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Frank Zappa
Civilization Phaze III
Album UK 1994 on Zappa Records label
Electronic, Rock and Classical (Dialogue, Contemporary, Musique Concrète, Abstract, Avant-garde)
From the booklet: In 1967, we spent about four months recording various projects […]. One day I decided to stuff a pair of U-87's in the piano, cover it with a heavy drape, put a sand bag on the sustain pedal and invite anybody in the vicinity to stick their head inside and ramble incoherently about the various topics I would suggest to them via the studio talk-back system. This set-up remained in place for several days. During that time, many hours of recordings were made, most of it useless. […] Some of this dialog - after extensive editing - found its way into the "Lumpy Gravy" album. The rest of it sat in my tape vault for decades, waiting for the glorious day when audio science would develop tools which might allow for its resurrection. […] In "Civilization Phaze III" we get a few more clues about the lives of the piano-dwellers and note that the external evils have only gotten worse since we first met them. The bulk of the musical material comes from Synclavier sequences (all music in act one). In the second act, the music is a combination of Synclavier (70%) and live performance (30%), along with a new generation of piano people. The new residents […] were recorded in a Bösendorfer Imperial at UMRK during the summer of 1991.[…]" 1967 dialog recorded at Apostolic Studio, NYC. 1991 dialog and chamber group pieces recorded at UMRK, Hollywood. 1991 full ensemble recordings engineered on the Synclavier Direct-to-Disc System at "Joe's Garage", North Hollywood. 1992 Synclavier material and all final mixes engineered at UMRK, Hollywood. Liner notes: 1993. Released in Digipak-like hardcover book format (14.5 x 13cm) with a 32-page booklet bound in, printed on semi-gloss white art with interleaved trace sheets (color printed translucent dividers), containing libretto & credits. All selections © 1994 The Zappa Family Trust, exclusively administered worldwide by Munchkin Music, ASCAP. ℗ 1994 The Zappa Family Trust exclusively licensed worldwide by Barking Pumpkin Records. Artwork & Liner Notes © 1994 The Zappa Family Trust. This is album #60. (P) (C) 1994 The Zappa Family Trust. Marketed and Distributed by Music For Nations. Made in England.
Musicians
 | Frank Zappa voc, g, 1940-1993 US composed by, performer, conductor, liner notes, producer, compiled by, edited by, voice actor, 1967, album by |
 | Michael Svoboda tb, *1960 bass trombone, alphorn, didgeridoo, conch, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Veit Scholz bsn, DE bassoon, contrabassoon |
 | Friedemann Dähn vc, *1958 DE cello |
 | Rumi Ogawa-Helferich perc, cimbalom, percussion |
 | Roland Diry cl, clarinet |
 | Thomas Fichter cb, contrabass, electric bass |
 | Dick Kunc , engineer, 1967 dialogue |
 | Dave Dondorf , engineer, 1991 dialogue and chamber group pieces |
 | Todd Yvega syn, engineer, full ensemble recordings, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Ensemble Modern , *1980 DE ensemble |
 | Franck Ollu alp, frh, *1960 FR french horn, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Stefan Dohr alp, frh, *1965 DE french horn, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Jürgen Ruck g, bj, DE guitar, banjo |
 | Ueli Wiget p, *1957 CH harp |
 | Detlef Tewes man, mandolin |
 | Andreas Böttger perc, DE marimba, percussion |
 | Catherine Milliken ob, eh, DE oboe, english horn, didgeridoo, oboe, baritone, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Hermann Kretzschmar p, *1958 DE piano, celesta, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Dietmar Wiesner fl, *1955 DE piccolo flute, flute, alto flute, flute, bass |
 | Rainer Römer perc, *1956 DE percussion, saw, musical saw |
