The Grand Wazoo

~ Release by Frank Zappa and The Mothers (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
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A1For Calvin (and His Next Two Hitch‐Hikers)
bass:
Alex Dmochowski
brass:
Malcolm McNab, Ken Shroyer (trombonist) and Ernie Tack
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
Minimoog:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
percussion:
Alan Estes and Robert Zimmitti
woodwind:
Mike Altschul, Earle Dumler (multi-instrumentalist), Fred Jackson (US R&B and jazz tenor saxophonist active 1940s-1960s), John Rotella (woodwind), Joanne Caldwell McNabb and Anthony Ortega (jazz saxophonist)
vocals:
Janet Neville-Ferguson Hof and Sal Marquez
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
The Mothers7:15
A2The Grand Wazoo
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
bass:
Alex Dmochowski
brass:
Malcolm McNab, Ken Shroyer (trombonist) and Ernie Tack
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
Minimoog:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
percussion:
Alan Estes and Robert Zimmitti
solo guitar:
Tony Duran (slide guitarist) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
solo trombone:
Bill Byers
solo trumpet:
Sal Marquez
woodwind:
Mike Altschul, Earle Dumler (multi-instrumentalist), Fred Jackson (US R&B and jazz tenor saxophonist active 1940s-1960s), John Rotella (woodwind), Joanne Caldwell McNabb and Anthony Ortega (jazz saxophonist)
vocals:
Janet Neville-Ferguson Hof and Sal Marquez
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
instrumental recording of:
Think It Over
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
The Mothers413:24
B1Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
bass:
Alex Dmochowski
brass:
Sal Marquez
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
George Duke
solo saxophone:
Ernie Watts (jazz and blues saxophonist)
trombone:
Ken Shroyer (trombonist)
woodwind:
Mike Altschul
vocals:
George Duke, Ilene Rappaport (Chunky) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Cletus Awreetus‐Awrightus
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
The Mothers2:55
B2Eat That Question
producer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
bass:
Alex Dmochowski
brass:
Sal Marquez
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
gong:
Lee Clement
guitar and percussion:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
George Duke
woodwind:
Mike Altschul and Joel Peskin
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Eat That Question
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
The Mothers6:41
B3Blessed Relief
bass:
Alex Dmochowski
brass:
Sal Marquez
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Tony Duran (slide guitarist) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
George Duke
woodwind:
Mike Altschul and Joel Peskin
arranger:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Blessed Relief
composer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
The Mothers8:00

Credits

Release

printed in:France
photography:Ed Caraeff (American photographer, graphic designer and illustrator)
Tony Esparza
Barry Feinstein
miscellaneous support:Herb Cohen
Paul Hof
engineer:Kerry McNabb (recording engineer in the 1970s)
producer:Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
illustration:Cal Schenkel
distributed by:WEA Filipacchi Music (not for release label use! copyrights/distribution only, FR division of WEA International Inc. in the 1970s)
publisher:Munchkin Music ASCAP
copyrighted (©) by:Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1972)
recorded at:Paramount Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/2922497 [info]