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Tim Buckley: Look At The Fool

On September 13, 1973, “DiscReet” label released “Look at the Fool”, the ninth and final Tim Buckley studio album. It was recorded in 1973, at “Wally Heider” and “Record Plant” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Joe Falsia.

Personnel:

  • Tim Buckley – vocals, guitar
  • Joe Falsia – guitar, bass guitar, arrangements
  • Mike Melvoin – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer
  • Mark Tiernan – electric piano
  • Jim Fielder, Jim Hughart, Chuck Rainey – bass guitar
  • Earl Palmer – drums
  • King Errisson – congas
  • Gary Coleman – percussion
  • Terry Harrington – horn, saxophone
  • David Bluefield – clavinet 
  • Richard Nash, William Peterson, John Rotella, Anthony Terran – horn
  • Jesse Ehrlich – cello
  • Venetta Fields, Clydie King, Sherlie Matthews – backing vocals
  • Stan Agol – recording, mixing
  • Wally Heider – mixing
  • Cal Schenkel – art direction
  • Napoleon – cover illustration

Track listing:

All tracks by Tim Buckley, except where noted.

  1. Look at the Fool
  2. Bring It on Up
  3. Helpless
  4. Freeway Blues – Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett
  5. Tijuana Moon – Tim Buckley, Larry Beckett
  6. Ain’t it Peculiar
  7. Who Could Deny You
  8. Mexicali Voodoo
  9. Down in the Street
  10. Wanda Lu

Frank Zappa And The Mothers: Roxy & Elsewhere

On September 10, 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Roxy & Elsewhere”, album by Frank Zappa and The Mothers (the 19th Frank Zappa album overall). It was recorded in December 1973, at “The Roxy Theater” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Jeff Simmons – vocals, rhythm guitar
  • George Duke – vocals, keyboards, synthesizer
  • Don Preston – synthesizer
  • Tom Fowler – bass guitar
  • Ralph Humphrey – drums
  • Chester Thompson – drums
  • Ruth Underwood – percussion
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, flute, tenor saxophone
  • Walt Fowler – trumpet, bass trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler – trombone, dancer
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena – backing vocals
  • Debbie Wilson – backing vocals
  • Linda “Lynn” Sims – backing vocals
  • Ruben Ladron de Guevara – backing vocals
  • Kerry McNabb – engineer, remix
  • Wally Heider – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel – design
  • Coy Featherston, Steve Magedoff – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. Penguin in Bondage
  2. Pygmy Twylyte
  3. Dummy Up – Napoleon Murphy Brock, Jeff Simmons, Frank Zappa
  4. Village of the Sun
  5. Echidna’s Arf (of You)
  6. Cheepnis
  7. Son of Orange County
  8. More Trouble Every Day
  9. Be-Bop Tango (Of the Old Jazzmen’s Church)

Ted Nugent And The Amboy Dukes: Tooth Fang & Claw

In September 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Tooth Fang & Claw”the seventh and final Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes album. It was recorded in June 1974, and was produced by Jon Child, Lew Futterman and Ted Nugent.

Personnel:

  • Ted Nugent– vocals, guitar, percussion
  • Rob Grange – vocals, bass, arrangements
  • Vic Mastrianni – drums, percussion

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted.

  1. Lady Luck
  2. Living in the Woods
  3. Hibernation
  4. Free Flight
  5. Maybellene – Chuck Berry, Russ Fratto, Alan Freed
  6. Great White Buffalo
  7. Sasha
  8. No Holds Barred

Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes: Call of the Wild

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In February 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Call of the Wild”, the sixthTed Nugent and The Amboy Dukes album. It was recorded June – July 1973, at “Sleepy Hollow Studios” in Ithaca, New York, and was produced by Lew Futterman.

Personnel:

  • Andy Jezowski – vocals
  • Ted Nugent – vocals, guitars, percussion
  • Gabriel Magno – keyboards, flute
  • Rob Grange – vocals, bass
  • Vic Mastrianni – vocals, drums
  • John Childs, engineer

Track listing:

All tracks by Ted Nugent, except where noted:

  1. Call of the Wild
  2. Sweet Revenge
  3. Pony Express
  4. Ain’t It the Truth – Rob Grange, Ted Nugent
  5. Renegade – Rob Grange
  6. Rot Gut – Rob Grange, Ted Nugent, Gabriel Magno, Vic Mastrianni
  7. Below the Belt
  8. Cannon Balls

Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention: Bongo Fury

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On October 2, 1975, “DiscReet” label released “Bongo Fury” the twenty first Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention album. The live parts were recorded on May 20 and 21, 1975, at the “Armadillo World Headquarters”  in Austin, Texas, and studio tracks were recorded in January 1975. “Bongo Fury” was the last original Frank Zappa album on which the band name “The Mothers of Invention was used.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, lead guitar
  • Captain Beefheart – vocals, harp, shopping bags
  • Denny Walley – vocals, slide guitar
  • George Duke – vocals, keyboards
  • Tom Fowler– bass
  • Terry Bozzio– drums, moisture
  • Chester Thompson– drums
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, saxophone
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena– vocals
  • Michael Braunstein – engineer
  • Frank Hubach – engineer
  • Kelly Kotera – engineer
  • Kerry McNabb – engineer
  • Davey Moire – engineer
  • Bob Stone – engineer
  • Mike Stone– engineer
  • Cal Schenkel– design
  • John Williams – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. Debra Kadabra
  2. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
  3. Sam with the Showing Scalp Flat Top – Don Van Vliet
  4. Poofter’s Froth Wyoming Plans Ahead
  5. 200 Years Old
  6. Cucamonga
  7. Advance Romance
  8. Man with the Woman Head – Don Van Vliet
  9. Muffin Man

