One Shot Deal
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One Shot Deal is an album by Frank Zappa
, posthumously released on June 13, 2008.
The track "Occam's Razor" is a guitar solo extract from a live version of the song "Inca Roads". The solo was used in the song "On The Bus" from the album Joe's Garage
. This is an example of Zappa's xenochrony
technique. Tracks 3 and 9 feature the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra
.
All songs written by Frank Zappa, except "Bathtub Man" by Brock/Duke/Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
, posthumously released on June 13, 2008.
The track "Occam's Razor" is a guitar solo extract from a live version of the song "Inca Roads". The solo was used in the song "On The Bus" from the album Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage
Joe's Garage is a 1979 rock opera by Frank Zappa. Zappa stated that along with Lumpy Gravy, this album was one of his finest achievements. It was originally released as two separate albums, the first comprising Act I, and the second part as a double-album which made up Acts II & III. All three...
. This is an example of Zappa's xenochrony
Xenochrony
Xenochrony is a studio-based musical technique developed at an unknown date, but possibly as early as the early 1960s, by Frank Zappa, who used it on several albums. Xenochrony is executed by extracting a guitar solo or other musical part from its original context and placing it into a completely...
technique. Tracks 3 and 9 feature the Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra
Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra
The Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra was a group of Hollywood session musicians organized by Frank Zappa in 1967 to record music for his first solo album Lumpy Gravy. Some of these musicians are thought to have worked together in various combinations under the leadership of Ken...
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Track listing
- "Bathtub Man" – 5:43
- Sep. 26, 1974 Palais des Sports, Paris, FRA
- "Space Boogers" – 1:24
- Nov. 8, 1974 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ (late show)
- "Hermitage" – 2:00
- Sep. 18, 1975 Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
- "Trudgin' Across the Tundra" – 4:01
- Nov. 11, 1972 DAR Constitution Hall, Washington, DC (early show)
- "Occam's Razor" – 9:11
- Mar. 21, 1979 Rhein-Neckarhalle, Eppelheim, DEU = guitar solo from "Inca Roads"
- "Heidelberg" – 4:46
- Feb. 24, 1978 Rhein-Neckar Stadion, Eppelheim, DEU = guitar solo from "Yo' Mama"
- "The Illinois Enema Bandit" – 9:27
- Oct. 31, 1981 The Palladium, New York, NY (late show)
- "Australian Yellow Snow" – 12:26
- Jun. 25, 1973 Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, AUS
- "Rollo" – 2:57
- Sep. 18, 1975 Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
All songs written by Frank Zappa, except "Bathtub Man" by Brock/Duke/Zappa
Personnel
- "Bathtub Man"
- Frank ZappaFrank ZappaFrank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
— guitar - Napoleon Murphy BrockNapoleon Murphy BrockNapoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury...
— vocals, saxophone - George DukeGeorge DukeGeorge Duke is a multi-faceted American musician, known as a keyboard pioneer, composer, singer and producer in both jazz and popular mainstream musical genres. He has worked with numerous acclaimed artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and professor of music...
— keyboards, vocals - Tom Fowler — bass
- Chester ThompsonChester ThompsonChester Cortez Thompson is an American drummer and session musician.-Biography:Thompson made his name as a session drummer, going on to play in Frank Zappa's touring band and with Weather Report...
— drums - Ruth UnderwoodRuth UnderwoodRuth Underwood is a retired professional musician, best known for playing xylophone, marimba, vibraphone and other percussion instruments in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention from 1967 to 1977....
— percussion
- Frank Zappa
- "Space Boogers"
- Frank Zappa — guitar
- George Duke — keyboards
- Chester Thompson — drums
- "Hermitage"
- Frank Zappa — guitar, composer
- Ralph Grierson, Mike Lang, Ian UnderwoodIan UnderwoodIan Robertson Underwood is a woodwind and keyboards player. He began his career by playing San Francisco Bay Area coffeehouses and bars with his improvisational group the Jazz Mice in the mid 1960s before he became a member of Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in 1967 for their third studio...
