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Frank Zappa

MUSIC

See also The Mothers of Invention.

Official Website:
http://www.zappa.com/

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adrian Belew
Guitarist
23-Dec-1949   Guitarist for King Crimson
Jimmy Carl Black
Drummer
1-Feb-1938 1-Nov-2008 Original Mothers of Invention drummer
Terry Bozzio
Drummer
27-Dec-1950   Drummer for Missing Persons
Aynsley Dunbar
Drummer
10-Jan-1946   Prolific drummer, ex-Zappa, Bowie, Journey
Dana Robbins
Musician
?   R&B saxophonist
Steve Vai
Guitarist
6-Jun-1960   Ex-Zappa guitar mangler, backyard apiarist
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Guitarist
3-Feb-1935 17-May-1996 Gangster of Love
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage

DISCOGRAPHY

Lumpy Gravy (1968, Verve)
Side 1 - Lumpy Gravy, Part One
iThe Way I See It, Barry
iiDuodenum
iiiOh No
ivBit Of Nostalgia
vIt's From Kansas
viBored Out 90 Over
viiAlmost Chinese
viiiSwitching Girls
ixOh No Again
xAt The Gas Station
xiAnother Pickup
xiiI Don't Know If I Can Go Through This Again
Side 2 - Lumpy Gravy, Part Two
iVery Distraughtening
iiWhite Ugliness
iiiAmen
ivJust One More Time
vA Vicious Circle
viKing Kong
viiDrums Are Too Noisy
viiiKangaroos
ixEnvelops The Bath Tub
xTake Your Clothes Off

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1986, combining the album with Lumpy Gravy. Re-reissued in a different digitally remastered version in 1995.

Hot Rats (1969, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1Peaches En Regalia (with Shuggie Otis)
2Willie The Pimp (with Captain Beefheart)
3Son Of Mr. Green Genes
4Little Umbrellas
5The Gumbo Variations
6It Must Be A Camel (with Jean-Luc Ponty)

Reissued in a digitally remastered and extensively modified version on CD by Ryko in 1987 and in 1995.

200 Motels (1971, United Artists)
Disc 1
1Semi-Fraudulent/Direct-From-Hollywood Overture (with Theodore Bikel)
2Mystery Roach
3Dance Of The Rock & Roll Interviewers
4This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (prologue)
5Tuna Fish Promenade
6Dance Of The Just Plain Folks
7This Town Is A Sealed Tuna Sandwich (reprise)
8The Sealed Tuna Bolero
9Lonesome Cowboy Burt (with Jimmy Carl Black)
10Touring Can Make You Crazy
11Would You Like A Snack?
12Redneck Eats (with Jimmy Carl Black)
13Centerville
14She Painted Up Her Face
15Janet's Big Dance Number
16Half A Dozen Provocative Squats
17Mysterioso
18Shove It Right In
19Lucy's Seduction of A Bored Violinist & Postlude
Disc 2
1I'm Stealing The Towels
2Dental Hygiene Dilemma
3Does This Kind of Life Look Interesting To You?
4Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
5Penis Dimension
6What Will This Evening Bring Me This Morning
7A Nun Suit Painted On Some Old Boxes
8Magic Fingers
9Motorhead's Midnight Ranch
10Dew On The Newts We Got
11The Lad Searches The Night For His Newts
12The Girl Wants To Fix Him Some Broth (with Phyllis Bryn-Julson)
13The Girl's Dream (with Phyllis Bryn-Julson)
14Little Green Scratchy Sweaters & Courduroy Ponce
15Strictly Genteel (the finale) (with Theodore Bikel and Jimmy Carl Black)

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1997 with the addition of four radio spots.

Waka/Jawaka (1972, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1Big Swifty
2Your Mouth
3It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
4Waka/Jawaka

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1989 and in 1995.

The Grand Wazoo (1972, Bizarre (US), Reprise (UK))
1The Grand Wazoo
2For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)
3Cletus Awreetus-Awrightus
4Eat That Question
5Blessed Relief

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1986 and in 1995.

Apostrophe (') (1974, DiscReet)
1Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
2Nanook Rubs It
3St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
4Father O'Blivion
5Cosmik Debris (with Jean-Luc Ponty and Tina Turner & The Ikettes)
6Excentrifugal Forz
7Apostrophe' (with Jack Bruce)
8Uncle Remus
9Stink-Foot

Combined with Over-Nite Sensation and reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1986; reissued again as a separate CD in 1995.

Zoot Allures (1976, Warner Brothers)
1Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
2Black Napkins
3The Torture Never Stops
4Ms. Pinky (with Captain Beefheart and Ruth Underwood)
5Find Her Finer (with Captain Beefheart)
6Friendly Little Finger (with Ruth Underwood)
7Wonderful Wino
8Zoot Allures (with Ruth Underwood)
9Disco Boy

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995.

Zappa In New York (live) (1978, DiscReet)
Disc 1
1Titties & Beer
2I Promise Not to Come in Your Mouth
3Punky's Whips
4Sofa
5Manx Needs Women
6The Black Page Drum Solo / The Black Page
7Big Leg Emma
8The Black Page #2
Disc 2
9Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
10The Illinois Enema Bandit
11The Purple Lagoon

A version of the album without the track "Punky's Whips" was also released. Reissued in a 2 CD digitally remastered version by Barking Pumpkin in 1991 with the additional tracks "Cruisin' For Burgers", "I'm The Slime", "A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)", "The Torture Never Stops and featuring a different recording of "Punky's Whips"; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.

Studio Tan (1978, DiscReet)
1The Adventures Of Greggery Peccary
2Revised Music For Guitar And Low-Budget Orchestra
3Lemme Take You To The Beach
4RDNZL

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.

Sleep Dirt (1979, DiscReet)
1Filthy Habits
2Flambay
3Spider Of Destiny
4Regyptian Strut
5Time Is Money
6Sleep Dirt
7The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution

Reissued in a digitally remastered and heavily modified version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991, with vocals by Thana Harris added to "Flambay", "Spider Of Destiny" and "Time Is Money", and some editions containing a different version of "Regyptian Strut"; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.

Sheik Yerbouti (1979, Zappa Records (US), CBS (UK))
1I Have Been In You
2Flakes
3Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
4I'm So Cute
5Jones Crusher
6What Ever Happened To All The Fun In The World
7Rat Tomago
8Wait A Minute
9Bobby Brown Goes Down
10Rubber Shirt
11The Sheik Yerbouti Tango
Disc 2
1Baby Snakes
2Tryin' To Grow A Chin
3City Of Tiny Lites
4Dancin' Fool
5Jewish Princess
6Wild Love
7Yo' Mama

Reissued on CD in 1986 by EMI. Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and 1995.

Orchestral Favorites (1979, DiscReet)
1Strictly Genteel
2Pedro's Dowry
3Naval Aviation In Art?
4Duke Of Prunes
5Bogus Pomp

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991; this edition was reissued again in 1995 by Ryko.

