Vaulternative Records Releases Frank Zappa's 'Joe's Menage'
ZapRatz
Rock (2008-10-01)
Vaulternative Records Releases Frank Zappa's 'Joe's Menage'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Shore Fire Media) - Vaulternative Records
has announced the Friday, September 26, 2008 release of the concert CD
'Joe's Menage,' continuing the Zappa Family Trust's mission to celebrate
and protect the legacy of Frank Zappa. 'Joe's Menage' was recorded in
concert at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA on
November 1, 1975. This is all previously unreleased material.
'Joe's Menage' continues the Corsaga series, with prior releases 'Joe's
Corsage,' 'Joe's Domage,' and 'Joe's Xmasage' currently available.
"While it is the Zappa Family Trust's mission to celebrate and protect
the legacy, many of its releases, particularly the Corsaga, are meant to
educate the listener and to give them an inside view of Frank Zappa's
working process and other aspects of his creativity," said Gail Zappa,
who heads the Trust.
The album first germinated when Frank Zappa gave friendly fan Ole
Lysgaard several cassette tapes, including this one, in 1978. In 2004,
Lysgaard sent the tapes to Gail Zappa and she decided to release the
1975 music, which was restored and mastered by John Polito.
While the concert is anchored by Frank Zappa's guitar and vocals, the
other performers on 'Joe's Menage' represent an unusual lineup for
Zappa. Norma Jean Bell contributes alto saxophone and vocals. Longtime
Zappa sideman Napoleon Murphy Brock plays tenor saxophone and sings;
Andre Lewis plays keyboards and sings; former Mother of Invention member
Roy Estrada lends bass and vocals; and Terry Bozzio drums. (Bozzio and
Brock have played with Dweezil Zappa as well.)
The album is available exclusively via mail order at Zappa.com.
Frank Zappa, American composer, was born in 1940 and died in 1993.
'Joe's Menage' Track Listing:
1. Honey, Don't You Want a Man Like Me?
2. The Illinois ***** Bandit
3. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstacy
4. Lonely Little Girl
5. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
6. What's The Ugliest Part of Your Body?
7. Chunga's Revenge
8. Zoot Allures
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