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Frank Zappa - Little Dots (2016) {Zappa Records ZR 20026}
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© 1972, 2016 Zappa Records / ZFT / Universal | ZR 20026
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Art Rock / Jazz Rock

Official Release #109. Original Recordings And Mixes Produced By Frank Zappa. Little Dots contains more recordings of the under-documented Petit Wazoo Ensemble, which toured at the end of 1972 (previously heard officially on Imaginary Diseases). Again, the sound isn't pristine here, but it's quite listenable. The show starts with a very early version of "Cosmik Debris," but other than that and "Rollo" the material is all new (mostly due to being largely improvised). "Little Dots, Pt. 1" is a previously unreleased piece that features bassist Dave Parlato and drummer Jim Gordon in dialogue, joined by FZ on guitar about halfway though. "Little Dots, Pt. 2" kicks off with a Tony Duran slide solo, and heads into a trombone solo followed by another FZ guitar solo.

After being thrown 15 feet off of the Rainbow Theater stage in London on December 10, 1971 by unstable concert attendee Trevor Howell, Frank Zappa spent the better part of the following winter and spring in rehearsals for what would become the Waka/Jawaka (1972) and Grand Wazoo (1972) platters and related live shows. Joe's Domage (2004) – the second in a series of never-before-available material from the luminous Frank Zappa tape vaults – gathers 50 minutes from these closed-door sessions, during which Zappa was confined to a wheelchair as he recuperated. The incident left the guitarist with some permanent damage, with a lower voice from a partially crushed larynx, and a fractured right leg which ended up shorter than the left, as referenced in the lyrics of "Zomby Woof" and "Dancin' Fool." Being off the road resulted in some of the Zappa's most involved fusions of jazz and rock.

Frank Zappa - Wazoo (2007) {2CD Vaulternative Records VR 2007-2 rec 1972}
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© 1972, 2007 Vaulternative Records / ZFT | VR 2007-2
Rock / Experimental Rock / Avant-Garde / Jazz Rock

Official Release #82. This concert was recorded live at Boston Music Hall in Boston, Massachusetts on 24 September 1972. The leaves were gold. FZ was just 31 years of age. Absurdly, this is our third Vaulternative live concert recording (see/hear FZ:OZ, BUFFALO). The medium was ¼” 2-track tape (Scotch), at 7 ½ ips. These stereo masters were digitally transferred from FZ’s Ampex ATR 100 deck into Nuendo at 96 K 24 bit by Joe Travers using Euphonix AM 713 Converters – in April, 2007.

Frank Zappa - Orchestral Favorites 40th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (2019) {3CD Set, Zappa Records ‎ZR20030 rec 1975}
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© 1975, 2019 Zappa Records / UMe | ‎ZR20030
Rock / Experimental Rock / Classical / Jazz Rock / Modern Composition

Three-disc deluxe edition includes original album remastered from master tapes plus recording of previously unreleased two-hour concert, extensive liner notes and newly created cover art.

Frank Zappa - Rollo (2017) {UMe Record Store Day, 10" Clear Vinyl BPR 1230} (Vinyl LP rip 16-48)
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© 1972, 2017 Zappa Records / UMe | BPR 1230 | 10" Clear Vinyl, 45 RPM, Limited Edition, Numbered
Rock / Jazz Rock / Experimental Rock / Art Rock

Zappa Records celebrates Record Store Day 2017 with an exclusive 10" clear vinyl reissue featuring The Petit Wazoo, a 10 piece band heavy on horn instrumentation, that Zappa toured with in late 1972. Side 1 is the song "Rollo" in its complete form, first released on Little Dots in 2016. Side 2 contains the unreleaed track "Portland Improvisation", produced by FZ himself and mastered by Bernie Grundman.