Joe's Garage Act I (1979, Zappa Records (US), CBS (UK))
1The Central Scrutinizer
2Joe's Garage
3Catholic Girls
4Crew Slut
5Wet T-Shirt Night
6Toad-O Line
7Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
8Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
9Scrutinizer Postlude

Also released in a 3 disc box set with Joe's Garage Acts II & III. All three acts were reissued together as a double CD by EMI in 1987; a digitally remastered version of the full set was reissued by Ryko as a double CD in 1987 and 1995. On the CD versions, the tracks "Wet T-Shirt Night" and "Toad-o Line" were renamed "Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt" and "On The Bus".

Joe's Garage Act II & III (1979, Zappa Records (US), CBS (UK))
Disc 1
1A Token Of My Extreme
2Stick It Out
3Sy Borg
4Dong Work For Yuda
5Keep It Greasey
6Outside Now
Disc 2
1He Used To Cut The Grass
2Packard Goose
3Watermelon In Easter Hay
4A Little Green Rosetta

Also released in a 3 disc box set with Joes Garage Act I. All three acts were reissued together as a double CD by EMI in 1987; a digitally remastered version of the full set was reissued by Ryko as a double CD in 1987 and 1995.

Tinsel Town Rebellion (1981, Barking Pumpkin (US), CBS (UK))
Disc 1
1Fine Girl
2Easy Meat
3For The Young Sophisticate
4Love Of My Life
5I Ain't Got No Heart
6Panty Rap
7Tell Me You Love Me
8Now You See It--Now You Don't
Disc 2
1Dance Contest
2The Blue Light
3Tinsel Town Rebellion
4Pick Me, I'm Clean
5Bamboozled By Love
6Brown Shoes Don't Make It
7Peaches III

Reissued as a single CD by EMI in 1987; reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995. A new remaster was issued by Ryko in 1998.

Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar (1981, Barking Pumpkin)
1five-five-FIVE
2Hog Heaven
3Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
4While You Were Out
5Treacherous Cretins
6Heavy Duty Judy
7Soup 'N Old Clothes

Originally available as a direct mail order item. Reissued as a double CD in combination with Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar Some More and Return of the Son of Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar by Ryko in 1986 (US) and EMI in 1987 (UK); reissued again by Zappa Records in 1991. A 3-CD set preserving the format of the original albums was released by Ryko in 1995.

Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar Some More (1981, Barking Pumpkin)
1Variations On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression
2Gee, I Like Your Pants
3Canarsie
4Ship Ahoy
5The Deathless Horsie
6Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar Some More
7Pink Napkins

Originally available as a direct mail order item. Reissued as a double CD in combination with Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar and Return of the Son of Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar by Ryko in 1986 (US) and EMI in 1987 (UK); reissued again by Zappa Records in 1991. A 3-CD set preserving the format of the original albums was released by Ryko in 1995.

Return of the Son of Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar (1981, Barking Pumpkin)
1Beat It With Your Fist
2Return Of The Son Of Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar
3Pinocchio's Furniture
4Why Johnny Can't Read
5Stucco Homes
6Canard Du Jour (with Jean-Luc Ponty)

Originally available as a direct mail order item. Reissued as a double CD in combination with Shut Up 'N Play Yer Guitar and Shut Up & Play Yer Guitar Some More by Ryko in 1986 (US) and EMI in 1987 (UK); reissued again by Zappa Records in 1991. A 3-CD set preserving the format of the original albums was released by Ryko in 1995.

You Are What You Is (1981, Barking Pumpkin (US), CBS (UK))
Disc 1
1Teen-age Wind
2Harder Than Your Husband
3Doreen
4Goblin Girl
5Theme From The 3rd Movement Of Sinister Footwear
6Society Pages
7I'm A Beautiful Guy
8Beauty Knows No Pain
9Charlie's Enormous Mouth
10Any Downers?
11Conehead
Disc 2
1You Are What You Is
2Mudd Club
3The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
4Dumb All Over
5Heavenly Bank Account
6Suicide Chump
7Jumbo Go Away
8If Only She Woulda
9Drafted Again

Reissued as a single CD by EMI in 1986; reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1990 and in 1995 with an edited version of "Dumb All Over". A new remaster was issued by Ryko in 1998.

Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch (1982, Barking Pumpkin (US), CBS (UK))
1No Not Now
2Valley Girl (with Moon Unit Zappa)
3I Come From Nowhere
4Drowning Witch
5Envelopes
6Teen-age Prostitute (with Lisa Popeil)

A digitally remastered edition was released on CD in combination with The Man From Utopia in 1986 by EMI. Reissued as a distinct CD in 1991 by Barking Pumpkin and in 1995 by Ryko.

Rare Meat (1983, Del-Fi)
1How's Your Bird? (performed by Baby Ray and the Ferns)
2The World's Greatest Sinner (performed by Baby Ray and the Ferns)
3Everytime I See You (performed by The Heartbreakers)
4Letter From Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)
5Dear Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)
6Cradle Rock (performed by The Heartbreakers)

A collection of Zappa's pre-Mothers Pal Studios/Studio Z recordings. Also released by Rhino on vinyl; re-issued on CD by Del-Fi in 1995.

The Man From Utopia (1983, Barking Pumpkin (US), CBS (UK))
1Cocaine Decisions
2The Dangerous Kitchen
3Tink Walks Amok
4The Radio Is Broken
5Mōggio
6The Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou (Donald Woods & The Vel-aires/Young Jessie & The Cadets cover)
7Stick Together
8SEX
9The Jazz Discharge Party Hats
10We Are Not Alone

A digitally remastered edition was released on CD in combination with The Man From Utopia in 1986 by EMI, featuring a remixed version of "Mõggio". Fully remixed and reissued as a distinct CD in 1993 by Barking Pumpkin and in 1995 by Ryko with a different sequence and the additional track Luigi & The Wise Guys.

Baby Snakes (live) (1983, Barking Pumpkin)
1Baby Snakes
2Titties & Beer
3The Black Page #2
4Jones Crusher
5Disco Boy
6Dinah-Moe Humm
7Punky's Whips

Originally issued as a vinyl picture disc. Reissued on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1991 and in a digitally remastered version in 1995 by Ryko. The CD versions include a prepended "Intro Rap".

London Symphony Orchestra, Volume I (1983, Barking Pumpkin)
1Sad Jane
2Pedro's Dowry
3Envelopes
4Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, First Movement
5Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, Second Movement
6Mo 'n Herb's Vacation, Third Movement

A collection of orchestral compositions recorded with the LSO. Reissued on CD by Ryko in 1986, replacing "Pedro's Dowry" and "Envelopes" with "Bogus Pomp"; a remixed and digitally remastered edition was issued as a double CD in combination with London Symphony Orchestra, Volume II by Ryko in 1995.

Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger (1984, Angel (US), EMI (UK))
1The Perfect Stranger
2Naval Aviation In Art?
3The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
4Dupree's Paradise
5Love Story
6Outside Now Again
7Jonestown

Tracks 1, 2 and 4 performed by the Ensemble InterContemporain and conducted by Pierre Boulez. Reissued on CD in 1985 by EMI, and in a remixed, digitally remastered version in 1992 by Barking Pumpkin and 1995 by Ryko.

Them Or Us (1984, Barking Pumpkin (US), EMI (UK))
Disc 1
1The Closer You Are (Earl Lewis and the Channels cover)
2In France
3Ya Hozna ( withMoon Unit Zappa)
4Sharleena (with Dweezil Zappa)
5Sinister Footwear II
6Truck Driver Divorce
Disc 2
1Stevie's Spanking
2Baby, Take Your Teeth Out
3Marque-son's Chicken
4Planet Of My Dreams
5Be In My Video
6Them Or Us
7Frogs With Dirty Little Lips
8Whipping Post (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

Reissued in a digitally remastered version on CD by Ryko in 1986, by Zappa Records in 1990, and in a slightly modified version by Ryko in 1995.

Thing-Fish (1984, Barking Pumpkin (US), EMI (UK))
Disc 1
1Prologue
2The Mammy Nuns
3Harry & Rhonda
4Galoot Up-Date
5The 'Torchum' Never Stops
6That Evil Prince
7You Are What You Is
Disc 2
1Mudd Club
2The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
3Clowns On Velvet
4Harry-As-A-Boy
5He's So Gay
6The Massive Improve'lence
7Artificial Rhonda
8The Crab-Grass Baby
9The White Boy Troubles
Disc 3
1No Not Now
2Briefcase Boogie
3Brown Moses
4Wistful Wit A Fist-Full
5Drop Dead
6Won Ton On

Soundtrack to a musical that Zappa was never able to make. Reissued as a double CD in 1986 by Ryko (US) and in 1987 by EMI (UK); a remixed and digitally remastered version was released in 1990 by Zappa Records and in 1995 by Ryko.

Francesco Zappa (1984, Barking Pumpkin (US), EMI (UK))
1Opus 1: No. 1 First Movement: Andante
2Opus 1: No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro Con Brio
3Opus 1: No. 2 1st Movement: Andantino
4Opus 1: No. 2 2nd Movement: Minuetto Grazioso
5Opus 1: No. 3 1st Movement: Andantino
6Opus 1: No. 3 2nd Movement: Presto
7Opus 1: No. 4 1st Movement: Andante
8Opus 1: No. 4 2nd Movement: Allegro
9Opus 1: No. 5 2nd Movement: Minuetto Grazioso
10Opus 1: No. 6 1st Movement: Largo
11Opus 1: No. 6 2nd Movement: Minuet
12Opus IV: No. 1 1st Movement: Andantino
13Opus IV: No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro Assai
14Opus IV: No. 2 2nd Movement: Allegro Assai
15Opus IV: No. 3 1st Movement: Andante
16Opus IV: No. 3 2st Movement: Tempo Di Minuetto
17Opus IV: No. 4 1st Movement: Minuetto

Synclavier-rendered versions of compositions by Francesco Zappa, an actual 18th century Italian composer of uncertain relation. Reissued on CD by Barking Pumpkin in 1992 and by Ryko in 1995.

The Old Masters Box One (box set) (1985, Barking Pumpkin)

A box set including remastered and/or remixed versions of the albums Freak Out!, Absolutely Free, We're Only In It For The Money, Lumpy Gravy, Cruising With Ruben & The Jets, and a Mystery Disc with the following tracks:

Mystery Disc, The Old Masters Box One (1985, Barking Pumpkin)
1Theme From "Run Home Slow"
2Original Duke Of Prunes
3Opening Night At "Studio Z" (collage)
4The Village Inn
5Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes cover)
6I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop
7The Birth Of Captain Beefheart
8Metal Man Has Won His Wings
9Power Trio From The Saints 'n Sinners
10Bossa Nova Pervertamento
11Excerpt From The Uncle Frankie Show
12Charva
13Speed-Freak Boogie
14Original Mothers At The Broadside (Pomona)
15Party Scene From "Mondo Hollywood"
16Original Mothers Rehearsal
17How Could I Be Such A Fool?
18Band Introductions At The Fillmore West
19Plastic People
20Original Mothers At Fillmore East
21Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?
22Big Leg Emma

Initially available only with the first Old Masters boxset; later reissued on CD in combination with volume two (except "Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?" and "Big Leg Emma", which were added to the Absolutely Free CD reissue) in 1998 by Ryko.

Frank Zappa Meets The Mothers Of Prevention (1985, Barking Pumpkin)
1We're Turning Again
2Alien Orifice
3Yo Cats
4What's New In Baltimore?
5Little Beige Sambo
6Porn Wars
7Aerobics In Bondage

The European version lacked "Porn Wars" and replaced it with the tracks "I Don't Even Care", "One Man, One Vote" and "H.R. 2911". Reissued on CD in 1986 by Ryko with all tracks from both versions except "H.R. 2911"; a European CD release on EMI in 1986 combined all tracks except Porn Wars with the album Jazz From Hell. A 1990 European re-issue on Zappa Records finally gathered all 10 tracks in one place. A digitally remastered version with all 10 tracks was released in 1995 by Ryko.

Does Humor Belong In Music? (live) (1986, EMI (Europe))
1Zoot Allures
2Tinsel-Town Rebellion
3Trouble Every Day
4Penguin In Bondage
5Hot-Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
6What's New In Baltimore?
7Cock-Suckers' Ball
8WPLJ (The Four Deuces cover)
9Let's Move To Cleveland
10Whippin' Post (The Allman Brothers Band cover)

A remixed and digitally remastered version was released in 1995 by Ryko.

The Old Masters Box Two (box set) (1986, Barking Pumpkin)

A box set including remastered and/or remixed versions of the albums Uncle Meat, Hot Rats, Burnt Weeny Sandwich, Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Chunga's Revenge, Fillmore East, June 1971, Just Another Band From L.A. and a Mystery Disc with the following tracks:

Mystery Disc, The Old Masters Box Two (1986, Barking Pumpkin)
1Harry, You're A Beast
2Don Interrupts
3Piece One
4Jim/Roy
5Piece Two
6Agency Man
7Agency Man (studio version)
8Lecture From Festival Hall Show
9Wedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin Boy (traditional songs)
10Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit
11The Story of Willie The Pimp
12Black Beauty
13Chucha
14Mothers At KPFK
15Harmonica Fun

Initially available only with the first Old Masters boxset; later reissued on CD in combination with volume one in 1998 by Ryko.

