(Instrumental Rock, Psychedelic Rock, Avantgarde) [2xLP] [24/96] Frank Zappa - Finer Moments - 2012, FLAC (image+.cue)

Compilation & Title by FZ

Engineers: FZ, Kerry McNabb, Paramount Studios, Hollywood
Original 1/4" DBX 187 encoded analog master tapes—dated June 25, 1972
Vaultmeisterment & Tape Transfers by Joe Travers at UMRK, March 28, 2007
Mastered by Stephen Marcussen, Marcussen Mastering, Hollywood, April 2007

Contextual excursions by gz
Liner notes & cover art by American artist Bill Miller
'Finer Moments'— Reclaimed vintage linoleum assemblage (32" x 48"), 2011
Photography by Ed Caraeff & John Williams
Design layout & art photography by Michael Mesker
Production manager by Melanie Starks

A-1 to A-4: These first four tracks Recorded Live on 6.6.69. Royal Albert Hall, London.
EMI Recorders Remote (1/2" 4-track analog tape, 15ips).
Note: We are borrowing from FZ's liner notes on various related Releases for some of this Information and wht follows.
A-5: Recorded Live (Cassette) Auditorium Theater, Chicago, 5.21.71
B-1, B-2: Recorded Live (multitrack Analog, 15ips) The Ark, Boston, 7.7-8.69
C-1: Recorded (1" 8 track Analog) Mayfair Studios, NYC, 1967
C-2: Recorded (1" 8 track Analog) Sunset Sound, L.A., September, 1968
C-3: Recording (1/2" 4-Track Analog) Zappa Basement, 1972
C-4: Recorded Live (1/4" Stereo 2 track Analog 15 ips)
C-5: Recorded Live at The Ballroom Stratford, CT, 2.16.69
D-1: Recorded Live at Carnegie Hall, NYC, 10.11.71 (1/4" mono analog tape, 7 1/2 ips) 1972 Stereo Tweakage by FZ with Kerry McNabb, Paramount, L.A.

This is Official Release #94.
Released: 16 Apr 2013

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2. Sleazette 3:32
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
June 6, 1969

FZ—guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, acoustic piano
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Bunk Gardner—woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion

3. Mozart Piano Sonata In Bb 6:20
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
June 6, 1969

FZ—conductor, vocal, guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, acoustic piano
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Bunk Gardner—woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion
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Noel Redding—special dance stylings
Dick Barber—rubber chicken strangulation [uncredited]
Kanzus J. Kanzus—biological masterpiece [uncredited]

4. The Walking Zombie Music 3:22
Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
June 6, 1969

FZ—conductor, vocal, guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, acoustic piano
Bunk Gardner—woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion

Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY
October 11, 1971

FZ—guitar
Ian Underwood—keyboards
Don Preston—keyboards, Minimoog
Jim Pons—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

5. The Old Curiosity Shoppe 7:08
May 21, 1971
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL

FZ—guitar
Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan—tambourines, cowbell
Jim Pons—bass
Bob Harris—keyboards
Ian Underwood—alto sax
Aynsley Dunbar—drums

6. You Never Know Who Your Friends Are 2:19
includes Oh! Susanna (Foster), The Sailor's Hornpipe (Trad.), and Ach du lieber Augustine (Trad.)
Criteria Studios, Miami, Florida
c. February, 1969

FZ—guitar
Lowell George—guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, keyboards
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Bunk Gardner—woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion

7. Uncle Rhebus 17:43
includes Uncle Meat, Baked-Bean Boogie, Piano/Drum Duet and a quotation from The Gumbo Variations
The Ark, Boston
July 8, 1969

FZ—conductor, guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Ian Underwood—woodwinds, piano
Bunk Gardner—woodwinds
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion

8. Music From "The Big Squeeze" 0:41
includes celeste, snorks & coughs from Lumpy Gravy Part One
Mayfair Studios, NYC
July-September, 1967

Dick Barber—snorks
FZ—all instruments

9. Enigmas 1 Thru 5 8:14
Sunset Sound, LA
September, 1968 [c. March-April, 1968?]

Engineer: Jerry Hansen

FZ—conductor, performer
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—percussion

10. Pumped And Waxed 4:18
Zappa Basement, 1972

FZ—performance, engineer

11. "There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die" 4:36
McMillin Theater, Columbia University, NYC
February 14, 1969

Engineer: Dick Kunc

FZ—guitar
Lowell George—guitar
Roy Estrada—bass
Don Preston—keyboards
Ian Underwood—clarinet
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Bunk Gardner—tenor sax
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion
Unknown guest soloist on vibes

12. Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It 3:20
The Ballroom, Stratford, Connecticut
February 16, 1969
and
Thee Image, Miami, Florida
February 7-9, 1969

Engineer: Dick Kunc

FZ—conductor
Lowell George—guitar
Roy Estrada—bass, vocal
Don Preston—keyboards
Ian Underwood—clarinet
Buzz Gardner—trumpet
Bunk Gardner—tenor sax
Motorhead Sherwood—baritone sax
Jimmy Carl Black—drums
Arthur Dyer Tripp III—drums, percussion

13. The Subcutaneous Peril 19:38
includes solos from Pound For A Brown and King Kong

Carnegie Hall, NYC, NY
October 11, 1971

FZ—guitar
Ian Underwood—keyboards
Don Preston—keyboards, Minimoog
Jim Pons—bass
Aynsley Dunbar—drums