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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  

Frank Zappa: FZ:OZ

FZ OZ

On August 16, 2002,  “Vaulternative Records” (label from the “Zappa Family Trust”), released “FZ:OZ”, a live album by Frank Zappa. The two CD’s set contains almost all material from the concert from January 20, 1976, held at the “Hordern Pavilion” in Sydney. The album was produced by Dweezil Zappa.

Personnel:

  • Frank Zappa – vocals, guitar
  • Andre Lewis – vocals, keyboards
  • Norman Gunston– harmonica
  • Napoleon Murphy Brock – vocals, tenor saxophone
  • Roy Estrada– vocals, bass guitar
  • Terry Bozzio – vocals, drums

Track listing:

All tracks by Frank Zappa.

  1. Hordern Intro (Incan Art Vamp)
  2. Stink-Foot
  3. The Poodle Lecture
  4. Dirty Love
  5. Filthy habits
  6. How Could I Be Such a Fool
  7. I Ain’t Got No Heart
  8. I’m Not Satisfied
  9. Black Napkins
  10. Advance Romance
  11. The Illinois Enema Bandit
  12. Wind Up Workin’ in a Gas Station
  13. The Torture Never Stops
  14. Canard Toujours
  15. Kaiser Rolls
  16. Find Her Finer
  17. Carolina Hard-Core Ecstasy
  18. Lonely Little Girl
  19. Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
  20. What’s the Ugliest Part of Your Body
  21. Chunga’s Revenge
  22. Zoot Allures
  23. Keep it Greasy
  24. Dinah-Moe-Humm
  25. Camarillo Brillo
  26. Muffin Man
  27. Kaiser Rolls (Du Jour)