Jazz From Hell (1986, Barking Pumpkin (US) , EMI (UK))
1Night School
2The Beltway Bandits
3While You Were Art II
4Jazz From Hell
5G-Spot Tornado
6Damp Ankles
7St. Etienne
8Massaggio Galore

Reissued on CD in 1987 by Ryko; reissued in Europe in 1986 by EMI in combination with the album Jazz From Hell. Reissued on it's own in Europe in 1990 on Zappa Records. A digitally remastered version was released in 1995 by Ryko.

The Guitar World According to Frank Zappa (1987, Barking Pumpkin)
1Sleep Dirt
2Friendly Little Finger
3Excerpt from "Revised Music for Guitar and Low-Budget Orchestra"
4Things That Look Like Meat
5Down In De Dew
6A Solo From Heidelberg
7A Solo From Cologne
8A Solo From Atlanta

A cassette-only release available from Guitar World magazine and Barfko-Swill.

London Symphony Orchestra, Volume II (1987, Barking Pumpkin)
1Bogus Pomp
2Bob In Dacron
3Strictly Genteel

A second collection of orchestral compositions recorded with the LSO. A remixed and digitally remastered edition was issued on CD in combination with London Symphony Orchestra, Volume I by Ryko in 1995.

The Old Masters Box Three (box set) (1987, Barking Pumpkin)

A box set including remastered and/or remixed versions of the albums Waka/Jawaka, The Grand Wazoo, Over-Nite Sensation, Apostrophe ('), Roxy & Elsewhere, One Size Fits All, Bongo Fury and Zoot Allures.

Guitar (vinyl version) (1988, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa Records (UK))
Disc 1
1Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
2Republicans
3Do Not Pass Go
4That's Not Really Reggae
5When No One Was No One
6Once Again, Without The Net
7Outside Now (Original Solo)
8Jim & Tammy's Upper Room
9Were We Ever Really Safe In San Antonio?
10That Ol' G Minor Thing Again
Disc 2
1Move It Or Park It
2Sunrise Redeemer
3But Who Was Fulcanelli?
4For Duane
5GOA
6Winos Do Not March
7Systems Of Edges
8Things That Look Like Meat
9Watermelon In Easter Hay

The CD version was a 2 disc set that included 13 additional tracks. The expanded track list was as follows:

Guitar (CD version) (1988, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
2Which One Is It?
3Republicans
4Do Not Pass Go
5Chalk Pie
6In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky
7That's Not Really Reggae
8When No One Was No One
9Once Again, Without The Net
10Outside Now (Original Solo)
11Jim & Tammy's Upper Room
12Were We Ever Really Safe In San Antonio?
13That Ol' G Minor Thing Again
14Hotel Atlanta Incidentals
15That's Not Really A Shuffle
16Move It Or Park It
17Sunrise Redeemer
Disc 2
1Variations On Sinister #3
2Orrin Hatch On Skis
3But Who Was Fulcanelli?
4For Duane
5GOA
6Winos Do Not March
7Swans? What Swans?
8Too Ugly For Show Business
9Systems Of Edges
10Do Not Try This At Home
11Things That Look Like Meat
12Watermelon In Easter Hay
13Canadian Customs
14Is That All There Is?
15It Ain't Necessarily The Saint James Infirmary (from the musical Porgy & Bess/traditional song)

A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1 (1988, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1The Florida Airport Tape
2Once Upon A Time
3Sofa #1
4The Mammy Anthem
5You Didn't Try To Call Me
6Diseases Of The Band
7Tryin' To Grow A Chin
8Let's Make The Water Turn Black/Harry, You're A Beast/The Orange County Lumber Truck
9The Groupie Routine
10Ruthie-Ruthie
11Babbette
12I'm The Slime
13Big Swifty
14Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
Disc 2
1Plastic People
2The Torture Never Stops
3Fine Girl
4Zomby Woof
5Sweet Leilani (Harry Owens and The Royal Hawaiians cover)
6Oh No
7Be In My Video
8The Deathless Horsie
9The Dangerous Kitchen
10Dumb All Over
11Heavenly Bank Account
12Suicide Chump
13Tell Me You Love Me
14Sofa #2

A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 2 - The Helsinki Concert (1988, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1Tush Tush Tush (A Token Of My Extreme)
2Stinkfoot
3Inca Roads
4RDNZL
5Village Of The Sun
6Echidna's Arf (Of You)
7Don't You Ever Wash That Thing?
8Pygmy Twylyte
9Room Service
10The Idiot Bastard Son
11Cheepnis
Disc 2
1Approximate
2Dupree's Paradise
3Satumaa (Finnish Tango) (Unto Mononen cover)
4T'Mershi Duween
5The Dog Breath Variations
6Uncle Meat
7Building A Girl
8Montana (Whipping Floss)
9Big Swifty

Recorded live in Helsinki, Finland in September of 1974. Also released as a triple LP box set by Barking Pumpkin (US) and Zappa Records (UK). A digitally remastered edition of the CD was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

Broadway The Hard Way (vinyl version) (1988, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
1Elvis Has Just Left the Building
2Planet Of The Baritone Women
3Any Kind Of Pain
4Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk
5Dickie's Such An Asshole
6When The Lie's So Big
7Rhymin' Man
8Promiscuous
9The Untouchables (from the TV series of the same name)

Recorded during Zappa's final tour in 1988. The vinyl release included two spoken interludes that were edited from the CD version; the CD version, however, included 8 additional songs:

Broadway The Hard Way (CD version) (1988, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
1Elvis Has Just Left The Building
2Planet Of The Baritone Women
3Any Kind Of Pain
4Dickie's Such An Asshole
5When The Lie's So Big
6Rhymin' Man
7Promiscuous
8The Untouchables (from the TV series of the same name)
9Why Don't You Like Me?
10Bacon Fat (Andre Williams & His New Group cover)
11Stolen Moments (Oliver Nelson cover)
12Murder By Numbers (with Sting, The Police cover)
13Jezebel Boy
14Outside Now
15Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
16What Kind Of Girl?
17Jesus Thinks You're A Jerk

A digitally remastered edition of the CD was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 3 (1989, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1Sharleena (with Dweezil Zappa)
2Bamboozled By Love/Owner Of A Lonely Heart (second part is a Yes cover)
3Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
4Advance Romance
5Bobby Brown Goes Down
6Keep It Greasey
7Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
8In France
9Drowning Witch
10Ride My Face To Chicago
11Carol, You Fool
12Chana In De Bushwop
13Joe's Garage
14Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
Disc 2
1Dickie's Such An Asshole
2Hands With A Hammer (Terry Bozzio solo)
3Zoot Allures
4Society Pages
5I'm A Beautiful Guy
6Beauty Knows No Pain
7Charlie's Enormous Mouth
8Cocaine Decisions
9Nig Biz
10King Kong
11Cosmik Debris

