Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute

Official Release #66. All compositions published worldwide by Munchkin Music. Album versions (tracks 2, 5 & 7) © 1996 Rykodisc. Exclusive worldwide license Zappa Family Trust. ℗ © 1996 Zappa Family Trust. Artwork & Liner Notes © 1996 Zappanese. This release's aim was to explore Frank Zappa's self-professed 'signature' guitar pieces - "Black Napkins", "Zoot Allures" and "Watermelon in Easter Hay" - by juxapositioning alternate, early recordings of these tracks against the original album versions. "Merely a Blues In A" is, effectively, a previously unreleased track. Liner notes denoted as being written in Los Angeles, 1996. Track 1: Live recording - Ljubljana, Yugoslavia 1975-11-22. Track 2: Live recording - Osaka, Japan 1976-02-00; originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures". Track 3: Live Recording - Tokyo, Japan, 1976-02-05. Track 4: Live Recording - Paris, France, 1974-09-27. Previously unreleased. Track 5: Originally released in October 1976 on "Zoot Allures". Track 6: Live recording - city and specific date unknown, January or February 1978. Track 7: Originally released in 1979 on "Joe's Garage, Acts 2 & 3", ending with an extra live-concert insert at the end with FZ saying "Good Night" as a final reminiscent to his death. Mastered at UMRK, 1996. Packaging: six-panel black imitation leather Digipak with a fake stick-on mustache; the silver letters are printed on brilliant embossed black. Includes a 12-page booklet. First pressings don't have the stickered barcode. There is no label company listed anywhere on the release. The Zappa website is shown on the release and Barking Pumpkin is listed as the label in the "official discography" entry for FZPFZ on that website.