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Frank Zappa: EIHN

On December 21, 1999, “UMRK” label released “EIHN (Everything Is Healing Nicely)”, an album by Frank Zappa, posthumously released through the Zappa Family Trust. The album features recordings made with the Ensemble Modern in preparation for “The Yellow Shark” in1993, and were produced by Frank Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar, arrangements, mixing
  • L. Shankar – vocal, violin
  • The Ensemble Modern – orchestra – Andreas Böttger, Catherine Milliken, Daryl Smith, Detlef Tewes, Dietmar Wiesner, Franck Ollu, Friedemann Dähn, Hermann Kretzschmar, Hilary Sturt, Jürgen Ruck, Mathias Tacke, Michael Gross, Michael Svoboda, Peter Rundel, Rainer Römer, Roland Diry, Rumi Ogawa-Helferich, Stefan Dohr, Thomas Fichter, Ueli Wiget, Uwe Dierksen, Veit Scholz, William Formann, Wolfgang Stryi
  • Marqueson Coy – recording
  • Todd Yvega – recording, liner notes
  • David Dondorf – recording
  • Spencer Chrislu – mixing, technician
  • Gail Zappa – art direction, liner notes
  • Christopher Mark Brennan – cover art
  • Tracy Veal Design – design
  • Antony Neely – design
  • Van Carlson – photography
  • Ali N. Askin – liner notes

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Library Card
  2. This Is a Test
  3. Jolly Good Fellow
  4. Roland’s Big Event/Strat Vindaloo
  5. Master Ringo
  6. T’Mershi Duween
  7. Nap Time
  8. 9/8 Objects
  9. Naked City
  10. Whitey (Prototype)
  11. Amerika Goes Home
  12. None of the Above (Revisited & Previsited)
  13. Wonderful Tattoo  

Ornette Coleman: Skies of America

In May 1972, “Columbia” label released “Skies of America”, the 17th Ornette Coleman album. It was recorded in April 1972, at “Abbey Road Studios” in London, and was produced by Paul Myers.

Personnel:

  • Ornette Coleman— alto saxophone
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • David Measham— conductor
  • Anthony Clark, Mike FitzHenry —engineer
  • Ed Lee — design
  • Michael Gross — cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Ornette Coleman.

  1. Skies of America
  2. Native Americans
  3. The Good Life
  4. Birthdays and Funerals
  5. Dreams
  6. Sounds of Sculpture
  7. Holiday for Heroes
  8. All of My Life
  9. Dancers
  10. The Soul Within Woman
  11. The Artists in America
  12. The New Anthem
  13. Place in Space
  14. Foreigner in A Free Land
  15. Silver Screen
  16. Poetry
  17. The Men Who Live in the White House
  18. Love Life
  19. The Military
  20. Jam Session
  21. Sunday in America