A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

The Best Band You Never Heard In Your Life (1991, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
1Heavy Duty Judy
2Ring Of Fire (Johnny Cash cover)
3Cosmik Debris
4Find Her Finer
5Who Needs The Peace Corps?
6I Left My Heart In San Francisco (Claramae Turner cover)
7Zomby Woof
8Bolero (Maurice Ravel cover)
9Zoot Allures
10Mr. Green Genes
11Florentine Pogen
12Andy
13Inca Roads
14Sofa #1
Disc 2
1Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix cover)
2Sunshine Of Your Love (Cream cover)
3Let's Move To Cleveland
4When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (from the musical The Isle O' Dreams)
5"Godfather Part II" Theme (from the motion picture of the same name)
6A Few Moments With Brother A. West
7The Torture Never Stops, Part One
8Theme From "Bonanza" (from the TV series of the same name)
9Lonesome Cowboy Burt (Swaggart Version)
10The Torture Never Stops, Part Two
11More Trouble Every Day (Swaggart Version)
12Penguin In Bondage (Swaggart Version)
13The Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue
14Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin cover)

Recorded during Zappa's final tour in 1988. The European release dropped the song "Bolero". A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

Make A Jazz Noise Here (1991, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1Stinkfoot
2When Yuppies Go To Hell
3Fire And Chains
4Let's Make The Water Turn Black
5Harry, You're A Beast
6The Orange County Lumber Truck
7Oh No
8Theme From Lumpy Gravy
9Eat That Question
10Black Napkins
11Big Swifty
12King Kong
13Star Wars Won't Work
Disc 2
1The Black Page (new age version)
2T'Mershi Duween
3Dupree's Paradise
4City Of Tiny Lights
5Royal March From "L'Histoire Du Soldat" (Igor Stravinsky cover)
6Theme From The Bartok Piano Concerto #3 (Bela Bartok cover)
7Sinister Footwear, 2nd movement
8Stevie's Spanking
9Alien Orifice
10Cruisin' For Burgers
11Advance Romance
12Strictly Genteel

Recorded during Zappa's final tour in 1988. A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4 (1991, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
1Little Rubber Girl
2Stick Together
3My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
4Willie The Pimp
5Montana
6Brown Moses
7The Evil Prince
8Approximate
9Love Of My Life (Mudd Club version)
10Let's Move To Cleveland Solos (1984)
11You Call That Music?
12Pound For A Brown Solos (1978)
13The Black Page (1984)
14Take Me Out To The Ball Game (Jack Norworth cover)
15Filthy Habits
16The Torture Never Stops (original version) (with Captain Beefheart)
Disc 2
1Church Chat
2Stevie's Spanking
3Outside Now
4Disco Boy
5Teen-Age Wind
6Truck Driver Divorce
7Florentine Pogen
8Tiny Sick Tears
9Smell My Beard
10The Booger Man
11Carolina Hard Core Ecstasy
12Are You Upset?
13Little Girl Of Mine (The Cleftones cover)
14The Closer You Are (The Channels cover)
15Johnny Darling (The Feathers cover)
16No, No Cherry (The Turbans cover)
17The Man From Utopia (Donald Woods & The Vel-aires cover)
18Mary Lou (Young Jessie & The Cadets cover)

A digitally remastered edition was issued in 1995 by Ryko.

Beat The Boots, Volume 1 (1991, Rhino)

A box set containing 8 officially re-released versions of Zappa bootleg albums. The 8 discs were also made available individually:

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: As An Am (1991, Rhino)
1That Makes Me Mad
2Young & Monde
3Sharleena
4Black Napkins
5Black Page #2
6The Torture Never Stops

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: The Ark (1991, Rhino)
1Intro
2Big Leg Emma
3Some Ballet Music
4Status Back Baby
5Valarie (The Starlites cover)
6My Guitar
7Uncle Meat/King Kong (medley)

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: Freaks & Motherf*#@%! (1991, Rhino)
1Happy Together (The Turtles cover)
2Wino Man (with Dr. John routine)
3Concentration Moon
4Paladin Routine
5Call Any Vegetable
6Little House I Used To Live In
7Mudshark Variations
8Holiday In Berlin
9Sleeping In A Jar
10Cruising For Burgers

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: Unmitigated Audacity (1991, Rhino)
1Dupree's Paradise/It Can't Happen Here
2Hungry Freaks, Daddy
3You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here
4How Could I Be Such a Fool?
5Ain't Got No Heart
6I'm Not Satisfied
7Wowie Zowie
8Let's Make The Water Turn Black
9Harry, You're A Beast
10Oh No
11More Trouble Every Day
12Louie Louie
13Camarillo Brillo

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: Anyway The Wind Blows (1991, Rhino)
1Watermelon In Easter Hay
2Dead Girls Of London
3I Ain't Got No Heart
4Brown Shoes Don't Make It
5Cosmic Debris
6Tryin' To Grow A Chin
7City Of Tiny Lights
8Dancin' Fool
9Easy Meat
Disc 2
1Jumbo Go Away
2Andy
3Inca Roads
4Florentine Pogen
5Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
6Keep It Greasey
7The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
8Another Cheap Aroma
9Wet T-Shirt Night
10Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
11Peaches En Regalia

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: 'Tis The Season To Be Jelly (1991, Rhino)
1You Didn't Try To Call Me
2Petrushka (Igor Stravinsky cover)
3Bristol Stomp (The Dovells cover)
4Baby Love (The Supremes cover)
5Big Leg Emma
6No Matter What You Do (Tchaikovsky's 6th)
7Blue Suede Shoes (Carl Perkins cover)
8Hound Dog (Big Mama Thornton cover)
9Gee (The Crows cover)
10King Kong
11It Can't Happen Here

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: Saarbrücken 1978 (1991, Rhino)
1Dancin' Fool
2Easy Meat
3Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
4Keep It Greasey
5Village Of The Sun
6The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
7City Of Tiny Lights
8Pound For A Brown
9Bobby Brown
10Conehead
11Flakes
12Magic Fingers
13Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
14Nanook Rubs It
15St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion/Rollo
16Bamboozled By Love

Beat The Boots, Volume 1: Piquantique (1991, Rhino)
1Kung Fu
2Redunzl
3Dupree's Paradise
4T'Mershi Duween
5Father O'Blivion

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Cucamonga Years (1991, Music Scene)
1Memories Of El Monte (performed by The Penguins)
2How's Your Bird? (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
3The World's Greatest Sinner (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
4Dear Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)
5Letter From Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)
6Grunion Run (performed by The Hollywood Persuaders)
7Tijuana Surf (performed by The Hollywood Persuaders)
8Mr. Clean (performed by Mr. Clean)
9Jessie Lee (performed by Mr. Clean)
10Heavies (performed by The Rotations)
11The Cruncher (performed by The Rotations)
12Every Time I See You (performed by The Heartbreakers)
13Cradle Rock (performed by The Heartbreakers)

A collection of Zappa's pre-Mothers Pal Studios/Studio Z recordings.