— keyboards - Bill MaysBill MaysWilliam Allen Mays , best known as Bill Mays, is a jazz pianist from Sacramento, California He came from a musical family and at fifteen he became interested in jazz at an Earl Hines concert....
— clavinet - Bobby Dubow, John Wittenberg — violin
- Pamela Goldsmith — viola
- Jerry Kessler — cello
- Lou Anne Neill — harp
- Gene Goe, Malcolm McNabMalcolm McNabMalcolm Boyd McNab is a trumpeter and player of other brass instruments, and a Los Angeles-based session musician who has performed on nearly 2000 film and television soundtracks.-Education:...
, Roy Poper — trumpet - Jock Ellis, Bruce FowlerBruce FowlerBruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart, and in the Fowler Brothers Band...
, Kenny Shroyer — trombone - Dana Hughes — bass trombone
- Don Waldrop — tuba and contrabass trombone
- Arthur Briegleb, David Duke, Bob Henderson, Todd Miller — French horn
- Dave Shostac — flute, tenor sax
- Gary Foster — 2nd flute (and doubles)
- Ray Reed — flute, alto sax
- Vic Morosco — clarinet, alto sax
- Jay MiglioriJay MiglioriJay Migliori was an American saxophonist, best known as a founding member of Supersax, a tribute band to Charlie Parker....
— clarinet, tenor sax - Mike Altschul — bass clarinet, baritone sax
- Earle Dumler — oboe, English horn, bass oboe
- John Winter — oboe, English horn
- David Sherr — 2nd oboe and tenor saxophone
- JoAnn Caldwell — bassoon
- Bobby Tricarico — bassoon, contra bassoon
- Dave Parlato — bass
- Terry BozzioTerry BozzioTerry John Bozzio is an American drummer best known for his work with Missing Persons and Frank Zappa.-Biography:Terry Bozzio was born December 27, 1950 in San Francisco, California. He started at age 6 playing makeshift drum sets. At the age of 13 he saw The Beatles premier performance on The Ed...
— drums - Alan Estes, John BergamoJohn BergamoJohn Bergamo is an American percussionist and composer. Since 1970 he has been the coordinator of the percussion department at the California Institute of the Arts....
, Emil RichardsEmil RichardsEmil Richards, born Emilio Joseph Radocchia on September 2, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is a percussionist who plays a variety of different percussion instruments.-Biography:...
, Tom Raney — percussion
- "Trudgin' Across the Tundra"
- Frank Zappa — conductor, guitar
- Tony Duran — slide guitar
- Malcolm McNab — trumpet
- Gary BaroneGary BaroneGary Barone was an American soccer player who earned one cap with the U.S. national team. He also spent two seasons in the North American Soccer League....
— trumpet (solo) - Tom MaloneTom Malone (musician)Tom "Bones" Malone is an American jazz musician. As his nickname implies, he specializes on the trombone, but also plays trumpet, tuba, tenor sax, baritone sax, flutes, piccolo, and other instruments....
— trumpet, trombone, tuba, piccolo, saxophone - Bruce Fowler — trombone
- Glenn FerrisGlenn FerrisGlenn Ferris is a jazz trombonist who has also worked in other fields. Outside of jazz he has played for Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, James Taylor, Duran Duran, and others....
— trombone - Earle Dumler — oboe, saxophone, sarrusophone
- Dave Parlato — bass
- Jim GordonJim Gordon (musician)James Beck "Jim" Gordon is an American recording artist, musician and songwriter. The Grammy Award winner was one of the most requested session drummers in the late 1960s and 1970s, recording albums with many well-known musicians of the time, and was the drummer in the blues-rock supergroup Derek...
— drums, steel drums
- "Occam's Razor"
- Frank Zappa — guitar solo
- Warren CuccurulloWarren CuccurulloWarren Bruce Cuccurullo in Brooklyn, New York is an American rock musician who worked with Frank Zappa, was a founding member of Missing Persons, and has been a long term member of Duran Duran. He also has some notoriety in the porn industry after making nude appearances in a magazine and...
