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Frank Zappa
APOCRYPHA (Thirty Years Of Frank Zappa)

Album IT 1994 on Great Dane Records label
Rock (Experimental)

25x14 cm book-style box with a leather appearance, containing a 40-page colour booklet - 24 cm strip with all tracks The tracks 1.1-4 ("The Lost Episodes"), 1.5 (The Grandmothers "Looking Up Granny’s Dress"),1.6-7 and 1.9-13 ("The Mystery Disc"), 1.15 ("Stage #5") were also officially released at the time. The sound quality is always a lot better on the official releases, but some are different here. Tracks 1.1-2 are slightly slower/lower here, about one half step down. Track 1.4 has a slightly longer fade-out here. Track 1-5 recorded in 1962. Track 1.8 is from the "I Was A Teenage Maltshop" rock opera, recorded in 1963; the 1st part ("I Was A Teenage Maltshop") has been issued on "The Mystery Disc" (called "I Was A Teenage Maltshop" and "The Birth Of Captain Beefheart"); originally released on "I Was A Teenage Maltshop"; this version is longer Track 1.9 is the first recording of the Mothers Of Invention, recorded at ‘The Broadside’ bar in Pomona; this is a longer edit Track 1.10 recorded at a party in Hollywood, ‘the first time The Mothers Of Invention had appeared in a civilized world’ Track 1.11 is a recording of one of the first rehearsals of the Mothers Of Invention (with Ray Collins, Roy Estrada, Jimmy Carl Black), this track is longer than on "The Lost Episodes" Track 1.12 is the first rehearsal of "How could I Be Such A Fool", ‘just before we made the Freak Out album’; this track is a different, longer edit than the original Track 1.14 is an alternate take of "Dwarf Nebula", recorded at Apostolic Studios, New York Track 1.15 is from "My Head", a shorter edit of the "Stage #5" version (Hollywood, 1969) Track 1.16 is a live improvisation from a New York TV show called ‘The Bitter End’ in 1967, so it’s not an outtake from ‘We’re only in it for the money’-sessions; released earlier on "Soup and old clothes (A collection of songs, guests and tracks that wouldn’t fit elsewhere)" Track 1.17 is a BBC tv recording from 1968, sung by Roy Estrada Track 1.18 is a radio commercial; released earlier on "Remington Electric Razor" Tracks 1.19-20 are live, Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, 7 March 1970; from "Frank Zappa & Hot Rats at the Olympic" Track 2.1 is live, 1970, maybe from Butte, Montana; released earlier on "Beyond the fringe of audience comprehension" Track 2.2 is an excerpt from ‘Billy the mountain’ from 1971; it’s a live recording, but there has been speculation that there are some overdubs on it; released earlier on "Randomonium" and on "Cuccurrullo Brillo" Track 2.3 is from "What's The Name Of Your Group", from an outtake from ‘200 Motels’; it includes the intro to ‘German lunch’ on ‘Stage #5’. which followed immediately after it on the original "Remington Electric Razor" Track 2.4 is a longer edit of the "The Lost Episodes" version (22 seconds longer) Track 2.5 is a longer edit of the "The lost episodes" version (the fade-out is a couple of seconds longer) Track 2.6. live, War Memorial Gym, Vancouver, 1 October 1975 Track 2.7 is a KCET-TV recording from 6/7 August 1974 (broadcast December 1974); it appeared first on "A token of his extreme" (better sound here) Track 2.8 was officially released on "Läther" as "Down In De Dew" Tracks 2.9-10 from the ‘Saturday nigh live’ tv-show, 11 December 1976; with comedian John Belushi; ytack 2-10 are "St. Alfonso's Pancake Breakfast" and "Rollo" Track 2.11 is from a 1976 tv-show, with the Mike Douglas Band backing Frank Zappa on guitar Track 2.12 is "Solo From Heidelberg", a solo during "Yo Mama", live, Eppelheim, Germany, 24 February 1978; it was officially released on "The Guitar World According To Frank Zappa" Track 2.13 is "Bowling on Charen", live, The Palladium, New York, Halloween 1977; it was first released on "Zurkon music" Track 2.14 is live, source unknown, February 1977; it was first released on "Remington Eectric Razor"’ with additional dialogue; there is no additional dialogue here Track 2.15 is an early version of "Moe & Herb’s Vacatio"’, followed by "The Black Page #2", live, Poughkeepsie, 21 September 1978 Track 3.1. live, Stonybrook, New York, 15 October 1978 Track 3.2. live, Santa Monica, 11 December 1980 (late show); taken from "Remington electric razor" Track 3.3. live, Pittsburgh, 13 November 1980 (2nd show); taken from "Good Grief"; it has “vocals”, in the sense that Ike and Ray sing "Heavy Duty Judy" in the very beginning over the riff Tracks 3.4-8 are taken from the "Crush All Boxes" version in the "Mystery box" Tracks 3.9-11. live, The Ritz, New York, 17 November 1981; from "Assault On New York – The Toxic Shock Trilogy (Part III. Clownz On Velvet)" Track 3.9 was originally released by Gene & Eunice, with Johnny’s Combo (Johnny was Johnny Otis, inspiration for Zappa’s moustache) on the Aladdin label (3282), 17 February 1955, and peaked at #8 on the R&B chart 21 May 1955 Track 3.11. guest Al DiMeola Track 3.12. a studio version, 1981; taken from the "Demos" Track 3.13. live, Hollywood, 22 July 1984; guest George Duke and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson; same performance as on the "All You Need Is Glove", but from a different source tape (this sounds miserable, and also has a minute or so of “banter” before the song starts) Track 3.14. live, Santa Monica, 11 December 1981 (early show); someone throws food on stage, Zappa stops the song and makes him eat it Tracks 3.15-16. live, Springfield, 13 March 1988, with the medley lyrics changed to ridicule the TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggert Track 3.15 are the Lennon/McCartney songs "Norwegian Wood", "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" Track 3.17. live, Burlington, 12 March 1988 Track 4.1. excerpt from the film "The World’s Greatest Sinner" that Zappa scored in 1961; from "Serious Music" Track 4.2 is "Sink Trap", live, UCLA Royce Hall, 1975 (the same concert as on "Orchestral Favorites"); originally recorded in 1967 for an unreleased single which was planned for release on Capitol Records together with the all-orchestral original version of "Lumpy Gravy", which was only released on 8-track; from "Zut Alors" Track 4.3. live, The Ark, Boston, 4 July 1969; from "The Ark" Track 4.4. live improvisation, Stratford, Connecticut, Feb-1968; "The Jelly" is the last part of the CD version of "Didja Get Any Onya?" from "Weasels Ripped My Flesh"; from "We Are The Mothers & This Is What We Sound Like!" Track 4.5 is a longer version of the edit on the official "Läther" CD; this is from "Serious music" Tracks 4.6-7. live at the ‘A Zappa Affair’ concert, Zellerbach Auditorium, UC Berkeley, 16 June 1984; played by the Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Kent Nagano; this is the only time "Sinister footwear" has been performed in its entirety (and Zappa was most unhappy with the results); from "Serious music" Track 4.8. is a 1986 synclavier version taken from an 8” flexi disc issued with ‘Keyboard Magazine’ Track 4.9. is a 1985 synclavier version ‘which has somehow found its way here’ Total duration: 4:21:34

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