Beat The Boots, Volume 2 (1992, Rhino)

A box set containing 8 officially re-released versions of Zappa bootleg albums:

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Disconnected Synapses (1992, Rhino)
1Penis Dimension
2The Air
3Dog Breath/Mother People
4You Didn't Try To Call Me
5King Kong
6Who Are The Brain Police?

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Tengo Na Minchia Tanta (1992, Rhino)
1Does This Kind Of Life Look Interesting To You?
2A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
3Sleeping In A Jar (with extensions)
4Sharleena
5The Sanzini Brothers
6What Will This Morning Bring Me This Evening?
7What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are?
8Bwana Dik
9Latex Solar Beef
10Daddy, Daddy, Daddy
11Little House I Used To Live In
12Holiday In Berlin
13Inca Roads/Easy Meat
14Cruising For Burgers

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Electric Aunt Jemima (1992, Rhino)
1Little House I Used To Live In/Dog Breath Variations/Blue Danube Waltz/Hungry Freaks Daddy (third part is a Johann Strauss cover)
2Whät
3Dog Breath
4King Kong
5Trouble Every Day
6A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
7English Tea Dancing Interludes/Plastic People/King Kong/America Drinks/Wipe Out (last part is a The Surfaris cover)

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: At The Circus (1992, Rhino)
1A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
2Baby Snakes
3Dancin' Fool
4Easy Meat
5Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
6Mother People
7Wonderful Wino
8Why Does It Hurt When I Pee?
9Seal Call Fusion Music
10Bobby Brown
11I'm On Duty
12Conehead

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Swiss Cheese/Fire! (1992, Rhino)
Disc 1 - Swiss Cheese
1Intro
2Peaches En Regalia
3Tears Began To Fall/She Painted Up Her Face/Half-A-Dozen Provocative Squats
4Call Any Vegetable
5Anyway The Wind Blows
Disc 2 - Fire!
1Magdalena/Dog Breath
2Sofa
3A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
4Wonderful Wino/Sharleena/Cruisin' For Burgers
5King Kong
6Fire!

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Our Man In Nirvana (1992, Rhino)
1Feet Light Up
2Bacon Fat (Andre Williams & His New Group cover)
3A Pound For A Brown On The Bus
4Sleeping In A Jar
5The Wild Man Fischer Story (performed by Wild Man Fischer)
6I'm The Meany (performed by Wild Man Fischer)
7Valarie (The Starlites cover)
8King Kong

Features The Mothers of Invention.

Beat The Boots, Volume 2: Conceptual Continuity (1992, Rhino)
1Stinkfoot/The Poodle Lecture/Dirty Love/Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
2The Torture Never Stops/City Of Tiny Lights

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 5 (1992, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1The Downtown Talent Scout
2Charles Ives
3Here Lies Love (Mr. Undertaker cover)
4Piano/Drum Duet
5Mozart Ballet
6Chocolate Halvah
7JCB & Kansas On The Bus #1
8Run Home Slow - Main Title Theme
9The Little March
10Right There
11Where Is Johnny Velvet?
12Return Of The Hunch-Back Duke
13Trouble Every Day
14Proto-Minimalism
15JCB & Kansas On The Bus #2
16My Head?
17Meow
18Baked-Bean Boogie
19Where's Our Equipment?
20FZ/JCB Drum Duet
21No Waiting For The Peanuts To Dissolve
22A Game Of Cards
23Underground Freak-Out Music
24German Lunch
25My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
Disc 2
1Easy Meat
2Dead Girls Of London
3Shall We Take Ourselves Seriously?
4What's New In Baltimore?
5Mōggio
6Dancin' Fool
7RDNZL
8Advance Romance
9City Of Tiny Lites
10A Pound For A Brown (On The Bus)
11Doreen
12The Black Page #2
13Geneva Farewell

Reissued in 1995 by Ryko.

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 6 (1992, Ryko (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1The M.O.I. Anti-Smut Loyalty Oath
2The Poodle Lecture
3Dirty Love
4Magic Fingers
5The Madison Panty-Sniffing Festival
6Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
7Father O'Blivion
8Is That Guy Kidding Or What?
9I'm So Cute
10White Person
11Lonely Person Devices
12Ms. Pinky
13Shove It Right In
14Wind Up Working In A Gas Station
15Make A Sex Noise
16Tracy Is A Snob
17I Have Been In You
18Emperor Of Ohio
19Dinah-Moe Humm
20He's So Gay
21Camarillo Brillo
22Muffin Man
Disc 2
1NYC Halloween Audience/The Illinois Enema Bandit
2Thirteen (with Shankar)
3Lobster Girl
4Black Napkins
5We're Turning Again
6Alien Orifice
7Catholic Girls
8Crew Slut
9Tryin' To Grow A Chin
10Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (with Shankar)
11Lisa's Life Story (with Lisa Popeil)
12Lonesome Cowboy Nando
13200 Motels Finale
14Strictly Genteel

Reissued in 1995 by Ryko.

The Yellow Shark (1993, Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
1Intro
2Dog Breath Variations
3Uncle Meat
4Outrage At Valdez
5Times Beach II
6III Revised
7The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
8Be-Bop Tango
9Ruth Is Sleeping
10None Of The Above
11Pentagon Afternoon
12Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
13Times Beach III
14Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America, 1992
15Welcome To The United States
16Pound For A Brown
17Exercise #4
18Get Whitey
19G-Spot Tornado

Performed by the Ensemble Modern. Reissued in 1995 by Ryko.

Civilization Phaze III (Barking Pumpkin (US), Zappa (UK))
Disc 1
1"This Is Phaze III"
2Put A Motor In Yourself
3"Oh-Umm"
4They Made Me Eat It
5Reagan At Bitburg
6"A Very Nice Body"
7Navanax
8"How The Pigs' Music Works"
9Xmas Values
10"Dark Water!"
11Amnerika
12"Have You Heard Their Band?"
13Religious Superstition
14"Saliva Can Only Take So Much"
15Buffalo Voice
16"Someplace Else Right Now"
17Get A Life
18"A Kayak (On Snow)"
19N-Lite
Disc 2
1"I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back"
2Secular Humanism
3"Attack! Attack! Attack!"
4I Was In A Drum
5"A Different Octave"
6"This Ain't CNN"
7"The Pigs' Music"
8A Pig With Wings
9"This Is All Wrong"
10Hot & Putrid
11"Flowing Inside-Out"
12"I Had A Dream About That"
13Gross Man
14"A Tunnel Into Muck"
15Why Not?
16"Put A Little Motor In 'Em"
17"You're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You!"
18"Cold Light Generation"
19Dio Fa
20"That Would Be The End Of That"
21Beat The Reaper
22Waffenspiel

Strictly Commercial (1995, Ryko)
1Peaches En Regalia
2Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (single version)
3Dancin' Fool
4San Ber'dino
5Dirty Love
6My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
7Cosmik Debris
8Trouble Every Day
9Disco Boy
10Fine Girl
11Sexual Harassment In The Workplace
12Let's Make The Water Turn Black
13I'm The Slime
14Joe's Garage (single version)
15Tell Me You Love Me
16Montana (single version)
17Valley Girl (with Moon Unit Zappa)
18Be In My Video
19Muffin Man

The vinyl and Japanese CD editions replaced the regular version of "Dancin' Fool" with a 12" dance mix and added the additional track "Planet Of The Baritone Women"; the Japanese edition also replaced "Cosmik Debris" with "Who Are the Brain Police?". The European CD edition replaced "Tell Me You Love Me" with "Bobby Brown Goes Down". The Australian release included a bonus single with the track "Elvis Has Just Left the Building".

