Finer Moments

~ Release by Frank Zappa (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Source: 1972 analog master. This is Official Release #94

Annotation last modified on 2013-01-26 16:48 UTC.

Tracklist

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▼ CD 1: Disc 1
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1Intro
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
piano and woodwind:
Ian Underwood
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
vocals and conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Intro (on 1969-06-06)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
1:20
2Sleazette
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
piano and woodwind:
Ian Underwood
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
vocals and conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Sleazette (on 1969-06-06)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:33
3Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
piano and woodwind:
Ian Underwood
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
vocals and conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Mozart Piano Sonata in B-flat (on 1969-06-06)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
composer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (classical composer)
6:22
4The Walking Zombie Music
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
piano and woodwind:
Ian Underwood
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
vocals and conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
The Walking Zombie Music (on 1969-06-06)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:23
5The Old Curiosity Shoppe
alto saxophone:
Ian Underwood
bass:
Jim Pons
cowbell and tambourine:
Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Bob Harris (pianist/songwriter, played keyboards with Frank Zappa in May–Aug 1971)
live recording of:
The Old Curiosity Shoppe (on 1971-05-21)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
7:09
6You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
recording of:
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
2:21
7Uncle Rhebus
alto saxophone, piano and woodwind:
Ian Underwood
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
tenor saxophone and woodwind:
Bunk Gardner
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Uncle Rhebus (from 1969-07-07 until 1969-07-08)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
17:46
▼ CD 2: Disc 2
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1Music from "The Big Squeeze"
other vocals:
Dick Barber
performer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Music From “The Big Squeeze” (in 1967)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
0:42
2Enigmas 1 Thru 5
sound engineer:
Jerry Hansen (recording engineer)
percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
conductor and performer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Enigmas 1 Thru 5 (in 1968)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
8:16
3Pumped and Waxed
sound engineer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
performer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
recording of:
Pumped and Waxed (in 1972)
4:19
4"There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die"
sound engineer:
Dick Kunc
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
clarinet:
Ian Underwood
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guest solo vibraphone:
Dave Samuels
guitar:
Lowell George and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
tenor saxophone:
Bunk Gardner
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
live recording of:
“There Is No Heaven From Where Slogans Go To Die”
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
4:37
5Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It
sound engineer:
Dick Kunc
baritone saxophone:
Jim “Motorhead” Sherwood
bass:
Roy Estrada
clarinet:
Ian Underwood
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Carl Black
drums (drum set) and percussion:
Arthur Dyer Tripp III
guitar:
Lowell George
keyboard:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
tenor saxophone:
Bunk Gardner
trumpet:
Buzz Gardner (US trumpeter, brother of Bunk Gardner)
vocals:
Roy Estrada
conductor:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
live recording of:
Squeeze It, Squeeze It, Squeeze It (on 1969-02-16)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
3:18
6The Subcutaneous Peril
engineer:
Kerry McNabb (recording engineer in the 1970s) and Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
bass:
Jim Pons
drums (drum set):
Aynsley Dunbar
guitar:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
keyboard:
Ian Underwood
keyboard and Minimoog:
Don Preston (piano/keyboards, member of Mothers of Invention)
live recording of:
The Subcutaneous Peril (on 1971-11-10)
writer:
Frank Zappa (US musician, composer, activist & filmmaker)
19:41

Credits

Release

design/illustration:Bill Miller (graphic artist)
photography:Ed Caraeff (American photographer, graphic designer and illustrator)
John Williams (design/illustrations)
graphic design:Michael Mesker (Graphic designer, art director, creative director and photographer)
mastering:Stephen Marcussen (mastering engineer) (in 2007-04)
business association with:Zappa Records
ASIN:US: B00ACCQRM6 [info]