 | Wolfgang Stryi bcl, sax, DE tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet |
 | Uwe Dierksen tb, trombone, trombone, pigmy, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Michael Gross tr, trumpet, flugelhorn, voice actor, 1991 |
 | William Forman tr, *1959 US trumpet, flugelhorn, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Daryl Smith tu, tuba, voice actor, 1991 |
 | Hilary Sturt vl, vn, NZ viola |
 | Peter Rundel vn, *1958 DE violin, 1 |
 | Mathias Tacke vn, DE violin, 2 |
 | All-Night John p, voice actor, 1967 |
 | Gilly Townley , US voice actor, 1967 |
 | James Barbour voc, g, perc, voice actor, 1967 |
 | Louis "The Turkey" Cuneo , voice actor, 1967 |
 | Monica Boscia p, voice actor, 1967 |
 | Motorhead Sherwood tam, bs, 1942-2011 US voice actor, 1967 |
 | Roy Estrada b, voc, eb, *1943 US voice actor, 1967 |
 | Unknown Girl #1 , voice actor, 1967 |
 | Unknown Girl #2 , voice actor, 1967 |
 | Ali N. Askin p, key, voc, *1962 DE voice actor, 1991 |
 | Dweezil Zappa voc, g, *1969 US voice actor, 1991 |
 | Michael Rappaport , *1970 US voice actor, 1991 |
 | Moon Zappa voc, bvoc, *1967 US voice actor, 1991 |
 | Walt Fowler tr, fh, *1955 US voice actor, 1991 |
Producers
| Command A Studios, Inc. art direction |
| Юрий Балашов design, cover |
| Marque Coy engineer, full ensemble recordings |
| Spencer Chrislu engineer, synclavier material and final mixes |
Composers
| Frank Zappa |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Act One | Frank Zappa | 56:11 | |
| 2 | "This Is Phaze III" | Frank Zappa | 0:48 | |
| 3 | Put A Motor In Yourself | Frank Zappa | 5:14 | |
| 4 | "Oh-Umm" | Frank Zappa | 0:50 | |
| 5 | They Made Me Eat It | Frank Zappa | 1:48 | |
| 6 | Reagan At Bitburg | Frank Zappa | 5:39 | |
| 7 | "A Very Nice Body" | Frank Zappa | 1:00 | |
| 8 | Navanax | Frank Zappa | 1:40 | |
| 9 | "How The Pigs' Music Works" | Frank Zappa | 1:49 | |
| 10 | Xmas Values | Frank Zappa | 5:31 | |
| 11 | "Dark Water!" | Frank Zappa | 0:23 | |
| 12 | Amnerika | Frank Zappa | 3:04 | |
| 13 | "Have You Heard Their Band?" | Frank Zappa | 0:38 | |
| 14 | Religious Superstition | Frank Zappa | 0:43 | |
| 15 | "Saliva Can Only Take So Much" | Frank Zappa | 0:28 | |
| 16 | Buffalo Voice | Frank Zappa | 5:12 | |
| 17 | "Someplace Else Right Now" | Frank Zappa | 0:33 | |
| 18 | Get A Life | Frank Zappa | 2:21 | |
| 19 | "A Kayak (On Snow)" | Frank Zappa | 0:29 | |
| 20 | N-Lite | Frank Zappa | 18:01 | |
| 21 | Negative Light | Frank Zappa | ||
| 22 | Venice Submerged | Frank Zappa | ||
| 23 | The New World Order | Frank Zappa | ||
| 24 | The Lifestyle You Deserve | Frank Zappa | ||
| 25 | Creationism | Frank Zappa | ||
| 26 | He Is Risen | Frank Zappa | ||
| 27 | Act Two | Frank Zappa | 57:38 | |
| 28 | "I Wish Motorhead Would Come Back" | Frank Zappa | 0:14 | |
| 29 | Secular Humanism | Frank Zappa | 2:41 | |
| 30 | "Attack! Attack! Attack!" | Frank Zappa | 1:25 | |
| 31 | I Was In A Drum | Frank Zappa | 3:38 | |
| 32 | "A Different Octave" | Frank Zappa | 0:58 | |
| 33 | "This Ain't CNN" | Frank Zappa | 3:21 | |
| 34 | "The Pigs' Music" | Frank Zappa | 1:18 | |
| 35 | A Pig With Wings | Frank Zappa | 2:52 | |
| 36 | "This Is All Wrong" | Frank Zappa | 1:43 | |
| 37 | Hot & Putrid | Frank Zappa | 0:29 | |
| 38 | "Flowing Inside-Out" | Frank Zappa | 0:46 | |
| 39 | "I Had A Dream About That" | Frank Zappa | 0:28 | |
| 40 | Gross Man | Frank Zappa | 2:55 | |
| 41 | "A Tunnel Into Muck" | Frank Zappa | 0:21 | |
| 42 | Why Not? | Frank Zappa | 2:19 | |
| 43 | "Put A Little Motor In 'Em" | Frank Zappa | 0:51 | |
| 44 | "You're Just Insultin' Me, Aren't You!" | Frank Zappa | 2:13 | |
| 45 | "Cold Light Generation" | Frank Zappa | 0:44 | |
| 46 | Dio Fa | Frank Zappa | 8:19 | |
| 47 | "That Would Be The End Of That" | Frank Zappa | 0:36 | |
| 48 | Beat The Reaper | Frank Zappa | 15:23 | |
| 49 | Waffenspiel | Frank Zappa | 4:05 |
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