— guitar - Denny Walley — guitar, backing vocal
- Ike WillisIke WillisIke Willis is a singer and guitarist who was a regular sideman for Frank Zappa, first joining Zappa's band for the fall 1978 tour and remaining in the band for several years. He did not tour with Zappa in 1981 and 1982 for personal reasons, but returned to touring with Zappa for his final two...
— backing vocal - Tommy MarsTommy MarsTommy Mars is a keyboard player, best known for his work with Frank Zappa.Born in Connecticut, U.S.A., 26 October 1951 Mars began piano lessons at age eight, and later his instrument range expanded to various keyboards and synthesizers. Mars graduated in 1972 from the Hartt College of Music in...
— keyboards - Peter Wolf — keyboards
- Arthur BarrowArthur BarrowArthur Barrow is a multi-instrumental musician, best known for his stint as a bass guitar player for Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and early 1980s.-Early life:...
— bass - Vinnie ColaiutaVinnie ColaiutaVincent Colaiuta is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14...
— drums - Ed MannEd MannEd Mann has been "a drummer and piano dabbler since childhood", best known for his mallet percusion recorded and live work with Frank Zappa from 1977 to the end of Zappa's career.- Career :...
— percussion
- "Heidelberg"
- Frank Zappa — guitar solo
- Adrian BelewAdrian BelewAdrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
— guitar - Tommy Mars — keyboards
- Peter Wolf — keyboards
- Patrick O'HearnPatrick O'HearnPatrick O'Hearn is an American multi-instrumentalist musician, composer and recording artist. While his musical repertoire spans a diverse range of music, he is an acclaimed New Age artist in his solo career...
— bass - Terry Bozzio — drums
- Ed Mann — percussion
- "The Illinois Enema Bandit"
- Frank Zappa — guitar, vocals
- Ray WhiteRay WhiteRay White is a soul vocalist and rock and blues guitarist, best known as a member of Frank Zappa's touring ensembles. He was drafted into Zappa's band in the fall of 1976, being featured on rhythm guitar and vocals, forming a memorable vocal harmony partnership with Ike Willis on later tours in...
— vocals, guitar - Steve VaiSteve VaiSteven Siro "Steve" Vai is a three time Grammy Award-winning American guitarist, songwriter and producer who has sold over 15 million albums. Steve Vai is widely known as a flamboyant guitar virtuoso....
— guitar - Tommy Mars — keyboards
- Robert Martin — keyboards, vocals
- Scott ThunesScott ThunesScott Thunes is a former bass player with Frank Zappa, Wayne Kramer, Steve Vai, Andy Prieboy, Mike Keneally, Fear, The Waterboys and others....
— bass - Chad WackermanChad WackermanChad Wackerman is a jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer; arguably best known in the United States for his work as a drummer and percussionist in Frank Zappa's band...
— drums - Ed Mann — percussion
- "Australian Yellow Snow"
- Frank Zappa — guitar, vocals
- George Duke — keyboards, vocals
- Jean-Luc PontyJean-Luc PontyJean-Luc Ponty is a French virtuoso violinist and jazz composer.- Early years:Ponty was born into a family of classical musicians on 29 September 1942 in Avranches, France. His father taught violin, his mother taught piano...
— violin - Sal Marquez — trumpet, vocals
- Ian Underwood — woodwinds, synthesizer
- Bruce Fowler — trombone
- Tom Fowler — bass
- Ralph Humphrey — drums
- Ruth Underwood — percussion
- "Rollo"
- Same as "Hermitage"
Credits
- Bernie Grundman – Mastering
- Michael Mesker — Design, Layout Design
- Melanie Starks — Production Coordination
- Joe Travers — Producer, Vault Research
- Gail Zappa – Producer, Package Concept, Text