tracks 2-8, 2-12 alto saxophone Ian Underwood
tracks 1-14, 1-15 alto saxophone Paul Carman
tracks 1-14, 1-15 baritone saxophone Kurt McGettrick
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 baritone saxophone Motorhead Sherwood
tracks 1-1, 1-9, 1-12, 2-7 bass Arthur Barrow
tracks 1-1, 1-12 bass Patrick O'Hearn
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 bass Roy Estrada
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 bass Scott Thunes
tracks 1-5, 1-16, 2-10 bass Tom Fowler
tracks 1-1 to 1-13, 1-15, 1-16, 2-1 to 2-12 composed by Frank Zappa
design [package design] Kathleen Philpott
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 drums Art Tripp
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 drums Chad Wackerman
tracks 1-5, 2-10 drums Chester Thompson
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 drums Jimmy Carl Black
tracks 1-1, 1-12, 2-7 drums Vinnie Colaiuta
tracks 2-8, 2-12 electronics Don Preston
engineer [engineering supervision] Bob Stone
tracks 1-5, 1-7, 1-14, 1-15 engineer [recording] Bob Stone
tracks 1-9 engineer [recording] Claus Wiedemann
tracks 1-16 engineer [recording] Davey Moire
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-9, 2-12 to 2-18 engineer [recording] Dick Kunc
tracks 1-5 engineer [recording] Kerry McNabb
tracks 1-2 to 1-4, 1-6, 1-8, 1-10, 1-3, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11 engineer [recording] Mark Pinske
tracks 2-7 engineer [recording] Mick Glossop
tracks 1-1, 1-12 engineer [recording], engineer [remix] Joe Chiccarelli
tracks 1-2 to 1-11, 1-13 to 1-16, 2-1 to 2-18 engineer [remix] Bob Stone
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-9, 1-10, 1-13, 1-15, 2-3, 2-6, 2-11, 2-16 guitar Ike Willis
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 guitar Lowell George
tracks 1-14, 1-15 guitar Mike Keneally
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-9, 1-13, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 guitar Ray White
tracks 1-8, 2-1, 2-4, 2-5, 2-18 guitar [stunt guitar] Steve Vai
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-10, 1-13, 2-3, 2-6, 2-11, 2-16 keyboards Allan Zavod
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13 to 1-15, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 keyboards Bobby Martin
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 keyboards Don Preston
tracks 1-5, 1-16, 2-10 keyboards George Duke
tracks 1-1, 2-7 keyboards Peter Wolf
tracks 1-1, 1-8, 1-9, 1-12, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-18 keyboards Tommy Mars
tracks 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-10 to 1-16, 2-3, 2-6, 2-7, 2-10, 2-11 lead guitar Frank Zappa
liner notes Frank Zappa
tracks 1-1, 1-8, 1-12, 1-14, 1-15, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-18 percussion Ed Mann
tracks 1-5, 2-10 percussion Ruth Underwood
producer, arranged by, compiled by, compilation producer, edited by Frank Zappa
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 1-10, 1-13, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 saxophone Bobby Martin
tracks 1-5, 1-16, 2-10 saxophone Napoleon M. Brock
tracks 1-12, 1-16, 2-7 slide guitar Denny Walley
tracks 1-14, 1-15 synthesizer Mike Keneally
tracks 1-14, 1-15 tenor saxophone Albert Wing
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 tenor saxophone Bunk Gardner
tracks 1-5, 1-14 to 1-16 trombone Bruce Fowler
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 trumpet Buzz Gardner
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-8, 2-2 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 vocals Bobby Martin
tracks 1-1, 2-7 vocals Denny Walley
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-4 to 1-6, 1-8, 1-9, 2-4 to 2-7, 2-10 to 2-12, 2-16, 2-18 vocals Frank Zappa
tracks 1-5, 2-10 vocals George Duke
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-7, 1-9, 2-3, 2-6, 2-7, 2-11, 2-16 vocals Ike Willis
tracks 2-8, 2-12 vocals Lowell George
tracks 1-5, 2-10 vocals Napoleon M. Brock
tracks 1-2, 1-4 to 1-9, 2-1 to 2-6, 2-11, 2-16, 2-18 vocals Ray White
tracks 1-11, 2-8, 2-12 vocals Roy Estrada
tracks 1-8, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-18 vocals Tommy Mars
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Published By Munchkin Music
Published By Take Out Music
Recorded At The Palladium, NYC
Recorded At Universal Amphitheatre
Recorded At Mudd Club, New York
Recorded At UMASS Fine Arts Center Concert Hall
Recorded At Columbia University
Recorded At Armadillo World Headquarters
Recorded At Tower Theater
Recorded At Hammersmith Odeon
Recorded At Paramount Theatre, Portland
Recorded At Fillmore East
Glass Mastered At MPO
1-1: Recorded October 31, 1979 at The Palladium, NYC
1-2: Recorded November, 1984 in Vancouver, B.C.
