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Rare Episodes - Frank Zappa's Unmined Nuggets

by Cordelia Records

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    Thirteen Frank Zappa compositions that he didn’t get around to releasing himself...

    1. VARIANT #1 by Zappa Early Renaissance Orchestra
    One of a number of pieces Frank wrote “must record” – see The MOFO Project/Object booklet – and then actually did: at TTG Studios in Hollywood on 10 June 1966, during sessions for the Burt Ward single Boy Wonder I Love You.
    2. FALLING IN LOVE IS A STUPID HABIT by The Vegetarians. A song Frank denied knowing, yet a tape exists of him demonstrating it to drummer Jimmy Carl Black. Jimmy told The Idiot Bastard that Frank said he “could have the song and we even discussed the instruments that would sound good on it. It was Frank playing the piano in his studio with Andy Cahan and me there. The year was 1981 and I was in California rehearsing for the first Grandmothers tour of Europe.”
    3. BOGNOR REGIS by Jerry Outlaw & Friends
    An instrumental originally recorded during the Hot Rats sessions in 1969, and intended to be released as the b side of a single version of ‘Sharleena’ that never happened.
    4. RALPH STUFFS HIS SHOES by Todd Grubbs Group feat J Todd Plant and Daniel Swartwood.
    In September 1974, shortly before it became ‘Can’t Afford No Shoes’ on One Size Fits All, Frank’s lyrics poked fun at drummer Ralph Humphrey.
    5. MICE by Evil Dick
    According to Frank, the first thing he ever composed: “a piece for snare drum...I wrote that when I was about 14 and performed it at school.”
    6. PORTUGUESE LUNAR LANDING by Fuchsprellen
    Performed live during the 1975 Bongo Fury tour, and rehearsed by the 1981 band, but like all of these songs, not officially released thus far.
    7. MO’S VACATION by Marc Atkinson
    An early version of ‘Mo ‘N Herb’s Vacation’ in a basic arrangement, described by drummer Terry Bozzio as "like ‘The Black Page’, but more of it!"; Performed live with Vinnie Colaiuta and Arthur Barrow in 1978, Chad Wackerman told The Idiot Bastard he also "did a studio recording for Frank".
    8. CLOWNS ON VELVET by Lex Bronkowitz Orchestra
    First performed at New York's Ritz Theatre in November 1981, with special guest Al DiMeola on lead guitar. Frank then added studio overdubs to a fragment of this live recording and had the Thing-Fish rap over it.
    9. LITTLE DOTS by Gumbo Variation
    An instrumental similar to ‘Approximate’, only ever performed live by the Petit
    Wazoo in 1972.
    10. ROLLO by Chato Segerer
    Officially released in instrumental form only on the albums Imaginary Diseases, Apostrophe, QuAUDIOPHILIAc and You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1. In 1972, the piece had the lyrics presented here. (This version also appends the rare ‘Village Of The Sun’ intro/outro that appeared on the recent Road Tapes, Venue #2
    release.)
    11. BRUTALITY by Neither Beasts, Nor Gods
    A Synclavier composition from a cassette titled Resolver + Brutality that Frank handed to someone he'd had an
    intensive artistic relationship with for several years.
    12. VELVET SUNRISE by Spanner Jazz Punks
    Another piece performed live during the 1975 Bongo Fury tour, providing Frank with an opportunity to tell various tales about life on the road.
    13. WE ARE NOT ALONE by ZAPPATiKA
    The instrumental track on The Man From Utopia album had these lyrics when
    rehearsed by the 1981 band.
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released October 24, 2022

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