(Front) Photo by Sergio Albonico (LP back) Photo by Sergio Albonico

Guitar solos album

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Disc 1
  1 Sexual harassment in the workplace
  2 Which one is it? {Black page #2} [CD bonus track]
  3 Republicans {Let’s move to Cleveland}
  4 Do not pass go {Drowning witch}
  5 Chalk pie {Zoot allures} [CD bonus track]
  6 In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]
  7 That’s not really reggae {Whipping post} [Gregg Allman, Frank Zappa]
  8 When no one was no one {Zoot allures}
  9 Once again, without the net {Let’s move to Cleveland}
10 Outside now (Original solo) {City of tiny lites}
11 Jim & Tammy’s upper room {Advance romance}
12 Were we ever really safe in San Antonio? {Drowning witch}
13 That ol’ G minor thing again {City of tiny lites}
14 Hotel Atlanta incidentals {Hot-plate heaven at the Green Hotel} [CD bonus track]
15 That’s not really a shuffle {King Kong} [CD bonus track]
16 Move it or park it {Black page}
17 Sunrise redeemer {Let’s move to Cleveland}

 

Disc 2
  1 Variations on Sinister #3 {Easy meat} [CD bonus track]
  2 Orrin Hatch on skis {Ride my face to Chicago} [CD bonus track]
  3 But who was Fulcanelli? {Drowning witch}
  4 For Duane {Whipping post} [Gregg Allman, Frank Zappa]
  5 GOA {Let’s move to Cleveland}
  6 Winos do not march {Sharleena}
  7 Swans? What swans? {A pound for a brown} [CD bonus track]
  8 Too ugly for show business {King Kong} [CD bonus track]
  9 Systems of edges {Inca roads}
10 Do not try this at home {Black page} [CD bonus track]
11 Things that look like meat {City of tiny lites}
12 Watermelon in Easter hay
13 Canadian customs {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]
14 Is that all there is? {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]
15 It ain’t necessarily the Saint James Infirmary {It ain’t necessarily so + St James infirmary blues + Pound for a brown} [CD bonus track] [DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin + Irving Mills + Frank Zappa]

 

All compositions by Frank Zappa, except as noted above.


Album notes by FZ
These solos were recorded live between 1979 and 1984. None of them are perfect, but I hope you enjoy them anyway. Except for the ending synthesizer line on “Things that look like meat”, there are no overdubs, and, for the most part, the solos have been left full length. This album is not recommended for children or Republicans.

Disc 1

1. Sexual harassment in the workplace


[Instrumental]

2. Which one is it? {Black page #2} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

3. Republicans {Let’s move to Cleveland}


[Instrumental]

4. Do not pass go {Drowning witch}


[Instrumental]

5. Chalk pie {Zoot allures} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

6. In-A-Gadda-Stravinsky {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

7. That’s not really reggae {Whipping post}


[Instrumental]

8. When no one was no one {Zoot allures}


[Instrumental]
 
[Audience] Frankie! Frankie!
[Guy in the audience] “Who are the brain police?”

9. Once again, without the net {Let’s move to Cleveland}


[Instrumental]

10. Outside now (Original solo) {City of tiny lites}


[Instrumental]

11. Jim & Tammy’s upper room {Advance romance}


[Instrumental]

12. Were we ever really safe in San Antonio? {Drowning witch}


[Instrumental]

13. That ol’ G minor thing again {City of tiny lites}


[Instrumental]

14. Hotel Atlanta incidentals {Hot-plate heaven at the Green Hotel} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

15. That’s not really a shuffle {King Kong} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

16. Move it or park it {Black page}


[Instrumental]

17. Sunrise redeemer {Let’s move to Cleveland}


[Instrumental]

Disc 2

1. Variations on Sinister #3 {Easy meat} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

2. Orrin Hatch on skis {Ride my face to Chicago} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

3. But who was Fulcanelli? {Drowning witch}


[Notes by FZ on “The Guitar World according to Frank Zappa” - 1987] This is fairly typical of the Strat solos during the ‘82 European tour. Video also exists for this cut. I am considering the production of a one-hour video version of the next guitar box. Let me know if you are interested… call 818-PUMPKIN and tell Dottie or Mariel or Gerald if you think there’s a market for such an item.
 
[Instrumental]

4. For Duane {Whipping post}


[Notes by FZ on “The Guitar World according to Frank Zappa” - 1987] There weren’t very many people at this concert. Too bad they missed it. This was toward the end of the 1984 tour. The last concert of that tour was the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, December 23. I haven’t played the guitar at all since then.
 
[Instrumental]

5. GOA {Let’s move to Cleveland}


[Instrumental]

6. Winos do not march {Sharleena}


[Instrumental]

7. Swans? What swans? {A pound for a brown} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

8. Too ugly for show business {King Kong} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

9. Systems of edges {Inca roads}


[Instrumental]

10. Do not try this at home {Black page} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

11. Things that look like meat {City of tiny lites}


[Notes by FZ on “The Guitar World according to Frank Zappa” - 1987] This is a fairly representative example of my style and approach in a live setting circa 1981. Recorded within three days of the end of the ‘81 tour, it captures the band in an unusually consistent groove, wending its way home to Los Angeles. Video tape of this solo exists and may be released in conjunction with the next guitar solo box collection.
 
[Instrumental]

12. Watermelon in Easter hay


[Instrumental]

13. Canadian customs {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

14. Is that all there is? {Let’s move to Cleveland} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]

15. It ain’t necessarily the Saint James Infirmary {It ain’t necessarily so + St James infirmary blues + Pound for a brown} [CD bonus track]


[Instrumental]





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