The Lost Episodes (1996, Ryko)
1The Blackouts
2Lost In A Whirlpool (with Captain Beefheart and Bobby Zappa)
3Ronnie Sings?
4Kenny's Booger Story
5Ronnie's Booger Story
6Mount St. Mary's Concert Excerpt
7Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
8Tiger Roach (with Captain Beefheart)
9Run Home Slow Theme
10Fountain Of Love
11Run Home Cues, #2
12Any Way The Wind Blows
13Run Home Cues, #3
14Charva
15The Dick Kunc Story
16Wedding Dress Song (traditional song)
17Handsome Cabin Boy (traditional song)
18Cops & Buns
19The Big Squeeze
20I'm A Band Leader (with Captain Beefheart)
21Alley Cat (with Captain Beefheart, John French and Elliot Ingber)
22The Grand Wazoo (with Captain Beefheart)
23Wonderful Wino
24Kung Fu
25RDNZL
26Basement Music #1
27Inca Roads
28Lil' Clanton Shuffle
29I Don't Wanna Get Drafted
30Sharleena

Läther (1996, Ryko)
1Re-gyptian Strut
2Naval Aviation In Art?
3A Little Green Rosetta
4Duck Duck Goose
5Down In De Dew
6For The Young Sophisticate
7Tryin' To Grow A Chin
8Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
9The Legend Of The Illinois Enema Bandit
10Lemme Take You To The Beach
11Revised Music For Guitar & Low Budget Orchestra
12RDNZL
Disc 2
1Honey, Don't You Want A Man Like Me?
2The Black Page #1
3Big Leg Emma
4Punky's Whips
5Flambé
6The Purple Lagoon
7Pedro's Dowry
8Läther
9Spider Of Destiny
10Duke Of Orchestral Prunes
Disc 3
1Filthy Habit
2Titties 'n Beer
3The Ocean Is The Ultimate Solution
4The Adventures of Greggery Peccary
5Regyptian Strut (1993)
6Leather Goods
7Revenge Of The Knick Knack People
8Time Is Money

Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute (1996, UMRK)
1Black Napkins
2Black Napkins (Zoot Allures album version)
3Zoot Allures
4Merely A Blues In A
5Zoot Allures (Zoot Allures album version)
6Watermelon In Easter Hay
7Watermelon In Easter Hay (Joe's Garage album version)

A direct mail-order release.

Have I Offended Someone? (1997, Ryko)
1Bobby Brown Goes Down
2Disco Boy
3Goblin Girl
4In France
5He's So Gay
6SEX
7Titties 'n Beer
8We're Turning Again
9Dumb All Over
10Catholic Girls
11Dinah-Moe Humm
12Tinsel Town Rebellion
13Valley Girl (with Moon Unit Zappa)
14Jewish Princess
15Yo Cats

A compilation containing remixed or alternate versions of most of the tracks. Cover artwork by Ralph Steadman.

Strictly Genteel (1997, Ryko)
1Uncle Meat: Main Title Theme
2Regyptian Strut
3Pedro's Dowry
4Outrage At Valdez
5Little Umbrellas
6Run Home Slow Theme
7Dwarf Nebula Processional March & Dwarf Nebula
8Dupree's Paradise
9Opus 1, No. 3, 2nd Movement, Presto (by Francesco Zappa)
10Duke Of Prunes
11Aybe Sea
12Naval Aviation In Art?
13G-Spot Tornado
14Bob In Dacron, First Movement
15Opus 1, No. 4, 2nd Movement, Allegro (by Francesco Zappa)
16Dog Breath Variations
17Uncle Meat
18Strictly Genteel

A compilation of Zappa's classical/orchestral works.

Cucamonga (1998, Del-Fi)
1Dear Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)
2Memories Of El Monte (performed by The Penguins)
3How's Your Bird? (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
4The World's Greatest Sinner (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
5Every Time I See You (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
6Cradle Rock (performed by Baby Ray And The Ferns)
7Slow Bird (performed by Paul Buff)
8Blind Man's Buff (performed by Paul Buff)
9Tijuana Surf (performed by The Hollywood Persuaders)
10Grunion Run (performed by The Hollywood Persuaders)
11Mr. Clean (performed by. Mr Clean)
12Jessie Lee (performed by Mr. Clean)
13Cathy My Angel (performed by The Pauls)
14'Til September (performed by The Pauls)
15Heavies (performed by The Rotations)
16The Cruncher (performed by The Rotations)
17Letter From Jeepers (performed by Bob Guy)

A collection of Zappa's pre-Mothers Pal Studios/Studio Z recordings.

Cheap Thrills (1998, Ryko)
1I Could Be A Star Now
2Catholic Girls
3Bobby Brown Goes Down
4You Are What You I
5We Are Not Alone
6Cheap Thrills
7The Mudshark Interview
8Hot Plate Heaven At The Green Hotel
9Zomby Woof
10The Torture Never Stops (original version) (with Captain Beefheart)
11Joe's Garage
12My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
13Going For The Money

An inexpensive introduction to Zappa's music.

