Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills (1998) {Rykodisc}
Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills (1998) {Rykodisc}
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© 1998 Rykodisc | RCD 10579
Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock
Cheap Thrills is designed for the curious listener who has always wanted to explore Frank Zappa but was intimidated by his overwhelming catalog. Of course, so is Strictly Commercial, which contains all of Zappa's most familiar songs, but Cheap Thrills has the advantage of being cheap, plus giving an idea of the weird diversity of Zappa's catalog, since it's filled with cult favorites, live tracks, smutty jokes, and assorted album tracks. It's not necessarily the most accessible introduction to Zappa – again, that would be Strictly Commercial – but it's more accessible than the average album while giving a sense of what the albums feel like.
CHEAP THRILLS serves as a 40-minute introduction to the varied world of Frank Zappa's vast catalog. Drawn from a dozen different releases, most of the tracks are live. However, Zappa used the stage the way other artists use the studio (and the way he used the studio as well)–as a platform for experimentation. He recorded nearly all of his performances and indeed, many of them became cornerstones of assorted albums, when not constituting an album in its entirety. Long before many other acts were even aware of the process, Zappa was refining his approach to live multi-track recording.Personnel: Frank Zappa (vocals, guitar, Synclavier, synthesizers, drum programming); Bobby Martin (vocals, saxophone, keyboards); Ray Collins (vocals); Steve Vai (acoustic & electric guitars); Mike Keneally (guitar, synthesizer, vocals); Ray White, Ike Willis (guitar, vocals); Captain Beefheart (harmonica, vocals); Bunk Gardner (alto & tenor saxophones); Albert Wing (tenor saxophone); Kurt McGettrick (baritone & bass saxophones, contrabass clarinet); Walt Fowler (trumpet, flugelhorn, synthesizer); Bruce Fowler (trombone); Don Preston (piano); Tommy Mars (keyboards, vocals); George Duke, Alan Zavod (keyboards); Scott Thunes (bass, Mini-Moog synthesizer); Chad Wackerman (drums, electronic percussion); Terry Bozzio (drums).
"Hot Plate Heaven At the Green Hotel" (from the album BROADWAY THE HARD WAY) is one of several fine guitar workouts included here. "Zomby Woof" is a fine testament to both his skills as a bandleader and his ear for hiring impressive players. The earliest song included in this set is "Cheap Thrills" from the 1968 release CRUISING WITH RUBEN & THE JETS. The latest song here is culled from his final tour in the late eighties.
tracklist:
01. I Could Be a Star Now
02. Catholic Girls
03. Bobby Brown Goes Down
04. You Are What You Is
05. We Are Not Alone
06. Cheap Thrills
07. The Mudshark Interview
08. Hot Plate Heaven at the Green Hotel
09. Zomby Woof
10. The Torture Never Stops
11. Joe's Garage
12. My Guitar Wants to Kill Your Mama
13. Going for the Money
Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills (1998) {Rykodisc}
Frank Zappa - Cheap Thrills (1998) {Rykodisc}
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Frank Zappa / Cheap Thrills
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EAC extraction logfile from 20. November 2010, 10:08
Frank Zappa / Cheap Thrills
Used drive : TSSTcorpCD/DVDW TS-H552L Adapter: 3 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : Yes
Make use of C2 pointers : No
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Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : User Defined Encoder
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Track | Start | Length | Start sector | End sector
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––-
1 | 0:00.00 | 0:35.02 | 0 | 2626
2 | 0:35.02 | 4:04.50 | 2627 | 20976
3 | 4:39.52 | 2:39.00 | 20977 | 32901
4 | 7:18.52 | 4:31.20 | 32902 | 53246
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12 | 44:10.15 | 3:19.27 | 198765 | 213716
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