Frank Zappa: Apostrophe

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On March 22, 1974, “DiscReet” label released “Apostrophe”, the eighteenth Frank Zappa album. It was recorded 1969 – 1974, at “Electric Lady Studios” in New York City; “Bolic” in Inglewood and “Paramount Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Frank Zappa. The album was released in stereo and quadraphonic formats.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa– vocals, guitar, bass, bouzouki
  • Tony Duran– rhythm guitar
  • George Duke– keyboards, backing vocals
  • Tom Fowler– bass guitar
  • Erroneous (Alex Dmochowski) – bass guitar
  • Jack Bruce– bass
  • Aynsley Dunbar– drums
  • Ralph Humphrey – drums
  • Johnny Guerin– drums
  • Jim Gordon– drums
  • Ruth Underwood– percussion
  • Ian Underwood– saxophone
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock– saxophone, backing vocals
  • Sal Marquez –trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Don “Sugarcane” Harris– violin
  • Jean-Luc Ponty– violin
  • Lynn – vocals, backing vocals
  • Robert “Frog” Camarena, Ruben Ladron de Guevara, Debbie – vocals, backing vocals
  • Ray Collins– backing vocals
  • Sue Glover – backing vocals
  • Kerry McNabb – backing vocals, engineer, remixing
  • Barry Keene – engineer
  • Steve Desper – engineer
  • Terry Dunavan – engineer
  • Bob Hughes – engineer
  • Cal Schenkel– artwork, design
  • Ferenc Dobronyi – design
  • Bob Ludwig, Paul Hof, Oscar Kergaives, Brian Krokus, Mark Aalyson – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa, except where noted.

  1. Don’t Eat the Yellow Snow
  2. Nanook Rubs It
  3. Alfonzo’s Pancake Breakfast
  4. Father O’Blivion
  5. Excentrifugal Forz
  6. Apostrophe – Frank Zappa, Jim Gordon, Jack Bruce
  7. Uncle Remus – Frank Zappa, George Duke
  8. Stink-Foot

Frank Zappa: Studio Tan

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On September 15, 1978, “DiscReet” label released “Studio Tan”, the twenty – fourth Frank Zappa album. It was recorded from 1969, 1974 – 1976 at “The Record Plant” in Los Angeles; “Royce Hall”, “UCLA” and “Caribou Studios” in Nederland, Colorado and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, percussion
  • George Duke– keyboards
  • John Berkman – piano
  • Eddie Jobson– keyboards, yodeling
  • Max Bennett– bass guitar
  • James “Bird Legs” Youmans – bass guitar
  • Edward Meares – upright bass
  • Tom Fowler– bass guitar
  • Terry Bozzio– drums
  • Paul Humphrey– drums
  • Davey Moire – vocals
  • Don Brewer– bongos
  • Ruth Underwood– percussion, synthesizer
  • Alan Estes – percussion
  • Emil Richards– percussion
  • Victor Morosco – saxophone
  • Graham Young – trumpet
  • Jay Daversa – trumpet
  • Malcolm McNab– trumpet
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Don Waldrop – trombone
  • Jock Ellis – trombone
  • Dana Hughes – bass trombone
  • Earle Dumler – oboe
  • JoAnn Caldwell McNab – bassoon
  • Mike Altschul – flute
  • Ray Reed – flute
  • John Rotella – woodwind instruments
  • Michael Zearott– conductor
  • Murray Adler – violin
  • Sheldon Sanov – violin
  • Pamela Goldsmith – viola
  • Jerry Kessler – cello

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Greggery Peccary
  2. Let Me Take You to the Beach
  3. Revised Music for Guitar & Low-Budget Orchestra
  4. REDUNZL

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention: Over-Nite Sensation

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On September 7, 1973, “DiscReet” label released “Over-Nite Sensation”, the seventeenth Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention studio album. It was recorded March – June 1973, at “Bolic Sound”, Inglewood and “Whitney Studios”, Glendale, and was produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar
  • George Duke– synthesizer, keyboards
  • Tom Fowler– bass
  • Ralph Humphrey – drums
  • Ruth Underwood– percussion, marimba, vibraphone
  • Kin Vassy– vocals
  • Ricky Lancelotti– vocals
  • Sal Marquez – vocals, trumpet
  • Ian Underwood– clarinet, flute, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Bruce Fowler– trombone
  • Jean-Luc Ponty– violin, baritone violin
  • Tina Turner and the Ikettes – backing vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Camarillo Brillo
  2. I’m the Slime
  3. Dirty Love
  4. Fifty-Fifty
  5. Zomby Woof
  6. Dinah-Moe-Humm
  7. Montana