1-4: Recorded December 23, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood
1-5: Recorded November, 1973 at The Roxy and December, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood
1-6: Recorded December 23, 1984 at The Universal Amphitheater, Hollywood
1-7: Recorded summer 1984 at Odeon Hammersmith, London, England
1-8: Recorded summer 1982 at a soccer field in Pistoia, Italy
1-9: Recorded in 1980 at The Mudd Club, NYC
1-10: Recorded November, 1984 at Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, Amherst, Massachusetts
1-11: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at Columbia University
1-12: Recorded October 31, 1979 at The Palladium, NYC
1-13: Recorded November, 1984 in Vancouver, B.C.
1-14: Recorded summer 1988 in Bilbao, Spain
1-15: Recorded summer 1988 in Bilbao, Spain and Grenoble, France
1-16: Recorded 21 May 1975, The Armadillo, Austin, Texas, USA. (From recordings made during [m35842] tour. An FZ vocal version also on [m35883])
2-1: Recorded summer 1982 in Metz, France
2-2: Recorded summer 1982 in Rome, Italy
2-3: Recorded November, 1984 at Tower Theater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2-4: Recorded summer 1982 in Munich, Germany
2-5: Recorded summer 1982 in Munich, Germany
2-6: Recorded November, 1984 at Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon and Odeon Hammersmith, London, England
2-7: Recorded February 18, 1979 at Odeon Hammersmith, London, England
2-8: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at The Factory, Bronx, NYC
2-10: Recorded winter 1974 in New Jersey
2-11: Recorded November, 1984 at Paramount Theater, Portland, Oregon
2-12: Recorded during spring tour 1969 at The Fillmore East, NYC
2-16: Recorded in 1984 in Detroit, Michigan and St. Petersburg, Florida
2-18: Recorded summer 1982 at the same soccer field in Pistoia, Italy

All material contained herein is 100% live, and there are no over-dubs of any kind.

All compositions published worldwide by Munchkin Music and administered by Take Out Music
℗ © 1991 Barking Pumpkin Records
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Double jewel case, including; 14-page heavy paper insert (with black on white text credits) that has a 6-page roll-fold flyout cover, full-color on outside face & Zappa book promo on roll-in face. Bound with 2 wires.
16-page 'The Frank Zappa Collection' booklet, containing the FZ catalog and alphabetical listing. Bound with 2 wires.
Digital transfer SPARS codes on back inlay.
CD face print echoes the same blue shade as the cover artwork.
Made in France, printed on the back cover and CDs
Barcode: 5 016583 604028 (Text)
Barcode: 5016583604028 (Scanned)
SPARS Code: DDD (Tracks; 1-2, 1-3, 1-4, 1-6, 1-7, 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 2-3, 2-6, 2-11, 2-13 to 2-16)
SPARS Code: AAD (Tracks; 1-1, 1-9, 1-11, 1-12, 1-16, 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-8, 2-12)
SPARS Code: ADD (Tracks; 1-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-17, 2-18)
SPARS Code: A/DDD (Track; 1-5)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-1 MPO 04 @@ (Variant 1, CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-2 MPO 01 @@ (Variant 1, CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-1 MPO 05 @ (Variant 2, CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-2 MPO 05 @@@ (Variant 2, CD 2)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-1 MPO 04 @@ (Variant 3, CD 1)
Matrix / Runout: CDD ZAP 40-2 MPO 05 @@@ (Variant 3, CD 2)