca Roads
13. Sofa
14. Purple Haze
15. Sunshine Of Your Love
16. Let’s Move To Cleveland
17. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
18. “Godfather Part II” Theme
19. A Few Moments With Brother A. West
20. The Torture Never Stops Part One
21. Theme From “Bonanza”
22. Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version)
23. The Torture Never Stops Part Two
24. More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version)
25. Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart Version)
26. The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
27. Stairway To Heaven

Line-up
Frank Zappa (lead guitar, computer-synth, vocal), Ike Willis (rhythm guitar, synth, vocal), Mike Keneally (rhythm guitar, synth, vocal), Bobby Martin (keyboards, vocal), Ed Mann (vibes, marimba, electronic percussion), Walt Fowler (trumpet, flugel horn, synth), Bruce Fowler (trombone), Paul Carman (alto sax, soprano sax, baritone sax), Albert Wing (tenor sax), Kurt McGettrick (baritone sax, bass sax, contrabass clarinet), Scott Thunes (electric bass, mini-moog), Chat Wackerman (drums, electronic percussion)

YCDTOSA 6 – DISC ONE

1. The M.O.I Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath
2. The Poodle Lecture
3. Dirty Love
4. Magic Fingers
5. The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival
6. Honey, Don’t You Want A Man Like Me?
7. Father O’Blivion
8. Is That Guy Kidding Or What?
9. I’m So Cute
10. White Person
11. Lonely Person Devices
12. Ms. Pinky
13. Shove It Right In
14. Wind Up Working In A Gas Station
15. Make A Sex Noise
16. Tracy Is A Snob
17. I Have Been In You
18. Emperor Of Ohio
19. Dinah-Moe Humm
20. He’s So Gay
21. Camarillo Brillo
22. Muffin Man

YCDTOSA 6 – DISC TWO

1. NYC Halloween Audience
2. The Illinois Enema Bandit
3. Thirteen
4. Lobster Girl
5. Black Napkins
6. We’re Turning Again
7. Alien Orifice
8. Catholic Girls
9. Crew Slut
10. Tryin’ To Grow A Chin
11. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
12. Lisa’s Life Story
13. Lonesome Cowboy Nando
14. 200 Motels Finale
15. Strictly Genteel

YCTOSA 5 – DISC ONE

1. The Downtown Talent Scout
2. Charles Ives
3. Here Lies Love
4. Piano/Drum Duet
5. Mozart Ballet
6. Chocolate Halvah
7. JCB & Kansas On The Bus # 1
8. Run Home Slow: Main Title Theme
9. The Little March
10. Right There
11. Where Is Johnny Velvet?
12. Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke
13. Trouble Every Day
14. Proto-Minimalism
15. JCB & Kansas On The Bus # 2
16. My Head?
17. Meow
18. Baked-Bean Boogie
19. Where’s Our Equipment?
20. FZ/JCB Drum Duet
21. No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve
22. A Game Of Cards
23. Underground Freak-Out Music
24. German Lunch
25. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama

YCDTOSA 5 – DISC TWO

1. Easy Meat
2. Dead Girls Of London
3. Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?
4. What’s New In Baltimore
5. Moggio
6. Dancin’ Fool
7. RDNZL
8. Advance Romance
9. City Of Tiny Lites
10. A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
11. Doreen
12. The Black Page # 2
13. Geneva Farewell

YCDTOSA 4 – DISC ONE

1. Little Rubber Girl
2. Stick Together
3. My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
4. Willie The Pimp
5. Montana
6. Brown Moses
7. The Evil Prince
8. Approximate
9. Love Of My Life Mudd Club Version
10. Let’s Move To Cleveland Solos (1984)
11. You Call That Music?
12. Pound For A Brown Solos (1978)
13. The Black Page (1984)
14. Take Me Out To The Ball Game
15. Filthy Habits
16. The Torture Never Stops Original Version

YCDTOSA 4 – DISC TWO

1. Church Chat
2. Stevie’s Spanking
3. Outside Now
4. Disco Boy
5. Teen-Age Wind
6. Truck Driver Divorce
7. Florentine Pogen
8. Tiny Sick Tears
9. Smell My Beard
10. The Booger Man
11. Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy
12. Are You Upset?
13. Little Girl Of Mine
14. The Closer You Are
15. Johnny Darling
16. No, No Cherry
17. The Man From Utopia
18. Mary Lou