Highlighting 21 Songs from the Documentary including 8 Unreleased Recordings from the Zappa Archive!
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With unfettered access to the Zappa Trust and all archival footage, Zappa explores the private life behind the mammoth musical career that never shied away from the political turbulence of its time. Alex Winter's assembly features appearances by Frank's widow Gail Zappa and several of Frank's musical collaborators including Mike Keneally, Ian Underwood, Steve Vai, Pamela Des Barres, Bunk Gardner, David Harrington, Scott Thunes, Ruth Underwood, Ray White and others.
This colored 180g vinyl 2LP soundtrack edition is a perfect complement to the film. Highlighting 21 songs from the documentary, there are 8 unreleased recordings from the Zappa archive along with his 1978 Saturday Night Live performance and 13 recordings from Zappa's extensive recording career giving Zappa super-fans and newer-fans a sonic exploration into the musical brilliance that is Frank Zappa!
Taken together, Zappa and the companion soundtrack offer a riveting, revealing, and emotional portrait of Frank Zappa, a trailblazer, iconoclast, virtuosic musician, and fearless artist who forever changed music and culture with his unconventional and uncompromising vision. From his early psychedelic rock beginnings to his avant-garde experimentation, jazz-rock explorations, symphonic suites, and satirical send-ups to his conceptual, compositional, and technological innovations, Zappa shattered the norms every step of the way, and his influence and ethos continues to reverberate as strongly today as ever.
Features:
• Colored 180g vinyl 2LP-set
• Highlighting 21 songs from Alex Winter's Zappa documentary
• Includes 8 unreleased recordings from the Zappa archive
• 1978 Saturday Night Live performance and 13 recordings from Zappa's extensive recording career
1. Motherly Love (from Freak Out!) – The Mothers of Invention
2. Memories Of El Monte (Live from the Whisky 1968) – The Mothers of Invention*
3. Oh! In The Sky (Live from the Whisky 1968) – The Mothers of Invention*
4. The Duke (Live from the Whisky 1968) – The Mothers of Invention*
5. How Could I Be Such A Fool? (from Mystery Disc) – Frank Zappa
6. Absolutely Free (from We’re Only In It For The Money) – The Mothers of Invention
7. Call Any Vegetable (Excerpts) (Live at Fillmore West – November 6, 1970) – Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention*
8. Road Ladies (from Chunga’s Revenge) – Frank Zappa
9. Cheepnis (Live at the Roxy, 12/10/73, Show 1) (from The Roxy Performances) – Frank Zappa
10. Apostrophe’ (Live in Los Angeles, Rehearsal Hall – June 21, 1974) – Frank Zappa*
11. Sofa (1977 Mix, Live) (from Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Frank Zappa
LP2
1. The Black Page #1 (Piano Version) (from Zappa In New York 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) – Frank Zappa
2. Mo’s Vacation (Live in Munich 1978) – Frank Zappa*
3. Dancin’ Fool (Live on “Saturday Night Live” – October 21, 1978) – Frank Zappa*
4. Valley Girl (from Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch) – Frank Zappa & Moon Zappa
5. The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing (Live at The Pier, NYC – 1984) – Frank Zappa*
6. H.R. 2911 (from Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention) – Frank Zappa
7. Envelopes (1983 Original Vinyl Mix) – Frank Zappa, London Symphony Orchestra^
8. Get Whitey (from The Yellow Shark) – Frank Zappa
9. G-Spot Tornado (from The Yellow Shark) – Frank Zappa
10. Watermelon In Easter Hay (Live, 1978) (from Frank Zappa Plays The Music of Frank Zappa – A Memorial Tribute) – Frank Zappa
* Previously unreleased
^ Currently not available