Mystery Disc (1998, Ryko)
1Theme from "Run Home Slow"
2Original Duke Of Prunes
3Opening Night at "Studio Z" (collage) (with Captain Beefheart)
4The Village Inn
5Steal Away (Jimmy Hughes cover)
6I Was A Teen-Age Malt Shop (with Captain Beefheart)
7The Birth of Captain Beefheart (with Captain Beefheart)
8Metal Man Has Won His Wings (with Captain Beefheart)
9Power Trio From The Saints 'N Sinners
10Bossa Nova Pervertamento
11Excerpt From The Uncle Frankie Show
12Charva
13Speed-Freak Boogie
14Original Mothers At The Broadside (Pomona)
15Party Scene From "Mondo Hollywood"
16Original Mothers Rehearsal
17How Could I Be Such A Fool?
18Band Introductions At The Fillmore West
19Plastic People
20Original Mothers At The Fillmore East
21Harry, You're A Beast
22Don Interrupts
23Piece One
24Jim/Roy
25Piece Two
26Agency Man
27Agency Man (studio version)
28Lecture From Festival Hall Show
29Wedding Dress Song/The Handsome Cabin Boy (traditional songs)
30Skweezit Skweezit Skweezit
31The Story Of Willie The Pimp
32Black Beauty
33Chucha
34Mothers At KPFK
35Harmonica Fun

Son Of Cheep Thrills (1999, Ryko)
1WPLJ
2Twenty Small Cigars
3The Legend Of The Golden Arches
4Ya Hozna
5It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
6Love Of My Life (live version)
7Disco Boy (live soundtrack version)
8Night School
9Sinister Footwear, 2nd Movement (live version)
10The Idiot Bastard Son (live version)
11What's New In Baltimore?

A second inexpensive introduction to Zappa's music.

Everything Is Healing Nicely (1999, UMRK)
1Library Card
2This Is A Test
3Jolly Good Fellow
4Roland's Big Event/Strat Vindaloo (with Shankar)
5Master Ringo
6T'Mershi Duween
7Nap Time
89/8 Objects
9Naked City
10Whitey (prototype)
11Amnerika Goes Home
12None Of The Above (revised & previsited)
13Wonderful Tattoo!

Performed by the Ensemble Modern. Outtakes from rehearsals for The Yellow Shark. A direct mail-order release.

FZ: OZ (2002, Vaulternative)
Disc 1
1Hordern Intro (Incan Art Vamp)
2Stink-Foot
3The Poodle Lecture
4Dirty Love
5Filthy Habits
6How Could I Be Such A Fool?
7I Ain't Got No Heart
8I'm Not Satisfied
9Black Napkins
10Advance Romance
11The Illinois Enema Bandit
12Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
13The Torture Never Stops
Disc 2
1Canard Toujours
2Kaiser Rolls
3Find Her Finer
4Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
5Lonely Little Girl
6Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
7What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
8Chunga's Revenge
9Zoot Allures
10Keep It Greasy
11Dinah-Moe Humm
12Camarillo Brillo
13Muffin Man
14Kaiser Rolls (Du Jour)

A direct mail-order release.

Zappa Picks - By Jon Fishman Of Phish (2002, Ryko)
1Excentrifugal Forz
2Apostrophe (')
3Magdalena
4Dog Breath
5Cheepnis
6Son Of Orange County
7More Trouble Every Day
8It Can't Happen Here
9Keep It Greasey
10For Calvin (And His Next Two Hitch-Hikers)
11What Ever Happened To All The Fun In the World
12Rat Tomago
13Wait A Minute
14It Just Might Be A One-Shot Deal
15I'm The Slime
16Sofa No. 2

Selection by Jon Fishman of Phish.

Zappa Picks - By Larry LaLonde of Primus (2002, Ryko)
1five-five-FIVE
2Dumb All Over
3Alien Orifice
4Camarillo Brillo
5Evelyn, A Modified Dog
6Wild Love
7G-Spot Tornado
8Dog Breath
9Little Umbrellas
10Fine Girl
11Sofa No. 2
12Village Of The Sun
13Echidna's Arf (Of You)
14Wind Up Workin' In A Gas Station
15St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast
16Black Page #2
17Fembot In A Wet T-Shirt
18On The Bus
19Doreen

Selection by Larry LaLonde of Primus.

Halloween (2003, Vaulternative)
1NYC Audience
2Ancient Armaments
3Dancin' Fool
4Easy Meat
5Magic Fingers
6Don't Eat The Yellow Snow
7Conehead
8"Zeets"
9Stink-Foot
10Dinah-Moe Humm
11Camarillo Brillo
12Muffin Man
13Black Napkins (The Deathless Horsie)

Also included 3 bonus multimedia tracks. A direct mail-order release.

Joe's Corsage (2004, Vaulternative)
1"Pretty Pat"
2Motherly Love
3Plastic People
4Anyway The Wind Blows
5I Ain't Got No Heart
6"The Phone Call"/My Babe
7Wedding Dress Song/Handsome Cabin Boy (traditional songs)
8Hitch Hike
9I'm So Happy I Could Cry
10Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder
11How Could I Be Such A Fool?
12"We Made Our Reputation Doing It That Way . . . "

A direct mail-order release.

QuAUDIOPHILIAc (2004, Digital Sound)
1Naval Aviation In Art?
2Lumpy Gravy
3Rollo
4Drooling Midrange Accountants On Easter Hay
5Wild Love
6Ship Ahoy
7Chunga Basement
8Venusian Time Bandits
9Waka/Jawaka
10Basement Music #2

A DVD-Audio release.

Joe's Domage (2004, Vaulternative)
1When It's Perfect...
2The New Brown Clouds
3Frog Song
4It Just Might Be A One Shot Deal
5The Ending Line...
6Blessed Relief/The New Brown Clouds
7It Ain't Real So What's The Deal
8Think It Over (some)/Think It Over (some more)
9Another Whole Melodic Section
10When It Feels Natural...

A collection of rehearsal recordings for songs that appeared on the Waka/Jawaka and Grand Wazoo albums. A direct mail-order release.

The Best Of Frank Zappa (2004, Ryko)
1Peaches En Regalia
2Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (single version)
3Dancin' Fool
4San Ber'dino
5Dirty Love
6My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
7Cosmik Debris
8Disco Boy
9Fine Girl
10I'm The Slime
11Joe's Garage (single version)
12Bobby Brown Goes Down
13Montana (single version)
14Valley Girl (with Moon Unit Zappa)
15Muffin Man

Joe's XMASage (2005, Vaulternative)
1Mormon Xmas Dance Report
2Prelude To "The Purse"
3Mr. Clean (alternate mix)
4Why Don'tcha Do Me Right?
5The Muthers/Power Trio
6The Purse
7The Moon Will Never Be The Same
8GTR Trio
9Suckit Rockit
10Mousie's First Xmas
11The Uncle Frankie Show

A direct mail-order release.

Imaginary Diseases (2006, Zappa)
1Oddients
2Rollo
3Been To Kansas City In A Minor
4Farther O'Blivion
5D.C. Boogie
6Imaginary Diseases
7Montreal

A direct mail-order release.

Trance-Fusion (2006, Zappa)
1Chunga's Revenge
2Bowling On Charon
3Good Lobna
4A Cold Dark Matter
5Butter Or Cannons
6Ask Dr. Stupid
7Scratch & Sniff
8Trance-Fusion
9Gorgo
10Diplodocus
11Soul Polka
12For Giuseppe Franco
13After Dinner Smoker
14Light Is All That Matters
15Finding Higgs' Boson
16Bavarian Sunset



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